ATI CMS MENTAL HEALTH 2024 NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 250 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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A community mental health nurse is planning strategies to address substances
use by adolescents. Which of the following interventions should the nurse plan
as a method of primary prevention?
A. Offer substance use treatment options for adolescents from low-income
households.
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B. Encourage the use of random testing for substance use for adolescents
participating in extracurricular activities.
C. Educate high school teachers about how to detect the manifestations of
substance use.
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D. Provide a presentation at area high schools on resisting peer pressure for
substance use.
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of colon cancer. Shortly
after the client receives the diagnosis, the nurse enters the client's room and the
client begins yelling, "I have received terrible care here and no one cares about
me." The nurse should recognize that the client is demonstrating which of the
following defense mechanisms?
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A. Denial
B. Displacement
C. Reaction formation
D. Projection
A nurse is caring for a client who has depression and started taking paroxetine
one week ago. The client states to the nurse, "My family would be better off
without me." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
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A. "Why do you feel your family would be better off without you?"
B. "Many people feel this way when they are depressed."
C. "You sound upset. Are you thinking of hurting yourself?"
D. "Your medication hasn't started working yet. Then you'll be feeling differently. "
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has schizophrenia and is taking
quetiapine fumarate. The nurse should instruct the client that which of the
following blood tests should be performed periodically?
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A. Potassium
B. Uric Acid
C. Glucose
D. Calcium
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A nurse is admitting a D
client in the emergency
department for an
intentional overdose of
opioids. The client state,
"I feel so alone. No one
can help me." Which of
the following responses
by the nurse is
therapeutic?
A. "Let's finish your
admission and then talk
about your feelings."
B. "How come you feel
that no one can help
you when you are
receiving help now?"
C. "Why do you feel that
no one can help you?"
D. "I would like to sit and
talk with you."
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A nurse is caring for a C
client whose adolescent
child died in a motor-
vehicle crash. The client
is crying inconsolably.
Which of the following
actions should the nurse
take?
A. Suggest that the
client call the facility's
chaplain.
B. Provide a quiet place
for the client to be
alone.
C. Stay with the client
and allow the client to
cry.
D. Express sympathy for
the client's loss.
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