ATI Basic Mental Health Nursing
Concepts Question/Answer 2025/2026
verfied
Assessment: Psychosocial History - ANSWER//- perception of own health beliefs about
illness and wellness
- activity/leisure activities, how a pt passes time
- substance use or disorder
- stress level and coping abilities (coping strategies, support systems)
- cultural beliefs and practices
-spiritual beliefs
Assessment: Mental Status Examination (MSE) - Level of consciousness - ANSWER//-
Alert - pt is responsive and able to fully respond
- Lethargy - pt is able to open eyes but is drowsy
- Stupor - pt requires vigorous or painful stimuli; unable to respond verbally
- coma - no response can be achieved
- decorticated rigidity --> flexion and internal rotation of upper extremity joints and legs
- decerebrate rigidity --> neck and elbow extension, wrist and finger flexion
Assessment: Mental Status Examination (MSE) - Physical appearance - ANSWER//-
personal hygiene, grooming, clothing choice; is client well kept, clean, and dressed
appropriately
Assessment: Mental Status Examination (MSE) - behavior - ANSWER//- mood --> gives
info about emotion and feeling
- affect --> objective expression of mood
Assessment: Mental Status Examination (MSE) - Cognitive and intellectual abilities -
ANSWER//- assess orientation to time and place, memory recent and remote
- immediate --> ask client to repeat a series of numbers
- recent --> recall recent events
- remote --> fact from the past that is verifiable
- assess client level of knowledge, ability to calculate, ability to think abstractly,
-perform objective assessment of illness
- assess judgement based on a hypothetical question
- assess rate and volume of speech
Concepts Question/Answer 2025/2026
verfied
Assessment: Psychosocial History - ANSWER//- perception of own health beliefs about
illness and wellness
- activity/leisure activities, how a pt passes time
- substance use or disorder
- stress level and coping abilities (coping strategies, support systems)
- cultural beliefs and practices
-spiritual beliefs
Assessment: Mental Status Examination (MSE) - Level of consciousness - ANSWER//-
Alert - pt is responsive and able to fully respond
- Lethargy - pt is able to open eyes but is drowsy
- Stupor - pt requires vigorous or painful stimuli; unable to respond verbally
- coma - no response can be achieved
- decorticated rigidity --> flexion and internal rotation of upper extremity joints and legs
- decerebrate rigidity --> neck and elbow extension, wrist and finger flexion
Assessment: Mental Status Examination (MSE) - Physical appearance - ANSWER//-
personal hygiene, grooming, clothing choice; is client well kept, clean, and dressed
appropriately
Assessment: Mental Status Examination (MSE) - behavior - ANSWER//- mood --> gives
info about emotion and feeling
- affect --> objective expression of mood
Assessment: Mental Status Examination (MSE) - Cognitive and intellectual abilities -
ANSWER//- assess orientation to time and place, memory recent and remote
- immediate --> ask client to repeat a series of numbers
- recent --> recall recent events
- remote --> fact from the past that is verifiable
- assess client level of knowledge, ability to calculate, ability to think abstractly,
-perform objective assessment of illness
- assess judgement based on a hypothetical question
- assess rate and volume of speech
