ATI MENTAL HEALTH A 2019 PROCTORED
EXAM-|2024-2025 UPDATE/COMPREHENSIVE
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1. A nurse is teaching a b. You will experience weight loss while taking this
client with schizophrenia medication
about her new
prescription for
risperidone. Which of the
following statements
should the nurse include
in the teaching?
a. You should discontinue
the medication if you
develop muscle rigidity
b. You will experience
weight loss while taking
this medication
c. You will notice your
symptoms improve than
24 hours of taking this
medication
d. You should increase
your consumption of
complex carbohydrates
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2. A nurse is admitting a a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
client who has
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 handle stress
c. Teach the client to use
guided imagery
d. Ask the client to
identify her strengths
3. A nurse is conducting b. Reports eating twice in the past week
an admission interview
with a client who is
experiencing mania.
Which of the following
findings should the nurse
report to the provider?
a. States that he hasn't
bathed in 2 days
b. Reports eating twice in
the past week
c. Make inappropriate
sexual comments
d. Speak in rhyming
sentences
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4. A nurse is planning b. Thought stopping
care for a client who has
OCD. 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
5. A nurse is caring for a b. Dim the lights in the client's room
client who has bipolar
disorder and
experiencing a manic
episode. Which of the
following actions should
the nurse take?
a. Encouraged client to
join group activities
b. Dim the lights in the
client's room
c. Provide detailed
explanations to the client
d. Administer
methylphenidate to the
client
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6. A nurse is leading a c. Identify prior coping skills
crisis 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
7. A nurse overhears a d. Clang Association
client saying, "I am a spy,
a spy for the FBI. I am an
I, an eye for an eye, and
eye in the sky. Sky is up
high." The nurse should
document the client
statement as which of the
following speech
alterations?
a. Echolalia
b. Word salad
c. Neologism
d. Clang Association
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