NR548 – Psychiatric Assessment for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Exam Study Guide – Exam One
Exam Format: Non-Cumulative
Question Type: Multiple Choice
Number of Questions: 35 questions
Time Allotted: 42 minutes
Testing Timeframe: Exam One will be available starting on Wednesday of Week Two at 12:01 am MT
until Saturday of Week Two at 11:59 pm MT.
1. Exam Coverage
Content Areas:
• Week 1: Scope of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice Advanced Practice Competencies
2. Key Concepts to Study
• Disparities and barriers to mental health care.
• The actions the PMHNP can take to reduce disparities and decrease the drop out rate from
mental health care.
• Rutgers University and John Hopkins psychiatric nursing program.
• The role that Medicare and Medicaid had in deinstitutionalization.
• Comorbidity's role in serious mental illness and influence on lifespan
• Aspect of the PMHNP role – examine
o Psychotherapy
o Case management
o Education
o clinical supervision
, • Components of the Consensus Model
• Focus on federal priorities in addressing substance abuse treatment
• Populations at risk for substance abuse. Great concern for adults over the age of 50.
• The PMHNP and ethical principles
o Advancement of the nursing profession
o commitment to the healthcare consumer
o contribution to healthcare environments
o collaboration to meet healthcare needs
• Statistics and the impact of mental illness
• PMHNP role
• case management
• advocacy for the healthcare consumer
• commitment to the healthcare consumer
• responsibility and accountability for practice
• PMHNP standards of practice competency – know – this is a very large part of the examination
• The scope and standards of professional nursing practice defines its boundaries and informs
society about the parameters of nursing practice and the expectations of competencies to be
demonstrated.
• Including improving the work experience of the health care provider is referred to as the
Quadruple Aim
• The psychiatric mental health advanced practiced registered nurse uses prescriptive authority,
procedures, referrals, treatments, and therapies in accordance with federal and state laws and
regulations.
Exam Study Guide – Exam One
Exam Format: Non-Cumulative
Question Type: Multiple Choice
Number of Questions: 35 questions
Time Allotted: 42 minutes
Testing Timeframe: Exam One will be available starting on Wednesday of Week Two at 12:01 am MT
until Saturday of Week Two at 11:59 pm MT.
1. Exam Coverage
Content Areas:
• Week 1: Scope of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice Advanced Practice Competencies
2. Key Concepts to Study
• Disparities and barriers to mental health care.
• The actions the PMHNP can take to reduce disparities and decrease the drop out rate from
mental health care.
• Rutgers University and John Hopkins psychiatric nursing program.
• The role that Medicare and Medicaid had in deinstitutionalization.
• Comorbidity's role in serious mental illness and influence on lifespan
• Aspect of the PMHNP role – examine
o Psychotherapy
o Case management
o Education
o clinical supervision
, • Components of the Consensus Model
• Focus on federal priorities in addressing substance abuse treatment
• Populations at risk for substance abuse. Great concern for adults over the age of 50.
• The PMHNP and ethical principles
o Advancement of the nursing profession
o commitment to the healthcare consumer
o contribution to healthcare environments
o collaboration to meet healthcare needs
• Statistics and the impact of mental illness
• PMHNP role
• case management
• advocacy for the healthcare consumer
• commitment to the healthcare consumer
• responsibility and accountability for practice
• PMHNP standards of practice competency – know – this is a very large part of the examination
• The scope and standards of professional nursing practice defines its boundaries and informs
society about the parameters of nursing practice and the expectations of competencies to be
demonstrated.
• Including improving the work experience of the health care provider is referred to as the
Quadruple Aim
• The psychiatric mental health advanced practiced registered nurse uses prescriptive authority,
procedures, referrals, treatments, and therapies in accordance with federal and state laws and
regulations.
