ADVANCED NURSE PRACTICE IN REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH CARE MIDTERM ALL 100 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS(WALDEN UNIVERSITY)
Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric
disorders in psychosomatic patients - ANSWER: Potassium
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle -
ANSWER: Erickson
Select two causes of dissociative amnesia - ANSWER: Sexual abuse and Partner
Betrayal
Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing
antipsychotic drugs - ANSWER: AIMS
Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly -
ANSWER: Autism and Intellectual disability
Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients - ANSWER: 20% recover, 10%
mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse
Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in
dissociative amnesia - ANSWER: Sequential events
The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa - ANSWER:
Eating with friends but not Family
Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a
mental illness diagnosis. - ANSWER: Psychiatrist History and mental status
examination
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. - ANSWER:
Patient Resistance
Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom - ANSWER:
Central Apnea
Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek
help from a Primary Care Provider - ANSWER: Hoarding
Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder - ANSWER: CAPS
Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed - ANSWER: 4
, Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence
in television, movies, and video games - ANSWER: Dysthymia
Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental
health interview of a child - ANSWER: Medical history
Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant
drug therapy - ANSWER: 6-8 weeks
What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? - ANSWER:
PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams
Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following
EXCEPT: - ANSWER: Short duration of symptoms
Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom
disorder or hypochondriasis - ANSWER: Angina Pectoris
What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in adolescents? -
ANSWER: Appetite
Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia. - ANSWER: Acetylcholine
Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport. - ANSWER:
Privacy
Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children - ANSWER:
Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants
All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language in
children EXCEPT: - ANSWER: Echolalia
Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor - ANSWER:
Concurrent substance abuse
All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the Model of Mental Health as
Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations EXCEPT: - ANSWER:
Generativity versus
Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased
activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? - ANSWER:
Caudate
Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa -
ANSWER: Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause