drugs. ✔ B. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly.
C. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more rapidly.
... [Show More] ✔ D. Elderly persons may excrete psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly.
Question 2
The treatment of others equitably and distribution of benefits/burdens fairly is known as which of the
following?
A. Fidelity ✔ B. Justice
C. Beneficence
D. Non- maleficence
Question 3
Persons who subordinate their own needs to those of others, get other to assume responsibility for major
areas of the lives, lack self-confidence, and may experience intense discomfort when alone for more than
a brief period of time are demonstrating characteristics consistent with which of the following personality
disorders?
A. Avoidant personality disorder
B. Passive personality disorder ✔ C. Dependent personality disorder
D. Antisocial personality disorder
Question 4
According to Sullivan, which of the following are consistent with a mentor/mentee relationship?
A. Mentors are assigned
B. Mentor relationships are shorter term ✔ C. Goals for the mentoring relationship are set mutually.
D. A and B only
Question 5
A form of child abuse in which a parent or caretaker repeatedly fabricates or actually inflicts injury or
illness in a child for whom medical intervention is then sought, often in an emergency setting, is known as
which of the following?
A. Korsakoff's syndrome
B. Snyder's syndrome
C. Munchausen syndrome ✔ D. Munchausen syndrome by proxy
Question 6
The need for nurse practitioners to practice to the full extent of their education and training is necessary
for which of the following reasons? Select all that apply.
A. The growth in number and proportion of older Americans ✔ B. The projected primary care physician shortage by 2025 ✔ C. Increased number of individuals who have access to healthcare ✔ D. The economic push for cost-effective healthcare
Question 7
The ARNP assessing lifestyle as a social determinant of health would ask about which of the following?
✔ A. Diet
B. Education
C. Health literacy
D. Inherited diseases
Question 8
In educating the patient beginning to take Lithium, the ARNP explains which of the following related to
diet and fluid intake?
A. Caffeine and alcohol act as hydration agents and can raise your lithium concentrations.
B. Drink at least a gallon or more of water per day and limit your salt intake.
C. If you go on a diet, your doctor may need to increase frequency of blood tests. ✔ D. All of the above Question 9
The goal of psychotropic treatment is to eliminate all manifestations of a disorder to below the syndromal
threshold, which is defined as which of the following?
A. Response ✔ B. Remission
C. Resistance
D. Sensitization Question 10
The NP can impact health policy and healthcare by doing which of the following?
A. Become an active member of local, state, and/or national NP organizations.
B. Become familiar with the resources available on NP organization websites.
C. Volunteer to serve on legislative committees within professional NP organizations. ✔ D. All the above
Question 11
A term used to describe individuals and families who are found to live in overcrowded homes, relocate
frequently, and struggle to pay rent and monthly expenses is which of the following?
A. Homelessness
B. Housing instability
C. Transiency ✔ D. A and B
Question 12
Which of the following is consistent with current literature regarding the epidemiology of dependent
personality disorder?
A. Dependent personality is more common in men than in women.
B. Dependent personality disorder is more common in young children than in older ones. ✔ C. Persons with chronic physical illness in childhood may be most susceptible to this disorder.
D. B and C only
Question 13
Patients who injure themselves by self-mutilation (i.e., cutting their skin) but who usually do not wish to
die are said to have which of the following?
A. Suicide intent
B. Suicidal ideations ✔ C. Parasuicidal behavior
D. Aborted suicide attempt
Question 14
The NP preceptor should have which of the following?
A. Knowledge of the NP role
B. The ability to be a role model for the preceptee
C. Solid clinical skill set in the specialty for which the NP student is being precepted ✔ D. All the above
Question 15
The treatment of choice for patients with histrionic personality disorder include which of the following?
A. Psychoanalytic oriented individual psychotherapy
B. Psychoanalytic oriented group psychotherapy
C. Exposure therapy ✔ D. A or B
Question 16
The antipsychotics which are most likely to cause neuroleptic-induced parkinsonism are which have
which of the following effects?
A. High potency drugs with low levels of anticholinergic activity.
B. Low potency drugs with low levels of anticholinergic activity. ✔ C. High potency drugs with high levels of anticholinergic activity.
D. Low potency drugs with high levels of anticholinergic activity.
Question 17
Treatment aimed at reducing intimate partner violence and domestic violence includes which of the
following?
A. Enhancing self-efficacy of the victim.
B. Reducing recidivism of the abuser.
C. Hormonal therapy for the perpetrator of abuse ✔ D. A and B only
Question 18
A patient presents with a formal, tense manner. He reluctantly reports a longstanding (since early
adulthood) pervasive suspiciousness of others, preoccupied with trustworthiness of friends, unjustified
concerns about others deceiving him, angry about perceived insults and slights, reluctant to confide in the
ARNP. The ARNP suspects the patient likely has which of the following personality disorders?
A. Schizoid personality disorder ✔ B. Paranoid personality disorder
C. Borderline personality disorder
D. Antisocial personality disorder Question 19
Which of the following is consistent with current perspectives on nurse practitioner competencies?
✔ A
. The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties has developed a list of core competencies that all students should have upon graduation from a master's program. B
.
Nursing specialty organizations DO NOT publish competencies for NPs who provide care in specialty areas.
C
.
Employers DO NOT establish their own set of competencies. D
.
There are national standards for judging/evaluating nurse practitioner competencies. Question 20
Which of the following core competencies are quality competencies?
A. Uses best available evidence to continually improve quality of practice.
B. Integrates ethical policies in decision making.
C. Evaluates the relationships among access cost quality safety and their influence on health
care. ✔ D. A and C Question 21
Which of the following are criteria for a particular suicide to be considered inevitable?
A. Strong genetic history of suicide in one or more family members.
B. A strong genetic loading of mental illness in the family.
C. The patient must have received the highest standard of treatment and that treatment failed. ✔ D. All of the above.
Question 22
The misuse of the charge's funds for personal gain is known as which of the following?
A. Neglect
B. Physical abuse ✔ C. Financial abuse/exploitation
D. Emotional/psychological abuse
Question 23
Which of the following professionals would be able to precept a nurse practitioner student?
A. An advanced registered nurse practitioner
B. A physician
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