RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH 2026 REVIEW
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Countertransference - ✔✔Refers to the tendency of the nurse to displace onto the
patient feelings related to people in his or her past.
✔✔The role of the psych RN
What is considered within the scope of practice? - ✔✔Educate
Assess
Management-self care
Symptom Management (Yoga, Guided Imagery).
We CANNOT:
Medically diagnose
Treat
Write orders
Stop medications
Run Therapy (this is different from a skilled group)
✔✔Nursing Process - Diagnosis - ✔✔Identify problem and etiology
Construct NANDA
Prioritize diagnosis
✔✔Nursing Process - Interview/Assessment - ✔✔MSE (Mental Status Exam):
, Psychosocial assessment
Physical exam
History
Interviews
✔✔Psychiatric Assessment - ✔✔Previous hospitalization
Coping skills
Substance abuse History
Spirituality
All aspects of the patient.
✔✔MSE
Mental Status Evaluation - ✔✔Focuses Assessment:
Height
Weight
Nutritional status
Grooming
Mental Health History
Mood
Behavior
Speech
✔✔Nursing Process - Outcome identification - ✔✔Identify attainable outcomes
Document expected outcomes
Estimated time frame
✔✔Goals should be S.M.A.R.T.
What does this mean? - ✔✔-Specific
-Measurable
-Attainable
-Relevant
-Timely
✔✔Nursing Process - Planning - ✔✔Develop a plan that prescribes strategies and
alternatives to assist the patient in attainment of expected outcomes.
Identify safe evidence based actions
Culturally relevant
Recognized terminology
✔✔Nursing Process - Implementation/interventions - ✔✔The nurse implements the plan
using evidence-based interventions.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Countertransference - ✔✔Refers to the tendency of the nurse to displace onto the
patient feelings related to people in his or her past.
✔✔The role of the psych RN
What is considered within the scope of practice? - ✔✔Educate
Assess
Management-self care
Symptom Management (Yoga, Guided Imagery).
We CANNOT:
Medically diagnose
Treat
Write orders
Stop medications
Run Therapy (this is different from a skilled group)
✔✔Nursing Process - Diagnosis - ✔✔Identify problem and etiology
Construct NANDA
Prioritize diagnosis
✔✔Nursing Process - Interview/Assessment - ✔✔MSE (Mental Status Exam):
, Psychosocial assessment
Physical exam
History
Interviews
✔✔Psychiatric Assessment - ✔✔Previous hospitalization
Coping skills
Substance abuse History
Spirituality
All aspects of the patient.
✔✔MSE
Mental Status Evaluation - ✔✔Focuses Assessment:
Height
Weight
Nutritional status
Grooming
Mental Health History
Mood
Behavior
Speech
✔✔Nursing Process - Outcome identification - ✔✔Identify attainable outcomes
Document expected outcomes
Estimated time frame
✔✔Goals should be S.M.A.R.T.
What does this mean? - ✔✔-Specific
-Measurable
-Attainable
-Relevant
-Timely
✔✔Nursing Process - Planning - ✔✔Develop a plan that prescribes strategies and
alternatives to assist the patient in attainment of expected outcomes.
Identify safe evidence based actions
Culturally relevant
Recognized terminology
✔✔Nursing Process - Implementation/interventions - ✔✔The nurse implements the plan
using evidence-based interventions.
