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Medications that treat ADHD exert their actions primarily in what brain region?

During your mental status exam of a 16 year-old female, you identify  irritability, intense and sometimes inappropriate facial expressions but they appear to coincide with her feelings. This best describes the patient’s:

A mother brings in her 8-year-old son for a psychiatric follow-up visit with the PMHNP. This is the fourth visit the PMHNP has had with the client, his mother, and his younger sister, now 7-8 months old. You notice that the sister has a decrease in head growth, along with stereotypic motions of the hands, often licking and slapping. She has also lost her language skills. What medical condition do you suspect she has?

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When taking a history for an elderly patient, it is OK to leave out sexual history.

statistics summarizes characteristics of sample data. statistics makes generalizations about populations.

A is a numerical measurement that describes some characteristic of a sample. A is a numerical measurement that describes some characteristic of a population.

Scope of NP practice includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Complete the sentence. Select all possible answers. Mistakes are ____________ part of learning.

Enter one word to complete the sentence. Mistakes make our brains _____________.