NSG 526 EXAM 1 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
⫸ -Associated with significant distress or disability in social,
occupation, or other important activities
-Significant disturbance in cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior
that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological or
developmental processes underlying mental functioning Answer:
What is considered a mental disorder per the DSM5?
⫸ -Define NP roles
-Identify competencies assumed to be held by all NPs who function in
a particular role
-Varies broadly from state to state Answer: Purpose of Scope of
Practice?
⫸ -Authoritative statements regarding the quality and type of practice
that should be provided
-Provide a way to judge the nature of care provided
-Reflect the expectation for the care that should be provided to clients
with various illnesses
-Reflect professional agreement focused on the minimum levels of
acceptable performance
,-Can be used to legally describe the standard of care that must be met
by a provider
-May be precise protocols that must be followed or more general
guidelines that recommend actions Answer: Purpose of Standard of
Practice?
⫸ Understand the patient's illness to evaluate the effect on their lives
and create a beginning diagnosis and treatment plan Answer: Purpose
of Psychiatric Interview?
⫸ -Create a relationship with client by being calming, warm,
understanding, kind, respectful, concerned and focused
-Able to help patient better if a therapeutic alliance was formed
Answer: What is a Therapeutic Alliance?
⫸ -Therapist and patient work collaboratively to create therapeutic
change through an affectionate bond
-Agreement on goals of therapy
-The therapist's ability to be empathetic and involved in therapy
-The ability of the patient to do the work of therapy Answer:
Important components of a therapeutic alliance?
⫸ Holistic treatment that relies on the nurse's processing of that the
patient is experiencing Answer: What is Psychotherapy?
⫸ -Her application of Sullivan's theory of anxiety to nursing practice
, -Described the effects of different levels of anxiety (mild, moderate,
severe, and panic) on perception and learning
-Promoted interventions to lower anxiety, with the aim of improving
clients' abilities to think and function at more satisfactory levels
Answer: Peplau's most universal contribution to PMHNPs?
⫸ -Observation, interpretation, and intervention
(The PMHNP observes and listens to the client, developing
impressions about the client's situation) Answer: Per Peplau, skills of
a MH nurse?
⫸ -The processes by which the nurse helps clients make positive
changes in their health care status and well-being
-Believed that illness offered a unique opportunity for experiential
learning, personal growth, and improved coping strategies and that
PMH-APRNs play a unique role in facilitating this growth Answer:
What is the main idea for Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal
Relationships?
⫸ -Silence
-Accepting
-Giving recognition
-Giving information
-Offering self
-Giving broad openings
-Offering general leads
EXAMINATION TEST PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
⫸ -Associated with significant distress or disability in social,
occupation, or other important activities
-Significant disturbance in cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior
that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological or
developmental processes underlying mental functioning Answer:
What is considered a mental disorder per the DSM5?
⫸ -Define NP roles
-Identify competencies assumed to be held by all NPs who function in
a particular role
-Varies broadly from state to state Answer: Purpose of Scope of
Practice?
⫸ -Authoritative statements regarding the quality and type of practice
that should be provided
-Provide a way to judge the nature of care provided
-Reflect the expectation for the care that should be provided to clients
with various illnesses
-Reflect professional agreement focused on the minimum levels of
acceptable performance
,-Can be used to legally describe the standard of care that must be met
by a provider
-May be precise protocols that must be followed or more general
guidelines that recommend actions Answer: Purpose of Standard of
Practice?
⫸ Understand the patient's illness to evaluate the effect on their lives
and create a beginning diagnosis and treatment plan Answer: Purpose
of Psychiatric Interview?
⫸ -Create a relationship with client by being calming, warm,
understanding, kind, respectful, concerned and focused
-Able to help patient better if a therapeutic alliance was formed
Answer: What is a Therapeutic Alliance?
⫸ -Therapist and patient work collaboratively to create therapeutic
change through an affectionate bond
-Agreement on goals of therapy
-The therapist's ability to be empathetic and involved in therapy
-The ability of the patient to do the work of therapy Answer:
Important components of a therapeutic alliance?
⫸ Holistic treatment that relies on the nurse's processing of that the
patient is experiencing Answer: What is Psychotherapy?
⫸ -Her application of Sullivan's theory of anxiety to nursing practice
, -Described the effects of different levels of anxiety (mild, moderate,
severe, and panic) on perception and learning
-Promoted interventions to lower anxiety, with the aim of improving
clients' abilities to think and function at more satisfactory levels
Answer: Peplau's most universal contribution to PMHNPs?
⫸ -Observation, interpretation, and intervention
(The PMHNP observes and listens to the client, developing
impressions about the client's situation) Answer: Per Peplau, skills of
a MH nurse?
⫸ -The processes by which the nurse helps clients make positive
changes in their health care status and well-being
-Believed that illness offered a unique opportunity for experiential
learning, personal growth, and improved coping strategies and that
PMH-APRNs play a unique role in facilitating this growth Answer:
What is the main idea for Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal
Relationships?
⫸ -Silence
-Accepting
-Giving recognition
-Giving information
-Offering self
-Giving broad openings
-Offering general leads
