NRNP_6675_Final_Exam_Questions_and_Answers_2026_2027_Verified_Answers

NRNP 6675 FINAL EXAM
PMHNP Care Across the Lifespan II - Walden University

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QUESTION 1
Concerns when treating geriatric patients with psychotherapeutic drugs include
all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Elderly persons may be more susceptible to adverse effects of
psychotherapeutic drugs.
B. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly.
C. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more rapidly.
D. Elderly persons may excrete psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly.


CORRECT ANSWER: C


RATIONALE:
• Older adults generally have reduced hepatic metabolism and renal excretion,
so they metabolize drugs more slowly, not more rapidly.
• Thus, they tend to accumulate medications longer and are prone to toxicity.


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QUESTION 2
The treatment of others equitably and the fair distribution of benefits/burdens
is known as which of the following?
A. Fidelity
B. Justice
C. Beneficence
D. Non-maleficence


CORRECT ANSWER: B


RATIONALE:

,• Justice is about fairness and equitable allocation of resources.
• Fidelity = loyalty, Beneficence = doing good, Non‑maleficence = do no harm.


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QUESTION 3
Persons who subordinate their own needs to those of others, allow others to
assume responsibility for major areas of their lives, lack self-confidence, and
may experience intense discomfort when alone for more than a brief period of
time are demonstrating characteristics of which personality disorder?
A. Avoidant personality disorder
B. Passive personality disorder
C. Dependent personality disorder
D. Antisocial personality disorder


CORRECT ANSWER: C

RATIONALE:
• Dependent personality disorder involves pervasive dependence on others,
difficulty making decisions independently, and a significant fear of separation
or abandonment.


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QUESTION 4
According to Sullivan, which of the following are consistent with a
mentor/mentee relationship?
A. Mentors are assigned.
B. Mentor relationships are shorter term.
C. Goals for the mentoring relationship are set mutually.
D. A and B only

, CORRECT ANSWER: C


RATIONALE:
• Effective mentor-mentee relationships are typically voluntary, long-term, and
characterized by mutual goal-setting.
• They are not simply “assigned” or necessarily short-term.


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QUESTION 5
A form of child abuse in which a caretaker repeatedly fabricates or deliberately
causes illness or injury in a child (leading to medical intervention) is known as
which of the following?
A. Korsakoff’s syndrome
B. Snyder’s syndrome
C. Munchausen syndrome
D. Munchausen syndrome by proxy


CORRECT ANSWER: D


RATIONALE:
• Munchausen syndrome by proxy = factitious disorder imposed on another,
usually the child, by a caregiver.
• Munchausen syndrome (without “by proxy”) involves factitious disorder
imposed on oneself.


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QUESTION 6