Pmhnp Boards

74 year old completes mini mental status exam. The patient is unable to draw the face of the clock. Which are of the brain is likely to have compromised functioning? {Ans: Right Hemisphere}Greatest risk factors for major depressive disorder? {Ans: Women have 2 x greater risk than men, mean age is 40 with range between (20-50) without close relationships (divorced).}The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner and a team of local mental health professionals are asked to provide crisis counseling service, after a gunman recently took a class hostage at a local elementary school, wounded several students, and then shot himself. In preparing for this assignment, the nurse practitioner recognizes that: {Ans: a child's developmental stage will influence his or her response to catastrophic stress}NP contacts 8 patients to ask them to phone their state senator who heads HHS to approve bill for housing the mentally ill. The nurse practitioner is acting as a... {Ans: Advocate (not necessarily a policymaker)}Patient comes in with symptoms of ADHD what lab test should be ordered to rule out other diagnoses? {Ans: Thyroid Panel to test for hyperthyroidism}Nigerian refugee seems to be suffering from sever PTSD since arriving in the US