ANCC Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Certification (PMHN-BC) (PMHN-BC) Free Practice Test

Question 1

All of the following might be considered nicotine withdrawal symptoms except?

A. Fatigue

B. Diarrhea

C. Dizziness

D. Hunger

Correct Answer: B

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Question 2

Your client sees a nurse on the unit and thinks that it is her dead mother. This is known as which of the following abnormalities of thought?

A. hallucination

B. ideation

C. illusion

D. dementia

Correct Answer: C

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Question 3

Which of the following age groups has the highest percentage of suicides?

A. Young adults

B. Adolescents

C. Both A and C

D. Adults over the age of 50

Correct Answer: C

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Question 4

What type of statistics describes basic facts about the sample size, the average of scores, or the median age of research participants?

A. Statistical describers

B. Inferential statistics

C. Nominal statistics

D. Descriptive statistics

Correct Answer: D

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Question 5

Sullivan described six stages of personality development. The juvenile stage would include which of the following major developmental tasks?

A. learning to experience a delay in personal gratification without undue anxiety

B. learning to form satisfactory relationships with the opposite gender

C. relief from anxiety through oral gratification of needs

D. learning to form satisfactory peer relationships

Correct Answer: D

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Question 6

If you ask your client to repeat the days of the week backward you are testing his or her

A. memory

B. intellectual ability

C. abstract thinking

D. ability to concentrate

Correct Answer: D

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Question 7

The qualitative research method for the purpose of investigating cultures is which of the following?

A. ethnic inquiry

B. cultural sensitivity

C. cultural awareness

D. ethnography

Correct Answer: D

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Question 8

Certain actions are recommended when a negative outcome is identified. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

A. Correct negative outcomes quickly.

B. Acknowledge that the outcome is less than expected.

C. Apologize quickly to those affected.

D. Do not abandon the goal even if safe processes cannot be determined.

Correct Answer: D

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Question 9

What leaders do or how they conduct themselves is the basis of what theory of leadership?

A. contemporary theory

B. contingency theory

C. trait theory

D. behavioral theory

Correct Answer: D

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Question 10

What would be the primary goal for a patient 's care who is in great emotional distress resulting in not being able to eat or sleep, and feeling hopeless, yet it has been determined that she is not at risk for self-harm?

A. Get the patient back to a pre-crisis level of functioning.

B. Encourage her to exercise more.

C. Get her into a self-help group.

D. See that she is provided with the proper medication.

Correct Answer: A

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