NR668 Week 1 questions and verified answers
(detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TESTS!!
Code of Ethics for Nurses (ethical principles)
Ans: 1. Respect for the Individual
2. Commitment to the Healthcare Consumer
3. Advocacy for the Healthcare Consumer
4. Responsibility and Accountability for Practice
5. Duties to Self and Others
6. Contributions to Healthcare Environments
7. Advancement of the Nursing Profession
8. Collaboration to Meet Health Needs
9. Promotion of the Nursing Profession
Quiz Person A: "I can't believe you deal with these people every day. Schizophrenics would drive ME
crazy!"
PMHNP: "Actually, schizophrenia is a chronic treatable disease, much like diabetes or other physical
illnesses. Patients who have mental illness deserve compassion and care."
what ethical principle?
,Ans: Respect for the Individual
Rationale: Respect for the individual affirms the worth and dignity of those with PMH disorders by
advocating to overcome negative stigmas towards PMH diagnoses to ensure access to care.
Quiz The client presents to the emergency department with hallucinations and is threatening self-harm.
The PMHNP signs an involuntary admission order for emergent psychiatric care.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Commitment to the Healthcare Consumer
Rationale: The PMHNP demonstrates a commitment to the healthcare consumer by balancing the
client's human rights with safety, including coercive measures when the client was unable to maintain
their own safety.
Quiz The PMHNP is sharing sexually explicit memes with a client that she saw earlier today in a group
session.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Advocacy for the Healthcare Consumer
Rationale: This is an unethical scenario. The PMHNP recognizes the power differential in the therapeutic
relationship and understands that any sort of sexual activity or intimacies with current clients, their
close family members, guardians, or significant others is unethical.
,Quiz The PMHNP has overbooked her sessions today, so she asks the RN who works in her office to
conduct one of her phone therapy sessions today.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Responsibility and Accountability for Practice
Rationale: This is an unethical scenario. The PMHNP must understand the scope of other team
members' practice in order to delegate appropriately. Conducting a counseling session is outside of the
RN's scope of practice.
Quiz The PMHNP takes time for daily meditation to improve mindfulness and ease stress.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Duties to Self and Others
Rationale: The PMHNP is committed to practicing self-care, managing stress, and maintaining supportive
relationships to meet personal needs outside of therapeutic relationships.
Quiz A PMHNP discovers her colleague is diverting scheduled medications to self-medicate anxiety. The
PMHNP reports the concerns to the colleagues supervisor.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Contributions to Healthcare Environments
, Rationale: The PMHNP recognizes signs/symptoms of psychiatric disorders in the workplace reporting
peer observations to leadership. The PMHNP helps address problems faced by colleagues that impact
client safety or violate public trust, including substance abuse.
Quiz The PMHNP gives a presentation at a national conference on best practices in depression
treatment.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Advancement of the Nursing Profession
Rationale: The PMHNP contributes to advancing the professing through practice, education,
administration, and knowledge development.
Quiz The PMHNP is a member of the ANA and NAMI and regularly participates in workgroups that seek
to expand access to care for healthcare consumers with PMH disorders.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Collaboration to meet health needs
Rationale: The PMHNP promotes community, national, and international efforts to meet health needs
through collaboration with other healthcare professionals to promote prevention, treatment, and
recovery.
Quiz A PMHNP speaks at a school board meeting about the need develop policies to expand mental
health services for underserved students.
(detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TESTS!!
Code of Ethics for Nurses (ethical principles)
Ans: 1. Respect for the Individual
2. Commitment to the Healthcare Consumer
3. Advocacy for the Healthcare Consumer
4. Responsibility and Accountability for Practice
5. Duties to Self and Others
6. Contributions to Healthcare Environments
7. Advancement of the Nursing Profession
8. Collaboration to Meet Health Needs
9. Promotion of the Nursing Profession
Quiz Person A: "I can't believe you deal with these people every day. Schizophrenics would drive ME
crazy!"
PMHNP: "Actually, schizophrenia is a chronic treatable disease, much like diabetes or other physical
illnesses. Patients who have mental illness deserve compassion and care."
what ethical principle?
,Ans: Respect for the Individual
Rationale: Respect for the individual affirms the worth and dignity of those with PMH disorders by
advocating to overcome negative stigmas towards PMH diagnoses to ensure access to care.
Quiz The client presents to the emergency department with hallucinations and is threatening self-harm.
The PMHNP signs an involuntary admission order for emergent psychiatric care.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Commitment to the Healthcare Consumer
Rationale: The PMHNP demonstrates a commitment to the healthcare consumer by balancing the
client's human rights with safety, including coercive measures when the client was unable to maintain
their own safety.
Quiz The PMHNP is sharing sexually explicit memes with a client that she saw earlier today in a group
session.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Advocacy for the Healthcare Consumer
Rationale: This is an unethical scenario. The PMHNP recognizes the power differential in the therapeutic
relationship and understands that any sort of sexual activity or intimacies with current clients, their
close family members, guardians, or significant others is unethical.
,Quiz The PMHNP has overbooked her sessions today, so she asks the RN who works in her office to
conduct one of her phone therapy sessions today.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Responsibility and Accountability for Practice
Rationale: This is an unethical scenario. The PMHNP must understand the scope of other team
members' practice in order to delegate appropriately. Conducting a counseling session is outside of the
RN's scope of practice.
Quiz The PMHNP takes time for daily meditation to improve mindfulness and ease stress.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Duties to Self and Others
Rationale: The PMHNP is committed to practicing self-care, managing stress, and maintaining supportive
relationships to meet personal needs outside of therapeutic relationships.
Quiz A PMHNP discovers her colleague is diverting scheduled medications to self-medicate anxiety. The
PMHNP reports the concerns to the colleagues supervisor.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Contributions to Healthcare Environments
, Rationale: The PMHNP recognizes signs/symptoms of psychiatric disorders in the workplace reporting
peer observations to leadership. The PMHNP helps address problems faced by colleagues that impact
client safety or violate public trust, including substance abuse.
Quiz The PMHNP gives a presentation at a national conference on best practices in depression
treatment.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Advancement of the Nursing Profession
Rationale: The PMHNP contributes to advancing the professing through practice, education,
administration, and knowledge development.
Quiz The PMHNP is a member of the ANA and NAMI and regularly participates in workgroups that seek
to expand access to care for healthcare consumers with PMH disorders.
what ethical principle?
Ans: Collaboration to meet health needs
Rationale: The PMHNP promotes community, national, and international efforts to meet health needs
through collaboration with other healthcare professionals to promote prevention, treatment, and
recovery.
Quiz A PMHNP speaks at a school board meeting about the need develop policies to expand mental
health services for underserved students.
