Mental Health Nursing – OpenStax –
Practice Questions with Answers on
Psychiatric Nursing Concepts
Introduction:
This document contains a comprehensive collection of practice
questions with correct answers covering key psychiatric and
mental health nursing concepts based on OpenStax material.
Topics include therapeutic communication, major
psychological and developmental theories, defense
mechanisms, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, treatment
modalities such as CBT and ECT, leadership styles, family and
group therapy, ethical care, and community mental health
nursing. The material is well suited for exam preparation,
knowledge reinforcement, and structured review sessions in
mental health nursing courses. It aligns with core nursing
competencies and commonly tested theoretical frameworks.
Exam Questions and Answers:
1. A nurse is reviewing common themes or social
determinants among popu- lations preventing clients'
achievement of health care-related goals. The nurse wants to
, include interventions into the clients' plan of care to help
overcome effects of the identified social determinants. What
would the nurse use to base conclusions?
a. Healthy People 2030
b. community-based outcomes
c. culturally competent therapy
d. national client safety goals---Correct Answer---a. Healthy
People 2030
2. Building trust is an important technique for nurses to
provide. What profes- sional QSEN competency does this
demonstrate?
a. nursing assessment
b. client teaching
c. client-centered care
d. quality improvement---Correct Answer---c. client-
centered care
3. When considering using telehealth services to provide
mental health-care treatment to rural or homebound clients,
what is the priority client assess- ment?
a. the client's ability to use a computer and internet access
Practice Questions with Answers on
Psychiatric Nursing Concepts
Introduction:
This document contains a comprehensive collection of practice
questions with correct answers covering key psychiatric and
mental health nursing concepts based on OpenStax material.
Topics include therapeutic communication, major
psychological and developmental theories, defense
mechanisms, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, treatment
modalities such as CBT and ECT, leadership styles, family and
group therapy, ethical care, and community mental health
nursing. The material is well suited for exam preparation,
knowledge reinforcement, and structured review sessions in
mental health nursing courses. It aligns with core nursing
competencies and commonly tested theoretical frameworks.
Exam Questions and Answers:
1. A nurse is reviewing common themes or social
determinants among popu- lations preventing clients'
achievement of health care-related goals. The nurse wants to
, include interventions into the clients' plan of care to help
overcome effects of the identified social determinants. What
would the nurse use to base conclusions?
a. Healthy People 2030
b. community-based outcomes
c. culturally competent therapy
d. national client safety goals---Correct Answer---a. Healthy
People 2030
2. Building trust is an important technique for nurses to
provide. What profes- sional QSEN competency does this
demonstrate?
a. nursing assessment
b. client teaching
c. client-centered care
d. quality improvement---Correct Answer---c. client-
centered care
3. When considering using telehealth services to provide
mental health-care treatment to rural or homebound clients,
what is the priority client assess- ment?
a. the client's ability to use a computer and internet access
