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NSG 350 Mental Health Exam Study Set 2026/2027
||Verified Exam!!!|| Weeks 1–2 Psychiatric–Mental
Health Nursing ||Verified Questions with Detailed
Rationales
3. To substantiate clinical practice the psychiatric nurse
should place the greatest reliance on the _____ basis.
a.
traditional
b.
regulatory
c.
Evidence
d.
philosophical/conceptual - Answer-ANS: C
Evidence
4. Which activity will be most useful to a nurse wishing to
provide evidence-based psychiatric nursing care?
a.
Relying on findings of one properly designed, randomized,
controlled trial
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b.
Using a protocol from several well-designed, cohort,
quasiexperimental studies
c.
Seeking sound, opinion-based processes and maintaining
self-directed practice
d.
Applying findings from a meta-analysis of relevant
randomized, controlled trials - Answer-ANS: D
Applying findings from a meta-analysis of relevant
randomized, controlled trials
5. A nurse is developing a set of practice guidelines for a
clinical unit and is conducting a literature review to search
for examples of criteria that will be relevant to achieving
patient-care goals. The search criteria that will be most
relevant are those that:
a.
explain their complexity in detail.
b.
include reduced costs as a major criterion for use.
c.
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document preferred practices among other mental health
professionals.
d.
provide methods and procedures that ensure safe and
effective treatment. - Answer-ANS: D
provide methods and procedures that ensure safe and
effective treatment.
1. Which statement could a nurse use in an argument to
support evidence-based psychiatric nursing practice?
a.
"Licensing helps ensure effective clinicians."
b.
"Clinical supervision results in more effective clinicians."
c.
"It is unreliable to make generalized assumptions of
patients based on only a small sample."
d.
"Information gathered by clinical means tends to be in the
form of systematic observations." - Answer-ANS: C c.
"It is unreliable to make generalized assumptions of
patients based on only a small sample."
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2. Which nursing activities are necessary to provide
evidence-based psychiatric nursing care?
a.
Obtaining advanced degrees and providing clinical
supervision for peers
b.
Seeking sound opinion-based processes and maintaining
self-directed practice
c.
Attending educational programs and supporting the
advanced practice licensure
d.
Critically synthesizing research findings and applying
relevant evidence to practice - Answer-ANS: D
Critically synthesizing research findings and applying
relevant evidence to practice
6. A nurse working at a facility that has just introduced the
use of clinical pathways must understand that clinical
pathways:
a.
do not require quality monitoring.
NSG 350 Mental Health Exam Study Set 2026/2027
||Verified Exam!!!|| Weeks 1–2 Psychiatric–Mental
Health Nursing ||Verified Questions with Detailed
Rationales
3. To substantiate clinical practice the psychiatric nurse
should place the greatest reliance on the _____ basis.
a.
traditional
b.
regulatory
c.
Evidence
d.
philosophical/conceptual - Answer-ANS: C
Evidence
4. Which activity will be most useful to a nurse wishing to
provide evidence-based psychiatric nursing care?
a.
Relying on findings of one properly designed, randomized,
controlled trial
,2|Page
b.
Using a protocol from several well-designed, cohort,
quasiexperimental studies
c.
Seeking sound, opinion-based processes and maintaining
self-directed practice
d.
Applying findings from a meta-analysis of relevant
randomized, controlled trials - Answer-ANS: D
Applying findings from a meta-analysis of relevant
randomized, controlled trials
5. A nurse is developing a set of practice guidelines for a
clinical unit and is conducting a literature review to search
for examples of criteria that will be relevant to achieving
patient-care goals. The search criteria that will be most
relevant are those that:
a.
explain their complexity in detail.
b.
include reduced costs as a major criterion for use.
c.
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document preferred practices among other mental health
professionals.
d.
provide methods and procedures that ensure safe and
effective treatment. - Answer-ANS: D
provide methods and procedures that ensure safe and
effective treatment.
1. Which statement could a nurse use in an argument to
support evidence-based psychiatric nursing practice?
a.
"Licensing helps ensure effective clinicians."
b.
"Clinical supervision results in more effective clinicians."
c.
"It is unreliable to make generalized assumptions of
patients based on only a small sample."
d.
"Information gathered by clinical means tends to be in the
form of systematic observations." - Answer-ANS: C c.
"It is unreliable to make generalized assumptions of
patients based on only a small sample."
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2. Which nursing activities are necessary to provide
evidence-based psychiatric nursing care?
a.
Obtaining advanced degrees and providing clinical
supervision for peers
b.
Seeking sound opinion-based processes and maintaining
self-directed practice
c.
Attending educational programs and supporting the
advanced practice licensure
d.
Critically synthesizing research findings and applying
relevant evidence to practice - Answer-ANS: D
Critically synthesizing research findings and applying
relevant evidence to practice
6. A nurse working at a facility that has just introduced the
use of clinical pathways must understand that clinical
pathways:
a.
do not require quality monitoring.
