A 39-year-old male ICU nurse presents to the PMHNP with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after working in New Orleans during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has nightmares and experiences depressive symptoms. In general, he says he feels detached from life and emotionally numb. He tries not to think about the patients who died, but he often cannot stop their faces from “popping” into his head at any time. What modality would be most appropriate for this patient presentation?

In which phase of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) does the client activate the memory by visualizing the trauma, identify associated thoughts, and establish a baseline for emotional and physical reaction to the trauma?

A 61-year-old male patient presents to the nurse practitioner with a suspected venous thromboembolism. The NP understands that heparin is appropriate to use in all of the following diagnoses except:

A 27-year-old woman presents to the nurse practitioner with unilateral facial paralysis that had a rapid onset. Which of the following is NOT true about Bell's palsy?

A patient presents with symptoms that are suspicious for celiac disease. Which of the following risk factors does NOT warrant further evaluation?

A 52-year-old woman with a history of a bilateral oophorectomy presents to the nurse practitioner with complaints of vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain for 2 weeks. What is the best next step?

A 19-year-old man presents to the PMHNP for a psychiatric evaluation with a chief complaint of intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Of the following, which is considered the gold standard assessment tool for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) severity?

A 29-year-old female patient presents to the nurse practitioner with complaints of an enlarged thyroid gland and protruding eyeballs. The NP learns the patient has hypertension, nervousness, and fine tremors of the hands. Which of the following diagnoses is most consistent with the NP's assessment?

Which of the following cardiac problems mimics anxiety with symptoms of tachycardia, chest pain, dizziness, and panic?

The nurse practitioner is educating a 59-year-old man newly diagnosed with heart failure about his diagnosis. Because this patient is comfortable at rest or with mild activity, under which class of heart failure would this patient be categorized according to the New York Heart Association Functional Classification of Heart Failure?

The PMHNP uses motivational interviewing (MI) to help a 45-year-old man who states that he would like to quit smoking. She asks her client questions such as, "What is the benefit to quitting smoking?" and "What is it costing you to continue smoking?" These questions are an example of what type of MI skill?