PSYCH (SHERPATH) PRACTICE QUIZZES 1-3 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What term is used to describe new cases of mental disorders in a
healthy population within a given period of time?
Classification of mental heath disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The nurse understands which
information can be obtained from the diagnostic and statistical manual of Mental disorders (DSM-5)?
Impaired cognitive abilities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which dysfunction is the most significant in a
patient with Alzheimer's disease?
Older adults - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In which age group is the nurse likely to find Alzheimer's disease
while working in a psychiatry clinic?
"Culture may cause variations in symptoms for each clinical disorder." - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which
statement about diagnosis of a mental disorder is true?
"The symptoms of each disorder are common among all cultures."
"Culture may cause variations in symptoms for each clinical disorder."
"Psychiatric diagnoses are listed separately from other physical disorders in a five-axis system."
"All mental disorders listen in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
(DSM-5) are seen in all cultures"
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What term applies to the quantitative study of the distribution of
mental disorders in human populations?
Well-being - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A patient says to the nurse "Once in a while I have some anxiety
about my job, but otherwise, life is good." On which part of the mental health mental illness continuum
is this patient?
, adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Resilience is most closely related to which concept?
"You just had an emotional outburst" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An adolescent patient tells the nurse,
"My mom scolded me yesterday, and I was crying for 3 hours. I have never cried like this before. Does
this mean I have a psychiatric illness?" Which response from the nurse is most appropriate?
Provide and maintain a safe and therapeutic environment in collaboration with others - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅A nurse working in a psychiatric unit plans to apply milieu therapy on a patient. Which
intervention would the nurse include in the therapy?
Leading a psychotherapy group session. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which role is within the scope of
practice for an advanced practice nurse?
Leading a psychotherapy group session.
Conduction a home mental health assessment.
Facilitating the administration of psychotropic medications.
Arranging for a patient to receive medical treatment off the unit.
the nurse has specialized skills needed to care for those with mental illnesses. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Which statement is true of the psychiatric mental health nurse?
The nurse cannot provide care to those who have general medical needs.
The nurse has graduated from a nursing school whose specialty is mental healthcare.
The nurse works primarily with psychiatrists and advanced practice nurses.
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What term is used to describe new cases of mental disorders in a
healthy population within a given period of time?
Classification of mental heath disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The nurse understands which
information can be obtained from the diagnostic and statistical manual of Mental disorders (DSM-5)?
Impaired cognitive abilities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which dysfunction is the most significant in a
patient with Alzheimer's disease?
Older adults - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In which age group is the nurse likely to find Alzheimer's disease
while working in a psychiatry clinic?
"Culture may cause variations in symptoms for each clinical disorder." - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which
statement about diagnosis of a mental disorder is true?
"The symptoms of each disorder are common among all cultures."
"Culture may cause variations in symptoms for each clinical disorder."
"Psychiatric diagnoses are listed separately from other physical disorders in a five-axis system."
"All mental disorders listen in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
(DSM-5) are seen in all cultures"
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What term applies to the quantitative study of the distribution of
mental disorders in human populations?
Well-being - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A patient says to the nurse "Once in a while I have some anxiety
about my job, but otherwise, life is good." On which part of the mental health mental illness continuum
is this patient?
, adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Resilience is most closely related to which concept?
"You just had an emotional outburst" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An adolescent patient tells the nurse,
"My mom scolded me yesterday, and I was crying for 3 hours. I have never cried like this before. Does
this mean I have a psychiatric illness?" Which response from the nurse is most appropriate?
Provide and maintain a safe and therapeutic environment in collaboration with others - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅A nurse working in a psychiatric unit plans to apply milieu therapy on a patient. Which
intervention would the nurse include in the therapy?
Leading a psychotherapy group session. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which role is within the scope of
practice for an advanced practice nurse?
Leading a psychotherapy group session.
Conduction a home mental health assessment.
Facilitating the administration of psychotropic medications.
Arranging for a patient to receive medical treatment off the unit.
the nurse has specialized skills needed to care for those with mental illnesses. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Which statement is true of the psychiatric mental health nurse?
The nurse cannot provide care to those who have general medical needs.
The nurse has graduated from a nursing school whose specialty is mental healthcare.
The nurse works primarily with psychiatrists and advanced practice nurses.
