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B. has failed to master object constancy - A patient with borderline personality disorder experiences
intense anxiety when an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner goes on vacation. The best
explanation for this reaction is that the patient:
A. has failed to develop clear ego boundaries.
B. has failed to master object constancy.
C. is employing primitive idealization.
D. is employing projective identification.
D. The patient's suicide potential is increased. - 2. A patient has been taking escitalopram (Lexapro) 10 mg
daily for four weeks. Initially, the patient reported depression and suicidal thoughts. The patient's sleep,
appetite, energy, and appearance have now begun to improve. Which statement applies to this patient?
A. The medication should be discontinued.
B. The medication should be increased.
C. The patient's risk for suicide is not a concern.
D. The patient's suicide potential is increased.
A. Attempting to understand a patient's subjective world - 3. Which behavior reflects existentially oriented
therapy?
A. Attempting to understand a patient's subjective world
B. Challenging a patient's irrational beliefs
C. Developing specific plans for change
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D. Establishing general group goals
B. educating the survivors about prodromal symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. - 4. Serving as a
member on a crisis team, an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner provides crisis
intervention to the survivors of a plane crash. Forty-eight hours after the accident, the survivors describe
vivid flashbacks, startle reactions, and disrupted sleep patterns. The nurse practitioner responds by:
A. advising the survivors to consider using a hypnotic medication for a brief period.
B. educating the survivors about prodromal symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.
C. encouraging the survivors to rest during the day.
D. suggesting that the survivors join a posttrauma support group.
A. an understanding that leaving a significant other may be painful, but also presents an opportunity for
growth. - 5. An adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner uses the interpersonal therapy
model with a patient to establish a therapeutic alliance based upon empathy and trust. The nurse
practitioner recognizes the patient's readiness to terminate therapy when the patient demonstrates:
A. an understanding that leaving a significant other may be painful, but also presents an opportunity for
growth.
B. breathing and muscle relaxation exercises that decrease muscle tension and anxiety.
C. free association, and considers the nurse practitioner's interpretation of the patient's dreams.
D. new adaptive skills and responses after completing "homework assignments."
D. view this as a self-care ritual that needs to be preserved. - 6. An Hispanic patient informs an adult
psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner during a wellness visit that he or she occasionally uses
hot chili juice to relieve a "nervous condition." The patient denies any complaints related to this practice.
The nurse practitioner's response is to:
A. actively discourage the patient from continuing this treatment.
B. offer a medication to treat the nervous condition.
C. suggest an alternative food to relieve the nervous condition.
D. view this as a self-care ritual that needs to be preserved.
B. creatinine clearance. - 7. Before an older adult patient initiates pharmacotherapy with a medication
that is cleared by the kidneys, an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner assesses the
patient's:
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A. blood urea nitrogen level.
B. creatinine clearance.
C. specific gravity.
D. urinary sediment.
D. rational and irrational beliefs about the stressor. - 8. An adult psychiatric and mental health nurse
practitioner uses a cognitive-behavioral approach to help an adolescent patient change self-defeating
behaviors. After identifying the initial stressor that is causing the inappropriate behavior, the therapeutic
intervention is to identify:
A. alternative positive responses to the stressor.
B. negative consequences of the behavioral response to the stressor.
C. possible outcomes of alternative responses.
D. rational and irrational beliefs about the stressor.
C. Less potential for injury with intentional overdose - 9. Which characteristic of fluoxetine (Prozac)
provides the greatest degree of safety for patients who have severe depression?
A. Greater efficacy than tricyclic antidepressants
B. Less potential for drug interaction
C. Less potential for injury with intentional overdose
D. Less potential for suicidal thinking
A. ability of nurse practitioners to provide health care that patients need. - 10. When lobbying a local
congressional representative to include nurse practitioners in reimbursement for services in all areas of
the country, an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner emphasizes the:
A. ability of nurse practitioners to provide health care that patients need.
B. fact that nurse practitioners are caring in their patient care delivery.
C. importance of broadening the scope of nursing practice.
D. necessity of offering equivalent services both to urban and rural patients.
D. reduced renal clearance of lithium. - 11. For 12 years, a 65-year-old patient with bipolar affective
disorder has been treated with lithium (Eskalith) 900 mg daily. When oral hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) 12.5
mg daily is added for hypertension, the patient develops nausea, vomiting, ataxia, and muscle weakness
MHNP
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2025
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and the patient's serum lithium level is 2.0 mEq/L. The interaction of the lithium and the thiazide diuretic
has induced:
A. hypokalemia.
B. hyponatremia.
C. increased renal clearance of lithium.
D. reduced renal clearance of lithium.
C. "My wife just left with the children. I have no one left and no future." - 12. Which statement by a male
patient who has posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic persistent suicidal ideation indicates a
need for hospital assessment?
A. "I feel so bad all the time. I wish I were dead."
B. "My wife is so scared that she has taken all my guns out of the house."
C. "My wife just left with the children. I have no one left and no future."
D. "Those medications you gave me make me feel worse. I stopped taking them."
B. bipolar disorder. - 13. A male patient informs an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner
that he has not slept in three days, has poor concentration, and denies fatigue. The patient's diagnosis is:
A. attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
B. bipolar disorder.
C. panic disorder.
D. primary insomnia.
C. sexual dysfunction - 14. During patient education about sertraline (Zoloft), an adult psychiatric and
mental health nurse practitioner focuses upon the potential side effect of:
A. agranulocytosis.
B. hypernatremia.
C. sexual dysfunction.
D. weight loss.
C. imbalances in dopaminergic, serotonergic, and noradrenergic systems in multiple regions of the brain.
- 15. The neurochemical pathophysiology of Tourette disorder involves:
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B. has failed to master object constancy - A patient with borderline personality disorder experiences
intense anxiety when an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner goes on vacation. The best
explanation for this reaction is that the patient:
A. has failed to develop clear ego boundaries.
B. has failed to master object constancy.
C. is employing primitive idealization.
D. is employing projective identification.
D. The patient's suicide potential is increased. - 2. A patient has been taking escitalopram (Lexapro) 10 mg
daily for four weeks. Initially, the patient reported depression and suicidal thoughts. The patient's sleep,
appetite, energy, and appearance have now begun to improve. Which statement applies to this patient?
A. The medication should be discontinued.
B. The medication should be increased.
C. The patient's risk for suicide is not a concern.
D. The patient's suicide potential is increased.
A. Attempting to understand a patient's subjective world - 3. Which behavior reflects existentially oriented
therapy?
A. Attempting to understand a patient's subjective world
B. Challenging a patient's irrational beliefs
C. Developing specific plans for change
MHNP
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D. Establishing general group goals
B. educating the survivors about prodromal symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. - 4. Serving as a
member on a crisis team, an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner provides crisis
intervention to the survivors of a plane crash. Forty-eight hours after the accident, the survivors describe
vivid flashbacks, startle reactions, and disrupted sleep patterns. The nurse practitioner responds by:
A. advising the survivors to consider using a hypnotic medication for a brief period.
B. educating the survivors about prodromal symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.
C. encouraging the survivors to rest during the day.
D. suggesting that the survivors join a posttrauma support group.
A. an understanding that leaving a significant other may be painful, but also presents an opportunity for
growth. - 5. An adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner uses the interpersonal therapy
model with a patient to establish a therapeutic alliance based upon empathy and trust. The nurse
practitioner recognizes the patient's readiness to terminate therapy when the patient demonstrates:
A. an understanding that leaving a significant other may be painful, but also presents an opportunity for
growth.
B. breathing and muscle relaxation exercises that decrease muscle tension and anxiety.
C. free association, and considers the nurse practitioner's interpretation of the patient's dreams.
D. new adaptive skills and responses after completing "homework assignments."
D. view this as a self-care ritual that needs to be preserved. - 6. An Hispanic patient informs an adult
psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner during a wellness visit that he or she occasionally uses
hot chili juice to relieve a "nervous condition." The patient denies any complaints related to this practice.
The nurse practitioner's response is to:
A. actively discourage the patient from continuing this treatment.
B. offer a medication to treat the nervous condition.
C. suggest an alternative food to relieve the nervous condition.
D. view this as a self-care ritual that needs to be preserved.
B. creatinine clearance. - 7. Before an older adult patient initiates pharmacotherapy with a medication
that is cleared by the kidneys, an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner assesses the
patient's:
MHNP
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SAMPLE
ANCC
2025-TEST
PMHNP
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SAMPLE
EXAM
2025
QUESTIONS
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LATEST
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2025
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2/1/2026
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A. blood urea nitrogen level.
B. creatinine clearance.
C. specific gravity.
D. urinary sediment.
D. rational and irrational beliefs about the stressor. - 8. An adult psychiatric and mental health nurse
practitioner uses a cognitive-behavioral approach to help an adolescent patient change self-defeating
behaviors. After identifying the initial stressor that is causing the inappropriate behavior, the therapeutic
intervention is to identify:
A. alternative positive responses to the stressor.
B. negative consequences of the behavioral response to the stressor.
C. possible outcomes of alternative responses.
D. rational and irrational beliefs about the stressor.
C. Less potential for injury with intentional overdose - 9. Which characteristic of fluoxetine (Prozac)
provides the greatest degree of safety for patients who have severe depression?
A. Greater efficacy than tricyclic antidepressants
B. Less potential for drug interaction
C. Less potential for injury with intentional overdose
D. Less potential for suicidal thinking
A. ability of nurse practitioners to provide health care that patients need. - 10. When lobbying a local
congressional representative to include nurse practitioners in reimbursement for services in all areas of
the country, an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner emphasizes the:
A. ability of nurse practitioners to provide health care that patients need.
B. fact that nurse practitioners are caring in their patient care delivery.
C. importance of broadening the scope of nursing practice.
D. necessity of offering equivalent services both to urban and rural patients.
D. reduced renal clearance of lithium. - 11. For 12 years, a 65-year-old patient with bipolar affective
disorder has been treated with lithium (Eskalith) 900 mg daily. When oral hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) 12.5
mg daily is added for hypertension, the patient develops nausea, vomiting, ataxia, and muscle weakness
MHNP
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ANCC
2025-TEST
PMHNP
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SAMPLE
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and the patient's serum lithium level is 2.0 mEq/L. The interaction of the lithium and the thiazide diuretic
has induced:
A. hypokalemia.
B. hyponatremia.
C. increased renal clearance of lithium.
D. reduced renal clearance of lithium.
C. "My wife just left with the children. I have no one left and no future." - 12. Which statement by a male
patient who has posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic persistent suicidal ideation indicates a
need for hospital assessment?
A. "I feel so bad all the time. I wish I were dead."
B. "My wife is so scared that she has taken all my guns out of the house."
C. "My wife just left with the children. I have no one left and no future."
D. "Those medications you gave me make me feel worse. I stopped taking them."
B. bipolar disorder. - 13. A male patient informs an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner
that he has not slept in three days, has poor concentration, and denies fatigue. The patient's diagnosis is:
A. attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
B. bipolar disorder.
C. panic disorder.
D. primary insomnia.
C. sexual dysfunction - 14. During patient education about sertraline (Zoloft), an adult psychiatric and
mental health nurse practitioner focuses upon the potential side effect of:
A. agranulocytosis.
B. hypernatremia.
C. sexual dysfunction.
D. weight loss.
C. imbalances in dopaminergic, serotonergic, and noradrenergic systems in multiple regions of the brain.
- 15. The neurochemical pathophysiology of Tourette disorder involves:
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