NR548 Exam 1 Exam Questions and Answers
Guide (Guaranteed Succes) Latest 2025
PMH-APRN - CORRECT ANSWERS a nurse with graduate-level training who provides
psychiatric-mental health care and promotes mental health across the lifespan
-assess, diagnose and treat individuals and families who have psychiatric and/or substance
disorders
-work in a variety of health care settings and practices and are eligible for reimbursement through
private insurers, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid
ANA Code of Ethics: anticipatory guidance competency - CORRECT ANSWERS ANA Standards
and Scope: Standard 5B: Health Teaching & Promotion
-An educated professional nurse is aware of normal developmental and situational threats to
wellness and can educate healthcare consumers to avoid them.
• Example: Moving a toddler from a crib to a bed can prevent injury associated with climbing out of
the crib at that developmental age.
ANA Code of Ethics: the art of nursing is based on? - CORRECT ANSWERS caring and respect
for human dignity
ANA Code of Ethics: the fundamental principle of and attitude that the professional nurse must
have as outlined in Provision 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 1
-"the nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique
attributes of every person" (ANA, 2015b, p. 1).
ANA Code of Ethics: How should the nurse respond to the discovery of human trafficking in his or
her practice? - CORRECT ANSWERS ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 8
-Nurses must "bring attention to human rights violations in all settings and contexts. . . . The nursing
profession must respond when these violations are encountered" (ANA, 2015b, p. 33).
Dr. Edward Cowles created in 1882 - CORRECT ANSWERS the first organized training school
within a hospital for the insane
1913, Effie Jane Taylor developed - CORRECT ANSWERS the first nurse-organized training
course for psychiatric nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital
,NR548 Exam 1 Exam Questions and Answers
Guide (Guaranteed Succes) Latest 2025
(before early psychiatric nurses were trained by physicians)
Following WWI, the National League for Nursing Education added: - CORRECT ANSWERS
"nursing in nervous and mental diseases" to curriculum guides
In WWII, many potential military recruits deemed unfit for service due to psychiatric concerns,
while many veterans experienced combat-related neuropsychiatric conditions. Laura Fitzsimmons
recommended: - CORRECT ANSWERS standards of training for psychiatric nurses, which led
to improved education and standards of care.
National Mental Health Act (NMHA) of 1946 - CORRECT ANSWERS -psychiatric nursing was
recognized as one of the four core disciplines in psychiatric care and treatment
-The act increased funding for psychiatric nursing education programs and contributed to a growth
in university-based nursing education.
1954 - CORRECT ANSWERS -the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing was established
at Rutgers University by Hildegarde Peplau
• to prepare nurse therapists.
-The first advanced practice nursing role was the psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialist
(PMHCNS) role.
The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 - CORRECT ANSWERS (1950s brought a
transition towards deinstitutionalization in care for those with mental illnesses, which led to an
increase in the number of psychiatric clients receiving care in the community rather than hospitals)
-The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 allowed for the expansion of the PMHCNS role
into community and ambulatory settings as they helped those who had been deinstitutionalized
adapt
1965 - CORRECT ANSWERS Loretta Ford, RN and Henry Silver MD introduce the nurse
practitioner role.
, NR548 Exam 1 Exam Questions and Answers
Guide (Guaranteed Succes) Latest 2025
1973 ANA first published: - CORRECT ANSWERS Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health
Nursing Practice
1980s states began to grant: - CORRECT ANSWERS prescriptive authority to advanced
practice registered nurse (APRN), adding medication prescribing and management to the traditional
therapy role of the psychiatric mental health (PMH) APRN.
2000s these exams were developed: - CORRECT ANSWERS Certification exams for adult and
family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) developed.
-These exams were retired in 2015 when psychiatric certification exams were combined to a single
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan) Certification (PMHNP-BC).
The 21st Century Cures Act of 2016: - CORRECT ANSWERS -resulted in the creation of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness
Coordinating Committee (ISMICC)
-group is charged with compiling a summary of advances in serious mental illness (SMI) and
serious emotional disturbance (SED) research, evaluating federal programs and treatment services
related to SMI and SED, and making specific recommendations to better coordinate the
administration of mental health services
present: - CORRECT ANSWERS Current trends in care focus on integrated treatment of those
with co-occurring medical and psychiatric diagnoses and co-occurring psychiatric and substance
use disorders, leading to a need to add content in advanced health assessment, pharmacology,
pathophysiology, and the diagnosis of psychiatric illness to graduate psychiatric nursing curricula.
-Primary care has become the point of entry to psychiatric care for many clients.
-PMHNPs are helping to address the growing need for primary mental health services and mental
illness prevention.
-Though the number of advanced practice psychiatric nurses has increased, there are still
limitations in access for many clients, which has led to disparities in mental health treatment.
PMHNP scope of practice - CORRECT ANSWERS broad and includes practice in a variety of
possible roles and clinical settings
-Education
Guide (Guaranteed Succes) Latest 2025
PMH-APRN - CORRECT ANSWERS a nurse with graduate-level training who provides
psychiatric-mental health care and promotes mental health across the lifespan
-assess, diagnose and treat individuals and families who have psychiatric and/or substance
disorders
-work in a variety of health care settings and practices and are eligible for reimbursement through
private insurers, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid
ANA Code of Ethics: anticipatory guidance competency - CORRECT ANSWERS ANA Standards
and Scope: Standard 5B: Health Teaching & Promotion
-An educated professional nurse is aware of normal developmental and situational threats to
wellness and can educate healthcare consumers to avoid them.
• Example: Moving a toddler from a crib to a bed can prevent injury associated with climbing out of
the crib at that developmental age.
ANA Code of Ethics: the art of nursing is based on? - CORRECT ANSWERS caring and respect
for human dignity
ANA Code of Ethics: the fundamental principle of and attitude that the professional nurse must
have as outlined in Provision 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 1
-"the nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique
attributes of every person" (ANA, 2015b, p. 1).
ANA Code of Ethics: How should the nurse respond to the discovery of human trafficking in his or
her practice? - CORRECT ANSWERS ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 8
-Nurses must "bring attention to human rights violations in all settings and contexts. . . . The nursing
profession must respond when these violations are encountered" (ANA, 2015b, p. 33).
Dr. Edward Cowles created in 1882 - CORRECT ANSWERS the first organized training school
within a hospital for the insane
1913, Effie Jane Taylor developed - CORRECT ANSWERS the first nurse-organized training
course for psychiatric nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital
,NR548 Exam 1 Exam Questions and Answers
Guide (Guaranteed Succes) Latest 2025
(before early psychiatric nurses were trained by physicians)
Following WWI, the National League for Nursing Education added: - CORRECT ANSWERS
"nursing in nervous and mental diseases" to curriculum guides
In WWII, many potential military recruits deemed unfit for service due to psychiatric concerns,
while many veterans experienced combat-related neuropsychiatric conditions. Laura Fitzsimmons
recommended: - CORRECT ANSWERS standards of training for psychiatric nurses, which led
to improved education and standards of care.
National Mental Health Act (NMHA) of 1946 - CORRECT ANSWERS -psychiatric nursing was
recognized as one of the four core disciplines in psychiatric care and treatment
-The act increased funding for psychiatric nursing education programs and contributed to a growth
in university-based nursing education.
1954 - CORRECT ANSWERS -the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing was established
at Rutgers University by Hildegarde Peplau
• to prepare nurse therapists.
-The first advanced practice nursing role was the psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialist
(PMHCNS) role.
The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 - CORRECT ANSWERS (1950s brought a
transition towards deinstitutionalization in care for those with mental illnesses, which led to an
increase in the number of psychiatric clients receiving care in the community rather than hospitals)
-The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 allowed for the expansion of the PMHCNS role
into community and ambulatory settings as they helped those who had been deinstitutionalized
adapt
1965 - CORRECT ANSWERS Loretta Ford, RN and Henry Silver MD introduce the nurse
practitioner role.
, NR548 Exam 1 Exam Questions and Answers
Guide (Guaranteed Succes) Latest 2025
1973 ANA first published: - CORRECT ANSWERS Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health
Nursing Practice
1980s states began to grant: - CORRECT ANSWERS prescriptive authority to advanced
practice registered nurse (APRN), adding medication prescribing and management to the traditional
therapy role of the psychiatric mental health (PMH) APRN.
2000s these exams were developed: - CORRECT ANSWERS Certification exams for adult and
family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) developed.
-These exams were retired in 2015 when psychiatric certification exams were combined to a single
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan) Certification (PMHNP-BC).
The 21st Century Cures Act of 2016: - CORRECT ANSWERS -resulted in the creation of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness
Coordinating Committee (ISMICC)
-group is charged with compiling a summary of advances in serious mental illness (SMI) and
serious emotional disturbance (SED) research, evaluating federal programs and treatment services
related to SMI and SED, and making specific recommendations to better coordinate the
administration of mental health services
present: - CORRECT ANSWERS Current trends in care focus on integrated treatment of those
with co-occurring medical and psychiatric diagnoses and co-occurring psychiatric and substance
use disorders, leading to a need to add content in advanced health assessment, pharmacology,
pathophysiology, and the diagnosis of psychiatric illness to graduate psychiatric nursing curricula.
-Primary care has become the point of entry to psychiatric care for many clients.
-PMHNPs are helping to address the growing need for primary mental health services and mental
illness prevention.
-Though the number of advanced practice psychiatric nurses has increased, there are still
limitations in access for many clients, which has led to disparities in mental health treatment.
PMHNP scope of practice - CORRECT ANSWERS broad and includes practice in a variety of
possible roles and clinical settings
-Education
