7/29/25, 1:27 AM Purple Book PMHNP 100 multiple choice questions w/answers ANCC
Purple Book PMHNP 100 multiple choice
questions w/answers ANCC
Terms in this set (100)
1. The purpose of the Correct Answer: A. The ANA's Psychiatric-Mental
American Nurses Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
Association's Psychiatric- defines the role and actions of the nurse practitioner.
Mental Health Nursing:
Scope and Standards of
Practice is to
A. Define the role and
actions for the NP
Establish the legal
authority for the
prescription of
psychotropic
B. medications
C. Define the legal
statutes of the role of the
PMHNP
D. Define the differences
between the physician
role and the NP role
-b… 1/81
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2) Primary prevention care Correct Answer: D. Information reduces incidence of
practices are an essential disease.
aspect of the PMHNP role.
Which of the following is
the best example of a
primary prevention care
strategy for community
behavioral health?
a) Aftercare program for
chronically mentally ill
clients recently
discharged from the
hospital
b) Court-ordered
counseling for abusive
parents
c) 24-hour crisis hotlines
d) Parenting skills classes
for pregnant adolescents
-b… 2/81
,7/29/25, 1:27 AM Purple Book PMHNP 100 multiple choice questions w/answers ANCC
3 B. Identifies the trend of ensuring the protection of
The trend in legal rulings individual civil liberties for psychiatric clients.
on cases involving mental
illness over the past 25
years has been to
a) Encourage juries to find
defendants not guilty by
reason of insanity
b) Protect the person's
freedoms or rights when
he or she is committed to
a mental hospital
c) Place increasing trust in
mental health
professionals to make
good and ethical
decisions
d) Decrease the "red tape"
associated with
commitments so that
commitments are faster
and easier
-b… 3/81
, 7/29/25, 1:27 AM Purple Book PMHNP 100 multiple choice questions w/answers ANCC
4 C. As with any client, psychiatric clients can refuse
Mr. Smithers, an treatment un- less a legal process resulting in
involuntarily hospitalized involuntary commitment or mandatory court order for
patient experiencing treatment has been obtained.
psychotic symptoms,
refuses to take any of his
ordered medication
because he believes
"Jesus Christ told me I am
the prophet and must fast
for a year." Your actions
should be based on your
knowledge of which of the
following?
a) Psychiatric clients
cannot refuse treatment
b) Psychiatric clients do
not always know what is
good for them
c) Psychiatric clients can
refuse treatment
d) Psychiatric clients
cannot be trusted to make
good healthcare decisions
and, therefore, the nurse's
best clinical judgment
should guide actions
-b… 4/81
Purple Book PMHNP 100 multiple choice
questions w/answers ANCC
Terms in this set (100)
1. The purpose of the Correct Answer: A. The ANA's Psychiatric-Mental
American Nurses Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
Association's Psychiatric- defines the role and actions of the nurse practitioner.
Mental Health Nursing:
Scope and Standards of
Practice is to
A. Define the role and
actions for the NP
Establish the legal
authority for the
prescription of
psychotropic
B. medications
C. Define the legal
statutes of the role of the
PMHNP
D. Define the differences
between the physician
role and the NP role
-b… 1/81
,7/29/25, 1:27 AM Purple Book PMHNP 100 multiple choice questions w/answers ANCC
2) Primary prevention care Correct Answer: D. Information reduces incidence of
practices are an essential disease.
aspect of the PMHNP role.
Which of the following is
the best example of a
primary prevention care
strategy for community
behavioral health?
a) Aftercare program for
chronically mentally ill
clients recently
discharged from the
hospital
b) Court-ordered
counseling for abusive
parents
c) 24-hour crisis hotlines
d) Parenting skills classes
for pregnant adolescents
-b… 2/81
,7/29/25, 1:27 AM Purple Book PMHNP 100 multiple choice questions w/answers ANCC
3 B. Identifies the trend of ensuring the protection of
The trend in legal rulings individual civil liberties for psychiatric clients.
on cases involving mental
illness over the past 25
years has been to
a) Encourage juries to find
defendants not guilty by
reason of insanity
b) Protect the person's
freedoms or rights when
he or she is committed to
a mental hospital
c) Place increasing trust in
mental health
professionals to make
good and ethical
decisions
d) Decrease the "red tape"
associated with
commitments so that
commitments are faster
and easier
-b… 3/81
, 7/29/25, 1:27 AM Purple Book PMHNP 100 multiple choice questions w/answers ANCC
4 C. As with any client, psychiatric clients can refuse
Mr. Smithers, an treatment un- less a legal process resulting in
involuntarily hospitalized involuntary commitment or mandatory court order for
patient experiencing treatment has been obtained.
psychotic symptoms,
refuses to take any of his
ordered medication
because he believes
"Jesus Christ told me I am
the prophet and must fast
for a year." Your actions
should be based on your
knowledge of which of the
following?
a) Psychiatric clients
cannot refuse treatment
b) Psychiatric clients do
not always know what is
good for them
c) Psychiatric clients can
refuse treatment
d) Psychiatric clients
cannot be trusted to make
good healthcare decisions
and, therefore, the nurse's
best clinical judgment
should guide actions
-b… 4/81
