NRt 607/t NR607t Midtermt Exam:t
Diagnosist &t Managementt int Psychiatric-
Mentalt Healtht IIIt Guidet (Latestt 2025/t
2026t Update)t |t Questionst &t Answers|t
Gradet A|t 100%t Correctt (Verifiedt
Solutions)-t Chamberlain
QUESTION
t stepst int evaluatingt at client'st capacityt fort decision-making.
Answer:
1.t Assesst fort communicationt barriers:t language,t hearingt ort visiont impairments,t dysarthria
2.t Evaluatet fort reversiblet causest oft incapacity:t infection,t medicationst ort othert
substances,t acutet neurologict &t psychiatrict disorders
3.t Identifyt valuest &t culturalt influencest thatt mayt impactt clientt decisiont making
4.t Askt questions:t determinet thet client'st abilityt tot understandt thet txt &t howt txt appliest
tot theirt situation.
5.t Identifyt at surrogatet ift needed:t healthcaret advancet directive,t medicalt powert oft
attorney,t spouse,t adultt children,t othert closet relatives
6.t Document
QUESTION
t formalt assessmentt toolt tot assistt int determiningt capacity
Answer:
Aidt Tot Capacityt Evaluationt (ACE)
,QUESTION
t Practicet Settingst fort complext mentalt healtht care
Answer:
-mentalt healtht settings
-primaryt care
-pediatrics
-familyt andt internalt medicine
-homet healtht care
-hospitals
-schools
-prisons
QUESTION
t Legalt &t Ethicalt Implicationst int thet Txt oft Clientst witht Complext Disorders
Answer:
-mentalt illnesst cant impairt at client'st capacityt tot maket informedt decisionst fort themselves
-sidet effectst oft somet mentalt healtht txst mayt leadt clientst tot chooset nonadherencet tot txt
recommendations
-client'st psychiatrict symptomst mayt compromiset theirt safetyt ort thet safetyt oft others.
-ethicalt dilemmast mayt ariset whent clients't wishest differt fromt treatmentt recommendationst
ort whent interprofessionalt teamt memberst disagreet aboutt thet bestt courset oft actiont int thet
treatmentt oft at client
QUESTION
t Mentalt Healtht Amercia'st 2015t positiont statementt stipulatest that:
Answer:
professionalst mustt respectt thet client'st fundamentalt rightst oft thet clientt fort dignity,t
autonomy,t &t self-determinationt whilet addressingt concernst aboutt thet safetyt &t well-beingt
oft thet clientt &t others.
,QUESTION
t sixt keyt coret skillst thatt aret criticalt tot ethicalt decision-makingt int mentalt healtht care
Answer:
1.t Abilityt tot identifyt ethicalt issues
2.t Abilityt tot understandt howt one'st values,t beliefs,t &t senset oft self,t includingt implicitt
biases,t impactt clientt care
3.t Abilityt tot recognizet personalt limitst tot knowledget &t expertiset &t willingnesst tot
practicet withint limits
4.t Abilityt tot recognizet situationst thatt presentt at hight riskt fort ethicalt dilemmas
5.t Willingnesst tot seekt informationt &t consultationt int difficultt ethicalt ort clinicalt
situations
6.t Abilityt tot buildt ethicalt safeguardst intot one'st practice
QUESTION
t Thet PMHNPt givest at presentationt att at nationalt conferencet ont bestt practicest int
depressiont treatment.
Howt thet PMHNPt appliedt ethicalt principles:
-Respectt fort thet Individual
-Commitmentt tot thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Advocacyt fort thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Responsibilityt andt Accountabilityt fort Practice
-Dutiest tot Selft andt Others
-Contributionst tot Healthcaret Environments
-Advancementt oft thet Nursingt Profession
-Collaborationt tot Meett Healtht Needs
-Promotiont oft thet Nursingt Profession
Answer:
Advancementt oft thet Nursingt Profession
Rationale:t Thet PMHNPt contributest tot advancingt thet professingt throught practice,t
education,t administration,t andt knowledget development.
, QUESTION
t Thet PMHNPt ist at membert oft thet Americant Nursest Associationt (ANA)t andt Nationalt
Alliancet ont Mentalt Illnesst (NAMI)t andt regularlyt participatest int workgroupst thatt seekt
tot expandt accesst tot caret fort healthcaret consumerst witht PMHt disorders.
Howt thet PMHNPt appliedt ethicalt principles:
-Respectt fort thet Individual
-Commitmentt tot thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Advocacyt fort thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Responsibilityt andt Accountabilityt fort Practice
-Dutiest tot Selft andt Others
-Contributionst tot Healthcaret Environments
-Advancementt oft thet Nursingt Profession
-Collaborationt tot Meett Healtht Needs
-Promotiont oft thet Nursingt Profession
Answer:
Collaborationt tot meett healtht needs
Rationale:t Thet PMHNPt promotest community,t national,t andt internationalt effortst tot meett
healtht needst throught collaborationt witht othert healthcaret professionalst tot promotet
prevention,t treatment,t andt recovery.
QUESTION
t At PMHNPt speakst att at schoolt boardt meetingt aboutt thet needt developt policiest tot
expandt mentalt healtht servicest fort underservedt students.
Howt thet PMHNPt appliedt ethicalt principles:
-Respectt fort thet Individual
-Commitmentt tot thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Advocacyt fort thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Responsibilityt andt Accountabilityt fort Practice
-Dutiest tot Selft andt Others
-Contributionst tot Healthcaret Environments
-Advancementt oft thet Nursingt Profession
-Collaborationt tot Meett Healtht Needs
-Promotiont oft thet Nursingt Profession
Diagnosist &t Managementt int Psychiatric-
Mentalt Healtht IIIt Guidet (Latestt 2025/t
2026t Update)t |t Questionst &t Answers|t
Gradet A|t 100%t Correctt (Verifiedt
Solutions)-t Chamberlain
QUESTION
t stepst int evaluatingt at client'st capacityt fort decision-making.
Answer:
1.t Assesst fort communicationt barriers:t language,t hearingt ort visiont impairments,t dysarthria
2.t Evaluatet fort reversiblet causest oft incapacity:t infection,t medicationst ort othert
substances,t acutet neurologict &t psychiatrict disorders
3.t Identifyt valuest &t culturalt influencest thatt mayt impactt clientt decisiont making
4.t Askt questions:t determinet thet client'st abilityt tot understandt thet txt &t howt txt appliest
tot theirt situation.
5.t Identifyt at surrogatet ift needed:t healthcaret advancet directive,t medicalt powert oft
attorney,t spouse,t adultt children,t othert closet relatives
6.t Document
QUESTION
t formalt assessmentt toolt tot assistt int determiningt capacity
Answer:
Aidt Tot Capacityt Evaluationt (ACE)
,QUESTION
t Practicet Settingst fort complext mentalt healtht care
Answer:
-mentalt healtht settings
-primaryt care
-pediatrics
-familyt andt internalt medicine
-homet healtht care
-hospitals
-schools
-prisons
QUESTION
t Legalt &t Ethicalt Implicationst int thet Txt oft Clientst witht Complext Disorders
Answer:
-mentalt illnesst cant impairt at client'st capacityt tot maket informedt decisionst fort themselves
-sidet effectst oft somet mentalt healtht txst mayt leadt clientst tot chooset nonadherencet tot txt
recommendations
-client'st psychiatrict symptomst mayt compromiset theirt safetyt ort thet safetyt oft others.
-ethicalt dilemmast mayt ariset whent clients't wishest differt fromt treatmentt recommendationst
ort whent interprofessionalt teamt memberst disagreet aboutt thet bestt courset oft actiont int thet
treatmentt oft at client
QUESTION
t Mentalt Healtht Amercia'st 2015t positiont statementt stipulatest that:
Answer:
professionalst mustt respectt thet client'st fundamentalt rightst oft thet clientt fort dignity,t
autonomy,t &t self-determinationt whilet addressingt concernst aboutt thet safetyt &t well-beingt
oft thet clientt &t others.
,QUESTION
t sixt keyt coret skillst thatt aret criticalt tot ethicalt decision-makingt int mentalt healtht care
Answer:
1.t Abilityt tot identifyt ethicalt issues
2.t Abilityt tot understandt howt one'st values,t beliefs,t &t senset oft self,t includingt implicitt
biases,t impactt clientt care
3.t Abilityt tot recognizet personalt limitst tot knowledget &t expertiset &t willingnesst tot
practicet withint limits
4.t Abilityt tot recognizet situationst thatt presentt at hight riskt fort ethicalt dilemmas
5.t Willingnesst tot seekt informationt &t consultationt int difficultt ethicalt ort clinicalt
situations
6.t Abilityt tot buildt ethicalt safeguardst intot one'st practice
QUESTION
t Thet PMHNPt givest at presentationt att at nationalt conferencet ont bestt practicest int
depressiont treatment.
Howt thet PMHNPt appliedt ethicalt principles:
-Respectt fort thet Individual
-Commitmentt tot thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Advocacyt fort thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Responsibilityt andt Accountabilityt fort Practice
-Dutiest tot Selft andt Others
-Contributionst tot Healthcaret Environments
-Advancementt oft thet Nursingt Profession
-Collaborationt tot Meett Healtht Needs
-Promotiont oft thet Nursingt Profession
Answer:
Advancementt oft thet Nursingt Profession
Rationale:t Thet PMHNPt contributest tot advancingt thet professingt throught practice,t
education,t administration,t andt knowledget development.
, QUESTION
t Thet PMHNPt ist at membert oft thet Americant Nursest Associationt (ANA)t andt Nationalt
Alliancet ont Mentalt Illnesst (NAMI)t andt regularlyt participatest int workgroupst thatt seekt
tot expandt accesst tot caret fort healthcaret consumerst witht PMHt disorders.
Howt thet PMHNPt appliedt ethicalt principles:
-Respectt fort thet Individual
-Commitmentt tot thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Advocacyt fort thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Responsibilityt andt Accountabilityt fort Practice
-Dutiest tot Selft andt Others
-Contributionst tot Healthcaret Environments
-Advancementt oft thet Nursingt Profession
-Collaborationt tot Meett Healtht Needs
-Promotiont oft thet Nursingt Profession
Answer:
Collaborationt tot meett healtht needs
Rationale:t Thet PMHNPt promotest community,t national,t andt internationalt effortst tot meett
healtht needst throught collaborationt witht othert healthcaret professionalst tot promotet
prevention,t treatment,t andt recovery.
QUESTION
t At PMHNPt speakst att at schoolt boardt meetingt aboutt thet needt developt policiest tot
expandt mentalt healtht servicest fort underservedt students.
Howt thet PMHNPt appliedt ethicalt principles:
-Respectt fort thet Individual
-Commitmentt tot thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Advocacyt fort thet Healthcaret Consumer
-Responsibilityt andt Accountabilityt fort Practice
-Dutiest tot Selft andt Others
-Contributionst tot Healthcaret Environments
-Advancementt oft thet Nursingt Profession
-Collaborationt tot Meett Healtht Needs
-Promotiont oft thet Nursingt Profession
