ANCC PMHNP PSYCH-MENTAL HEALTH NP TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026

1. Your patient, whose wife died a few months ago, appears to be very
unkempt and apathetic. Although several months have passed since his
wife's death he has not progressed at all through his grieving. You assess
this condition as which of the following?
disenfranchised grief
panic disorder
complicated grief
physiologic grief: Correct Answer:
complicated grief
A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal physical, psychological, cognitive and spiritual responses to the death of a significant other. But when
the person shows persistent maladaptive behaviors such as not taking care of
personal hygiene and/or appearance and does not progress through the mourning
process, this is complicated grief.
2. If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, which of the following atypical
antidepressants should not be prescribed within the recovery phase?
Trazodone
Duloxetine
Bupropion
Desvenlafaxine: Correct Answer:
Trazodone
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, during the recovery phase, the patient
should not be prescribed this medication. Trazodone (Desyrel) can cause the
patient to develop orthostatic hypotension and priapism.
3. To get your teaching ideas and concepts across to a poor reader which of
the following would be most appropriate?
Use longer sentences.
Use abstract concepts.
Discourage questioning.
Use examples and review.: Correct Answer:
Use examples and review.
To get the idea across to a poor reader use examples and review. The other choices
are not helpful. You should use short sentences and easy to read layouts; be