PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT PMHNP REVIEW
FINAL 2026 EXAMPREP MASTER RESOURCE
◉ match the practice setting with the correct scenario: Over the
course of 2 months, the client's condition improves. She is
discharged from intensive outpatient treatment and begins weekly
appointments with the PMHNP at the PMHNP's clinic. Answer:
Community-Based Care
Rationale: Community-based care is provided in a non-hospital
community setting
◉ match the practice setting with the correct scenario: A global
pandemic limits face-to-face mental health visits, the PMHNP
determines that the client requires ongoing mental health
treatment. The PMHNP arranges to meet with the client via weekly
interactive video sessions. Answer: Telehealth
Rationale: Telehealth services utilize telecommunication technology
to deliver treatment to clients
◉ match the practice setting with the correct scenario: The PMHNP
owns the private practice that is providing services to the client.
Answer: Self-Employment
,Rationale: The PMHNP is providing direct services through private
practice
◉ Code of Ethics. Answer: provides guidance to nurses about ethical
behavior and mandates a minimum standard of practice
-nine provisions within the Code
• Within the nine provisions, three groupings exist
• specific applications have been developed for PMHNP practice
◉ Code of Ethics 9 Provisions. Answer: -Respect for the Individual
• Provision 1: The nurse practices with compassion and respect for
the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person.
-Commitment to the Healthcare Consumer
• Provision 2: The nurse's primary commitment is to the patient,
whether an individual, family, group, community, or population.
-Advocacy for the Healthcare Consumer
• Provision 3: The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the
rights, health, and safety of the patient.
-Responsibility and Accountability for Practice
, • Provision 4: The nurse has authority, accountability, and
responsibility for nursing practice; makes decisions and takes action
consistent with the obligation to promote health and provide
optimum patient care.
-Duties to Self and Others
• Provision 5: The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others,
including the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve
wholeness of character and integrity, maintain competence, and
continue personal and professional growth.
-Contributions to Healthcare Environments
• Provision 6: The nurse, through individual and collective effort,
establishes, maintains, and improves the ethical environment of the
work setting and conditions of employment that are conducive to
safe, quality health care.
-Advancement of the Nursing Profession
• Provision 7: The nurse, in all roles and settings, advances the
profession through research and scholarly inquiry, professional
standards of development, and the generation of both nursing and
health policy.
-Collaboration to Meet Health Needs
FINAL 2026 EXAMPREP MASTER RESOURCE
◉ match the practice setting with the correct scenario: Over the
course of 2 months, the client's condition improves. She is
discharged from intensive outpatient treatment and begins weekly
appointments with the PMHNP at the PMHNP's clinic. Answer:
Community-Based Care
Rationale: Community-based care is provided in a non-hospital
community setting
◉ match the practice setting with the correct scenario: A global
pandemic limits face-to-face mental health visits, the PMHNP
determines that the client requires ongoing mental health
treatment. The PMHNP arranges to meet with the client via weekly
interactive video sessions. Answer: Telehealth
Rationale: Telehealth services utilize telecommunication technology
to deliver treatment to clients
◉ match the practice setting with the correct scenario: The PMHNP
owns the private practice that is providing services to the client.
Answer: Self-Employment
,Rationale: The PMHNP is providing direct services through private
practice
◉ Code of Ethics. Answer: provides guidance to nurses about ethical
behavior and mandates a minimum standard of practice
-nine provisions within the Code
• Within the nine provisions, three groupings exist
• specific applications have been developed for PMHNP practice
◉ Code of Ethics 9 Provisions. Answer: -Respect for the Individual
• Provision 1: The nurse practices with compassion and respect for
the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person.
-Commitment to the Healthcare Consumer
• Provision 2: The nurse's primary commitment is to the patient,
whether an individual, family, group, community, or population.
-Advocacy for the Healthcare Consumer
• Provision 3: The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the
rights, health, and safety of the patient.
-Responsibility and Accountability for Practice
, • Provision 4: The nurse has authority, accountability, and
responsibility for nursing practice; makes decisions and takes action
consistent with the obligation to promote health and provide
optimum patient care.
-Duties to Self and Others
• Provision 5: The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others,
including the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve
wholeness of character and integrity, maintain competence, and
continue personal and professional growth.
-Contributions to Healthcare Environments
• Provision 6: The nurse, through individual and collective effort,
establishes, maintains, and improves the ethical environment of the
work setting and conditions of employment that are conducive to
safe, quality health care.
-Advancement of the Nursing Profession
• Provision 7: The nurse, in all roles and settings, advances the
profession through research and scholarly inquiry, professional
standards of development, and the generation of both nursing and
health policy.
-Collaboration to Meet Health Needs
