2025) Psychiatric Assessment for the
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner Review | Questions and Verified
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PMH-APRN - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER the first organized training
school within a hospital for the insane
1913, Effie Jane Taylor developed - ANSWER the first nurse-organized
training course for psychiatric nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital
(before early psychiatric nurses were trained by physicians)
Following WWI, the National League for Nursing Education added: -
ANSWER "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: - ANSWER
standards of training for psychiatric nurses, which led to improved education and
standards of care.
National Mental Health Act (NMHA) of 1946 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER (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)