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ATI CMS MENTAL HEALTH EXAM TEST
BANK 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
A nurse is admitting a 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?"
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D. "I would like to sit and talk with you." -
Answer-D
A nurse is caring for a 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. -
Answer-C
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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?
A. Denial
B. Displacement
C. Reaction formation
D. Projection - Answer-B
A nurse is caring for a client who has
schizophrenia. The client states, "My
internal organs have turned to stone." The
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nurse should document this finding as
which of the following types of delusions?
A. Somatic
B. Reference
C. Persecutory
D. Grandiose - Answer-A
A nurse is caring for a client who is brought
to the clinic by her adult son who states that
his father recently died. The client
repeatedly yells at her son stating, "Quit
lying about your father!" The nurse should
recognize that the client is demonstrating
which of the following defense
mechanisms?
A. Denial
ATI CMS MENTAL HEALTH EXAM TEST
BANK 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
A nurse is admitting a 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?"
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D. "I would like to sit and talk with you." -
Answer-D
A nurse is caring for a 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. -
Answer-C
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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?
A. Denial
B. Displacement
C. Reaction formation
D. Projection - Answer-B
A nurse is caring for a client who has
schizophrenia. The client states, "My
internal organs have turned to stone." The
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nurse should document this finding as
which of the following types of delusions?
A. Somatic
B. Reference
C. Persecutory
D. Grandiose - Answer-A
A nurse is caring for a client who is brought
to the clinic by her adult son who states that
his father recently died. The client
repeatedly yells at her son stating, "Quit
lying about your father!" The nurse should
recognize that the client is demonstrating
which of the following defense
mechanisms?
A. Denial
