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Mental Health Northern Kentucky University Proctored Exam 6 is a nursing-school practice exam with 92 questions. It is written for nursing students preparing for this course exam and for NCLEX-style review. Every question has its own page showing the full stem, all answer options, the correct answer, and a written rationale explaining why each option is right or wrong.
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Start Practice ExamThe PMHNP works on an inpatient geriatric psychiatric unit. She knows that which of the following features is commonly present in Lewy body dementia?
An urgent care nurse practitioner comes in to examine his patient, a 77-year-old woman who was brought in by her family for altered mental status. He notes that the patient appears restless and does n
The area of the brain that is responsible for speech, cognition, judgment, perception, and motor function is:
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 conducting a Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) on an 82-year-old man. The client scores 15. What does this score indicate?
A 49-year-old female patient has been taking gabapentin for 6 months. It has produced some relief for her neuropathic pain, but she still rates her average daily pain at about a 5. What would be the n
A 22-year-old woman recently began treatment with fluoxetine (Prozac) for major depressive disorder. She now exhibits symptoms of mania. She completes the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and her score
The APRN asks the patient to elevate his eyebrows, close his eyes, smile, frown, and puff out his cheeks. Which cranial nerve is the NP assessing by issuing these instructions?
A 52-year-old woman with a BMI of 31 is diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the knee. The nurse practitioner (NP) instructs the woman that weight loss will help minimize both pain and functional loss. Wh
A 56-year-old man with Type 2 diabetes reports pain in his feet that has a burning quality. Which of the following is the most appropriate treatment?
A 16-year-old girl of South Asian descent presents to the PMHNP accompanied by her father. He reports that since the death of her mother 3 months ago, his daughter has been having episodes of strange
A 63-year-old man was recently placed on warfarin (Coumadin) by his nurse practitioner. Which of the following supplements will he need to discontinue?
The PMHNP is working on an inpatient geropsychiatric unit. He is conducting the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) on an 89-year-old woman with suspected dementia. He asks her to draw a clock to tes
A 10-year-old girl presents to the urgent care clinic with a dislocated elbow sustained in a roller skating accident. Which of the following is NOT an expected treatment for this girl?
The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner evaluates an 81-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital 3 days ago for community-acquired pneumonia and dehydration. Today, he has an altered lev
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
Which of the following medications has demonstrated the most evidence for reducing suicide risk in the treatment of bipolar disorder?