AANP PMHNP Exam Review
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST 100%
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Ethical principles:
Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER-Doing for self
Ethical principles:
Veracity - CORRECT ANSWER-Telling the truth
Ethical principles:
Respect - CORRECT ANSWER-Treating everyone with equal respect
Nine provisions in the 2015 the American Nurses Association (ANA) publication, "Code of Ethics
for Nurses with Interpretive Statements" - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Nurse practices with
compassion and respect for inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of everyone.
2. Nurse's primary commitment is to client, whether individual, family, group, community, or
population.
3. Nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of client.
4. Nurse has authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing practice, makes decisions,
and takes action consistent with obligation to promote health and provide optimal care.
5. Nurse owes same duties to self as to others: responsibility to promote health and safety,
preserve wholeness of
character and integrity, maintain competence, and continue personal and professional growth.
,6. Nurse, through individual and collective effort, estab, maintains, and improves ethical enviro
of work setting and conditions of employment that are conducive to safe, quality health care.
7. Nurse, in all roles and settings, advances profession through research and scholarly inquiry,
professional standards devel, and generation of both nursing and health policy.
8. Nurse collaborates with other health professionals and public to protect human rights,
promote health diplomacy, and reduce health disparities.
9. Profession of nursing, collectively through its professional organizations, must articulate
nursing values, maintain integrity of profession, and integrate principles of social justice into
nursing and health policy.
Malpractice insurance - CORRECT ANSWER--Provides financial protection against claims of
malpractice
-Coverage for negligent professional acts
-Coverage for highly technical or professional skills required by NPs
-Recommended universally
-Does not protect NPs from charges of practicing outside their legal scope of practice
-Provides NPs their own legal rep to advocate for them even if agency also carries malpractice
liability insurance protection
Four elements of negligence that must be established to prove malpractice: - CORRECT
ANSWER-1. Duty: NP had a duty to exercise reasonable care when undertaking and providing tx
to client.
2. Breach of duty: NP violated applicable standard of care in treating client's condition.
3. Proximate cause: Causal relationship btwn breach in standard of care and client's injuries.
4. Damages: Client experiences permanent and substantial damages from breach in standard of
care.
Commitment process of forcing a person to receive involuntarily evaluation or treatment -
CORRECT ANSWER-Process may differ from state to state but basic criteria include:
-Person has a diagnosed psychiatric disorder,
,-Person is harmful to self or others as a consequence of the disorder,
-Person is unaware or unwilling to accept the nature and severity of the disorder,
-Tx likely to improve functioning.
Commitment process of forcing a person to receive involuntarily evaluation or treatment -
CORRECT ANSWER-Process may differ from state to state but basic criteria include:
-Person has a diagnosed psychiatric disorder,
-Person is harmful to self or others as a consequence of the disorder,
-Person is unaware or unwilling to accept the nature and severity of the disorder,
-Tx likely to improve functioning.
Involuntary admission - CORRECT ANSWER--Admission to a hospital or other treatment facility
against the person's will
-Clients maintain all civil liberties except the ability to come and go as they please
-Amount of time clients can be kept against their wishes varies by state
Voluntary admission - CORRECT ANSWER--Admission to a hospital or other treatment facility
that a person desires or agrees to
-Client maintains all civil liberties
-Client consents to potential confinement within the structure of a hospital setting
It is important for NPs to engage in the following scholarly activities: - CORRECT ANSWER--
Publishing
-Lecturing or presenting
-Preceptorship
-Continuing education
, Mentoring - CORRECT ANSWER--A process in which a more experienced NP agrees to guide and
support a junior colleague in the role, competencies, and skills
-Requires mutual respect and an interactive process of learning
-Needs involvement by both the mentor and the mentee in the relationship
Client Advocacy - CORRECT ANSWER--Stand up for clients' rights and empower them to become
their own advocates
-Reduce the stigma of mental illness
-Help clients receive available services
-Promote mental health by participating in one or more of these professional organizations:
American Nurses Association (ANA), American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA),
International Society of Psychiatric Nurses (ISPN)
Responsibilities in Health Policy - CORRECT ANSWER--Advanced practice nurses have a legal and
ethical responsibility to be a client advocate.
-Participation in local, state, national, and international health policy activities
-Involvement: Testify at a public meeting, lobby, or work with the media to bring awareness to
an issue
-Phases of policy-making: formulation, implementation, and evaluation
Case Management - CORRECT ANSWER--System of controlled oversight and authorization of
services and benefits provided to clients:
-Consists of coordinating care, ensuring quality outcomes, monitoring plan of care,
and doing advocacy
-Overall goal is to promote quality, cost-effective outcomes
Risk Management - CORRECT ANSWER--Activities or systems designed to recognize and
intervene to reduce the risk of injury to clients
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
Ethical principles:
Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER-Doing for self
Ethical principles:
Veracity - CORRECT ANSWER-Telling the truth
Ethical principles:
Respect - CORRECT ANSWER-Treating everyone with equal respect
Nine provisions in the 2015 the American Nurses Association (ANA) publication, "Code of Ethics
for Nurses with Interpretive Statements" - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Nurse practices with
compassion and respect for inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of everyone.
2. Nurse's primary commitment is to client, whether individual, family, group, community, or
population.
3. Nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of client.
4. Nurse has authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing practice, makes decisions,
and takes action consistent with obligation to promote health and provide optimal care.
5. Nurse owes same duties to self as to others: responsibility to promote health and safety,
preserve wholeness of
character and integrity, maintain competence, and continue personal and professional growth.
,6. Nurse, through individual and collective effort, estab, maintains, and improves ethical enviro
of work setting and conditions of employment that are conducive to safe, quality health care.
7. Nurse, in all roles and settings, advances profession through research and scholarly inquiry,
professional standards devel, and generation of both nursing and health policy.
8. Nurse collaborates with other health professionals and public to protect human rights,
promote health diplomacy, and reduce health disparities.
9. Profession of nursing, collectively through its professional organizations, must articulate
nursing values, maintain integrity of profession, and integrate principles of social justice into
nursing and health policy.
Malpractice insurance - CORRECT ANSWER--Provides financial protection against claims of
malpractice
-Coverage for negligent professional acts
-Coverage for highly technical or professional skills required by NPs
-Recommended universally
-Does not protect NPs from charges of practicing outside their legal scope of practice
-Provides NPs their own legal rep to advocate for them even if agency also carries malpractice
liability insurance protection
Four elements of negligence that must be established to prove malpractice: - CORRECT
ANSWER-1. Duty: NP had a duty to exercise reasonable care when undertaking and providing tx
to client.
2. Breach of duty: NP violated applicable standard of care in treating client's condition.
3. Proximate cause: Causal relationship btwn breach in standard of care and client's injuries.
4. Damages: Client experiences permanent and substantial damages from breach in standard of
care.
Commitment process of forcing a person to receive involuntarily evaluation or treatment -
CORRECT ANSWER-Process may differ from state to state but basic criteria include:
-Person has a diagnosed psychiatric disorder,
,-Person is harmful to self or others as a consequence of the disorder,
-Person is unaware or unwilling to accept the nature and severity of the disorder,
-Tx likely to improve functioning.
Commitment process of forcing a person to receive involuntarily evaluation or treatment -
CORRECT ANSWER-Process may differ from state to state but basic criteria include:
-Person has a diagnosed psychiatric disorder,
-Person is harmful to self or others as a consequence of the disorder,
-Person is unaware or unwilling to accept the nature and severity of the disorder,
-Tx likely to improve functioning.
Involuntary admission - CORRECT ANSWER--Admission to a hospital or other treatment facility
against the person's will
-Clients maintain all civil liberties except the ability to come and go as they please
-Amount of time clients can be kept against their wishes varies by state
Voluntary admission - CORRECT ANSWER--Admission to a hospital or other treatment facility
that a person desires or agrees to
-Client maintains all civil liberties
-Client consents to potential confinement within the structure of a hospital setting
It is important for NPs to engage in the following scholarly activities: - CORRECT ANSWER--
Publishing
-Lecturing or presenting
-Preceptorship
-Continuing education
, Mentoring - CORRECT ANSWER--A process in which a more experienced NP agrees to guide and
support a junior colleague in the role, competencies, and skills
-Requires mutual respect and an interactive process of learning
-Needs involvement by both the mentor and the mentee in the relationship
Client Advocacy - CORRECT ANSWER--Stand up for clients' rights and empower them to become
their own advocates
-Reduce the stigma of mental illness
-Help clients receive available services
-Promote mental health by participating in one or more of these professional organizations:
American Nurses Association (ANA), American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA),
International Society of Psychiatric Nurses (ISPN)
Responsibilities in Health Policy - CORRECT ANSWER--Advanced practice nurses have a legal and
ethical responsibility to be a client advocate.
-Participation in local, state, national, and international health policy activities
-Involvement: Testify at a public meeting, lobby, or work with the media to bring awareness to
an issue
-Phases of policy-making: formulation, implementation, and evaluation
Case Management - CORRECT ANSWER--System of controlled oversight and authorization of
services and benefits provided to clients:
-Consists of coordinating care, ensuring quality outcomes, monitoring plan of care,
and doing advocacy
-Overall goal is to promote quality, cost-effective outcomes
Risk Management - CORRECT ANSWER--Activities or systems designed to recognize and
intervene to reduce the risk of injury to clients
