PMHNP Exam Reported Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers 2024/2025 What is dissemination? - Correct Answer Getting the research information out to those who need to know it!
Publication - highest level Presenting at National Conference Presenting at Local Conference Journal Club where one person reviews an article
What does a 17 on MMSE mean? - Correct Answer Moderate cognitive impairment
What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system? - Correct Answer Inducer -->will lower dose of Lamictal and BCP's
What do BCP's do to Lamictal? - Correct Answer Inducer - will lower dose of Lamictal
What is a Type I research error? - Correct Answer There IS a difference but you say there isn't a difference.
What is a Type II research error? - Correct Answer There is NO difference but you say there is a difference.
What is pseudo-dementia? - Correct Answer Cognitive impairment secondary to depression that clears when treated in the elderly. Dementia won't improve.
Is it normal for a 1 month old to have a palmar grasp? - Correct Answer Yes.
What is a drug 1/2 life? - Correct Answer The time it takes for 50% of a drug to be eliminated from the body.
What 3 atypicals can be used with teens? - Correct Answer Zyprexa, Abilify, Seroquel - low doses 1 / 4
What is a risk of using Tramadol? - Correct Answer Serotonin Syndrome as it is very serotonergic.
What is the allele seen in Asians that increase the risk of SJS? - Correct Answer HLAB-1502
When might you see toxic epidermal necrolysis? - Correct Answer With worsening of SJS
How many generations do you include for a genogram? - Correct Answer 1st degree - mother, father, siblings 2nd degree - grandparents & cousins 3rd degree -
What does messenger RNA code for? - Correct Answer Amino Acids
What is epigenetics? - Correct Answer Factors that affect genes - environmental, smoking, stress, etc...
What part of the brain is involved with OCD? - Correct Answer Basal Ganglia Occipito-Frontal
What happens to the brain during adolescence? - Correct Answer Dendritic pruning Emotions are controlled by amygdala By adulthood, PFC involved as well
When do males typically present with schizophrenia? - Correct Answer 10-25 yo
When do females typically present with schizophrenia? - Correct Answer 25-35 yo
What does Erythromycin to trileptal? - Correct Answer You will need to decreases the level because Trileptal(inducer) and erythromycin is a inhibitor
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ACE Inhibitors are the drug of choice for what? - Correct Answer Heart Failure HTN
What are some psychiatric side effects seen with some asthma drugs - Correct Answer Leukotriene receptor agonists - singulair, accolade, zyflo = agitation, aggression, anxiety, hallucinations, depression, insomnia, SI, tremor
What should you watch for with Tegretol? - Correct Answer Agranulocytosis and Hyponatremia
What are the 3 CK muscle enzyme tests? - Correct Answer CKBB, CKMM, CKMB
Which one of the 3 muscle enzymes are related to cardiac muscle damage? - Correct Answer CKMB
What is the risk of a seriously elevated CKMB? - Correct Answer Polymyositis Rhabdo
What is a normal CKMB? - Correct Answer 0.3 mcg/L
What psychoactives does Detrol interact with? - Correct Answer Topamax KCL Zonegran
What CN are you assessing when you have the patient shrug their shoulders? - Correct Answer CN XI - Spinal Accessory
What do you see in labs with HIV & Dementia? - Correct Answer CD4 <200 Viral Load is high <20% get it with antiretroviral treatment
What is the scoring with the Beck Depression Inventory? - Correct Answer Self-Report - 0-63 0-13 - minimal 3 / 4
14-19 - mild 20-28 - moderate 29-63 - severe
What is sensitivity? - Correct Answer Helps rule-out disease = True Positive = Snout
What is specificity? - Correct Answer Helps rule-in disease = True Negative = Spin
What does a sed rate measure? - Correct Answer Inflammation (ESR - Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate) = distance in mm RBC's have descended in 1 hour.
What is a normal sed rate or ESR? - Correct Answer 0-22 males 0-29 females
What is a retic count? - Correct Answer Measures % of reticulocytes in blood (immature RBC's) Indicates whether enough RBC's are being produced by bone marrow.
What does a decreased retic count indicate? - Correct Answer Anemia - acute or chronic bleeding
What does an increased retic count indicate? - Correct Answer Bone marrow disorder or Vitamin Deficiency
What does an abnormal retic ount indicate in general? - Correct Answer Doesn't diagnose anything. First step is ID source of the issue.
What happens when you mix tegretol and macrolides? - Correct Answer Increase tegretol levels.
What happens if a pregnant women takes Accutane? - Correct Answer Birth defects.
What labs do you get with RA? - Correct Answer Sed rate, RF, ANA, C reactive protein, CBC, CMP, CRP - helps confirm diagnosis.CRP and ESR are both increased in RA but NOT in osteoarthritis.
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