Mental Health Northern Kentucky University Proctored Exam 4

A pregnant 30-year-old woman complains of persistent numbness on the palmar surface of her right hand and of pain in her right arm. Her symptoms are more severe in the morning. Neurologic examination

A 24-year-old man presents to the PMHNP with complaints of worsening mental health symptoms after an extended period of isolation during COVID-19 quarantine. He now reports inability to go grocery sho

The PMHNP is treating a 17-year-old girl who is an inpatient on an eating disorder unit. This patient has type 1 diabetes in addition to bulimia nervosa. Today she complains of dizziness, nausea, conf

A 78-year-old woman reflects back on her life and has few regrets. According to Erikson, she has accomplished which of the following?

Which of the following is considered a manipulative body-based therapy?

A 36-year-old woman of Chinese descent presents to the PMHNP after a referral from her primary care physician, who has worked up her physical complaints. These physical complaints include headaches, d

A 37-year-old White man presents to the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) with suspected conversion disorder. According to Erikson, the development of conversion disorder is associa

A 19-year-old woman who prefers not to take medication uses a diffuser with lavender essential oil to help her calm down and fall asleep at night. Which biologically based therapies is she using?

A 10-year-old boy displays deficits in intellectual functions that involve his ability to reason, solve problems, and learn from instruction or experience. He has been slow to develop skills in school

The PMHNP is evaluating an 11-year-old boy with intellectual disabilities, a long face, and large ears. He has midface hypoplasia, hyperextensible joints, and a short stature. She explains to the fami

A 2-year-old boy presents to the nurse practitioner with new onset seizures and a history of a port wine stain at birth. Which of the following is not a clinical feature of Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS)

A 4-year-old child is preoccupied with her mother's breasts and frequently wants to gently pat them with her hands. Her mother does not visibly react to this; instead, she redirects the child to anoth

A 31-year-old woman with a history of intellectual disability and congenital heart defects presents to the nurse practitioner with new onset neurologic deficits. Magnetic resonance imaging is contrain

The mother of a 12-year-old boy is concerned about the increasing number of times he shrugs his shoulders, rapidly blinks, and clears his throat. He is not taking any medications that would cause thes

The mother of an 8-year-old boy brings the child to the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner for an evaluation. She states that she thinks her son has ADHD. The mother says the boy’s father is

The PMHNP administers the Hoarding Rating Scale to a 58-year-old woman, and her score is 15. What does this score indicate?

A mother presents to the nurse practitioner with her 10-year-old son for a routine well check and a flu shot. She asks the NP if there are any vaccines he is not up-to-date on. The NP explains that th

According to Erikson, a 2-year-old child who is harshly punished for accidents during toilet training may experience what types of issues later in life?

The term "identity crisis" refers to which of Erikson's psychosocial developmental stages?

A 3-year-old girl with a history of prenatal exposure to methamphetamines is brought to the PMHNP by her grandmother for an evaluation of her readiness to attend preschool. She demonstrates substantia

A 31-year-old female patient with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) takes prazosin (Minipress) for PTSD-associated nightmares. According to best practice guidelines, what nonpharmacologic treatment

A 42-year-old woman recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis asks the nurse practitioner about disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Which of the following statements about DMARDs is INC

A PMHNP would like to monitor a client's progress in anxiety symptom reduction over time using a clinician-administered anxiety rating scale. Which of the following is the most commonly used clinician

A 41-year-old man presents to the PMHNP with a diagnosis of schizoid personality disorder. According to Erikson, failure to resolve which psychosocial developmental stage is associated with this perso

Which Erikson stage focuses mainly on sharing your life with another?