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TEST BANK FOR ANCC PMHNP PSYCH-
MENTAL HEALTH NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+|BRAND NEW!!
All of the following are considered to be types of family structures
except?
Nuclear family
Behavioral family
Blended family
Extended family - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct Answer:
Behavioral family
The major types of family structures are:
Nuclear family
Blended family
Extended family
Single-parent family
Other familial systems
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What would NOT be an appropriate way to deal with a patient in
the psychiatric unit who is prone to protracted angry outbursts?
Using reassuring touch
Determining the source of the patient's anger
Remaining calm
Setting verbal limits on behavior - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct
answer: Using reassuring touch
This would not be appropriate for interacting with an angry
patient. When coping with an angry patient, don't shout or argue
with the client and avoid touching the client or invading the
client's space. This can escalate the anger. Touching the client can
be threatening and make them feel cornered. This may result in
retaliation.
N-STAT is an ANA program that does which of the following?
unifies nurses' political voices
recommends nursing health policies
assures a safe workplace for nurses
evaluates Medicare and Medicaid reforms - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Correct Answer:
unifies nurses' political voices
Nurses are the largest group among the health care disciplines The
Nurses Strategic Action Team (N-STAT) is an ANA program that
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unifies nurses' political voices across the country to enact
measures to benefit health care for everyone.
Examples of DSM-V diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia include all
of the following EXCEPT:
hallucinations
thought insertion
disorganized speech
delusions - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct Answer:
thought insertion
Your patient, whose wife died a few months ago, appears to be
very unkempt and apathetic. Although several months have
passed since his wife's death he has not progressed at all through
his grieving. You assess this condition as which of the following?
disenfranchised grief
panic disorder
complicated grief
physiologic grief - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct Answer:
complicated grief
A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal
physical, psychological, cognitive and spiritual responses to the
death of a significant other. But when the person shows persistent
maladaptive behaviors such as not taking care of personal hygiene
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and/or appearance and does not progress through the mourning
process, this is complicated grief.
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, which of the following
atypical antidepressants should not be prescribed within the
recovery phase?
Trazodone
Duloxetine
Bupropion
Desvenlafaxine - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct Answer:
Trazodone
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, during the recovery
phase, the patient should not be prescribed this medication.
Trazodone (Desyrel) can cause the patient to develop orthostatic
hypotension and priapism.
To get your teaching ideas and concepts across to a poor reader
which of the following would be most appropriate?
Use longer sentences.
Use abstract concepts.
Discourage questioning.
Use examples and review. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct
Answer:
Use examples and review.
TEST BANK FOR ANCC PMHNP PSYCH-
MENTAL HEALTH NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+|BRAND NEW!!
All of the following are considered to be types of family structures
except?
Nuclear family
Behavioral family
Blended family
Extended family - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct Answer:
Behavioral family
The major types of family structures are:
Nuclear family
Blended family
Extended family
Single-parent family
Other familial systems
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What would NOT be an appropriate way to deal with a patient in
the psychiatric unit who is prone to protracted angry outbursts?
Using reassuring touch
Determining the source of the patient's anger
Remaining calm
Setting verbal limits on behavior - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct
answer: Using reassuring touch
This would not be appropriate for interacting with an angry
patient. When coping with an angry patient, don't shout or argue
with the client and avoid touching the client or invading the
client's space. This can escalate the anger. Touching the client can
be threatening and make them feel cornered. This may result in
retaliation.
N-STAT is an ANA program that does which of the following?
unifies nurses' political voices
recommends nursing health policies
assures a safe workplace for nurses
evaluates Medicare and Medicaid reforms - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Correct Answer:
unifies nurses' political voices
Nurses are the largest group among the health care disciplines The
Nurses Strategic Action Team (N-STAT) is an ANA program that
,3|Page
unifies nurses' political voices across the country to enact
measures to benefit health care for everyone.
Examples of DSM-V diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia include all
of the following EXCEPT:
hallucinations
thought insertion
disorganized speech
delusions - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct Answer:
thought insertion
Your patient, whose wife died a few months ago, appears to be
very unkempt and apathetic. Although several months have
passed since his wife's death he has not progressed at all through
his grieving. You assess this condition as which of the following?
disenfranchised grief
panic disorder
complicated grief
physiologic grief - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct Answer:
complicated grief
A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal
physical, psychological, cognitive and spiritual responses to the
death of a significant other. But when the person shows persistent
maladaptive behaviors such as not taking care of personal hygiene
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and/or appearance and does not progress through the mourning
process, this is complicated grief.
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, which of the following
atypical antidepressants should not be prescribed within the
recovery phase?
Trazodone
Duloxetine
Bupropion
Desvenlafaxine - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct Answer:
Trazodone
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, during the recovery
phase, the patient should not be prescribed this medication.
Trazodone (Desyrel) can cause the patient to develop orthostatic
hypotension and priapism.
To get your teaching ideas and concepts across to a poor reader
which of the following would be most appropriate?
Use longer sentences.
Use abstract concepts.
Discourage questioning.
Use examples and review. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Correct
Answer:
Use examples and review.
