Purple Book PMHNP 100 multiple choice
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1. The purpose of the American Correct Answer: A. The ANA's Psychiatric-Mental
Nurses Association's Psychiatric- Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
Mental Health Nursing: Scope and defines the role and actions of the nurse
Standards of Practice is to practitioner.
A. Define the role and actions for the
NP
Establish the legal authority for the
prescription of psychotropic
B. medications
C. Define the legal statutes of the
role of the PMHNP
D. Define the differences between
the physician role and the NP role
,2) Primary prevention care practices Correct Answer: D. Information reduces incidence
are an essential aspect of the of disease.
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
3 B. Identifies the trend of ensuring the protection of
The trend in legal rulings on cases individual civil liberties for psychiatric clients.
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
,4 C. As with any client, psychiatric clients can refuse
Mr. Smithers, an involuntarily treatment un- less a legal process resulting in
hospitalized patient experiencing involuntary commitment or mandatory court order
psychotic symptoms, refuses to take for treatment has been obtained.
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
, 5. Which of the following statements A. Social relationships are mutual interpersonal
best reflects the difference between relationships in which the needs of both parties are
the nurse-client (N-C) relationship addressed. The N-C relationship is most con-
and a social relationship? cerned with meeting the needs of the client.
a) In the N-C relationship, the
primary focus is on the client and the
client's needs.
b) Goals in the N-C relationship are
deliberately left vague and unspoken
so that the client can work on any
issue.
c) In the N-C relationship, the nurse
is solely responsible for making the
relationship work.
d) In the N-C relationship, there is no
place for social interaction.
6. A community has an unusually high A. This action focuses on interventions designed to
incidence of depression and drug reduce the incidence of new cases of disease.
use among the teen- age population.
The public health nurses decide to
address this problem, in part, by
modifying the environment and
strengthening the capacities of
families to prevent the development
of new cases of depression and drug
use. What is this is an example of?
a) Primary prevention
b) Secondary prevention
c) Tertiary prevention
d) Protective factorial prevention
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1. The purpose of the American Correct Answer: A. The ANA's Psychiatric-Mental
Nurses Association's Psychiatric- Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
Mental Health Nursing: Scope and defines the role and actions of the nurse
Standards of Practice is to practitioner.
A. Define the role and actions for the
NP
Establish the legal authority for the
prescription of psychotropic
B. medications
C. Define the legal statutes of the
role of the PMHNP
D. Define the differences between
the physician role and the NP role
,2) Primary prevention care practices Correct Answer: D. Information reduces incidence
are an essential aspect of the of disease.
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
3 B. Identifies the trend of ensuring the protection of
The trend in legal rulings on cases individual civil liberties for psychiatric clients.
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
,4 C. As with any client, psychiatric clients can refuse
Mr. Smithers, an involuntarily treatment un- less a legal process resulting in
hospitalized patient experiencing involuntary commitment or mandatory court order
psychotic symptoms, refuses to take for treatment has been obtained.
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
, 5. Which of the following statements A. Social relationships are mutual interpersonal
best reflects the difference between relationships in which the needs of both parties are
the nurse-client (N-C) relationship addressed. The N-C relationship is most con-
and a social relationship? cerned with meeting the needs of the client.
a) In the N-C relationship, the
primary focus is on the client and the
client's needs.
b) Goals in the N-C relationship are
deliberately left vague and unspoken
so that the client can work on any
issue.
c) In the N-C relationship, the nurse
is solely responsible for making the
relationship work.
d) In the N-C relationship, there is no
place for social interaction.
6. A community has an unusually high A. This action focuses on interventions designed to
incidence of depression and drug reduce the incidence of new cases of disease.
use among the teen- age population.
The public health nurses decide to
address this problem, in part, by
modifying the environment and
strengthening the capacities of
families to prevent the development
of new cases of depression and drug
use. What is this is an example of?
a) Primary prevention
b) Secondary prevention
c) Tertiary prevention
d) Protective factorial prevention
