NR547 Week 4: Midterm Exam

NR547 Week 4: Midterm Exam (July-2025)

Question 1:
Which health indicators are important to monitor for clients prescribed second-generation antipsychotic medications?

A. Body mass index, fasting blood glucose, lipid profile ✅
B. Insulin levels, prolactin levels, lipid profile
C. Complete metabolic profile, liver function studies, kidney function studies
D. Electrocardiogram, complete blood count, thyroid function studies

Question 2:
Which of the following are positive symptoms of psychotic disorders?

A. Echolalia and Parkinsonism
B. Hearing voices and seeing lights that no one else sees ✅
C. Waxy flexibility and lack of interest in social interactions
D. Tardive dyskinesia and excitability

Question 3:
Why is ruling out a medical cause of symptoms important when creating a psychiatric differential diagnosis?

A. General medical conditions can be resolved with medications alone.
B. General medical conditions, especially chronic ones, result in depression.
C. General medical conditions can be the result of psychiatric complications.
D. General medical conditions can have complications that result in psychiatric symptoms ✅

Question 4:
Up to two-thirds of patients with which disorder also meet diagnostic criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder?

A. Tourette disorder ✅
B. Generalized anxiety disorder
C. Panic disorder
D. Body dysmorphic disorder

Question 5:
In which situation would a brief screening tool be least appropriate?

A. Evaluating the efficacy of a client’s antipsychotic medication ✅
B. Assessing a client’s suicide risk in the emergency department
C. Assessing the severity of a client’s anxiety
D. Completing a psychiatric history for a new counseling client

Question 71:
A client has a BMI of 30.5 and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which medication is indicated and least likely to affect BMI?

A. Lurasidone
B. Haloperidol
C. Aripiprazole ✅
D. Olanzapine

Question 72:
Which antipsychotic is most appropriate for a 68-year-old client with schizophrenia?

A. Aripiprazole ✅
B. Olanzapine
C. Ziprasidone
D. Haloperidol

Question 73:
A client with mild generalized anxiety prefers a nonpharmacologic intervention. What could the PMHNP suggest?

A. Exposure therapy
B. A meditation app for the phone ✅
C. PRN clonazepam
D. Electroconvulsive therapy

Question 74:
Which client needs a thorough physical exam during the initial diagnostic assessment?

A. Client with chronic bizarre delusions, pressured speech, and psychomotor agitation
B. Client with increasing anger at work
C. Client with fear and nightmares after a recent sexual assault
D. Client with recent significant personality changes reported by spouse and employer ✅

Question 75:
Which disorder occurs in 10–20% of men and accounts for over half of all male sexual disorder treatments?

A. Erectile dysfunction ✅
B. Delayed ejaculation
C. Premature ejaculation
D. Male hypoactive sexual desire disorder………………please add to cart and checkout to purchase this entire exam at $50 only