NU665/NU665B FINAL TEST
QUESTION 2025 REGIS
COLLEGE
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,1. A rural and underserved community has an unusually elevated incidence of
depression and drug use. This is detected among the teenage population. To address
this issue, you will modify the environment and strengthen the capacity of families. You
do this to ward off the development of new cases of depression and drug use. This is
known as .
Select one:
a.primary prevention
b.secondary prevention
c.tertiary prevention
d.protective factor prevention
Answer: a. primary prevention
2. Contemporary therapy approaches are grounded on a core set of values, which are
neither value-neutral nor applicable to all cultures.?
T/F
Answer: True
3. Any court of law that evaluates the standard of care provided by a PMHNP
Select one:
a.compares the action to the standard of care provided by a psychiatrist
b.considers what a reasonably prudent healthcare provider would do
c.evaluates patient satisfaction data
d.reviews the nurse practitioner's charts for similar patients
e.All of these answers are
Answer: b. considers what a reasonably prudent healthcare provider would do
4. The tendency for individuals to relate external events to themselves, even when there
is no basis for making this connection, is known as:
Select one:
a. labeling and mislabeling.
b. overgeneralization.
c. arbitrary inferences.
d. personalization.
Answer: d. personalization.
5. The first step in making an ethical decision is to:
Select one:
a. look at the relevant ethics codes.
b. identify the problem.
c. consider the applicable laws and regulations.
d. seek consultation.
Answer: b. identify the problem.
,6. Ethics focuses on doing what is in the best interest of clients.
Select one:
a.Mandatory
b.Minimal
c.Positive
d.Aspirational
Answer: d. Aspirational
7. Match the following statement with the appropriate leadership skill term: To let
clients know they are heard and understood beyond the level of words requires
Select one:
a.Active listening
b.Restating
c.Clarifying
d.Empathizing
e.Reflecting feelings
Answer: e. Reflecting feelings
8. Overemphasizing cultural differences is always appropriate in a counseling context.
Select one: True False
Answer: False
9. The PMHNP knows that an essential component embedded in the role and scope of
practice is critical thinking. Critical thinking . (Choose all that apply.)
Select one:
a.is defined as rehabilitative services
b.entails making clinical decisions based on evidence-based practice
c.develops self-awareness by a metacognitive mechanism to gather additional insights
about one's self
d.None of the answers is
Answer: b. entails making clinical decisions based on evidence-based practice and c.
develops self-awareness by a metacognitive mechanism to gather additional insights
about one's self
10. Question 10 involves the right of clients to be informed about their therapy and to
make autonomous decisions pertaining to it.
Select one:
a.Informed consent
b.Confidentiality
c.Privileged communication
d.Breach of confidentiality
Answer: a. Informed consent
, 11. Clinicians who work in community mental health agencies, private practice, and
other human service settings are generally expected to assess client problems within
the framework of the National Association of Social Workers' Diagnostic and
Assessment Protocol Manual (3rd ed.).
Select one: True False
Answer: False
12. The brain structure associated with new memories and consolidation of new
memories is the.
Select one:
a.frontal cortex
b.amygdala
c.hippocampus
d.hypothalamus
Answer: c. hippocampus
13. Serotonin is produced in which part of the brain?
Select one:
a.Locus ceruleus
b.Nucleus basalis
c.Raphi nuclei
d.Substantia nigra
e.None of the answers are
Answer: c. Raphi nuclei
14. Sarah has been diagnosed with MDD. She is started on Sertraline 25 mg for her
depression. She will take one-half of the dose in the a.m. for two weeks. You will follow
up with her. To effectively monitor the client's use of medication, which of the following
steps will be part of her ongoing care?
Select one:
a.Monitoring for potential cardiac side effects
b.Monitoring for potential abuse of the medication
c.Monitoring of baseline labs of renal functioning
d.Use of a standardized rating scale of depression
Answer: d. Use of a standardized rating scale of depression
15. What teratogenic effects can occur by the psychotropics divalproex and lithium?
Select one:
a.Divalproex-Epstein Anomaly; lithium-cleft palate
b.Lithium-spina bifida; divalproex-mental retardation
c.Lithium-Epstein anomaly; divalproex-spina bifida
d.Divalproex-limb malformations; lithium-seizure disorder
Answer: c. Lithium-Epstein anomaly; divalproex-spina bifida
QUESTION 2025 REGIS
COLLEGE
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,1. A rural and underserved community has an unusually elevated incidence of
depression and drug use. This is detected among the teenage population. To address
this issue, you will modify the environment and strengthen the capacity of families. You
do this to ward off the development of new cases of depression and drug use. This is
known as .
Select one:
a.primary prevention
b.secondary prevention
c.tertiary prevention
d.protective factor prevention
Answer: a. primary prevention
2. Contemporary therapy approaches are grounded on a core set of values, which are
neither value-neutral nor applicable to all cultures.?
T/F
Answer: True
3. Any court of law that evaluates the standard of care provided by a PMHNP
Select one:
a.compares the action to the standard of care provided by a psychiatrist
b.considers what a reasonably prudent healthcare provider would do
c.evaluates patient satisfaction data
d.reviews the nurse practitioner's charts for similar patients
e.All of these answers are
Answer: b. considers what a reasonably prudent healthcare provider would do
4. The tendency for individuals to relate external events to themselves, even when there
is no basis for making this connection, is known as:
Select one:
a. labeling and mislabeling.
b. overgeneralization.
c. arbitrary inferences.
d. personalization.
Answer: d. personalization.
5. The first step in making an ethical decision is to:
Select one:
a. look at the relevant ethics codes.
b. identify the problem.
c. consider the applicable laws and regulations.
d. seek consultation.
Answer: b. identify the problem.
,6. Ethics focuses on doing what is in the best interest of clients.
Select one:
a.Mandatory
b.Minimal
c.Positive
d.Aspirational
Answer: d. Aspirational
7. Match the following statement with the appropriate leadership skill term: To let
clients know they are heard and understood beyond the level of words requires
Select one:
a.Active listening
b.Restating
c.Clarifying
d.Empathizing
e.Reflecting feelings
Answer: e. Reflecting feelings
8. Overemphasizing cultural differences is always appropriate in a counseling context.
Select one: True False
Answer: False
9. The PMHNP knows that an essential component embedded in the role and scope of
practice is critical thinking. Critical thinking . (Choose all that apply.)
Select one:
a.is defined as rehabilitative services
b.entails making clinical decisions based on evidence-based practice
c.develops self-awareness by a metacognitive mechanism to gather additional insights
about one's self
d.None of the answers is
Answer: b. entails making clinical decisions based on evidence-based practice and c.
develops self-awareness by a metacognitive mechanism to gather additional insights
about one's self
10. Question 10 involves the right of clients to be informed about their therapy and to
make autonomous decisions pertaining to it.
Select one:
a.Informed consent
b.Confidentiality
c.Privileged communication
d.Breach of confidentiality
Answer: a. Informed consent
, 11. Clinicians who work in community mental health agencies, private practice, and
other human service settings are generally expected to assess client problems within
the framework of the National Association of Social Workers' Diagnostic and
Assessment Protocol Manual (3rd ed.).
Select one: True False
Answer: False
12. The brain structure associated with new memories and consolidation of new
memories is the.
Select one:
a.frontal cortex
b.amygdala
c.hippocampus
d.hypothalamus
Answer: c. hippocampus
13. Serotonin is produced in which part of the brain?
Select one:
a.Locus ceruleus
b.Nucleus basalis
c.Raphi nuclei
d.Substantia nigra
e.None of the answers are
Answer: c. Raphi nuclei
14. Sarah has been diagnosed with MDD. She is started on Sertraline 25 mg for her
depression. She will take one-half of the dose in the a.m. for two weeks. You will follow
up with her. To effectively monitor the client's use of medication, which of the following
steps will be part of her ongoing care?
Select one:
a.Monitoring for potential cardiac side effects
b.Monitoring for potential abuse of the medication
c.Monitoring of baseline labs of renal functioning
d.Use of a standardized rating scale of depression
Answer: d. Use of a standardized rating scale of depression
15. What teratogenic effects can occur by the psychotropics divalproex and lithium?
Select one:
a.Divalproex-Epstein Anomaly; lithium-cleft palate
b.Lithium-spina bifida; divalproex-mental retardation
c.Lithium-Epstein anomaly; divalproex-spina bifida
d.Divalproex-limb malformations; lithium-seizure disorder
Answer: c. Lithium-Epstein anomaly; divalproex-spina bifida
