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Which of the following medications exerts its effects by inhibiting the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II, is typically used to treat hypertension or congestive heart failure, and has dry cough as a common side effect?
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A nurse practitioner makes a medical error in which she administers gentamycin intravenously in her clinic without checking any lab work. As a result, her patient loses hearing. Why is this considered a civil case rather than a criminal case?
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A man has been arrested for driving under the influence twice within the past year. He continues to drink alcohol and tells his friends he does not have any issues with alcohol consumption. What is this behavior an example of?
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A 29-year-old pregnant woman is referred to the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner for medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD). Which of the following will the PMHNP prescribe?
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A 21-year-old male college student scored 2 on the CAGE screening tool. What does this score indicate?
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The PMHNP is evaluating a 28-year-old female client who regularly uses cocaine on the weekends and has been reluctant to discuss quitting. Which of the following statements by the PMHNP would follow the motivational interviewing principle of focusing?
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Ethics are an important aspect of the nurse practitioner role. Ethics consists of moral duties, obligations, and responsibilities. Which of the following terms refers to the ethical principle that asserts nurses should treat everyone with equal respect?
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A 36-year-old female client presents to the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner. She has been stable for 1 year but says her buprenorphine regimen has not been working since she started a new medication prescribed by her primary care provider. Which medication most likely contributed to the decrease in buprenorphine efficacy?
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A 29-year-old woman with a history of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) presents to the PMHNP for a psychiatric evaluation. The PMHNP suspects she has borderline personality disorder. She denies current suicidal ideation but reports having suicidal "feelings" in the past. Which of the following tools will the PMHNP use to determine future suicide risk?
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A newly licensed and board-certified PMHNP has accepted a position at an inpatient substance use treatment facility. Because opioid withdrawal and benzodiazepine withdrawal can involve similar symptoms, distinguishing between the two can be difficult. Which of the following symptoms would aid the PMHNP in making a correct diagnosis of opioid withdrawal?
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A family is at their regular therapy session when their 16-year-old daughter, Ashley, says she is suicidal. Which of the following would be the best example of a straightforward directive delivered by their strategic therapist?
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A 29-year-old pregnant woman is referred to the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner for medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD). Which of the following will the PMHNP prescribe?
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A 45-year-old man with chronic alcoholism appears in the emergency department with disorientation and confusion. A neurologic examination shows ataxia and disconjugate eye movements. What is the most appropriate treatment?
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A 21-year-old man known to paramedics as an IV heroin user is found unconscious in the park. Paramedics are unable to revive him using naloxone or flumazenil. An autopsy determines that the man had infective endocarditis (IE). What is the pathophysiology associated with this disease?
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A 39-year-old man is distressed upon being diagnosed with oral cancer. The increasing incidence of oropharyngeal cancers is primarily due to which of the following?
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The PMHNP is giving a presentation on suicide prevention at a local high school. One of the teachers wants to know which suicide risk assessment tool is the most user-friendly for nonclinicians. What is the most appropriate response?
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A 22-year-old female client with bipolar disorder is late for her medication follow-up appointment with the PMHNP. She calls the office and reports she is lost, although she has been to the office many times. When she arrives, she is manic. She expresses psychotic delusions that people are "out to get" her, and she says she will shoot if she "has to." She does not want to be hospitalized. She states, "I am more clear-headed than I have ever been." What should be the nurse practitioner's next steps?
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Ethics are an important aspect of the nurse practitioner role. Ethics consists of moral duties, obligations, and responsibilities. Which of the following terms refers to the ethical principle that asserts nurses should treat everyone with equal respect?
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In 2010, the Institute of Medicine published the report The Future of Nursing, in which it stated: "Regulatory and institutional obstacles — including limits on nurses' scope of practice — should be removed so that the health system can reap the full benefit of nurses' training, skills, and knowledge in patient care." How did the American Medical Association respond?
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A 29-year-old woman with bipolar disorder scored 3 on the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R). What does this score indicate?
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A 16-year-old girl is being evaluated by the PMHNP for a chief complaint of anxiety. She worries about her friends who have started drinking, especially her female friends. She assures the PMHNP she has never used a psychoactive substance. Which of the following is an appropriate next step for the PMHNP?
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A 17-year-old boy presents to the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner at the request of his mother. He has a chief complaint of anxiety. During the evaluation, he states that he worries about his friends who engage in risky behavior when they drink. He says he “sometimes” drinks on weekends, but his father was an alcoholic so he would never let it get “that far.” Which of the following is an effective screening tool for substance use and high-risk behaviors in children and adolescents?
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