Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner Midterm Exam
Test Bank with 450 Practice
Questions and Correct
Answers / NRNP 6675 Week
6 Midterm Exam Prep 2025-
2026
, NRNP 6675 MIDTERM EXAM 450
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A chronic disorder characterized by repetitive hair pulling leading to variable hair loss
that may be..to others known as?
C) Trichotillomania
Which of the following is inconsistent with current knowledge about schizophrenia?
C) Dopamine level is a laboratory tests that assists in the diagnosis of schizophrenia
The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome characterized by specific s/s resulting from
recent ingestion or exposure to a substance is known as which of the folllowing?
C) Substance use disorder
Incorrect: substance intox, substance withdrawal, all of the above
Abnormal involuntary movements in a rhythmic pattern affecting the face, mouth,
tongue jaw is known as which of the following?
C) Tardive dyskinesia
Incorrect: akathisia, dystonia, EPS
A deeply held belief despite evidence to the contrary, lasting at least 1 month, without
prominent hallucinations, with functional impairment that relates to the delusional
system disorder called?
Delusional disorder
Which of the following is true about preoccupation with castration?
A) This can be serious and life threatening if castration is carried out without medical
supervision
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,Incorrect: consistent with transvestiatic disorder, other specified paraphillic disorder,
or sexual machochism disorder
Which of the following is a system that provides a uniform language for describing
medical and surgical procedures and diagnostics services rendered by clinicians?
CPT
Incorrect: HIPPA, DSM5-, DRG
A patient on Chlorpromazine states his orgasm is dry and afterwards he will
commonly have milky urine. The APRN realizes this is which of the following?
A) This is likely a harmless response to the Chlorpromazine
"Thorazine"
A condition which results from absence of second female sex chromosome (XO) and
is associated with web neck, dwarfism, cubitus valgus and infertility is known as
which of the following?
B) Turners Syndrome
Turners syndrome:
tx involves hormone therapy; fertility treatments for women when they decide to have
a baby
Which of the following would be characterized as a negative s/s of schizophrenia?
B & C only
B) impaired social and occupational functioning
C) isolation and impaired self-care
Which of the following are keys to distinguishing OCD from psychosis?
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, Patients with OCD can almost always acknowledge the unreasonable nature of their
symptoms
A federal program administered nationally and locally which covers enrolled
individuals 65+ who pays premiums and disabled individuals
Both A& B (Medicare and Medicaid)
Having an adequate legal description of nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice
according to state law is important for which of the following reasons?
All of the above (to avoid any charges of practicing medicine without a license, to
place accountability for both benefits and harm to patients squarely on the NP, to get
reimbursed for physician services when provided by a NP
Which of the following is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance?
B) Caffeine
Incorrect: alcohol, heroin, cannabis
Which of the following is used to tx TD?
None of the above
(cogentin, artane, catapress)
The APRN consensus model did which of the following?
B&C
B) adult and gerontology were merged and identified as PCP or acute care
C) psychiatric mental health foci were stipulated as across the lifespan
Which of the following behaviors are associated with an alcohol blood level of
0.05%?
B) Thought judgement and restraints are impaired
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