NR548 Practice Exam 1 (2025)
– Psychiatric Assessment for
PMHNP Study Guide &
Questions
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
B. Edward Cowles
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.
, A. Increased funding for psychiatric nursing education and training and led to a growth in university-
level nursing education.
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).
A. It provides 24-hour care and housing for an extended period.
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.
D. It provides acute symptom management, intensive treatment, and safe housing for clients who do
not require 24-hour medical management or nursing care.
PMHNPs can work in psychiatric emergency services. Which best describes psychiatric emergency
services?
A. It provide acute symptom management, intensive treatment, and safe housing for clients who do not
require 24-hour medical management.
B. It occurs in the inpatient setting providing care for acutely ill clients at risk for harming self or others
or unable to meet basic needs due to impairment.
C. It focuses on psychiatric and substance-related emergencies.
D. It provides comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and it provides
individualized service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
– Psychiatric Assessment for
PMHNP Study Guide &
Questions
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
B. Edward Cowles
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.
, A. Increased funding for psychiatric nursing education and training and led to a growth in university-
level nursing education.
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).
A. It provides 24-hour care and housing for an extended period.
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.
D. It provides acute symptom management, intensive treatment, and safe housing for clients who do
not require 24-hour medical management or nursing care.
PMHNPs can work in psychiatric emergency services. Which best describes psychiatric emergency
services?
A. It provide acute symptom management, intensive treatment, and safe housing for clients who do not
require 24-hour medical management.
B. It occurs in the inpatient setting providing care for acutely ill clients at risk for harming self or others
or unable to meet basic needs due to impairment.
C. It focuses on psychiatric and substance-related emergencies.
D. It provides comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and it provides
individualized service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
