NR 668 PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH
CAPSTONE PRACTICUM AND INTENSIVE FINAL
EXAM 2026 WEEKS 5-8 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS DETAILED REVIEW
◉ secondary prevention. Answer: screening to ID early and treatment -
example: phone hotlines
◉ tertiary prevention. Answer: prevent recurrence, prevent disability -
example: rehab, social skills training
◉ maturational crisis. Answer: normal occurring events in life related to
one's continual growth and development
◉ adventitious crisis. Answer: social crisis, disaster scenarios
(hurricanes, war)
◉ situational crisis. Answer: unexpected events that disturb ones
psychological well being (unexpected death, employment loss)
◉ Board of Nursing (BON). Answer: state regs, scope of practice,
prescriptive authority, Nurse Practice Act
,◉ NLNAC (National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission).
Answer: nursing program accreditation
◉ CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education). Answer:
accredits nursing programs with focus on nursing standards
◉ Joint Commission. Answer: a not-for-profit organization that
evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities
◉ HIPAA exceptions. Answer: law enforcement, employers, life
insurers, workers comp, schools, state agencies
◉ ANA (American Nurses Association). Answer: code of ethics and
standards of practice
◉ ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center). Answer: certifies
standards in our profession
◉ Quality Improvement - Plan-Do-Study-Act. Answer: Plan: identify
goal, form theory, define what successful metrics look like
Do: implement
Study: monitor for successful outcomes
Act: adjust the methods to achieve future desired results
,◉ Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Answer: method utilized to eval adverse
events
goal is ID underlying issue that cause error and analyze why error
occurred to prevent future harm
◉ Chochrane Library. Answer: gold standard for systematic reviews in
healthcare
◉ Reliability. Answer: test and retest should get same results -
reproducible and consistent
Cronbach's alpha estimates reliability of a test and ranges from zero - 1,
0.70 or higher is a common research threshold
◉ Validity. Answer: test measures what it is supposed to measure
◉ P value. Answer: used to test hypothesis
probability less than 0.5 points towards a statistically significant result
(very simplified)
◉ Incidence. Answer: number of newly diagnosed cases of a disease
within a certain time period
◉ Prevalence. Answer: total number of cases of disease existing in a
population during a certain time period
, ◉ Malpractice. Answer: ACTION causes harm - licensed professional
fails to provide services set forth by the standard of care resulting in
harm to the patient
◉ Negligence. Answer: INACTION causes harm - failure to provide
care a reasonably prudent practitioner would that results in harm
◉ autonomy. Answer: right for individuals to make their own informed
decisions
◉ Beneficence. Answer: promoting well being and doing good,
obligation to help others
◉ Nonmaleficence. Answer: the obligation not to harm others (ie
gossiping about patient)
◉ fidelity. Answer: being loyal, keeping promises
◉ Justice. Answer: what is fair
◉ veracity. Answer: telling the truth
CAPSTONE PRACTICUM AND INTENSIVE FINAL
EXAM 2026 WEEKS 5-8 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS DETAILED REVIEW
◉ secondary prevention. Answer: screening to ID early and treatment -
example: phone hotlines
◉ tertiary prevention. Answer: prevent recurrence, prevent disability -
example: rehab, social skills training
◉ maturational crisis. Answer: normal occurring events in life related to
one's continual growth and development
◉ adventitious crisis. Answer: social crisis, disaster scenarios
(hurricanes, war)
◉ situational crisis. Answer: unexpected events that disturb ones
psychological well being (unexpected death, employment loss)
◉ Board of Nursing (BON). Answer: state regs, scope of practice,
prescriptive authority, Nurse Practice Act
,◉ NLNAC (National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission).
Answer: nursing program accreditation
◉ CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education). Answer:
accredits nursing programs with focus on nursing standards
◉ Joint Commission. Answer: a not-for-profit organization that
evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities
◉ HIPAA exceptions. Answer: law enforcement, employers, life
insurers, workers comp, schools, state agencies
◉ ANA (American Nurses Association). Answer: code of ethics and
standards of practice
◉ ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center). Answer: certifies
standards in our profession
◉ Quality Improvement - Plan-Do-Study-Act. Answer: Plan: identify
goal, form theory, define what successful metrics look like
Do: implement
Study: monitor for successful outcomes
Act: adjust the methods to achieve future desired results
,◉ Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Answer: method utilized to eval adverse
events
goal is ID underlying issue that cause error and analyze why error
occurred to prevent future harm
◉ Chochrane Library. Answer: gold standard for systematic reviews in
healthcare
◉ Reliability. Answer: test and retest should get same results -
reproducible and consistent
Cronbach's alpha estimates reliability of a test and ranges from zero - 1,
0.70 or higher is a common research threshold
◉ Validity. Answer: test measures what it is supposed to measure
◉ P value. Answer: used to test hypothesis
probability less than 0.5 points towards a statistically significant result
(very simplified)
◉ Incidence. Answer: number of newly diagnosed cases of a disease
within a certain time period
◉ Prevalence. Answer: total number of cases of disease existing in a
population during a certain time period
, ◉ Malpractice. Answer: ACTION causes harm - licensed professional
fails to provide services set forth by the standard of care resulting in
harm to the patient
◉ Negligence. Answer: INACTION causes harm - failure to provide
care a reasonably prudent practitioner would that results in harm
◉ autonomy. Answer: right for individuals to make their own informed
decisions
◉ Beneficence. Answer: promoting well being and doing good,
obligation to help others
◉ Nonmaleficence. Answer: the obligation not to harm others (ie
gossiping about patient)
◉ fidelity. Answer: being loyal, keeping promises
◉ Justice. Answer: what is fair
◉ veracity. Answer: telling the truth
