College Admission American Nurses Credentialing Center: Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified (PMHNP) Free Practice Test
Question 1
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a series of three-dimensional images that represent the brain. MRI would be most likely to be contraindicated in which of the following patient scenarios?
Correct Answer: A
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Question 2
Some states use the umbrella term advanced practice nurse to refer to multiple types of clinicians. Which type of advanced practice nurse conducts a preoperative assessment, administers anesthesia, and manages post-anesthesia recovery?
Correct Answer: C
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Question 3
Which type of family boundary dynamic creates enmeshment issues in family members?
Correct Answer: C
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Question 4
Rett syndrome is known as the development of specific deficits following a period of normal functioning after birth. You are a nurse practitioner assessing a new six-year-old female patient. You pay close attention to her mental status and perform a mental status exam. Which of the following findings is least expected with Rett syndrome?
Correct Answer: C
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Question 5
You have diagnosed your 15-year-old female patient with bipolar disorder. You know that lithium therapy is the first-line agent for adolescent bipolar disorder. You also know that it does not have an immediate effect. You will tell the girl and her parents that it will take how long for the onset of action?
Correct Answer: D
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Question 6
What discipline is defined as the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response; and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations?
Correct Answer: D
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Question 7
What type of systematic review analyzes a collection of qualitative studies?
Correct Answer: B
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Question 8
What 1981 court case determined that patients have an absolute right to refuse treatment but a guardian may authorize their treatment?
Correct Answer: B
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Question 9
Which of the following statements is inaccurate regarding PTSD in young children?
Correct Answer: A
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Question 10
What is the basic cellular unit of the nervous system?
Correct Answer: D
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