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1. Who developed the first organized training school B. Edward Cowles
within a hospital for the insane 1882?
A. Effie Jones
B. Edward Cowles
C. Dorothea Dix
D. Loretta Ford
2. Which of the following is not a factor that led to treat- A. Increased funding for
ment of psychiatric illness shifted away from hospital psychiatric nursing educa-
to community settings? tion and training and led
to a growth in universi-
A. Increased funding for psychiatric nursing education ty-level nursing education.
and training and led to a growth in university-level
nursing education.
B. Passage of legislation supporting the construction
of community mental health centers.
C. Establishment of Medicaid and Medicare.
D. The changing of rules that governed involuntary
confinement.
3. PMHNPs can work in residential service setting. Which A. It provides 24-hour care
best describes residential service? and housing for an ex-
tended period.
A. It provides 24-hour care and housing for an extend-
ed period.
B. It is a short-term treatment for acutely ill clients at
risk for harming self or others or unable to meet basic
needs due to impairment.
C. It provides intermediate or long-term care for clients
at chronic risk to self or others or unable to function
without supervision and support due to mental disor-
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ders.
D. It is a team treatment approach to provide compre-
hensive, community-based psychiatric treatment, re-
habilitation, and support to persons with severe men-
tal illness (SMI).
4. PMHNPs can work in a partial hospitalization setting. D. It provides acute symp-
Which best describes partial hospitalization? tom management, inten-
sive treatment, and safe
A. It provides short-term treatment for acutely ill housing for clients who do
clients at risk for harming self or others or unable to not require 24-hour med-
meet basic needs due to impairment. ical management or nurs-
B. It focuses on psychiatric and substance-related ing care.
emergencies
C. It provides care in non-hospital community settings
such as mental health clinics, homes, worksites, shel-
ters, crisis centers, senior centers, group homes, or
schools.
D. It provides acute symptom management, intensive
treatment, and safe housing for clients who do not
require 24-hour medical management or nursing care.
5. PMHNPs can work in psychiatric emergency services. C. It focuses on psychi-
Which best describes psychiatric emergency services? atric and substance-relat-
ed emergencies.
A. It provide acute symptom management, intensive
treatment, and safe housing for clients who do not
require 24-hour medical management.
B. It occurs in the inpatient setting providing care for
acutely ill clients at risk for harming self or others or
unable to meet basic needs due to impairment.
C. It focuses on psychiatric and substance-related