NR548 – PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH ADVANCED
PRACTICE NURSING – CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY –
2025–2026 EXAM 3 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS .
General Cultural Knowledge ✔✔CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Inability to
recall at least half of these items is presumptive evidence of long-term
memory impairment.
-Last three presidents
-famous figures
• George Washington, first president
• Abraham Lincoln, freed the slaves
• Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader
• Princess Diana, British princess killed in car accident
• William Shakespeare, writer
• Christopher Columbus, discovered America
-Famous dates
• When did World War II happen? (Any time in the 1930s or 1940s is
adequate.)
• When was John F. Kennedy assassinated? (Sometime in the 1960s.)
-Lists of information
• screening for dementia is the set test: patient to name as many items
(up to ten) as he can recall in each of four categories: colors, animals,
,fruits, and towns; max of 40, score of 25 or above excludes dx of
dementia
Personal Knowledge ✔✔CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔memory of remote
personal events
-Cognitively intact patients should be able to tell you:
• Current address and phone number
• Names and ages of spouse, siblings, and children
• Spouse's birthday, wedding anniversary, and date and place of
marriage (if married)
• Parents' names and birthdays (primarily for younger patients who are
not married)
MSE: Insight and Judgment ✔✔CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔-final
components of the mental status exam
-determined to be good, limited, or poor depending on the actions the
client has taken, awareness of their illness, and the plans they have for
the future.
Insight
-client's awareness of their illness or situation
Judgment
, -ability to anticipate the consequences of their behavior and safeguard
their well-being
-may be measured with a standard question but should be assessed
throughout the entire interview
Q's to probe for degree of insight ✔✔CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔-So, why
do you think you've been having these problems?
-What do you think needs to happen for your life to improve?
Pt's with poor insight may respond with:
-I don't know. You're the doctor.
-People need to stop hassling me. (A paranoid patient.)
ABSATTC ✔✔CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Mnemonic for Elements of the
Mental Status Examination
-All Borderline Subjects Are Tough, Troubled Characters
• Appearance
• Behavior
• Speech
• Affect
• Thought process
• Thought content
• Cognitive examination
PRACTICE NURSING – CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY –
2025–2026 EXAM 3 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS .
General Cultural Knowledge ✔✔CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Inability to
recall at least half of these items is presumptive evidence of long-term
memory impairment.
-Last three presidents
-famous figures
• George Washington, first president
• Abraham Lincoln, freed the slaves
• Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader
• Princess Diana, British princess killed in car accident
• William Shakespeare, writer
• Christopher Columbus, discovered America
-Famous dates
• When did World War II happen? (Any time in the 1930s or 1940s is
adequate.)
• When was John F. Kennedy assassinated? (Sometime in the 1960s.)
-Lists of information
• screening for dementia is the set test: patient to name as many items
(up to ten) as he can recall in each of four categories: colors, animals,
,fruits, and towns; max of 40, score of 25 or above excludes dx of
dementia
Personal Knowledge ✔✔CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔memory of remote
personal events
-Cognitively intact patients should be able to tell you:
• Current address and phone number
• Names and ages of spouse, siblings, and children
• Spouse's birthday, wedding anniversary, and date and place of
marriage (if married)
• Parents' names and birthdays (primarily for younger patients who are
not married)
MSE: Insight and Judgment ✔✔CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔-final
components of the mental status exam
-determined to be good, limited, or poor depending on the actions the
client has taken, awareness of their illness, and the plans they have for
the future.
Insight
-client's awareness of their illness or situation
Judgment
, -ability to anticipate the consequences of their behavior and safeguard
their well-being
-may be measured with a standard question but should be assessed
throughout the entire interview
Q's to probe for degree of insight ✔✔CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔-So, why
do you think you've been having these problems?
-What do you think needs to happen for your life to improve?
Pt's with poor insight may respond with:
-I don't know. You're the doctor.
-People need to stop hassling me. (A paranoid patient.)
ABSATTC ✔✔CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Mnemonic for Elements of the
Mental Status Examination
-All Borderline Subjects Are Tough, Troubled Characters
• Appearance
• Behavior
• Speech
• Affect
• Thought process
• Thought content
• Cognitive examination
