PMHNP CERTIFICATION EXAM 2026
ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS || ALREADY GRADED A+
(LATEST VERSION)
1) What model of care is the PMHNP role grounded in? - ANSWER ✔ A
person-centered, biopsychosocial model of care.
2) List three settings where PMHNPs work. - ANSWER ✔ Crisis intervention,
acute inpatient care, and community-based care.
3) What is the primary focus of PMHNPs? - ANSWER ✔ Mental health
promotion, diagnosis, and treatment across the lifespan.
4) What are the Standards of Practice for PMHNPs? - ANSWER ✔
Assessment, Diagnosis, Outcomes Identification, Planning, Implementation,
and Evaluation.
5) What is the role of PMHNPs in the assessment process? - ANSWER ✔
Perform comprehensive, person-centered psychiatric and mental health
evaluations using evidence-based guidelines.
6) What is the PMHNP's role in maintaining confidentiality? - ANSWER ✔
Ensure confidentiality in all interactions as required by HIPAA.
,7) What is the prevalence of ADHD diagnosis among children? - ANSWER ✔
About 9% of children are diagnosed with ADHD.
8) What does the PMHNP do in the context of leadership? - ANSWER ✔ Lead
quality improvement initiatives and engage in research.
9) What is the PMHNP's approach to mental health policy advocacy? -
ANSWER ✔ Advocate for access to care and reduction of stigma.
10) What is the primary ethical responsibility of a PMHNP in the
therapeutic relationship? - ANSWER ✔ To recognize power differentials
and avoid exploitation or unethical behavior.
11) The purpose of the American Nurses Association's Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nursing:
Scope and Standards of Practice is to
a. Define the role and actions for the NP
b. Establish the legal authority for the prescription of psychotropic
medications
c. Define the legal statutes of the role of the PMHNP
d. Define the differences between the physician role and the NP role -
ANSWER ✔ A. The ANAs Psych-Mental Health Nursing Scope and
Standards of Practice defines the role and actions of the nurse
practitioner.
12) D. Information reduces incidence of disease. - ANSWER ✔ Primary
prevention care practices are an essential aspect of the PMHNP role. Which
of the following is the best example of a primary prevention care strategy for
community behavioral health?
a. Aftercare program for chronically mentally ill clients recently
discharged from the hospital
, b. Court-ordered counseling for abusive parents
c. 24-hour crisis hotlines
d. Parenting skills classes for pregnant adolescents
13) The trend in legal rulings on cases involving mental illness over the
past 25 years has been to
a. Encourage juries to find defendants not guilty by reason of insanity
b. Protect the person's freedoms or rights when he or she is committed to
a mental hospital
c. Place increasing trust in mental health professionals to make good and
ethical decisions
d. Decrease the "red tape" associated with commitments so that
commitments are faster and easier - ANSWER ✔ B. Identifies the
trend of ensuring the protection of individual civil liberties for
psychiatric clients.
14) Mr. Smithers, an involuntarily hospitalized patient experiencing
psychotic symptoms, refuses to take any of his ordered medication because
he believes "Jesus Christ told me I am the prophet and must fast for a year."
Your actions should be based on your knowledge of which of the following?
a. Psychiatric clients cannot refuse treatment
b. Psychiatric clients do not always know what is good for them
c. Psychiatric clients can refuse treatment
d. Psychiatric clients cannot be trusted to make good healthcare
decisions and, therefore, the nurse's best clinical judgment should
guide actions - ANSWER ✔ C. As with any client, psychiatric clients
can refuse treatment unless a legal process resulting in involuntary
commitment or mandatory court order for treatment has been
obtained.
15) roles of the nurse
- stranger
- resource person
- teacher
, - leader
- surrogate
- conselor
16) Paplau's Interpersonal Theory - ANSWER ✔ Process recording
17) Give Ativan - ANSWER ✔ For Alcoholic with Liver problems
18) detailed physical exam - ANSWER ✔
19) Pt states that God did this to me - ANSWER ✔ Assess spiritual needs
20) Mini-Cog - ANSWER ✔ is another screening tool that can be
administered in 5 minutes or less and requires minimal training. 3 item
recall, clock drawing test (CDT)
21) women in military and she saw her friend die - ANSWER ✔ PTSD
22) Man had appt, wife came and he didnt - ANSWER ✔ Tell wife to
reschedule appt
23) Tagement (Cimetidine) - ANSWER ✔ ^ Benzo
^ Coumadin
24) Erythromycin - ANSWER ✔ ^ Xanax levels
ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS || ALREADY GRADED A+
(LATEST VERSION)
1) What model of care is the PMHNP role grounded in? - ANSWER ✔ A
person-centered, biopsychosocial model of care.
2) List three settings where PMHNPs work. - ANSWER ✔ Crisis intervention,
acute inpatient care, and community-based care.
3) What is the primary focus of PMHNPs? - ANSWER ✔ Mental health
promotion, diagnosis, and treatment across the lifespan.
4) What are the Standards of Practice for PMHNPs? - ANSWER ✔
Assessment, Diagnosis, Outcomes Identification, Planning, Implementation,
and Evaluation.
5) What is the role of PMHNPs in the assessment process? - ANSWER ✔
Perform comprehensive, person-centered psychiatric and mental health
evaluations using evidence-based guidelines.
6) What is the PMHNP's role in maintaining confidentiality? - ANSWER ✔
Ensure confidentiality in all interactions as required by HIPAA.
,7) What is the prevalence of ADHD diagnosis among children? - ANSWER ✔
About 9% of children are diagnosed with ADHD.
8) What does the PMHNP do in the context of leadership? - ANSWER ✔ Lead
quality improvement initiatives and engage in research.
9) What is the PMHNP's approach to mental health policy advocacy? -
ANSWER ✔ Advocate for access to care and reduction of stigma.
10) What is the primary ethical responsibility of a PMHNP in the
therapeutic relationship? - ANSWER ✔ To recognize power differentials
and avoid exploitation or unethical behavior.
11) The purpose of the American Nurses Association's Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nursing:
Scope and Standards of Practice is to
a. Define the role and actions for the NP
b. Establish the legal authority for the prescription of psychotropic
medications
c. Define the legal statutes of the role of the PMHNP
d. Define the differences between the physician role and the NP role -
ANSWER ✔ A. The ANAs Psych-Mental Health Nursing Scope and
Standards of Practice defines the role and actions of the nurse
practitioner.
12) D. Information reduces incidence of disease. - ANSWER ✔ Primary
prevention care practices are an essential aspect of the PMHNP role. Which
of the following is the best example of a primary prevention care strategy for
community behavioral health?
a. Aftercare program for chronically mentally ill clients recently
discharged from the hospital
, b. Court-ordered counseling for abusive parents
c. 24-hour crisis hotlines
d. Parenting skills classes for pregnant adolescents
13) The trend in legal rulings on cases involving mental illness over the
past 25 years has been to
a. Encourage juries to find defendants not guilty by reason of insanity
b. Protect the person's freedoms or rights when he or she is committed to
a mental hospital
c. Place increasing trust in mental health professionals to make good and
ethical decisions
d. Decrease the "red tape" associated with commitments so that
commitments are faster and easier - ANSWER ✔ B. Identifies the
trend of ensuring the protection of individual civil liberties for
psychiatric clients.
14) Mr. Smithers, an involuntarily hospitalized patient experiencing
psychotic symptoms, refuses to take any of his ordered medication because
he believes "Jesus Christ told me I am the prophet and must fast for a year."
Your actions should be based on your knowledge of which of the following?
a. Psychiatric clients cannot refuse treatment
b. Psychiatric clients do not always know what is good for them
c. Psychiatric clients can refuse treatment
d. Psychiatric clients cannot be trusted to make good healthcare
decisions and, therefore, the nurse's best clinical judgment should
guide actions - ANSWER ✔ C. As with any client, psychiatric clients
can refuse treatment unless a legal process resulting in involuntary
commitment or mandatory court order for treatment has been
obtained.
15) roles of the nurse
- stranger
- resource person
- teacher
, - leader
- surrogate
- conselor
16) Paplau's Interpersonal Theory - ANSWER ✔ Process recording
17) Give Ativan - ANSWER ✔ For Alcoholic with Liver problems
18) detailed physical exam - ANSWER ✔
19) Pt states that God did this to me - ANSWER ✔ Assess spiritual needs
20) Mini-Cog - ANSWER ✔ is another screening tool that can be
administered in 5 minutes or less and requires minimal training. 3 item
recall, clock drawing test (CDT)
21) women in military and she saw her friend die - ANSWER ✔ PTSD
22) Man had appt, wife came and he didnt - ANSWER ✔ Tell wife to
reschedule appt
23) Tagement (Cimetidine) - ANSWER ✔ ^ Benzo
^ Coumadin
24) Erythromycin - ANSWER ✔ ^ Xanax levels
