The basis of exposure therapy is which of the following?
C.
When prescribing Anafranil, a nurse knows that which of the following needs to be monitored?
D.
Anafranil
(clomipramine)
Surmontil
(trimipramine)
How should Surmontil be administered to a non-elderly adult patient?
B.
Which of the following IQs is indicative of moderate Intellectual disabilities?
B.
Which of the following statements about the disability rights of a person with mental impairment is least accurate?
B.
Identify the Schedule III controlled drug according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
D.
Identify the cognitive assessment that is sensitive but nonspecific.
A.
Determining the order in which clients should be cared for is part of which ethical principle?
A.
A data entry worker tasked to work on building a spreadsheet with a computer program from many handwritten sheets of paper turns the work in to her manager. The manager then returns the work with corrections, marked throughout, for her to correct. She immediately takes it personally, thinking she will now be fired. This is an example of which type of erroneous thinking?
C.
If a 17 year old girl who has never been sexually active believes she is pregnant and reports symptoms of pregnancy, then what is the correct designation?
B.
Behaviorists characterize leaders by their style of practice. Those leaders who rely on organizational policies and rules to influence the behavior of their subordinates would be classified as which of the following?
D.
All of the following organizations were in collaboration when developing a set of
standards for psychiatric nurses except?
B.
A nurse believes that a patient is initially uncooperative but may be coaxed into cooperating. What triage rating would this be given?
C.
When clonazepam has been prescribed, the nurse knows that the medication should be administered how often?
A.
When a surrogate decision-maker attempts to establish what decision an incompetent patient would make if he or she were competent to do so this is which of the following?
A.
The first step of psychiatric-mental health nursing includes which of the following?
B.
Aspects of environment which can have an effect on communication would
include all of the following except?
A.
In terms of theories of communication, human modeling, the process of representing something, involves all but which of the following processes?
C.
What nutrient deficiency can cause a patient to develop confusion and confabulation accompanied with a headache and neuropathy?
A.
What action best demonstrates how a psychiatric mental health nurse can incorporate research into her scope of work?
D.
Which of the following is not one of the Raven’s Progressive Matrices?
A.
The stage of group development in which the group leader is more directive and active and members look to this leader for structure and approval is:
D.
Of the following, what is the second Foundational / Core Concept for the Psychiatric Nurse Practice?
A.
When creating a care plan for a patient who has been diagnosed with depression characterized by hopelessness, which of the following should be the FIRST intervention planned?
