NR548 EXAM 1EXAM WITH CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
PMH-APRN - CORRECT-ANSWERSa nurse with graduate-level training who provides
psychiatric-mental health care and promotes mental health across the lifespan
-assess, diagnose and treat individuals and families who have psychiatric and/or
substance disorders
-work in a variety of health care settings and practices and are eligible for reimbursement
through private insurers, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid
ANA Code of Ethics: anticipatory guidance competency - CORRECT-ANSWERSANA
Standards and Scope: Standard 5B: Health Teaching & Promotion
-An educated professional nurse is aware of normal developmental and situational threats
to wellness and can educate healthcare consumers to avoid them.
• Example: Moving a toddler from a crib to a bed can prevent injury associated
with climbing out of the crib at that developmental age.
ANA Code of Ethics: the art of nursing is based on? - CORRECT-ANSWERScaring and
respect for human dignity
ANA Code of Ethics: the fundamental principle of and attitude that the professional nurse
must have as outlined in Provision 1 - CORRECT-ANSWERSANA Code of Ethics:
Provision 1
-"the nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and
unique attributes of every person" (ANA, 2015b, p. 1).
, ANA Code of Ethics: How should the nurse respond to the discovery of human
trafficking in his or her practice? - CORRECT-ANSWERSANA Code of Ethics:
Provision 8
-Nurses must "bring attention to human rights violations in all settings and contexts. . . .
The nursing profession must respond when these violations are encountered" (ANA,
2015b, p. 33).
Dr. Edward Cowles created in 1882 - CORRECT-ANSWERSthe first organized training
school within a hospital for the insane
1913, Effie Jane Taylor developed - CORRECT-ANSWERSthe first nurse-organized
training course for psychiatric nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital
(before early psychiatric nurses were trained by physicians)
Following WWI, the National League for Nursing Education added: - CORRECT-
ANSWERS"nursing in nervous and mental diseases" to curriculum guides
In WWII, many potential military recruits deemed unfit for service due to psychiatric
concerns, while many veterans experienced combat-related neuropsychiatric conditions.
Laura Fitzsimmons recommended: - CORRECT-ANSWERSstandards of training for
psychiatric nurses, which led to improved education and standards of care.
National Mental Health Act (NMHA) of 1946 - CORRECT-ANSWERS-psychiatric
nursing was recognized as one of the four core disciplines in psychiatric care and
treatment
-The act increased funding for psychiatric nursing education programs and contributed to
a growth in university-based nursing education.
, 1954 - CORRECT-ANSWERS-the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing was
established at Rutgers University by Hildegarde Peplau
• to prepare nurse therapists.
-The first advanced practice nursing role was the psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse
specialist (PMHCNS) role.
The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 - CORRECT-ANSWERS(1950s
brought a transition towards deinstitutionalization in care for those with mental illnesses,
which led to an increase in the number of psychiatric clients receiving care in the
community rather than hospitals)
-The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 allowed for the expansion of the
PMHCNS role into community and ambulatory settings as they helped those who had
been deinstitutionalized adapt
1965 - CORRECT-ANSWERSLoretta Ford, RN and Henry Silver MD introduce the
nurse practitioner role.
1973 ANA first published: - CORRECT-ANSWERSStandards of Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nursing Practice
1980s states began to grant: - CORRECT-ANSWERSprescriptive authority to advanced
practice registered nurse (APRN), adding medication prescribing and management to the
traditional therapy role of the psychiatric mental health (PMH) APRN.
2000s these exams were developed: - CORRECT-ANSWERSCertification exams for
adult and family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) developed.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
PMH-APRN - CORRECT-ANSWERSa nurse with graduate-level training who provides
psychiatric-mental health care and promotes mental health across the lifespan
-assess, diagnose and treat individuals and families who have psychiatric and/or
substance disorders
-work in a variety of health care settings and practices and are eligible for reimbursement
through private insurers, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid
ANA Code of Ethics: anticipatory guidance competency - CORRECT-ANSWERSANA
Standards and Scope: Standard 5B: Health Teaching & Promotion
-An educated professional nurse is aware of normal developmental and situational threats
to wellness and can educate healthcare consumers to avoid them.
• Example: Moving a toddler from a crib to a bed can prevent injury associated
with climbing out of the crib at that developmental age.
ANA Code of Ethics: the art of nursing is based on? - CORRECT-ANSWERScaring and
respect for human dignity
ANA Code of Ethics: the fundamental principle of and attitude that the professional nurse
must have as outlined in Provision 1 - CORRECT-ANSWERSANA Code of Ethics:
Provision 1
-"the nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and
unique attributes of every person" (ANA, 2015b, p. 1).
, ANA Code of Ethics: How should the nurse respond to the discovery of human
trafficking in his or her practice? - CORRECT-ANSWERSANA Code of Ethics:
Provision 8
-Nurses must "bring attention to human rights violations in all settings and contexts. . . .
The nursing profession must respond when these violations are encountered" (ANA,
2015b, p. 33).
Dr. Edward Cowles created in 1882 - CORRECT-ANSWERSthe first organized training
school within a hospital for the insane
1913, Effie Jane Taylor developed - CORRECT-ANSWERSthe first nurse-organized
training course for psychiatric nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital
(before early psychiatric nurses were trained by physicians)
Following WWI, the National League for Nursing Education added: - CORRECT-
ANSWERS"nursing in nervous and mental diseases" to curriculum guides
In WWII, many potential military recruits deemed unfit for service due to psychiatric
concerns, while many veterans experienced combat-related neuropsychiatric conditions.
Laura Fitzsimmons recommended: - CORRECT-ANSWERSstandards of training for
psychiatric nurses, which led to improved education and standards of care.
National Mental Health Act (NMHA) of 1946 - CORRECT-ANSWERS-psychiatric
nursing was recognized as one of the four core disciplines in psychiatric care and
treatment
-The act increased funding for psychiatric nursing education programs and contributed to
a growth in university-based nursing education.
, 1954 - CORRECT-ANSWERS-the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing was
established at Rutgers University by Hildegarde Peplau
• to prepare nurse therapists.
-The first advanced practice nursing role was the psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse
specialist (PMHCNS) role.
The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 - CORRECT-ANSWERS(1950s
brought a transition towards deinstitutionalization in care for those with mental illnesses,
which led to an increase in the number of psychiatric clients receiving care in the
community rather than hospitals)
-The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 allowed for the expansion of the
PMHCNS role into community and ambulatory settings as they helped those who had
been deinstitutionalized adapt
1965 - CORRECT-ANSWERSLoretta Ford, RN and Henry Silver MD introduce the
nurse practitioner role.
1973 ANA first published: - CORRECT-ANSWERSStandards of Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nursing Practice
1980s states began to grant: - CORRECT-ANSWERSprescriptive authority to advanced
practice registered nurse (APRN), adding medication prescribing and management to the
traditional therapy role of the psychiatric mental health (PMH) APRN.
2000s these exams were developed: - CORRECT-ANSWERSCertification exams for
adult and family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) developed.
