PMHNP CERTIFICATION EXAM 22 FINAL PAPER
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION
◉ hypothyroid.
Answer: high TSH, low T4
mimics depression
◉ Chlamydia treatment.
Answer: zithromax OR doxy. report to health department
◉ Gonorrhea.
Answer: rocephin 250mg IM one dose + ziethromax 1gm one dose
◉ Syphilis.
Answer: benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units IM. how often
depends on the stage. doxy if allergic
◉ Structure of the mind.
Answer: Id: unconscious instinctual drives, pleasure principle
Ego: rational, maintains harmony between id and superego
Superego: perfection principles, forms the conscious
,◉ relief behaviors.
Answer: actions, healthy and not healthy, to reduce stress
◉ Goals of therapy.
Answer: make the unconscious conscious and strengthen the ego so
that behavior is based more on reality and less on instinctual drives
◉ Interpersonal Therapy.
Answer: Harry Stack Sullivan
good me, bad me, not me
◉ Transactional Analysis.
Answer: Eric Berne
Ego states include the Parent (shoulds), the Adult (gather
information) and the Child (feelings, impulses
Goal is to assist client to make new decisions about present behavior
and life
◉ Gestalt Therapy.
Answer: Frederick Perls
Focuses on the now
,◉ psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Answer: is best matched with the client with MATURE defenses,
some object constancy
◉ Person centered therapy.
Answer: Carl Rogers
qualities of therapist are accurate empathy, warmth, unconditional
positive regard. Does NOT include history taking
◉ Motivational Interviewing.
Answer: based on collaboration between therapist and client,
evoking or drawing out the clients ideas about the change,
emphasizing autonomy of the client
◉ Stages of change.
Answer: pre contemplation
contemplation
preparation
action
maintenance
relapse
, ◉ Behavioral Therapy.
Answer: Pavolov, Skinner, Bandura, Wolpe
Differs fundamentally from psychodynamic approach
"why" is not useful
how behavior impacts functioning and affect currently
◉ Rational Emotive Therapy.
Answer: Albert Ellis
personal relationship is not essential
goal to eliminate clinents self defeating outlook on life
psychopathology has similiar set of underlying irrational beliefs
◉ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Answer: Aaron Beck
each disorder has its own typical cognitive content requiring
differing treatment approaches
◉ socratic dialogue.
Answer: 7 types of questions: memory, translation, interpretation,
application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation
◉ psychologically minded.
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION
◉ hypothyroid.
Answer: high TSH, low T4
mimics depression
◉ Chlamydia treatment.
Answer: zithromax OR doxy. report to health department
◉ Gonorrhea.
Answer: rocephin 250mg IM one dose + ziethromax 1gm one dose
◉ Syphilis.
Answer: benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units IM. how often
depends on the stage. doxy if allergic
◉ Structure of the mind.
Answer: Id: unconscious instinctual drives, pleasure principle
Ego: rational, maintains harmony between id and superego
Superego: perfection principles, forms the conscious
,◉ relief behaviors.
Answer: actions, healthy and not healthy, to reduce stress
◉ Goals of therapy.
Answer: make the unconscious conscious and strengthen the ego so
that behavior is based more on reality and less on instinctual drives
◉ Interpersonal Therapy.
Answer: Harry Stack Sullivan
good me, bad me, not me
◉ Transactional Analysis.
Answer: Eric Berne
Ego states include the Parent (shoulds), the Adult (gather
information) and the Child (feelings, impulses
Goal is to assist client to make new decisions about present behavior
and life
◉ Gestalt Therapy.
Answer: Frederick Perls
Focuses on the now
,◉ psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Answer: is best matched with the client with MATURE defenses,
some object constancy
◉ Person centered therapy.
Answer: Carl Rogers
qualities of therapist are accurate empathy, warmth, unconditional
positive regard. Does NOT include history taking
◉ Motivational Interviewing.
Answer: based on collaboration between therapist and client,
evoking or drawing out the clients ideas about the change,
emphasizing autonomy of the client
◉ Stages of change.
Answer: pre contemplation
contemplation
preparation
action
maintenance
relapse
, ◉ Behavioral Therapy.
Answer: Pavolov, Skinner, Bandura, Wolpe
Differs fundamentally from psychodynamic approach
"why" is not useful
how behavior impacts functioning and affect currently
◉ Rational Emotive Therapy.
Answer: Albert Ellis
personal relationship is not essential
goal to eliminate clinents self defeating outlook on life
psychopathology has similiar set of underlying irrational beliefs
◉ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Answer: Aaron Beck
each disorder has its own typical cognitive content requiring
differing treatment approaches
◉ socratic dialogue.
Answer: 7 types of questions: memory, translation, interpretation,
application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation
◉ psychologically minded.
