2026 ATI Mental Health
Proctored Exam 2025 / ATI
MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED
EXAM AND
ATI MENTAL HEALTH
PROCTORED RETAKE
,A nurse in a mental health facility is making plans for a
client's discharge. Which of the following interdisciplinary
team members should the nurse contact to assist the client
with housing placement?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Recreational therapist
c. Occupational therapist
d. Social worker - ✔✔✔ANSWER-d. Social worker
A nurse is caring for a client who reports that he is angry
with his partner because she thinks he is just trying to gain
attention. When the nurse attempts to talk to the client, he
becomes angry and tells her to leave. Which of the following
defense mechanism is the client demonstrating?
a. Denial
b. Displacement
c. Compensation
d. Rationalization - ✔✔✔ANSWER-b. Displacement
,A nurse is planning overall strategies to address 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 - ✔✔✔ANSWER-d. implement measures to
prevent
intentional self-inflicted injury
A nurse is admitting a 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 - ✔✔✔ANSWER-a.
Provide the client with a quiet environment
A nurse is conducting an 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. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-b. Reports
eating twice in the past two weeks.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has
obsessivecompulsive disorder. Which of the following
recommendation should the nurse include in the client's plan
of care?
a. Validation therapy
Proctored Exam 2025 / ATI
MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED
EXAM AND
ATI MENTAL HEALTH
PROCTORED RETAKE
,A nurse in a mental health facility is making plans for a
client's discharge. Which of the following interdisciplinary
team members should the nurse contact to assist the client
with housing placement?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Recreational therapist
c. Occupational therapist
d. Social worker - ✔✔✔ANSWER-d. Social worker
A nurse is caring for a client who reports that he is angry
with his partner because she thinks he is just trying to gain
attention. When the nurse attempts to talk to the client, he
becomes angry and tells her to leave. Which of the following
defense mechanism is the client demonstrating?
a. Denial
b. Displacement
c. Compensation
d. Rationalization - ✔✔✔ANSWER-b. Displacement
,A nurse is planning overall strategies to address 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 - ✔✔✔ANSWER-d. implement measures to
prevent
intentional self-inflicted injury
A nurse is admitting a 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 - ✔✔✔ANSWER-a.
Provide the client with a quiet environment
A nurse is conducting an 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. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-b. Reports
eating twice in the past two weeks.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has
obsessivecompulsive disorder. Which of the following
recommendation should the nurse include in the client's plan
of care?
a. Validation therapy
