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Description

This learning activity may be used by nurses to review for the psychiatric mental health nursing certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), which grants the credential Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse - Board Certified (PMH-BC™). It is the first of two parts. This learning activity provides pharmacotherapeutic information on antipsychotic, antianxiety, and hypnotic drugs for the psychiatric and mental health nursing certification examination, based on the examination blueprint. Nurses preparing for the certification examination may find this learning activity helpful, along with the psychiatric mental health nursing certification review question bank.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. describe two benefits of using a second-generation antipsychotic over first-generation options.
  2. describe the four hallmark signs of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Price: $12.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 1.0 CH
  • DC - BON 1.0 CH
  • GA - BON 1.0 CH
  • FL - BON 1.0 CH

Lippincott Professional Development is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Professional Development is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Florida Board of Nursing, Georgia Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board of Nursing, and West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, #50-1223.

Lippincott Professional Development in approved continuing nursing education provider by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, provider number 50-1223.

Lippincott Professional Development in approved continuing nursing education provider by the Georgia Board of Nursing, provider number 50-1223.

Lippincott Professional Development in approved continuing nursing education provider by the Florida Board of Nursing, provider number 50-1223.

Test Code: LPDCert22PSYCH4
Published: Sep 2022
Expires: 9/5/2025
Required Passing Score: 8/10 (80%)
Authors: Maury R. Hefele, MSN, PMHNP Vicky H. Becherer, PhD, MSN Elizabeth Tomaszewski, DNP, RN, CRNP
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