Concerns when treating geriatric patients with psychotherapeutic drugs include all of the
following EXCEPT:
A. Elderly persons may be more susceptible to adverse effects of psychotherapeutic
drugs.
B. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly.
C. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more rapidly.
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
ofthe 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
formajor 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
, 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
followingrelated 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
, 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?
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