NSG 526 Exam 1 Study Guide 2025: Psychiatric Mental Health NP Psychopharmacology Review

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NSG526 / NSG 526 Exam 1 (Latest 2025 Update):

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DSM-5 TR: How is it utilized? .....ANSWER.....Utilized in diagnostic

assessment process only,

DSM-5 TR: What does it not suggest? .....ANSWER.....Treatment

strategy.

Accurate Documentation: Why is it significant?

.....ANSWER.....Significant for legal protection, regulatory

standards compliance, reimbursement, liability reduction,

consistency in therapeutic intervention, and assistance with

utilization review.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organization

(JCAHO): What do they emphasize? .....ANSWER.....Emphasizes

performance improvement, outcomes, and a multidisciplinary

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approach to client-centered care, requiring compliance with

documentation regulations.

What does Nursing Documentation have to demonstrate for

proper reimbursement? .....ANSWER.....The necessity and delivery

of billed services to third-party payers, such as Medicare and

private insurers.

CPT Coding: What does it do? .....ANSWER.....Accurately

describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, facilitates

cost containment, and ensures proper charge capture for services

rendered.

SOAP Note .....ANSWER.....Documentation format for recording

SUBJECTIVE observations, OBJECTIVE findings, ASSESSMENT of

the client's current status, and the PLAN for treatment or follow-

up care.

SOAPIE Note: What is included beside the SOAP note?

.....ANSWER.....Includes IMPLEMENTATION considerations of the

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services to be provided (I) and the EVALUATION of service

provision (E), in addition to the components of a SOAP note.

SOAPIER Note: What is included beside the SOAPIER note?

.....ANSWER.....Includes all elements of a SOAPIE note, plus the

client's RESPONSE (R) to the diagnostic process, treatment

planning, and intervention efforts.

Freud's topographical theory .....ANSWER.....Sigmund Freud's

theory of the three levels of psychological awareness:

unconscious, preconscious, and conscious.

Unconscious mind (Freud) .....ANSWER.....Operates independently

from the conscious mind, influencing behavior without direct

awareness.

Preconscious level of awareness (Freud) .....ANSWER.....Includes

information not currently in awareness but can be brought into

consciousness if needed.

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Conscious mind (Freud) .....ANSWER.....Where current thinking

processes and objects of attention reside, constituting a

significant portion of awareness.

Psychodynamic therapy model .....ANSWER.....Follows the

psychoanalytic model and utilizes tools such as free association,

dream analysis, transference, and countertransference.

Difference: Psychodynamic therapy vs. traditional psychoanalysis

.....ANSWER.....Involves increased involvement and interaction

between therapist and client, and focuses more on the present

rather than reconstructing developmental origins of conflicts.

Best candidates for brief psychotherapy

.....ANSWER.....Relatively healthy, well-functioning individuals

with a clearly circumscribed area of difficulty, who are

intelligent, psychologically minded, and motivated for change.