NUR 317 WEEK 3 2026/2027 – STUDY GUIDE, QUESTIONS &
PRACTICE REVIEW
1. When applying the biopsychosocial model to client care, the nurse integrates the
psychological domain when involved with which of the following?
A) Behavior therapy
B) Family support
C) Nutritional therapy
D) Sleep hygiene measures - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Behavior therapy
2. A nursing instructor is describing the impact of technology and electronic health records on
psychiatric mental health care. Which of the following would the instructor identify as a major
challenge
associated with it?
A) Maintaining confidentiality
B) Establishing educational models
C) Decreasing fragmented care
D) Defining professional standards more clearly - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Maintaining
confidentiality
3. A psychiatric nursing class is discussing current trends in mental health care. A student voices
the opinion that there should be equitable access to mental health care and resources for those
who live in rural areas, for those without health insurance, and for those with very little income.
The student nurse's opinion most closely reflects which ethical principle?
A) Nonmaleficence
B) Paternalism
C) Veracity
D) Justice - Correct answer ✔✔ D) Justice
,4. A nursing student is initiating a relationship with an assigned patient. After meeting and
spending approximately 20 minutes talking with the patient, the student makes arrangements
to visit again after lunch. After lunch, fellow classmates invite the student to go to the gym with
them and a group of patients to play volleyball. The student starts to go with them but then
remembers the promise to meet with the patient. The student decides to stay behind and talk
to with her patient. The student's decision reflects which ethical principle?
A) Autonomy
B) Beneficence
C) Fidelity
D) Veracity - Correct answer ✔✔ C) Fidelity
5. In a postclinical conference, a group of students are engaged in a discussion with their
instructor. The instructor repeatedly has the students analyze and evaluate the nursing
interventions implemented
throughout the clinical experience. The students are engaged in which of the following?
A) Therapeutic use of self
B) Critical thinking
C) Interdisciplinary care
D) Planning care - Correct answer ✔✔ B) Critical thinking
6. A group of students is reviewing the functions of psychiatric nurses. The students
demonstrate understanding of the information when they identify which of the following as an
advanced practice level function?
A) Milieu therapy
B) Promotion of self-care
C) Psychopharmacology interventions
D) Health promotion activities - Correct answer ✔✔ C) Psychopharmacology interventions
,7. A nursing instructor has prepared a lecture about the scope and standards of practice of
psychiatric nurses. The instructor determines that the teaching was effective when the students
identify which of the
following as common to both basic and advanced level practice?
A) Case management
B) Program development
C) Clinical supervision
D) Community interventions - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Case management
8. A nurse is working on developing ways to meet the challenge of knowledge development.
Which of the following would be most appropriate?
A) Access new information through continuing education programs.
B) Improve access to community psychiatric care for all populations.
C) Reduce the burden of mental illness by fighting stigma.
D) Provide culturally competent, high-quality nursing care. - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Access new
information through continuing education programs.
9. A 22-year-old patient with schizophrenia is refusing his antipsychotic medication. He states, I
don't like the dopey way it makes me feel. I feel like I'm walking under water when I take it. The
nurse explains to him, Your schizophrenia is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain, and
this medication helps fix that chemical imbalance. You need to take it so your symptoms will get
better. This conversation reflects a conflict between which two types of ethical principles?
A) Autonomy and justice
B) Paternalism and veracity
C) Justice and nonmaleficence
D) Autonomy and beneficence - Correct answer ✔✔ D) Autonomy and beneficence
10. A nurse is faced with an ethical dilemma involving a patient. Which question would be most
important for the nurse to ask first when engaging in the process of ethical decision making?
, A) What are my own feelings about the situation?
B) What assumptions am I making that need more data?
C) What do I know about the situation?
D) What do I know about the patient's values? - Correct answer ✔✔ C) What do I know about
the situation?
11. A psychiatric mental health nurse is adhering to the standards of practice. When engaging in
clinical decision making, the nurse is integrating which of the following as the foundation?
A) Developmental issues
B) Nursing process
C) Commitment
D) Accountability - Correct answer ✔✔ B) Nursing process
12. A group of nursing students are reviewing the standards of professional performance. The
students demonstrate understanding when they identify which as a standard of professional
performance?
A) Prescriptive authority
B) Consultation
C) Planning
D) Collegiality - Correct answer ✔✔ D) Collegiality
13. A psychiatric mental health nurse is providing care to patients with a mental illness and is
investigating factors related to the patient safety, delivery of care services, and cost
effectiveness. The nurse is involved with which area of professional performance?
A) Education
B) Quality of practice
C) Resource utilization
D) Collaboration - Correct answer ✔✔ C) Resource utilization
PRACTICE REVIEW
1. When applying the biopsychosocial model to client care, the nurse integrates the
psychological domain when involved with which of the following?
A) Behavior therapy
B) Family support
C) Nutritional therapy
D) Sleep hygiene measures - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Behavior therapy
2. A nursing instructor is describing the impact of technology and electronic health records on
psychiatric mental health care. Which of the following would the instructor identify as a major
challenge
associated with it?
A) Maintaining confidentiality
B) Establishing educational models
C) Decreasing fragmented care
D) Defining professional standards more clearly - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Maintaining
confidentiality
3. A psychiatric nursing class is discussing current trends in mental health care. A student voices
the opinion that there should be equitable access to mental health care and resources for those
who live in rural areas, for those without health insurance, and for those with very little income.
The student nurse's opinion most closely reflects which ethical principle?
A) Nonmaleficence
B) Paternalism
C) Veracity
D) Justice - Correct answer ✔✔ D) Justice
,4. A nursing student is initiating a relationship with an assigned patient. After meeting and
spending approximately 20 minutes talking with the patient, the student makes arrangements
to visit again after lunch. After lunch, fellow classmates invite the student to go to the gym with
them and a group of patients to play volleyball. The student starts to go with them but then
remembers the promise to meet with the patient. The student decides to stay behind and talk
to with her patient. The student's decision reflects which ethical principle?
A) Autonomy
B) Beneficence
C) Fidelity
D) Veracity - Correct answer ✔✔ C) Fidelity
5. In a postclinical conference, a group of students are engaged in a discussion with their
instructor. The instructor repeatedly has the students analyze and evaluate the nursing
interventions implemented
throughout the clinical experience. The students are engaged in which of the following?
A) Therapeutic use of self
B) Critical thinking
C) Interdisciplinary care
D) Planning care - Correct answer ✔✔ B) Critical thinking
6. A group of students is reviewing the functions of psychiatric nurses. The students
demonstrate understanding of the information when they identify which of the following as an
advanced practice level function?
A) Milieu therapy
B) Promotion of self-care
C) Psychopharmacology interventions
D) Health promotion activities - Correct answer ✔✔ C) Psychopharmacology interventions
,7. A nursing instructor has prepared a lecture about the scope and standards of practice of
psychiatric nurses. The instructor determines that the teaching was effective when the students
identify which of the
following as common to both basic and advanced level practice?
A) Case management
B) Program development
C) Clinical supervision
D) Community interventions - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Case management
8. A nurse is working on developing ways to meet the challenge of knowledge development.
Which of the following would be most appropriate?
A) Access new information through continuing education programs.
B) Improve access to community psychiatric care for all populations.
C) Reduce the burden of mental illness by fighting stigma.
D) Provide culturally competent, high-quality nursing care. - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Access new
information through continuing education programs.
9. A 22-year-old patient with schizophrenia is refusing his antipsychotic medication. He states, I
don't like the dopey way it makes me feel. I feel like I'm walking under water when I take it. The
nurse explains to him, Your schizophrenia is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain, and
this medication helps fix that chemical imbalance. You need to take it so your symptoms will get
better. This conversation reflects a conflict between which two types of ethical principles?
A) Autonomy and justice
B) Paternalism and veracity
C) Justice and nonmaleficence
D) Autonomy and beneficence - Correct answer ✔✔ D) Autonomy and beneficence
10. A nurse is faced with an ethical dilemma involving a patient. Which question would be most
important for the nurse to ask first when engaging in the process of ethical decision making?
, A) What are my own feelings about the situation?
B) What assumptions am I making that need more data?
C) What do I know about the situation?
D) What do I know about the patient's values? - Correct answer ✔✔ C) What do I know about
the situation?
11. A psychiatric mental health nurse is adhering to the standards of practice. When engaging in
clinical decision making, the nurse is integrating which of the following as the foundation?
A) Developmental issues
B) Nursing process
C) Commitment
D) Accountability - Correct answer ✔✔ B) Nursing process
12. A group of nursing students are reviewing the standards of professional performance. The
students demonstrate understanding when they identify which as a standard of professional
performance?
A) Prescriptive authority
B) Consultation
C) Planning
D) Collegiality - Correct answer ✔✔ D) Collegiality
13. A psychiatric mental health nurse is providing care to patients with a mental illness and is
investigating factors related to the patient safety, delivery of care services, and cost
effectiveness. The nurse is involved with which area of professional performance?
A) Education
B) Quality of practice
C) Resource utilization
D) Collaboration - Correct answer ✔✔ C) Resource utilization
