NR 548 EXAM 1 -PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT FOR
PMHNP |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Who developed the first organized training school within a hospital for the insane 1882?
A. Effie Jones
B. Edward Cowles
C. Dorothea Dix
D. Loretta Ford
CORRECT ANSWER
B. Edward Cowles
Question 2
Which of the following is not a factor that led to treatment of psychiatric illness shifted
away from hospital to community settings?
A. Increased funding for psychiatric nursing education and training and led to a growth in
university-level nursing education.
B. Passage of legislation supporting the construction of community mental health centers.
C. Establishment of Medicaid and Medicare.
D. The changing of rules that governed involuntary confinement.
CORRECT ANSWER
A. Increased funding for psychiatric nursing education and training and led to a growth in
university-level nursing education.
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, Question 3
PMHNPs can work in residential service setting. Which best describes residential service?
A. It provides 24-hour care and housing for an extended period.
B. It is a short-term treatment for acutely ill clients at risk for harming self or others or
unable to meet basic needs due to impairment.
C. It provides intermediate or long-term care for clients at chronic risk to self or others or
unable to function without supervision and support due to mental disorders.
D. It is a team treatment approach to provide comprehensive, community-based psychiatric
treatment, rehabilitation, and support to persons with severe mental illness (SMI).
CORRECT ANSWER
A. It provides 24-hour care and housing for an extended period.
Question 4
PMHNPs can work in a partial hospitalization setting. Which best describes partial
hospitalization?
A. It provides short-term treatment for acutely ill clients at risk for harming self or others or
unable to meet basic needs due to impairment.
B. It focuses on psychiatric and substance-related emergencies
C. It provides care in non-hospital community settings such as mental health clinics, homes,
worksites, shelters, crisis centers, senior centers, group homes, or schools.
D. It provides acute symptom management, intensive treatment, and safe housing for clients
who do not require 24-hour medical management or nursing care.
CORRECT ANSWER
D. It provides acute symptom management, intensive treatment, and safe housing for
clients who do not require 24-hour medical management or nursing care.
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PMHNP |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Who developed the first organized training school within a hospital for the insane 1882?
A. Effie Jones
B. Edward Cowles
C. Dorothea Dix
D. Loretta Ford
CORRECT ANSWER
B. Edward Cowles
Question 2
Which of the following is not a factor that led to treatment of psychiatric illness shifted
away from hospital to community settings?
A. Increased funding for psychiatric nursing education and training and led to a growth in
university-level nursing education.
B. Passage of legislation supporting the construction of community mental health centers.
C. Establishment of Medicaid and Medicare.
D. The changing of rules that governed involuntary confinement.
CORRECT ANSWER
A. Increased funding for psychiatric nursing education and training and led to a growth in
university-level nursing education.
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, Question 3
PMHNPs can work in residential service setting. Which best describes residential service?
A. It provides 24-hour care and housing for an extended period.
B. It is a short-term treatment for acutely ill clients at risk for harming self or others or
unable to meet basic needs due to impairment.
C. It provides intermediate or long-term care for clients at chronic risk to self or others or
unable to function without supervision and support due to mental disorders.
D. It is a team treatment approach to provide comprehensive, community-based psychiatric
treatment, rehabilitation, and support to persons with severe mental illness (SMI).
CORRECT ANSWER
A. It provides 24-hour care and housing for an extended period.
Question 4
PMHNPs can work in a partial hospitalization setting. Which best describes partial
hospitalization?
A. It provides short-term treatment for acutely ill clients at risk for harming self or others or
unable to meet basic needs due to impairment.
B. It focuses on psychiatric and substance-related emergencies
C. It provides care in non-hospital community settings such as mental health clinics, homes,
worksites, shelters, crisis centers, senior centers, group homes, or schools.
D. It provides acute symptom management, intensive treatment, and safe housing for clients
who do not require 24-hour medical management or nursing care.
CORRECT ANSWER
D. It provides acute symptom management, intensive treatment, and safe housing for
clients who do not require 24-hour medical management or nursing care.
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