Varcarolis's Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Exam
VARCAROLIS'S CANADIAN PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH
NURSING EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE 150
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!
(Chapter 1) Jane is a 32-year-old mother of four. She is active with her family and
in her community despite having a diagnosis of severe anxiety. Refer to the mental
health-mental illness continuum shown in Figure 1-2 and consider where you
would place Jane.
a) Optimal mental health with mental illness
b) Optimal mental health without mental illness
c) Poor mental health with mental illness
d) Poor mental health without mental illness
A
(Chapter 1) Which of the following actions represent the primary focus of
psychiatric nursing for a basic-level registered nurse? (Select all that apply):
a) Determining a patient's diagnosis according to the DSM-5
b) Ordering diagnostic tests such as EEGs or MRI scans
c) Identifying how a patient is coping with a symptom such as hallucinations
d) Guiding a patient to learn and use a variety of stress-management techniques
e) Helping a patient without personal transportation find a way to his or her
treatment appointments
f) Collecting petition signatures seeking the removal of stigmatizing images on
television
C, D, E, F
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(Chapter 1) Resilience, the capacity to rebound from stressors via adaptive coping,
is associated with positive mental health. Your friend has just been laid off from
his job. Which of the following responses on your part would most likely
contribute to his enhanced resilience?
a) Using your connections to set up an interview with your employer
b) Connecting him with a friend of the family who owns his own business
c) Supporting him in arranging, preparing for, and completing multiple interviews
d) Helping him to understand that the layoff resulted from troubles in the
economy and is not his fault
C
(Chapter 1) Which of the following situations best supports the diathesis-stress
model of mental illness development?
a) The rate of suicide increases during times of national disaster and despair.
b) A woman feels mildly anxious when asked to speak to a large group of people.
c) A man with no prior mental health problems experiences sadness after his
divorce.
d) A man develops schizophrenia, but his identical twin remains free of mental
illness.
C
(Chapter 1) Of the following statements about mental illness, identify all correct
ones (select all that apply):
a) About 20% of Canadians experience a mental disorder during their lifetime.
b) Mental disorders and diagnoses occur very consistently across cultures.
c) Most serious mental illnesses are psychological rather than biological in nature.
d) The Mental Health Commission of Canada's report Changing Directions,
Changing Lives outlines the mental health strategy for Canada.
A, D
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(Chapter 2) Asylum care of people with mental illness in Canada began in which
year?
a) 1620
b) 1932
c) 1845
d) 1798
C
(Chapter 2) The Weir Report was considered influential in which of the following
areas?
a) Asylum reform
b) Nursing education curriculum reform
c) Deinstitutionalization
d) The establishment of the registered psychiatric nurse designation
B
(Chapter 2) Psychiatric mental health nursing in the community setting was
influenced by which of the following factors?
a) The Weir Report
b) Deinstitutionalization
c) The registered psychiatric nurse designation
d) The increased medicalization of psychiatry
B
(Chapter 11) Which patient statement would the nurse attribute to a
neurobiological basis of mental disease?
a) "I like to eat all day long."
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b) "I sleep 7 hours nightly."
c) "I have a number of close friends."
d) "I enjoy solving word puzzles."
A
(Chapter 11) Which of the following medication orders would the nurse question?
a) Buspirone hydrochloride—take in the morning
b) Temazepam—take at bedtime
c) Zopiclone—take early in the morning
d) Flurazepam—take at bedtime
C
(Chapter 11) Which patient statement would require the nurse to provide further
teaching?
a) "I should report any unusual bleeding when I take gingko biloba."
b) "I should not take St. John's wort with sertraline hydrochloride."
c) "Natural health products are safe because they are made with all-natural
ingredients."
d) "I will tell my doctor that I am taking a natural health product."
C
(Chapter 11) The nurse is caring for a patient who is taking lithium. Which adverse
effect would the nurse anticipate?
a) Oliguria
b) Confusion
c) Constipation
d) Hyperthyroidism
B
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VARCAROLIS'S CANADIAN PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH
NURSING EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE 150
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!
(Chapter 1) Jane is a 32-year-old mother of four. She is active with her family and
in her community despite having a diagnosis of severe anxiety. Refer to the mental
health-mental illness continuum shown in Figure 1-2 and consider where you
would place Jane.
a) Optimal mental health with mental illness
b) Optimal mental health without mental illness
c) Poor mental health with mental illness
d) Poor mental health without mental illness
A
(Chapter 1) Which of the following actions represent the primary focus of
psychiatric nursing for a basic-level registered nurse? (Select all that apply):
a) Determining a patient's diagnosis according to the DSM-5
b) Ordering diagnostic tests such as EEGs or MRI scans
c) Identifying how a patient is coping with a symptom such as hallucinations
d) Guiding a patient to learn and use a variety of stress-management techniques
e) Helping a patient without personal transportation find a way to his or her
treatment appointments
f) Collecting petition signatures seeking the removal of stigmatizing images on
television
C, D, E, F
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(Chapter 1) Resilience, the capacity to rebound from stressors via adaptive coping,
is associated with positive mental health. Your friend has just been laid off from
his job. Which of the following responses on your part would most likely
contribute to his enhanced resilience?
a) Using your connections to set up an interview with your employer
b) Connecting him with a friend of the family who owns his own business
c) Supporting him in arranging, preparing for, and completing multiple interviews
d) Helping him to understand that the layoff resulted from troubles in the
economy and is not his fault
C
(Chapter 1) Which of the following situations best supports the diathesis-stress
model of mental illness development?
a) The rate of suicide increases during times of national disaster and despair.
b) A woman feels mildly anxious when asked to speak to a large group of people.
c) A man with no prior mental health problems experiences sadness after his
divorce.
d) A man develops schizophrenia, but his identical twin remains free of mental
illness.
C
(Chapter 1) Of the following statements about mental illness, identify all correct
ones (select all that apply):
a) About 20% of Canadians experience a mental disorder during their lifetime.
b) Mental disorders and diagnoses occur very consistently across cultures.
c) Most serious mental illnesses are psychological rather than biological in nature.
d) The Mental Health Commission of Canada's report Changing Directions,
Changing Lives outlines the mental health strategy for Canada.
A, D
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(Chapter 2) Asylum care of people with mental illness in Canada began in which
year?
a) 1620
b) 1932
c) 1845
d) 1798
C
(Chapter 2) The Weir Report was considered influential in which of the following
areas?
a) Asylum reform
b) Nursing education curriculum reform
c) Deinstitutionalization
d) The establishment of the registered psychiatric nurse designation
B
(Chapter 2) Psychiatric mental health nursing in the community setting was
influenced by which of the following factors?
a) The Weir Report
b) Deinstitutionalization
c) The registered psychiatric nurse designation
d) The increased medicalization of psychiatry
B
(Chapter 11) Which patient statement would the nurse attribute to a
neurobiological basis of mental disease?
a) "I like to eat all day long."
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b) "I sleep 7 hours nightly."
c) "I have a number of close friends."
d) "I enjoy solving word puzzles."
A
(Chapter 11) Which of the following medication orders would the nurse question?
a) Buspirone hydrochloride—take in the morning
b) Temazepam—take at bedtime
c) Zopiclone—take early in the morning
d) Flurazepam—take at bedtime
C
(Chapter 11) Which patient statement would require the nurse to provide further
teaching?
a) "I should report any unusual bleeding when I take gingko biloba."
b) "I should not take St. John's wort with sertraline hydrochloride."
c) "Natural health products are safe because they are made with all-natural
ingredients."
d) "I will tell my doctor that I am taking a natural health product."
C
(Chapter 11) The nurse is caring for a patient who is taking lithium. Which adverse
effect would the nurse anticipate?
a) Oliguria
b) Confusion
c) Constipation
d) Hyperthyroidism
B
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