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PMHNP Certification Exam Questions
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What are assessed in the Thought Content of the MSE - ✔✔SI/HI, Plan,
Hallucinations
• PNEUMOIC - Old Age Parents Love Grandchildren - ✔✔• Oral (0-18
months), Anal (18 months - 3 years), Phallic (3 years to 6 years), Latent (6
to 12), Genital (12 +)
• FREUD's PSYCHOSOCIAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT - PHALLIC
STAGE - 3-6 years old - ✔✔• 3-year-old masturbates, play with self, says
naughty things
• This is NORMAL for children this age.
What do you do when a patient has an increased prolactin level? - ✔✔•
Stop prolactin (stop the agent that cause increase prolactin)
• ACUTE STRESS DISORDER - ✔✔• A d/o resulting from exposure to a
major stressor, with SX of ANX, depression, dissociation, recurring
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nightmares, sleep disturbances, problems in concentrations, reliving the
event, dreams, flashbacks - UP to ONE MONTH - Less than 1 month.
• If LONGER than 1 month = PTSD
- Symptoms that occur immediately after the event but resolve in less than
3 days would not meet criteria for acute stress disorder
What would you do if a 5-year-old tells you his brother sodomized him? -
✔✔• Tell mom don't leave him alone with patient and call CPS implement
crisis
If a child is playing with doll in a sexual way, what do you do first? - ✔✔•
You SUSPECT sexual abuse - Perform FURTHER ASSESSMENT and
GATHER ENOUGH INFO BEFORE Calling CPS to report suspected
Sexual Abuse - You HAVE to report but you have to have something
(assessment data) to report - Assess = FIRST
If a 13-year-old tells you he want to smoke, what would be an appropriate
response? - ✔✔• Ask him of his plan to stop smoking
If a 14-year-old girl clenching her teeth, what cranial nerve would you
suspect? - ✔✔• Cranial nerve V-Trigeminal nerve (FIVE)
What cranial nerve is responsible for Bells Palsy? - ✔✔7 = Facial Paralysis
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What cranial nerves do you assess for corneal sensation - ✔✔Nerves 5 & 7
What cranial nerves do you assess for papillary reaction to light and
accommodation? - ✔✔Nerves 3,4,& 6
What cranial nerves do you assess for 6 cardinal fields of gaze & extra-
ocular movements? - ✔✔Nerves 3, 4, & 6
What cranial nerves do you assess for corneal light reflex? - ✔✔3, 4, & 6
Cranial Nerve 1 - ✔✔Olfactory (smell)
Cranial Nerve 2 - ✔✔Optic - vision
Cranial Nerve 3 - ✔✔Oculomotor (eye movement): The occulomotor nerve
is responsible for motor enervation of upper eyelid muscle, extraocular
muscle and pupillary muscle.
Cranial Nerve 4 - ✔✔Trochlear (eye movement): The trochlear nerve
controls an extraocular muscle.
Cranial Nerve 5 - ✔✔Trigeminal: The trigeminal nerve is responsible for
sensory enervation of the face and motor enervation to muscles of
mastication (chewing).
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Cranial Nerve 6 - ✔✔Abducens (motor): The abducent nerve enervates a
muscle, which moves the eyeball.
Cranial Nerve 7 - ✔✔Facial nerve: The facial nerve enervates the muscles
of the face (facial expression).
Cranial Nerve 8 - ✔✔Vestibulocochlear (hearing and balance): The
vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the sense of hearing and balance
(body position sense).
Cranial Nerve 9 - ✔✔Glossopharyngeal: The glossopharyngeal nerve
enervates muscles involved in swallowing and taste. Lesions of the ninth
nerve result in difficulty swallowing and disturbance of taste.
Cranial Nerve 10 - ✔✔vagus nerve: The vagus nerve enervates the gut
(gastrointestinal tract), heart and larynx.
Cranial Nerve 11 - ✔✔accessory: The accessory nerve enervates the
sternocleidomastoid muscles and the trapezius muscles.
Cranial Nerve 12 - ✔✔Hypoglossal (tongue movement): The hypoglossal
nerve enervates the muscles of the tongue.
What is the best action for a 16 y/o with conduct disorder that refuses tx? -
✔✔• Send to psych specialist for acting out kids - Referrals - Have to see if
PMHNP Certification Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Solved
What are assessed in the Thought Content of the MSE - ✔✔SI/HI, Plan,
Hallucinations
• PNEUMOIC - Old Age Parents Love Grandchildren - ✔✔• Oral (0-18
months), Anal (18 months - 3 years), Phallic (3 years to 6 years), Latent (6
to 12), Genital (12 +)
• FREUD's PSYCHOSOCIAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT - PHALLIC
STAGE - 3-6 years old - ✔✔• 3-year-old masturbates, play with self, says
naughty things
• This is NORMAL for children this age.
What do you do when a patient has an increased prolactin level? - ✔✔•
Stop prolactin (stop the agent that cause increase prolactin)
• ACUTE STRESS DISORDER - ✔✔• A d/o resulting from exposure to a
major stressor, with SX of ANX, depression, dissociation, recurring
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nightmares, sleep disturbances, problems in concentrations, reliving the
event, dreams, flashbacks - UP to ONE MONTH - Less than 1 month.
• If LONGER than 1 month = PTSD
- Symptoms that occur immediately after the event but resolve in less than
3 days would not meet criteria for acute stress disorder
What would you do if a 5-year-old tells you his brother sodomized him? -
✔✔• Tell mom don't leave him alone with patient and call CPS implement
crisis
If a child is playing with doll in a sexual way, what do you do first? - ✔✔•
You SUSPECT sexual abuse - Perform FURTHER ASSESSMENT and
GATHER ENOUGH INFO BEFORE Calling CPS to report suspected
Sexual Abuse - You HAVE to report but you have to have something
(assessment data) to report - Assess = FIRST
If a 13-year-old tells you he want to smoke, what would be an appropriate
response? - ✔✔• Ask him of his plan to stop smoking
If a 14-year-old girl clenching her teeth, what cranial nerve would you
suspect? - ✔✔• Cranial nerve V-Trigeminal nerve (FIVE)
What cranial nerve is responsible for Bells Palsy? - ✔✔7 = Facial Paralysis
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What cranial nerves do you assess for corneal sensation - ✔✔Nerves 5 & 7
What cranial nerves do you assess for papillary reaction to light and
accommodation? - ✔✔Nerves 3,4,& 6
What cranial nerves do you assess for 6 cardinal fields of gaze & extra-
ocular movements? - ✔✔Nerves 3, 4, & 6
What cranial nerves do you assess for corneal light reflex? - ✔✔3, 4, & 6
Cranial Nerve 1 - ✔✔Olfactory (smell)
Cranial Nerve 2 - ✔✔Optic - vision
Cranial Nerve 3 - ✔✔Oculomotor (eye movement): The occulomotor nerve
is responsible for motor enervation of upper eyelid muscle, extraocular
muscle and pupillary muscle.
Cranial Nerve 4 - ✔✔Trochlear (eye movement): The trochlear nerve
controls an extraocular muscle.
Cranial Nerve 5 - ✔✔Trigeminal: The trigeminal nerve is responsible for
sensory enervation of the face and motor enervation to muscles of
mastication (chewing).
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Cranial Nerve 6 - ✔✔Abducens (motor): The abducent nerve enervates a
muscle, which moves the eyeball.
Cranial Nerve 7 - ✔✔Facial nerve: The facial nerve enervates the muscles
of the face (facial expression).
Cranial Nerve 8 - ✔✔Vestibulocochlear (hearing and balance): The
vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the sense of hearing and balance
(body position sense).
Cranial Nerve 9 - ✔✔Glossopharyngeal: The glossopharyngeal nerve
enervates muscles involved in swallowing and taste. Lesions of the ninth
nerve result in difficulty swallowing and disturbance of taste.
Cranial Nerve 10 - ✔✔vagus nerve: The vagus nerve enervates the gut
(gastrointestinal tract), heart and larynx.
Cranial Nerve 11 - ✔✔accessory: The accessory nerve enervates the
sternocleidomastoid muscles and the trapezius muscles.
Cranial Nerve 12 - ✔✔Hypoglossal (tongue movement): The hypoglossal
nerve enervates the muscles of the tongue.
What is the best action for a 16 y/o with conduct disorder that refuses tx? -
✔✔• Send to psych specialist for acting out kids - Referrals - Have to see if
