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What term describes a scientific study that gathers multiple studies and analyzes them to draw a larger conclusion? - Correct answer systematic review Borderline personality disorder falls under which cluster of personality disorder traits? - Correct answer B A 36 year old caucasian male arrives for his usual monthly medication appointment. Diagnosed with schizophrenia & has been stabilized on haldol for 9 years. Today he states he has an inner feeling of restlessness & inability to remain still. What type of E.P.S is suspected? - Correct answer akathisia Which part of medicare provides optional coverage for beneficiaries? - Correct answer part c The cerebrum contains all of the following areas of the brain except one. Cerebral cortex, brainstem, limbic system, or hypothalamus - Correct answer brainstem In a family systems context, what is the definition of morphogenesis? - Correct answer a family's tendency to adapt to change when changes are necessary. How does the body remove both serotonin and norepinephrine from the synaptic cleft? - Correct answer an active re-uptake process

A 53 year old menopausal woman presents with complaints of anhedonia, depressed mood, & vasomotor symptoms. What medication effectively treats both vasomotor symptoms and depression? - Correct answer desvenlafaxine/pristiq It is an S.N.R.I. Which personality disorder is most likely to have fantasies of success? - Correct answer narcissistic Who should receive a shingles vaccine? - Correct answer anyone over the age of 60 who has had chickenpox Some states use the umbrella term advanced practice nurse to refer to all of the following except which one? Nurse anesthetists, certified nurse midwife, mid-level providers, or nurse practitioners

• Correct answer mid-level providers Eating disorders are characterized by what? - Correct answer disordered patterns of eating, accompanied by distress, disparagement, preoccupation, & a distorted perception of one's body shape The federal government offered financial awards to encourage hospitals to implement meaningful use. The financial awards are tied to specific objectives related to the effective use of electronic health records. Give 3 examples of this. - Correct answer 1. Electronic prescribing

2. Electronic medication interaction checks
3. Computerized provider order entry For an act to be considered criminal, it must have 2 components: actus reus & mens rea. What is actus reus? - Correct answer voluntary conduct

Which complementary & alternative medicine technique is based on manipulating the flow of energy throughout the body? - Correct answer acupuncture Who authored the report crossing the quality chasm, which emphasized the need for inter professional collaboration in order to improve the quality of health care? - Correct answer institute of medicine Is a durable power of attorney limited to terminal illness only? - Correct answer no What term describes a system where the insurer is not only the payer but also the provider of care? - Correct answer managed care What term best describes a public agency that uses its bargaining power to negotiate competitive prices for health insurance from the private insurance market? - Correct answer health alliance Freud would argue that adults who use 'biting' sarcasm as a defense mechanism are fixated in which psychosexual stage of development? - Correct answer oral What term is used to describe patients who injure themselves by self-mutilation but who do not wish to die? - Correct answer parasuicide What most accurately describes an individual with avoidant personality disorder? - Correct answer these patients are timid and easily wounded by criticism from others What are 3 reasons for homelessness? - Correct answer mental illness, poverty, & inadequate public assistance

What is the primary goal of the AMA's scope of practice partnership initiative? - Correct answer to limit patients' choice of which health care provider they can see for treatment As a nurse practitioner you are expected to be competent in what areas? - Correct answer policy, practice inquiry, and technology and information literacy What term describes a digital version of a patient's medical file? - Correct answer electronic health record What term describes the death rate for a given population? - Correct answer mortality rate What action takes place during the working phase of a therapeutic relationship? - Correct answer clarifying patient expectations and mutually identifying goals At what age would you expect a child to sit alone with good coordination, imitate scribble, develop mild separation anxiety, and respond to social play such as peek-a-boo? - Correct answer 40 weeks or about 8 months old Physical exam findings of Rett syndrome include what? - Correct answer seizures, irregular respirations, and scoliosis What endocrine findings are suggestive of alcohol dependency? - Correct answer testicular atrophy, sexual dysfunction, and gynecomastia What is sexual identity? - Correct answer it refers to whom someone is affectionately attracted What are some examples of monoamine neurotransmitters? - Correct answer dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin

What percent of the incarcerated population in the U.S. has a severe mental illness? - Correct answer 15 to 24 percent Statistically, gambling disorder is most prevalent among what ethnic/racial group? - Correct answer african americans What cranial nerve assessment tests smell, ensures patency of nasal passages, and is performed by having the client close the eyes to identify smells? - Correct answer olfactory What are the most common potentially law-breaking sexual behaviors? - Correct answer voyeuristic acts What psychiatric disorder is characterized by at least one psychotic symptom present for less than one month? - Correct answer brief psychotic disorder In almost every state, nurse practitioners are reimbursed at what percentage of the allowable physician rate? - Correct answer 85 percent Which part of medicare provides optional coverage for outpatient pharmaceuticals? - Correct answer part D Which class of medications would be most appropriate for treating a patient stabilized on haldol that is exhibiting mild pseudo- parkinson's symptoms? - Correct answer muscarinic 1 agonist Patient switched to halodol last week presents with oriented to self, fever of 105.3, heart rate 126, breath rate 22, extremities are stiff and rigid, wbcs of 14, creatinine of 2.6. What is the most serious complication of her presentation? - Correct answer rhabdomyolsis

What is the primary purpose of the corpus callosum? - Correct answer connect right and left hemispheres and facilitate sensorimotor information exchange What medication can produce a false positive for methamphetamines? - Correct answer prozac/fluoxetine What medication can produce a false positive for benzodiazepines? - Correct answer zoloft/sertraline What medication can produce a false positive for cocaine? - Correct answer motrin What food product can produce a false positive for morphine or heroin? - Correct answer poppy seeds How do managed care organizations control health care costs? - Correct answer bargain with medical practices for reduced rates on visits Autism spectrum disorder can present with what deficits? - Correct answer lack of social reciprocity, insistence on sameness, & nonverbal communication What are the general functions of norepinephrine? - Correct answer alertness, focused attention, learning, & memory What are the general functions of dopamine? - Correct answer thinking, fine muscle action, & reward-seeking behavior What are the general functions of GABA? - Correct answer reduces arousal, aggression, & anxiety What are the general functions of serotonin? - Correct answer regulates sleep, pain, mood states, & temperature

What is an example of a psychological preventative factor that protects someone from developing a psychiatric disorder? - Correct answer healthy ego defenses Compared with physicians, nurse practitioners save the consumer & the insurance company what percent of costs? - Correct answer 20 percent A person who is proficient in the use of software, hardware selection, & computer maintenance possesses what skill? - Correct answer computer competency What underlying psychiatric disorder is not linked to insomnia? - Correct answer oppositional defiant disorder The institutional review board ensures what? - Correct answer 1. Risks to participants are minimized

2. Participant selection is equitable
3. Adverse events are reported
4. Risks & benefits are evaluated
5. Informed consent is obtained & documented
6. Data safety monitoring plans are implemented when indicated What are signs & symptoms of stevens johnsons syndrome? - Correct answer facial swelling, tongue swelling, macules/papules/burning confluent red rash, skin sloughing, pro- dromal headache, malaise, arthralgia, & painful mucous membranes may occur before rash What is stevens johnsons syndrome? - Correct answer immune reaction to a foreign antigen that can occur with exposure to any anticonvulsant drug

What is the therapeutic range for lithium? - Correct answer 0.6-

If first onset of manic symptoms occurs after age 40, what is likely the cause? - Correct answer another medical condition What are the side effects of lithium toxicity? - Correct answer slurred speech, confusion, coarse hand tremors, severe GI effect What medications when taken with lithium can double the level? - Correct answer nsaids and ACE inhibitors Which personality disorder is most likely to be excessively scrupulous? - Correct answer obsessive-compulsive What EPS has a mask like appearance and a shuffling gait? - Correct answer pseudo-parkinson's What findings do you expect to support autism spectrum disorder? - Correct answer flat or blunted affect, little or no eye contact, and lack of emotional reciprocity What psychiatric medication is an inducer of the hepatic cytochrome P450 enzyme? - Correct answer carbamazepine Intimate partner violence is defined as what? - Correct answer physical, emotional, economic, or sexual pain and injury that is intentionally inflicted by a person's intimate partner What term describes the amount that people spend before their health insurance pays for the cost of health care? - Correct answer deductible What cranial nerve assessment tests for tactile perception of the facial skin? - Correct answer trigeminal

Which act incentivizes pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs to treat rare disease? - Correct answer orphan drug act True or false: females have an earlier age of onset than males in obsessive-compulsive disorder - Correct answer false In a hospital psychiatric consultation setting, what is one of the most common mental illness diagnoses? - Correct answer adjustment disorder What are the systemic effects of hypothyroidism? - Correct answer decreased libido, constipation, & weight gain An NP helps a local school district implement a new DARE program. This is an example of what type of prevention strategy?

• Correct answer primary prevention Following fda labeling, what medication can be started at age 3 for A.D.D.? - Correct answer amphetamines What area of the brain has been indicated to modulate pain and can help explain how transcranial magnetic stimulation can help decrease pain? - Correct answer prefrontal cortex When assessing an elderly patient complaining of tinnitus, the PMHNP would associate what finding with an acoustic neuroma?
• Correct answer unilateral tinnitus, ringing in the affected ear The statement that 'this group has enabled me to not feel so alone' is an example of which yalom curative factor? - Correct answer universality What medication is not currently indicated for the maintenance phase of treatment in bipolar 1, but has shown efficacy in

treatment of acute manic or mixed episodes? - Correct answer extended release carbamazepine Which medication is strictly contraindicated with selegiline, an M.A.O.I.? - Correct answer meperidine/demerol What is the current understanding of dopamine pathways and clinical symptoms in schizophrenia? - Correct answer negative symptoms are due to hypoactivity of mesocortical dopaminergic tract & positive symptoms are due to hyperactivity in the mesolimbic tract Primary deficit may be mesocortical tract where dopamine function is diminished & decreasing inhibitory effects of the mesolimbic tract What serotonin receptor antagonism makes an antipsychotic 'atypical'? - Correct answer 5ht2a receptor antagonism and d receptor antagonism Lorazepam is the preferred benzodiazepine when managing alochol withdrawal symptoms in a patient with co-morbid what? - Correct answer hepatic disease What findings on an MRI & pet scan would be uncommon in schizophrenics? - Correct answer decreased cerebral ventricles When there are disturbances in drawing, such as a clock, what area of the brain is affected? - Correct answer right hemisphere What can lithium cause to an infant when given to a pregnant woman? - Correct answer ebstein's anomaly What cytochrome enzyme is implicated as a tobacco inducer when an individual is treated on clozapine? - Correct answer

1a2, as tobacco use decreases, then the dose needed will decrease, inducer speeds up metabolism, less drug available What direct-acting dopamine receptor angonist is recommended to be used in the treatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome to help lower the dopamine receptor blockade? - Correct answer parlodel What are the recommended cut points for discontinuation of clozapine? - Correct answer w.b.c.s of 2,000 to 3, Granulocytes of 1,000 to 1, What is the main differentiating factor between repression and suppression? - Correct answer repression is involuntary and suppression is voluntary Which anti psychotic medication is the only known anti psychotic known to reduce the risk of suicide in schizophrenia? - Correct answer clozapine Tramadol has serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors, putting patients taking ssris at risk for what? - Correct answer serotonin syndrome The literature on group outcomes has revealed that negative group outcomes has been associated with what quality in group leaders? - Correct answer being overly confrontational While treating a 12 year old boy for ADHD, the PHMNP observes what physical features that raise concerns for genetic evaluation for fragile X syndrome? - Correct answer long head and ears, short stature, hyperextensible joints What laboratory test should be ordered to rule out a medical cause of dementia symptoms? - Correct answer vitamin b

What lifestyle factor poses the greatest risk for depression, irritability, liver problems, and hypertension in a college student? - Correct answer anabolic steroid use Families seeking equilibrium in the face of change is an example of what concept? - Correct answer homeostasis Norepinephrine is a neurotransmitter that is implicated in alertness and anxiety. What area of the brain has a large majority of norepinephrine neurons? - Correct answer locus coeruleus & medullary reticular formation In bipolar 1, men are more prone than women to have what? - Correct answer manic episodes Women are more likely to have depressive episodes & rapid cycling What hematologic changes can occur with lithium? - Correct answer leukocytosis The risk of bleeding on ssris, nsaids, or aspirin is an example of what principle? - Correct answer pharmacodynamics The core values that underlie advanced practice nursing and culturally competent care are: - Correct answer respect, advocacy, partnership Which personality disorder is best treated by combining individual and group psychotherapy due to the intense transferences and countertransferences that are likely to develop? - Correct answer borderline personality disorder

What is the most accurate description of agoraphobia? - Correct answer they fear situations or places they might have trouble obtaining help if they become scared What finding or trait is not suggestive of someone experiencing abuse? - Correct answer aggression What circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder sub type is characterized by falling asleep and waking later than desired? - Correct answer delayed sleep phase type To understand how past development impacts a person's behavior is a goal of what kind of therapy? - Correct answer existential What psychiatric condition is characterized by patients who are experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia but have been ill for only 1 to 6 months? - Correct answer schizophreniform disorder Competence to be executed was established in what supreme court case? - Correct answer ford versus wainwright Which moral duty does a nurse practitioner leader uphold when he or she tells the truth? - Correct answer veracity The technology informatics funding education reform initiative declared that N.P.s have the responsibility to do what? - Correct answer understand and shape the landscape of health care technology What mental status exam findings would be expected in someone experiencing abuse? - Correct answer depressive traits, passive behaviors, & co-dependence

What population has the highest rate of antisocial personality disorder? - Correct answer adult men with alcohol use disorder in a forensic setting-particular to forensic setting What circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder subtype is characterized by falling asleep and waking progressively later than desired? - Correct answer non-24-hour sleep-wake type What is the evidence hierarchy? 7 items - Correct answer - systematic review of R.C.T.s or non R.C.T. -single R.C.T. or non R.C.T. -systematic review of correlational/observational -single correlational/observational -systematic review of qualitative/descriptive -single descriptive/qualitative -opinions of authorities/experts What type of systematic review statistically analyzes a collection of quantitative studies? - Correct answer meta-analysis What is grassroots lobbying? - Correct answer nonpaid individuals contact their legislators to influence policy What is a migrant worker? - Correct answer leaves their permanent residence to take agricultural jobs in different locations Cluster C personality disorder traits - Correct answer Anxious, fearful, avoidant, dependent, obsessive compulsive What are the symptoms of antidepressant discontinuation syndrome? - Correct answer FINISH: flu-like symptoms, insomnia, nausea, imbalance, sensory disturbance, hyperarousal

What are the symptoms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome? - Correct answer FEVER: fever, encephalopathy, vitals instability, elevated wbc/cpk, rigidity What are the symptoms of serotonin syndrome? - Correct answer HARMED: Hyperthermia, Autonomic instability, Rigidity, Myoclonus, encephalopathy, Diaphoresis, What symptoms of serotonin syndrome make it different from neuroleptic malignant syndrome? - Correct answer myoclonus & diaphoresis What are the traits of paranoid personality disorder? - Correct answer SUSPECT: spouse cheating, unforgiving, suspicious, perceives attacks, enemy or friend, confiding is feared, threats perceived What are the traits of schizotypal personality disorder? - Correct answer ME PECULIAR: magical thinking, experiences unusual perceptions, paranoid ideations, eccentric appearance/behavior, constricted affect, unusual thinking/speech, lacks close friends, ideas of reference, anxiety in social situations, rule out psychotic/pervasive disorders What are the traits of borderline personality disorder? - Correct answer IMPULSIVE: impulsive, moodiness, paranoia/dissociation under stress, unstable self-image, labile intense relationships, suicidal gestures, inappropriate anger, vulnerability to abandonment, emptiness What are the traits for histrionic personality disorder? - Correct answer PRAISE ME: provocative behavior, relationships considered more than they are, attention center, influenced easily, style of speech-impressionistic, make-up, exaggerated emotions

What are the traits of narcissistic personality disorder? - Correct answer GRANDIOSE: grandiose, requires attention, arrogant, need to be special, dreams of success/power, inter personally exploitative, others-not recognized, sense of entitlement, envious What are the traits of dependent personality disorder? - Correct answer RELIANCE: reassurance required, expressing disagreement difficult, life responsibilities assumed by others, initiating projects difficult, alone, nurture seeking, companionship sought urgently when one ends, exaggerated fears of caring for self What are the traits of schizoid personality disorder? - Correct answer DISTANT: detached affect, indifferent to criticism/praise, sexual little interest, tasks solitary, absence of close friends, neither denies/enjoys close relationships, takes pleasure in few activities What are the traits of antisocial personality disorder? - Correct answer CORRUPT: cannot conform to law, obligations ignored, reckless disregard for safety, remorseless, underhanded, planning insufficient, temper What are the traits of avoidant personality disorder? - Correct answer CRINGES: criticism preoccupies thoughts in social settings, restraint in relationships due to fear of shame, inhibited in new relationships, needs to be sure of being liked before engaging, gets around occupational activities involving interpersonal contact, embarrassment, self view of inferior What are the traits of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?

• Correct answer SCRIMPER: stubborn, cannot discard worthless objects, rule obsessed, inflexible, miserly, perfectionistic, excludes leisure, reluctant to delegate

Bipolar is believed to be related to an increase in what neurotransmitter? - Correct answer glutamate According to erikson, during which psychosocial stage would you expect a person to develop a sense of unity in life's accomplishments? - Correct answer ego-integrity versus despair What class of medication aids in pyramidal cell functioning in the prefrontal cortex by preventing the excessive release of glutamate? - Correct answer serotonin antagonist/reuptake inhibitors What are the tcas? - Correct answer mines in lines: imipramine, desimpramine, nortryptaline, amitriptyline What are the side effects of tcas? - Correct answer they cried antidepressants: thrombocytopenia, cardiac like arrhythmia, MI, stroke, anticholinergic like tachycardia, urinary retention, blurred vision, constipation, confusion, and seizures What are the maois? - Correct answer Pit of despair: pheneziline, isocarboxazid, tranylcypromine What are the side effects of maois? - Correct answer ha ha: hypertension/hypertensive crisis, anticholinergic side effects, hepatocellular jaundice, arrythmia, anorexia What are the ssris? - Correct answer had the flu twice & feel like a SPEC: Fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, escitalopram, citalopram What are the side effects of ssris? - Correct answer bad SSRI: body weight increase, anxiety, dizziness, serotonin syndrome, stimulated CNS, reproductive/sexual dysfunction, insomnia

What are the atypical antipsychotics? - Correct answer done pine my zone: risperidone, ziprasidone, clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, aripiparzole What do atypical antipsychotics treat? - Correct answer positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar What are the typical antipsychotics? - Correct answer hal & thio go to PF Changs: haloperidol, thioridazine, perphenazine, fluphenazine, chlorpromazine What are the side effects of the antipsychotics? - Correct answer i SHADE: impotence, sedation, hypotension, akathisia, dermatological ses, extrapyramidal What are the mood stabilizers? - Correct answer ox & lam are lit for Val because they have no carbs and good times. Oxcarbmazapine, lamotrigine, lithium, valproic acid, carbamazepine, gabapentin, topiramate What do typical antipsychotics treat? - Correct answer negative symptoms of schizophrenia What are the snris? - Correct answer feeling depressed & need a shot of norepi? Rent a DVD Desvenlafaxine, venlafaxine, & duloxetine What do snris treat? - Correct answer depression, panic, OCD What are the antihistamines? - Correct answer hydroxyzine, hydrochloride, diphenhydramine

What are the non-benzodiazipine medications for anxiety? - Correct answer buspar, beta blockers, gabapentin, hydroxyzine, guanfacine, clonidine, prazosin What are benzodiazepines? - Correct answer pams, lams, and librium Diazepam, lorazepam, temazepam, midazolam, alprazolam, chlordiazepoxide What do benzodiazepines treat? - Correct answer Anxiety, alcohol withdrawal, Insomnia, Sedation, Seizures What are the atypical antidepressants? - Correct answer Bupropion, Mirtazapine, Trazodone What are the opiate antagonists? - Correct answer Naloxone, naltrexone What medications are used for non-acute alcohol withdrawal? - Correct answer DANT: Disulfiram, acamprosate, naltrexone, topiramate What are the anticonvulsants? - Correct answer Valproate Carbamazepine Lamotrigine What is the role of the axon? - Correct answer carries impulse away from cell body What is the cerebral cortex primarily responsible for? - Correct answer receiving incoming sensory information from the thalamus What inferential statistic tests the relationship between 2 variables? - Correct answer pearson's r correlation

What part of the brain is composed of the cells that produce neurotransmitters? - Correct answer brainstem What is a social risk factor for developing a psychiatric disorder? - Correct answer poor community integration What type of advanced practice nurse coordinates care and typically serves in consultative, administrative, or education roles?

• Correct answer clinical nurse specialist In almost all cultures, what is the most commonly used intoxicating substance? - Correct answer alcohol What is the female to male ratio of anorexia nervosa in clinical populations? - Correct answer 10 to 1 A patient presents with high fever, pharyngitis, and oral and perianal ulcerations. What psychiatric emergency would you suspect? - Correct answer clozapine-induced agranulocytosis -particular to the ulcerations What factor can hinder or constrain growth for the nurse practitioner? - Correct answer growing competition in the job market for nurse practitioners You are treating a 22 year old male for his first episode of major depression. After 2 months of starting his medications, he reports feeling back to normal and wants to stop his medications. When can he safely stop his medications? - Correct answer at least 6 months after beginning treatment A 44 year old woman presents to your office with suspected conversion disorder. According to erikson, failure to resolve which

psychosocial stage is associated with later development of this psychpathology? - Correct answer initiative versus guilt What 1976 court case determined that the presence of a mental illness alone cannot justify involuntary hospitalization? - Correct answer o'connor versus donaldson What medication is given to treat a patient with obsessive compulsive disorder? - Correct answer fluoxetine/prozac In how many states do nurse practitioners have the legal authority to prescribe controlled substances? - Correct answer 48 How does lithium affect an ECG? - Correct answer it can invert the t-waves What personality disorder is most likely to read hidden meaning into innocent remarks? - Correct answer paranoid Nonpharmacological management of ADHD includes what? - Correct answer behavior therapy, treatment for learning disorders, and family therapy and education When talking about research validity, what is a confounder? - Correct answer a factor that distorts the true relationship of the study variable of interest by virtue of also being related to the outcome of interest. Often unequally distributed among the groups being compared What medication can potentially cause anxiety, mood changes, psychosis, and delirium? - Correct answer corticosteroids When addressing patients with alcohol use disorder what lab values do you want to pay specific attention to? - Correct answer abnormal LFT values and increased MCV

According to erikson, failure to resolve what psychosocial stage is associated with the development of conduct disorder? - Correct answer identity versus role confusion Cluster A: odd, eccentric group - Correct answer pair of schizos: paranoid, schizoid, & schizotypal Cluster b: erratic, dramatic group - Correct answer anti-border history for the narcissistic: antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic Cluster c: anxious, fearful group - Correct answer the obsessive- compulsive avoids and fears independence: avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive What medication for bipolar does not carry an increased risk of major fetal malformations? - Correct answer clonazepam/Klonopin What did the TIGER initiative successfully define for nurse practitioners? - Correct answer required technology curriculum for colleges In how many states do nurse practitioners have the legal authority to dispense controlled substances? - Correct answer 34, dispense not prescribe, texas is not one of them Disorganized thinking, loose associations, tics & stereotypic behavior suggest that a patient is experiencing an excess of what neurotransmitter? - Correct answer dopamine Which term best describes private insurance policies purchased by elderly individuals to cover some or all of their medical

expenses not paid for by medicare? - Correct answer medigap insurance policies Which of the 6 goals for the quality improvement of health care can be described as reducing harmful delays in receiving care? - Correct answer timely What term describes the understanding of structures that undergird complex systems and uses this understanding to affect significant and enduring change? - Correct answer systems thinking What do health care systems analysts who use systems thinking look for in order to enact quality improvement initiatives? - Correct answer patterns of interactions A NP volunteers on the weekend to provide social skills education for a group of intellectually disabled teens. What level of prevention is this? - Correct answer tertiary prevention What is an accurate description of schizoaffective disorder? - Correct answer a disorder characterized by patients experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia along with either depression or mania Who is granted unrestricted visitation rights with a patient who is psychiatrically hospitalized? - Correct answer the patient's attorney and members of the clergy What type of systematic review analyzes a collection of qualitative studies? - Correct answer metasynthesis Who established the first NP program and where? - Correct answer loretta ford and henry silver at the university of colorado

What legal precedent approved a test of competence that determines if a criminal defendant is competent to stand trial? - Correct answer dusky vs. Unisted states What is the probability if the p-value is 0.01? - Correct answer 1 percent What legal precedent guides the NP's duty to warn? - Correct answer tarasoff vs. Regents of university of california What is defined as a process used to protect the public by ensuring a minimum level of professional competence? - Correct answer credentialing What is defined as the process by which an agency of state government grants permission to individuals to engage in the practice of that profession? - Correct answer licensure What is defined as a process by which a professional organization certifies that an individual has met certain predetermined standards specified by that specialty practice? - Correct answer certification