CMN 548 – Module 3 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
(2025) – Complete Study Questions with Verified
Answers
Introduction:
This document contains the complete set of study questions and
verified answers for CMN 548 – Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing,
Module 3 (2025). It covers key psychological and nursing theories
including those by Freud, Erikson, Piaget, Maslow, and Pavlov,
alongside essential psychiatric nursing concepts such as therapeutic
relationships, defense mechanisms, cognitive development, memory
disorders, and psychopharmacology. The material is ideal for exam
preparation and clinical review for PMHNP students, ensuring
mastery of theoretical foundations and applied psychiatric care
principles.
Exam Questions and Answers
Harry Stack Sullivan's Social Development Theory focuses on the
stages from infancy to adolescence, touching on two theories
centered on cognitive and social. Which stage describes excessive
anxiety in the face of new intimate relationships and painful trial
and error, which can lead to self-ridicule?
A. Juvenile
B. Childhood
C. Preadolescence
D. Adolescence --- correct answer ----D. Adolescence
,Which theorist focused on satisfying a set of needs by organizing
and integrating the role in life not to be understood as simple and
invariant to environmental pressures, meeting their needs at the
lowest level on the motivational hierarchy, moving through each
group to reach self-actualization, often skipping the lower classes
as their attention is focused on higher needs.
A. Abraham Maslow
B. Carl Rodgers
C. Viktor Frankl
D. Gordon Allport --- correct answer ----A. Abraham Maslow
The PMHNP, in the setting of inpatient treatment, encounters a
patient who is exhibiting severe signs of memory loss, confusion,
drowsiness, paralysis of eye movements, and hallucinations; his
family says that they frequently find him at home consuming large
amounts of alcohol and has had an alcohol addiction for
approximately twenty years. With this history and list of current
symptoms, the PMHNP anticipates the diagnosis of which memory
impairment disease?
A. anterograde amnesia
B. retrograde amnesia
,C. herpes simplex encephalitis
D. diencephalic amnesia --- correct answer ----D. Diencephalic
amnesia
The PMHNP notes a male patient struggles to form a sexual
identification, extending through their ability to exhibit mutually
satisfying productive interactions. Interpersonal relationships are
strained, formal, and stiff. What stage in Erikson's theory is this
patient reflecting?
A. Generativity versus Stagnation
B. Intimacy versus Isolation
C. Integrity versus Despair
D. Identity versus Identity Confusion --- correct answer ----B.
Intimacy versus Isolation
'I refuse to quit smoking! There is absolutely nothing wrong with
what I am doing''
This most likely describes an individual who is expressing which of
the following stages in the Transtheoretical Model?
a) Action
b) Preparation
, c) Contemplation
d) Pre-contemplation --- correct answer ----D. Pre-contemplation
In physical fitness, which of the following would be an example of a
person's behavior in the preparation stage of the Transtheoretical
Model?
a) The person meets with a nutritionist and creates a food log.
b) The person travels to the gym three days a week.
c) The person takes a break from attending all exercise classes.
d) The person sees no problem with eating unhealthy and not
exercising. --- correct answer ----A. The person meets with a
nutritionist and creates a food log
Why is the transtheoretical model important to understand?
a) This theory describes the process used to make a decision.
b) This theory describes a person's attitudes and beliefs.
c) This theory explains what people do to modify their behaviors.
d) This theory predicts and explains a person's behavior. -
Answer:-D. This theory predicts and explains a person's behavior
(2025) – Complete Study Questions with Verified
Answers
Introduction:
This document contains the complete set of study questions and
verified answers for CMN 548 – Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing,
Module 3 (2025). It covers key psychological and nursing theories
including those by Freud, Erikson, Piaget, Maslow, and Pavlov,
alongside essential psychiatric nursing concepts such as therapeutic
relationships, defense mechanisms, cognitive development, memory
disorders, and psychopharmacology. The material is ideal for exam
preparation and clinical review for PMHNP students, ensuring
mastery of theoretical foundations and applied psychiatric care
principles.
Exam Questions and Answers
Harry Stack Sullivan's Social Development Theory focuses on the
stages from infancy to adolescence, touching on two theories
centered on cognitive and social. Which stage describes excessive
anxiety in the face of new intimate relationships and painful trial
and error, which can lead to self-ridicule?
A. Juvenile
B. Childhood
C. Preadolescence
D. Adolescence --- correct answer ----D. Adolescence
,Which theorist focused on satisfying a set of needs by organizing
and integrating the role in life not to be understood as simple and
invariant to environmental pressures, meeting their needs at the
lowest level on the motivational hierarchy, moving through each
group to reach self-actualization, often skipping the lower classes
as their attention is focused on higher needs.
A. Abraham Maslow
B. Carl Rodgers
C. Viktor Frankl
D. Gordon Allport --- correct answer ----A. Abraham Maslow
The PMHNP, in the setting of inpatient treatment, encounters a
patient who is exhibiting severe signs of memory loss, confusion,
drowsiness, paralysis of eye movements, and hallucinations; his
family says that they frequently find him at home consuming large
amounts of alcohol and has had an alcohol addiction for
approximately twenty years. With this history and list of current
symptoms, the PMHNP anticipates the diagnosis of which memory
impairment disease?
A. anterograde amnesia
B. retrograde amnesia
,C. herpes simplex encephalitis
D. diencephalic amnesia --- correct answer ----D. Diencephalic
amnesia
The PMHNP notes a male patient struggles to form a sexual
identification, extending through their ability to exhibit mutually
satisfying productive interactions. Interpersonal relationships are
strained, formal, and stiff. What stage in Erikson's theory is this
patient reflecting?
A. Generativity versus Stagnation
B. Intimacy versus Isolation
C. Integrity versus Despair
D. Identity versus Identity Confusion --- correct answer ----B.
Intimacy versus Isolation
'I refuse to quit smoking! There is absolutely nothing wrong with
what I am doing''
This most likely describes an individual who is expressing which of
the following stages in the Transtheoretical Model?
a) Action
b) Preparation
, c) Contemplation
d) Pre-contemplation --- correct answer ----D. Pre-contemplation
In physical fitness, which of the following would be an example of a
person's behavior in the preparation stage of the Transtheoretical
Model?
a) The person meets with a nutritionist and creates a food log.
b) The person travels to the gym three days a week.
c) The person takes a break from attending all exercise classes.
d) The person sees no problem with eating unhealthy and not
exercising. --- correct answer ----A. The person meets with a
nutritionist and creates a food log
Why is the transtheoretical model important to understand?
a) This theory describes the process used to make a decision.
b) This theory describes a person's attitudes and beliefs.
c) This theory explains what people do to modify their behaviors.
d) This theory predicts and explains a person's behavior. -
Answer:-D. This theory predicts and explains a person's behavior
