ANCC Domain 1-5 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED
Quiz A newly graduated nurse practitioner (NP) wants to open a private psychiatric practice in her
hometown. She wants to find out about the laws that cover her responsibility and the legal liability that
this practice will encounter for her as an independent psychiatric nurse practitioner. Her best source of
information is:
A. The State Statues on Nursing or Advanced Nursing Practice
B. Her city statutes
C. Local Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners in practice
D. The American Academy of Nurse practitioners
Ans> A. The State Statues on Nursing or Advanced Nursing Practice
Quiz Which of the following best depicts the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in a grassroots
mental health advocacy role?
A. Attending a town hall meeting to seek timely police response to rising domestic violence crisis calls.
,B. Working on the campaign of an individual running for the state senate.
C. Assisting with depression screening at a health fair in a local shopping mall
D. Meeting states legislators during RN lobbying day organized by the state nurses' association
Ans> A. Attending a town hall meeting to seek timely police response to rising domestic violence crisis
calls.
Quiz During a medication follow-up appointment at student mental health clinic, a 20 y/o college
sophomore with depression and history of binge drinking disclosed that she has been struggling with
recurrent intrusive thoughts of overdose. She recently broke up with her boyfriend when she learned
that he was sleeping with her closest girlfriend. She admits taking a handful of her sertraline prescribed
by the Psychiatric-mental Health Nurse Practitioner last weekend and was frustrated that it only made
her sleep for a day. She's angry and ambivalent about the future, unwilling to make any promise not to
harm herself, and has made veiled threats to "pay back both of them for cheating" (referring to her ex-
boyfriend and girlfriend). What is the most appropriate intervention at this juncture?
A. Counsel the student that she would regret hurting herself and can move beyond this broken
relationship
B. Ask the student to promise
,Ans> D. Ask the student if she will agree to voluntary admission and arrange involuntary admission is
necessary
Quiz Per the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a nurse practitioner (NP) who
is in an independent, single practitioner practice is considered a "Covered Entity" because:
A. Writers information and generates protected health information
B. The NP transmits protected health information in electronic forms
C. May accidentally release protected health information
D. Maintains charts with patient information that contains protected health information
Ans> B. The NP transmits protected health information in electronic forms
Quiz The Nurse Practitioner (NP) attends a local meeting where allocation of resources for healthcare
will be discussed. One of the stakeholders has a pamphlet that describes the types of healthcare
providers available to help persons in need of health care. The NP notices that Nurse Practitioners are
labeled as "Paraprofessionals". In the meeting, the NP askes the organization responsible for the
pamphlet why they have identified the Nurse Practitioners as paraprofessionals when a Nurse
Practitioner is by law working as 85-90% of the same capacity as a Medical Doctor. The NP goes on to
explain what a Nurse Practitioner does in various areas of practice. This is an example of:
A. Promoting nurse practitioners in the community
, B. Public education on the NP scope and standards of practice
C. Correcting misinformation that deliberately misleads the public
D. Advocating for the role and value of the Nurse Practitioner.
Ans> D. Advocating for the role and value of the Nurse Practitioner.
Quiz Your patient wants to communicate with you through email. You have a secure email account that
is encrypted and will protect health information as required by the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA). Your patient does not have an encrypted email account. You reply is:
A. I do not like to communicate through email I would prefer to talk to you in person or over the
telephone only
B. I can encrypt our email communications to be sure that your protected health information (PHI) is
unavailable to others and protect you
C. I have no problems with you communicating with me through my personal email
D. In order to communicate back and forth, you will have to find a way to encrypt you're protected
health information (PHI)
Ans> D. In order to communicate back and forth, you will have to find a way to encrypt you're protected
health information (PHI)
VERIFIED
Quiz A newly graduated nurse practitioner (NP) wants to open a private psychiatric practice in her
hometown. She wants to find out about the laws that cover her responsibility and the legal liability that
this practice will encounter for her as an independent psychiatric nurse practitioner. Her best source of
information is:
A. The State Statues on Nursing or Advanced Nursing Practice
B. Her city statutes
C. Local Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners in practice
D. The American Academy of Nurse practitioners
Ans> A. The State Statues on Nursing or Advanced Nursing Practice
Quiz Which of the following best depicts the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in a grassroots
mental health advocacy role?
A. Attending a town hall meeting to seek timely police response to rising domestic violence crisis calls.
,B. Working on the campaign of an individual running for the state senate.
C. Assisting with depression screening at a health fair in a local shopping mall
D. Meeting states legislators during RN lobbying day organized by the state nurses' association
Ans> A. Attending a town hall meeting to seek timely police response to rising domestic violence crisis
calls.
Quiz During a medication follow-up appointment at student mental health clinic, a 20 y/o college
sophomore with depression and history of binge drinking disclosed that she has been struggling with
recurrent intrusive thoughts of overdose. She recently broke up with her boyfriend when she learned
that he was sleeping with her closest girlfriend. She admits taking a handful of her sertraline prescribed
by the Psychiatric-mental Health Nurse Practitioner last weekend and was frustrated that it only made
her sleep for a day. She's angry and ambivalent about the future, unwilling to make any promise not to
harm herself, and has made veiled threats to "pay back both of them for cheating" (referring to her ex-
boyfriend and girlfriend). What is the most appropriate intervention at this juncture?
A. Counsel the student that she would regret hurting herself and can move beyond this broken
relationship
B. Ask the student to promise
,Ans> D. Ask the student if she will agree to voluntary admission and arrange involuntary admission is
necessary
Quiz Per the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a nurse practitioner (NP) who
is in an independent, single practitioner practice is considered a "Covered Entity" because:
A. Writers information and generates protected health information
B. The NP transmits protected health information in electronic forms
C. May accidentally release protected health information
D. Maintains charts with patient information that contains protected health information
Ans> B. The NP transmits protected health information in electronic forms
Quiz The Nurse Practitioner (NP) attends a local meeting where allocation of resources for healthcare
will be discussed. One of the stakeholders has a pamphlet that describes the types of healthcare
providers available to help persons in need of health care. The NP notices that Nurse Practitioners are
labeled as "Paraprofessionals". In the meeting, the NP askes the organization responsible for the
pamphlet why they have identified the Nurse Practitioners as paraprofessionals when a Nurse
Practitioner is by law working as 85-90% of the same capacity as a Medical Doctor. The NP goes on to
explain what a Nurse Practitioner does in various areas of practice. This is an example of:
A. Promoting nurse practitioners in the community
, B. Public education on the NP scope and standards of practice
C. Correcting misinformation that deliberately misleads the public
D. Advocating for the role and value of the Nurse Practitioner.
Ans> D. Advocating for the role and value of the Nurse Practitioner.
Quiz Your patient wants to communicate with you through email. You have a secure email account that
is encrypted and will protect health information as required by the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA). Your patient does not have an encrypted email account. You reply is:
A. I do not like to communicate through email I would prefer to talk to you in person or over the
telephone only
B. I can encrypt our email communications to be sure that your protected health information (PHI) is
unavailable to others and protect you
C. I have no problems with you communicating with me through my personal email
D. In order to communicate back and forth, you will have to find a way to encrypt you're protected
health information (PHI)
Ans> D. In order to communicate back and forth, you will have to find a way to encrypt you're protected
health information (PHI)
