Development & Theories
According to Maslow, this type of need must be addressed before focusing on self-esteem or relationships.
What are basic physiological needs?
This law or regulation defines nurse practitioner roles, responsibilities, and authority to practice in each state.
What is the Nurse Practice Act?
A patient’s understanding of their illness and need for treatment is documented in this part of the MSE.
What is insight?
This SSRI is often considered first-line for depression during pregnancy.
What is Prozac/fluoxetine?
Elevated blood pressure, central obesity, and darkened skin folds suggest this condition.
What is metabolic syndrome?
Providing parenting education to prevent child abuse is an example of this level of prevention.
What is primary prevention?
In Motivational Interviewing, the “O” in OARS stands for this type of question that invites broad responses.
What are open-ended questions?
This court case established the legal obligation to warn potential victims when a patient makes a credible threat.
What is Tarasoff vs. The Regents of the University of California?
In the Biopsychosocial Model, a patient’s loss of housing falls under this category.
What is social?
Smoking can lower blood levels of these two antipsychotics due to CYP1A2 induction.
What are clozapine and olanzapine?
The final stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome increases risk for these types of illnesses.
What are stress-related illnesses?
The Triple Aim of healthcare added this fourth goal to address workforce well-being.
What is improved provider experience?
A patient who denies that a recent breakup occurred is using this defense mechanism.
What is denial?
Name one of the four required elements a PMHNP must discuss when obtaining informed consent.
What is: 1. purpose, 2. risks/benefits of treatment, 3. risks/benefits of not treating, or 4. alternatives
Asking, “What happened to you?” instead of “What’s wrong with you?” reflects this approach to patient care.
What is trauma-informed care?
This medication for alcohol use disorder requires complete avoidance of alcohol-containing products such as mouthwash.
What is disulfiram/Antabuse?
This brain region works with the VTA to reinforce rewarding behaviors.
What is the nucleus accumbens?
The interaction among these non-medical factors is what most influences population health.
What are social determinants of health?
In early childhood (ages 1–3), failing to develop autonomy may lead to problems in the next psychosocial task. Name that task.
What is initiative vs. guilt?
A patient must have a hearing before being involuntarily medicated, according to this court case.
What is Roger v. Oken?
A PMHNP gathers past hospitalizations, medication trials, and therapy history as part of this section of the psychiatric evaluation.
What is the past psychiatric history?
A patient withdrawing from opioids may show muscle twitches, piloerection, and abdominal cramps due to activity at this receptor.
What is the mu-receptor?
Chronic stress can lead to immune suppression and metabolic changes through activation of these two systems.
What are the SNS and HPA axis?
Interventions aimed at reducing the long-term effects of ACEs are considered this level of prevention.
What is tertiary prevention?
Redirecting unacceptable impulses into socially valued activities describes this healthiest of defense mechanisms.
What is sublimation?
In most states, involuntary psychiatric commitment requires a diagnosed mental illness, risk of harm to self or others, lack of insight into illness, and this factor.
What is likelihood that treatment will improve functioning?
Combining the Biopsychosocial Model with the 4P’s (predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating, protective) forms this summary section of the psychiatric evaluation.
What is the diagnostic formulation?
A prolonged QTc with electrolyte abnormalities increases risk for this potentially fatal arrhythmia.
What is Torsade de Pointes?
Dopamine release in this pathway motivates repeated engagement in pleasurable or addictive activities.
What is the reward pathway?
Research that collects data in words or text to understand human experiences is called this.
What is qualitative research?