RN ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED EXAM REVISED
AND REVIEWED 2025 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
A nurse is planning overall d. implement measures to prevent intentional self-
strategies to address inflicted injury
problems for a client who
has a borderline
personality disorder.
Which of the following
strategies is the
priority for the nurse to
incorporate into the plan
of care?
a. discuss the appropriate
use of assertive behavior
with the client
b. encourage the client to
attend weekly support
group meetings
c. assist the client to
maintain awareness of her
thoughts and feelings
d. implement measures to
prevent intentional self-
inflicted injury
,A nurse is admitting a a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
client who has a
generalized anxiety
disorder. Which of the
following actions should
the nurse plan to take
first?
a. Provide the client with a
quiet environment
b. Determine how the
client handles stress.
c. Teach the client to use
guided imagery.
d. Ask the client to identify
her strengths
A nurse is conducting an b. Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
admission interview with a
client who is experiencing
mania. Which of the
following should the nurse
report to the provider?
a. States that he hasn't
bathed in 2 days
b. Reports eating twice in
the past two weeks.
c. Makes inappropriate
sexual comments.
d. Speaks in rhyming
sentences.
,A nurse is planning care b. Thought stopping
for a client who has
obsessive-compulsive
disorder. Which of the
following
recommendation should
the nurse include in the
client's plan of care?
a. Validation therapy
b. Thought stopping
c. Operant conditioning
d. Reality orientation
therapy
A nurse is caring for a b. Dim the lights in the client's room
client who has bipolar
disorder and is
experiencing a manic
episode. Which of the
following actions should
the nurse take?
a. Encourage the client to
join group activities
b. Dim the lights in the
client's room
c. Provide detailed
explanations to the client
d. Administer
methylphenidate
, A nurse is leading a crisis c. Identify prior coping skills
intervention group for
adolescents who
witnessed the suicide of a
classmate. Which of the
following actions should
the nurse take first?
a. Initiate referrals
b. Review community
resources
c. Identify prior coping
skills
d. Discuss the importance
of confidentiality
A nurse overhears a client d. Clang association
saying"I am a spy, a spy for
the FBI .I am an I,an eye
for an eye in the sky. Sky is
up high." The nurse should
document the client's
statement as which of the
following speech
alterations?
a. Echolalia
b. Word salad
c. Neologism
d. Clang association
AND REVIEWED 2025 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
A nurse is planning overall d. implement measures to prevent intentional self-
strategies to address inflicted injury
problems for a client who
has a borderline
personality disorder.
Which of the following
strategies is the
priority for the nurse to
incorporate into the plan
of care?
a. discuss the appropriate
use of assertive behavior
with the client
b. encourage the client to
attend weekly support
group meetings
c. assist the client to
maintain awareness of her
thoughts and feelings
d. implement measures to
prevent intentional self-
inflicted injury
,A nurse is admitting a a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
client who has a
generalized anxiety
disorder. Which of the
following actions should
the nurse plan to take
first?
a. Provide the client with a
quiet environment
b. Determine how the
client handles stress.
c. Teach the client to use
guided imagery.
d. Ask the client to identify
her strengths
A nurse is conducting an b. Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
admission interview with a
client who is experiencing
mania. Which of the
following should the nurse
report to the provider?
a. States that he hasn't
bathed in 2 days
b. Reports eating twice in
the past two weeks.
c. Makes inappropriate
sexual comments.
d. Speaks in rhyming
sentences.
,A nurse is planning care b. Thought stopping
for a client who has
obsessive-compulsive
disorder. Which of the
following
recommendation should
the nurse include in the
client's plan of care?
a. Validation therapy
b. Thought stopping
c. Operant conditioning
d. Reality orientation
therapy
A nurse is caring for a b. Dim the lights in the client's room
client who has bipolar
disorder and is
experiencing a manic
episode. Which of the
following actions should
the nurse take?
a. Encourage the client to
join group activities
b. Dim the lights in the
client's room
c. Provide detailed
explanations to the client
d. Administer
methylphenidate
, A nurse is leading a crisis c. Identify prior coping skills
intervention group for
adolescents who
witnessed the suicide of a
classmate. Which of the
following actions should
the nurse take first?
a. Initiate referrals
b. Review community
resources
c. Identify prior coping
skills
d. Discuss the importance
of confidentiality
A nurse overhears a client d. Clang association
saying"I am a spy, a spy for
the FBI .I am an I,an eye
for an eye in the sky. Sky is
up high." The nurse should
document the client's
statement as which of the
following speech
alterations?
a. Echolalia
b. Word salad
c. Neologism
d. Clang association
