A 53-year-old woman of Asian descent was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis. Which of the following is NOT considered a risk factor for fracture in patients with osteoporosis?

During a psychiatric evaluation, the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner conducts a psychiatric review of systems (ROS) in which he reviews common psychiatric symptoms that may not have been elicited in the history of present illness (HPI). Which of the following questions is most likely designed to elicit a response for the system "anxiety"?

The PMHNP diagnoses a 25-year-old woman with generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks. Terrified by the panic attacks, she requests medication, saying, “I need something to control them immediately.” The patient is otherwise fit and healthy and has no history of substance abuse or dependence. Which of the following strategies would be reasonable?

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?

A 21-year-old patient with a history of asthma presents with sudden onset shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. Which characteristics would help the nurse practitioner make a differential diagnosis of an anaphylactic reaction?

A 21-month-old boy presents to the nurse practitioner with a suspected case of acute atopic dermatitis. Which of the following statements by the child’s mother demonstrates a need for further education about her son's diagnosis?

A 19-year-old man scores 10 on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale. What does this score indicate?

The pathophysiology of anxiety disorders is thought to result from which area of the brain?

A 42-year-old male client tells the PMHNP he is experiencing anxiety about death, and is asking himself questions about the meaning of his life. "Why am I here and what does it matter if I am just going to die?" The PMHNP should recommend which of the following forms of therapy?

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 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?