A pediatric nurse practitioner is opening a new clinic and consults with the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner about screening tools to help identify children with delays or disorders in the critical early years, before they start school. Which of the following will the PMHNP suggest?

A client expresses his desire to execute a living will while he is in a period of remission from schizoaffective disorder. What is one difference between the living will and the durable power of attorney?

A 37-year-old White man presents to the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) with suspected conversion disorder. According to Erikson, the development of conversion disorder is associated with failure to resolve which psychosocial developmental stage?

A PMHNP is planning to open an independent practice. As he prepares a budget, he examines the cost of doing business. Under which category will he place utilities?

A 4-year-old child is preoccupied with her mother's breasts and frequently wants to gently pat them with her hands. Her mother does not visibly react to this; instead, she redirects the child to another activity. The mother is worried that if she shames her daughter about the breast patting, it might "mess her up somehow." According to Erikson, the child's behavior is considered:

A 27-year-old woman with major depressive disorder (MDD) was recently admitted voluntarily to an inpatient psychiatric hospital. Upon discharge, she is referred to a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner for follow-up. The client says she has tried several medications for MDD, but so far none has worked. The PMHNP recommends electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a treatment, explaining that the practice is safe and highly effective for treatment-resistant depression. The client declines, explaining she has heard too many negative things about ECT. Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the PMHNP?

A 23-year-old female client is being evaluated for symptoms of depression. The PMHNP conducting her psychiatric evaluation will administer which of the following tools to determine the client's level of depression at baseline, during, and at the end of treatment?

Which virtue is associated with successful resolution of the psychosocial developmental stage Industry vs. Inferiority?

A patient was placed in restraints after he became a danger to himself and others, and all other, less restrictive measures failed to resolve the behavioral emergency. How often must the PMHNP or other licensed practitioner conduct a face-to-face evaluation with this patient until he is released from restraints?

The PMHNP working on an inpatient eating disorders unit is evaluating a 17-year-old girl with suspected anorexia nervosa. Her laboratory results reveal elevated serum cholesterol levels, elevated serum salivary amylase concentrations, and decreased fasting glucose concentrations. Which electrocardiography (ECG) changes will help confirm the diagnosis?

How does the diagnosis of persistent depressive disorder differ from major depressive disorder?