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PMHNP CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER S
ALREADY PASSED
Question :What is dissemination?
Correct answer:Getting the research information out to
those who need to know it!
Publication - highest level Presenting at National Conference Presenting at Local Conference Journal Club where one person reviews an article
Question :What does a 17 on MMSE mean?
Correct answer:Moderate cognitive impairment
Question :What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system?
Correct answer:Inducer -->will lower dose of Lamictal
and BCP's
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Question :What do BCP's do to Lamictal?
Correct answer:Inducer - will lower dose of Lamictal
Question :What is a Type I research error?
Correct answer:There IS a difference but you say there
isn't a difference.
Question :What is a Type II research error?
Correct answer:There is NO difference but you say there
is a difference.
Question :What is pseudo-dementia?
Correct answer:Cognitive impairment secondary to
depression that clears when treated in the elderly.Dementia won't improve.
Question :Is it normal for a 1 month old to have a palmar
grasp?
Correct answer:Yes.
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Question :What is a drug 1/2 life?
Correct answer:The time it takes for 50% of a drug to be
eliminated from the body.
Question :What 3 atypicals can be used with teens?
Correct answer:Zyprexa, Abilify, Seroquel - low doses
Question :What is a risk of using Tramadol?
Correct answer:Serotonin Syndrome as it is very
serotonergic.
Question :What is the allele seen in Asians that increase
the risk of SJS?
Correct answer:HLAB-1502
Question :When might you see toxic epidermal
necrolysis?
Correct answer:With worsening of SJS
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Question :How many generations do you include for a
genogram?
Correct answer:1st degree - mother, father, siblings
2nd degree - grandparents & cousins 3rd degree -
Question :What does messenger RNA code for?
Correct answer:Amino Acids
Question :What is epigenetics?
Correct answer:Factors that affect genes - environmental,
smoking, stress, etc...
Question :What part of the brain is involved with OCD?
Correct answer:Basal Ganglia
Occipito-Frontal