MENTAL HEALTH TEST 2 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
(A+)
Autonomy -CORRECT ANSWERS- each person has the fundamental right of self-determination (decision
for your own path in life)
Beneficence -CORRECT ANSWERS- the health care provider uses knowledge of science and incorporates
the art of caring to develop an environment in which individuals achieve their maximal health care
potential (ex. giving pain medications)
Justice -CORRECT ANSWERS- the duty to treat all fairly distributing the risks and benefits equally
(example of injustice-mental health limited access to health care)
Nonmaleficence -CORRECT ANSWERS- duty to cause no harm both to individual and for all
Paternalism -CORRECT ANSWERS- belief that knowledge and education authorize professionals to make
decisions for the good of the patient (ex. mandatory use of seat belts and motorcycle helmets)
Veracity -CORRECT ANSWERS- the duty to tell the truth
Fidelity -CORRECT ANSWERS- faithfulness to obligations and duties; it is keeping promises; important in
establishing trusting relationships
ADPIE -CORRECT ANSWERS- 1) assessment-collection of comprehensive health data
2) diagnosis-analyze data to identify relevant nursing diagnosis
3) outcome identification-individualize outcomes to patient
4) planning-plan with reasonable strategies and alternatives if they are needed
5) implementation-staff RN (coordination, health teaching and promotion, milieu therapy) and advanced
practice (prescriptive authority, psychotherapy, and consultation)
,6) evaluation-evaluate progress
Quality of Practice -CORRECT ANSWERS- systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of
nursing practice
Education -CORRECT ANSWERS- attains knowledge and competency that reflect current nursing practice
Professional Practice Evaluation -CORRECT ANSWERS- evaluates one's own practice in relation to the
professional practice standards and guide-lines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations
Collegiality -CORRECT ANSWERS- interacts with and contributes to the professional development of
peers and colleagues
Collaboration -CORRECT ANSWERS- collaborates with patients, family, and others in the conduct of
nursing practice
Ethics -CORRECT ANSWERS- integrates ethical provisions in all areas of practice
Research -CORRECT ANSWERS- integrates research findings into practice
Resource Utilization -CORRECT ANSWERS- considers factors related to safety effectiveness, cost, and
impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing services
Leadership -CORRECT ANSWERS- provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the
profession
Basic level of practice -CORRECT ANSWERS- RN with baccalaureate eduction; credentialed by American
Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC); use of nursing process to treat actual or potential mental health
problems or psychiatric disorders; promotor and foster health and safety; assess dysfunction, assist to
regain or improve coping abilities; maximize strengths; prevent further disability
,Advanced level of practice -CORRECT ANSWERS- master's level preparation; nationally certified by the
ANCC; clinical nurse specialist, nurse practioner in psychiatric nursing, doctorate in nursing science (DNS,
DNSc), doctor of philosophy (PhD), doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) in psychiatric nursing
American Nurses Association (ANA) -CORRECT ANSWERS- supports through liaison activities
American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) -CORRECT ANSWERS- advances psychiatric-mental
health nursing practice; improves mental health care for culturally diverse individuals, families, groups,
and communities; shapes health policy for the delivery of mental health services
International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) -CORRECT ANSWERS- four special
divisions; purpose: unite and strengthen the presence and the voice of psychiatric-mental health nurses
and promote quality care for individuals and families with mental health problems
Biologic domain -CORRECT ANSWERS- biological and neuro-biological theories, all biological activities,
and functional health patters (sleep, eat, rest, exercise)
Psychological domain -CORRECT ANSWERS- based in the psychological process of thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors that impact emotion, cognition, and behavior
Social domain -CORRECT ANSWERS- account for social forces-family and community-cultural/ethnicity is
included
Tools of Psychiatric Nursing Practice--SELF -CORRECT ANSWERS- most important tool-relationships
matter
Tools of Psychiatric Nursing Practice--CRITICAL REASONING -CORRECT ANSWERS- uses of sound critical
thinking and reflection (self-evaluation)
Tools of Psychiatric Nursing Practice--INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE -CORRECT ANSWERS- working as a team,
common approach in mental health care
, Tools of Psychiatric Nursing Practice--PLAN OF CARE -CORRECT ANSWERS- step by step process of how
their care will be approached; patients do not always follow the script
Challenges of Psychiatric Nursing -CORRECT ANSWERS- knowledge development, dissemination, and
application;
overcoming sigma;
health care delivery system challenges;
impact of technology and electronic health records
Psychoanalytic Theory -CORRECT ANSWERS- Sigmund Freud--study of the unconscious, personality
development, object relations and identification, anxiety and defense mechanisms, sexuality,
psychoanalysis, transference and countertransference
Parts of Personality as defined by Freud -CORRECT ANSWERS- Id--unconscious desires-sexual and
aggressive tendencies occur from here
Ego--mental mechanisms-controls movements, perceptions, and reality-allows people to form
relationships
Superego--ethics, standards, and self-criticism-influential people help form this in a child
Alfred Adler -CORRECT ANSWERS- Individual psychology; motivating force in the results from an
intolerable sense of inferiority; principles of mutual respect, choice, responsibility
Carl Jung -CORRECT ANSWERS- analytical psychology; extroverted vs. introverted personalities
Karen Horney -CORRECT ANSWERS- feminine psychology; rejection of traditional psychoanalytic belief
that women felt disadvantaged because of their genital organs and authoritarian culture
Otto Rank -CORRECT ANSWERS- birth trauma
Erich Fromm -CORRECT ANSWERS- relationship of society and individual (inter-woven)
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
(A+)
Autonomy -CORRECT ANSWERS- each person has the fundamental right of self-determination (decision
for your own path in life)
Beneficence -CORRECT ANSWERS- the health care provider uses knowledge of science and incorporates
the art of caring to develop an environment in which individuals achieve their maximal health care
potential (ex. giving pain medications)
Justice -CORRECT ANSWERS- the duty to treat all fairly distributing the risks and benefits equally
(example of injustice-mental health limited access to health care)
Nonmaleficence -CORRECT ANSWERS- duty to cause no harm both to individual and for all
Paternalism -CORRECT ANSWERS- belief that knowledge and education authorize professionals to make
decisions for the good of the patient (ex. mandatory use of seat belts and motorcycle helmets)
Veracity -CORRECT ANSWERS- the duty to tell the truth
Fidelity -CORRECT ANSWERS- faithfulness to obligations and duties; it is keeping promises; important in
establishing trusting relationships
ADPIE -CORRECT ANSWERS- 1) assessment-collection of comprehensive health data
2) diagnosis-analyze data to identify relevant nursing diagnosis
3) outcome identification-individualize outcomes to patient
4) planning-plan with reasonable strategies and alternatives if they are needed
5) implementation-staff RN (coordination, health teaching and promotion, milieu therapy) and advanced
practice (prescriptive authority, psychotherapy, and consultation)
,6) evaluation-evaluate progress
Quality of Practice -CORRECT ANSWERS- systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of
nursing practice
Education -CORRECT ANSWERS- attains knowledge and competency that reflect current nursing practice
Professional Practice Evaluation -CORRECT ANSWERS- evaluates one's own practice in relation to the
professional practice standards and guide-lines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations
Collegiality -CORRECT ANSWERS- interacts with and contributes to the professional development of
peers and colleagues
Collaboration -CORRECT ANSWERS- collaborates with patients, family, and others in the conduct of
nursing practice
Ethics -CORRECT ANSWERS- integrates ethical provisions in all areas of practice
Research -CORRECT ANSWERS- integrates research findings into practice
Resource Utilization -CORRECT ANSWERS- considers factors related to safety effectiveness, cost, and
impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing services
Leadership -CORRECT ANSWERS- provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the
profession
Basic level of practice -CORRECT ANSWERS- RN with baccalaureate eduction; credentialed by American
Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC); use of nursing process to treat actual or potential mental health
problems or psychiatric disorders; promotor and foster health and safety; assess dysfunction, assist to
regain or improve coping abilities; maximize strengths; prevent further disability
,Advanced level of practice -CORRECT ANSWERS- master's level preparation; nationally certified by the
ANCC; clinical nurse specialist, nurse practioner in psychiatric nursing, doctorate in nursing science (DNS,
DNSc), doctor of philosophy (PhD), doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) in psychiatric nursing
American Nurses Association (ANA) -CORRECT ANSWERS- supports through liaison activities
American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) -CORRECT ANSWERS- advances psychiatric-mental
health nursing practice; improves mental health care for culturally diverse individuals, families, groups,
and communities; shapes health policy for the delivery of mental health services
International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) -CORRECT ANSWERS- four special
divisions; purpose: unite and strengthen the presence and the voice of psychiatric-mental health nurses
and promote quality care for individuals and families with mental health problems
Biologic domain -CORRECT ANSWERS- biological and neuro-biological theories, all biological activities,
and functional health patters (sleep, eat, rest, exercise)
Psychological domain -CORRECT ANSWERS- based in the psychological process of thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors that impact emotion, cognition, and behavior
Social domain -CORRECT ANSWERS- account for social forces-family and community-cultural/ethnicity is
included
Tools of Psychiatric Nursing Practice--SELF -CORRECT ANSWERS- most important tool-relationships
matter
Tools of Psychiatric Nursing Practice--CRITICAL REASONING -CORRECT ANSWERS- uses of sound critical
thinking and reflection (self-evaluation)
Tools of Psychiatric Nursing Practice--INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE -CORRECT ANSWERS- working as a team,
common approach in mental health care
, Tools of Psychiatric Nursing Practice--PLAN OF CARE -CORRECT ANSWERS- step by step process of how
their care will be approached; patients do not always follow the script
Challenges of Psychiatric Nursing -CORRECT ANSWERS- knowledge development, dissemination, and
application;
overcoming sigma;
health care delivery system challenges;
impact of technology and electronic health records
Psychoanalytic Theory -CORRECT ANSWERS- Sigmund Freud--study of the unconscious, personality
development, object relations and identification, anxiety and defense mechanisms, sexuality,
psychoanalysis, transference and countertransference
Parts of Personality as defined by Freud -CORRECT ANSWERS- Id--unconscious desires-sexual and
aggressive tendencies occur from here
Ego--mental mechanisms-controls movements, perceptions, and reality-allows people to form
relationships
Superego--ethics, standards, and self-criticism-influential people help form this in a child
Alfred Adler -CORRECT ANSWERS- Individual psychology; motivating force in the results from an
intolerable sense of inferiority; principles of mutual respect, choice, responsibility
Carl Jung -CORRECT ANSWERS- analytical psychology; extroverted vs. introverted personalities
Karen Horney -CORRECT ANSWERS- feminine psychology; rejection of traditional psychoanalytic belief
that women felt disadvantaged because of their genital organs and authoritarian culture
Otto Rank -CORRECT ANSWERS- birth trauma
Erich Fromm -CORRECT ANSWERS- relationship of society and individual (inter-woven)
