PMHNP I THEORY EXAM 1 ADVANCED
PRACTICE PSYCHIATRIC NURSING QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Erikson Major developmental tasks and designated ages. Answer:
*Birth to 18 months*: Develop basic trust in the mothering figure
and be able to generalize it to others
*18 months- 3 years*: Gain self-control and independence within the
environment
*3-6 years*: Develop a sense of purpose and the ability to initiate
and direct own activities
*6-12 years*: Achieve a sense of self-confidence by learning,
competing, performing successfully, and receiving recognition from
significant others, peers, and acquaintances
*12-20 years*: To integrate tasks mastered in the previous stages
into a secure sense of self
*20-30 years*: To form an intense, lasting relationship or a
commitment to another person, cause, institution, or a creative
effort
*30-65 years*: Achieve life goals established for oneself, while also
considering the welfare of future generations
*65 years- death*: To review one's life and derive meaning from both
positive and negative events, while achieving a positive sense of self
worth
, ◉ Mahler Major developmental tasks and designated ages. Answer:
*Birth-1 month*: Fulfillment of basic needs for survival and comfort
*1-5 months*: Developing awareness of external source of need
fulfillment
*5-10 months*: Commencements of a primary recognition of
separateness from the mothering figure
*10-16 months*: Increased independence through locomotor
functioning; increased sense of separateness of self
*16-24 months*: Acute awareness of separateness of self; learning to
seek "emotional refueling" from mothering figure to maintain feeling
of security
*24-36 months*: Sense of separateness established; on the way to
object constancy (able to internalize a sustained image of loved
object/person when it is out of sight); resolution of separation
anxiety
◉ Erikson's 8 stages of psychosocial development. Answer:
Personality continues to develop through old age
Failures at one stage can be reflected at another stage
*Pay attention to age 6-12 and 12-20 (adolescence)*
◉ How does Erikson's stages help in mental health nursing. Answer:
Helps determine what types of interventions are most likely to be
effective
PRACTICE PSYCHIATRIC NURSING QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Erikson Major developmental tasks and designated ages. Answer:
*Birth to 18 months*: Develop basic trust in the mothering figure
and be able to generalize it to others
*18 months- 3 years*: Gain self-control and independence within the
environment
*3-6 years*: Develop a sense of purpose and the ability to initiate
and direct own activities
*6-12 years*: Achieve a sense of self-confidence by learning,
competing, performing successfully, and receiving recognition from
significant others, peers, and acquaintances
*12-20 years*: To integrate tasks mastered in the previous stages
into a secure sense of self
*20-30 years*: To form an intense, lasting relationship or a
commitment to another person, cause, institution, or a creative
effort
*30-65 years*: Achieve life goals established for oneself, while also
considering the welfare of future generations
*65 years- death*: To review one's life and derive meaning from both
positive and negative events, while achieving a positive sense of self
worth
, ◉ Mahler Major developmental tasks and designated ages. Answer:
*Birth-1 month*: Fulfillment of basic needs for survival and comfort
*1-5 months*: Developing awareness of external source of need
fulfillment
*5-10 months*: Commencements of a primary recognition of
separateness from the mothering figure
*10-16 months*: Increased independence through locomotor
functioning; increased sense of separateness of self
*16-24 months*: Acute awareness of separateness of self; learning to
seek "emotional refueling" from mothering figure to maintain feeling
of security
*24-36 months*: Sense of separateness established; on the way to
object constancy (able to internalize a sustained image of loved
object/person when it is out of sight); resolution of separation
anxiety
◉ Erikson's 8 stages of psychosocial development. Answer:
Personality continues to develop through old age
Failures at one stage can be reflected at another stage
*Pay attention to age 6-12 and 12-20 (adolescence)*
◉ How does Erikson's stages help in mental health nursing. Answer:
Helps determine what types of interventions are most likely to be
effective
