MENTAL HEALTH ATI PROCTORED
EXAM 2025 With Questions and
Answers 100% Pass Solution
A nurse working in the emergency department is assessing a client who
has generalized anxiety disorder. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take first?
A)Move the client to a quiet area
B)Allow the client time to express his feelings
C)Instruct the client to use guided imagery
D)Assist the client to identify his coping skills - ANSWER>>A
A nurse is caring for a client who has dementia. Which of the following is an
appropriate nursing intervention?
A) Encourage the client to make choices regarding care.
B) Advise family to visit frequently as a group
C) Maintain a low-stimulation environment
D) Assign several tasks at the same time. - ANSWER>>C
A nurse is advising an assistive personnel (AP) on the care of a client who
has major depressive disorder. The AP states that he is irritated by the
client's depression. Which of the following statements by the nurse is
appropriate?
a. "Please don't take what the client said seriously when she is depressed"
b. "I'll change your assignment to someone who doesn't have depressive
disorder."
c. "It's important that the client feel safe verbalizing how she is feeling."
d. "Everybody feels that way about this client, so don't worry about it." -
ANSWER>>C
A nurse is caring for a client who reports he is angry with his partner
because she thinks he is trying to seek attention. When the nurse
questions the client, he becomes angry and tells her to leave. Which of the
following defense mechanisms is the client demonstrating? (p. 30)
,a. Compensation
b. Displacement
c. Denial - ANSWER>>B
A nurse working in a mental health facility has just put a client in
providerprescribed seclusion. Which of the following is the nurse required
to document? (Select all that apply) a. The client's feelings about being
secluded
B.The client's behaviors that resulted in the need for seclusion
c. Previous interventions used to prevent the need for seclusion
d. The client's vital signs
e. Thetimethecliententeredseclusion - ANSWER>>B C D E
A nurse is assessing a client who has major depressive disorder. The
client states, "I may as well be dead. I have always been a failure." Which
of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse? a. "Let's
discuss these feelings further."
b. "why do you think you feel this way?"
c. "Feeling like a failure is expected with depression."
d. "You have a great deal to offer in life." - ANSWER>>A
A nurse is planning care for a group of clients in an outpatient facility. For
which of the following clients should the nurse plan to provide assistance
with ADLs?
a. A client who has intense manifestations of agoraphobia
b. A client who has negative manifestations of schizophrenia c. A client
who is in treatment for hypomania
d. A client who is in treatment for alcohol use disorder - ANSWER>>B
A nurse Is planning care for a client who has anorexia nervosa and is
admitted to an inpatient eating disorder unit. Which of the following is an
appropriate intervention? (p. 167)
a. Use systematic desensitization to address the client's fears regarding
weight gain
b. Allow the client to select meal times
c. Initiate a relationship built on trust with the client.
, d. Negotiate with the client the opportunity to reweig - ANSWER>>C
nurse is planning an inservice for new nurses about cultural beliefs and
their impact on mental health care. The nurse should identify that which of
the following beliefs differs from the western perspective held by most
nurses in the United
States? (Not sure)
a. Mental health is the absence of a mental health disorder.
b. Clients should make independent decisions about their mental health
care
c. Mental health care places value on veracity and confidentiality
d. Clients who have a mental health disorder should be passive in their
care. - ANSWER>>C
nurse is caring for a client who is admitted to a mental health facility after
attempting suicide. Which of the following actions should the nurse take
first? (p. 286)
a. Implement continuous one-to-one observation b. Ask the client to sign a
no-suicide contract
c. Encourage client to participate in group therapy d. Establish a rapport to
foster trust - ANSWE >>A
R
14. A nurse is caring for a client in an out-patient mental health facility. The
client tells the nurse that she wants to tell her a secret and asks her to
promise not to tell. Which of the following responses by the nurse is
appropriate? (p. 37)
a. "Go on. Tell me more."
b. "Why do you want to keep the information a secret?"
c. "Have you shared your secret with anyone else?"
d. "I can't promise that I will keep your secret." - ANSWER>>D
15. A nurse is reviewing the laboratory findings for a client who is taking
carbamazepine for bipolar disorder. Which of the following findings should
the nurse report to the provider? (p. 205)
a. Platelets 90,000/mm3 (blood discracias) b. Urine specific gravity 1.029 c.
Urine pH 5.6
EXAM 2025 With Questions and
Answers 100% Pass Solution
A nurse working in the emergency department is assessing a client who
has generalized anxiety disorder. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take first?
A)Move the client to a quiet area
B)Allow the client time to express his feelings
C)Instruct the client to use guided imagery
D)Assist the client to identify his coping skills - ANSWER>>A
A nurse is caring for a client who has dementia. Which of the following is an
appropriate nursing intervention?
A) Encourage the client to make choices regarding care.
B) Advise family to visit frequently as a group
C) Maintain a low-stimulation environment
D) Assign several tasks at the same time. - ANSWER>>C
A nurse is advising an assistive personnel (AP) on the care of a client who
has major depressive disorder. The AP states that he is irritated by the
client's depression. Which of the following statements by the nurse is
appropriate?
a. "Please don't take what the client said seriously when she is depressed"
b. "I'll change your assignment to someone who doesn't have depressive
disorder."
c. "It's important that the client feel safe verbalizing how she is feeling."
d. "Everybody feels that way about this client, so don't worry about it." -
ANSWER>>C
A nurse is caring for a client who reports he is angry with his partner
because she thinks he is trying to seek attention. When the nurse
questions the client, he becomes angry and tells her to leave. Which of the
following defense mechanisms is the client demonstrating? (p. 30)
,a. Compensation
b. Displacement
c. Denial - ANSWER>>B
A nurse working in a mental health facility has just put a client in
providerprescribed seclusion. Which of the following is the nurse required
to document? (Select all that apply) a. The client's feelings about being
secluded
B.The client's behaviors that resulted in the need for seclusion
c. Previous interventions used to prevent the need for seclusion
d. The client's vital signs
e. Thetimethecliententeredseclusion - ANSWER>>B C D E
A nurse is assessing a client who has major depressive disorder. The
client states, "I may as well be dead. I have always been a failure." Which
of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse? a. "Let's
discuss these feelings further."
b. "why do you think you feel this way?"
c. "Feeling like a failure is expected with depression."
d. "You have a great deal to offer in life." - ANSWER>>A
A nurse is planning care for a group of clients in an outpatient facility. For
which of the following clients should the nurse plan to provide assistance
with ADLs?
a. A client who has intense manifestations of agoraphobia
b. A client who has negative manifestations of schizophrenia c. A client
who is in treatment for hypomania
d. A client who is in treatment for alcohol use disorder - ANSWER>>B
A nurse Is planning care for a client who has anorexia nervosa and is
admitted to an inpatient eating disorder unit. Which of the following is an
appropriate intervention? (p. 167)
a. Use systematic desensitization to address the client's fears regarding
weight gain
b. Allow the client to select meal times
c. Initiate a relationship built on trust with the client.
, d. Negotiate with the client the opportunity to reweig - ANSWER>>C
nurse is planning an inservice for new nurses about cultural beliefs and
their impact on mental health care. The nurse should identify that which of
the following beliefs differs from the western perspective held by most
nurses in the United
States? (Not sure)
a. Mental health is the absence of a mental health disorder.
b. Clients should make independent decisions about their mental health
care
c. Mental health care places value on veracity and confidentiality
d. Clients who have a mental health disorder should be passive in their
care. - ANSWER>>C
nurse is caring for a client who is admitted to a mental health facility after
attempting suicide. Which of the following actions should the nurse take
first? (p. 286)
a. Implement continuous one-to-one observation b. Ask the client to sign a
no-suicide contract
c. Encourage client to participate in group therapy d. Establish a rapport to
foster trust - ANSWE >>A
R
14. A nurse is caring for a client in an out-patient mental health facility. The
client tells the nurse that she wants to tell her a secret and asks her to
promise not to tell. Which of the following responses by the nurse is
appropriate? (p. 37)
a. "Go on. Tell me more."
b. "Why do you want to keep the information a secret?"
c. "Have you shared your secret with anyone else?"
d. "I can't promise that I will keep your secret." - ANSWER>>D
15. A nurse is reviewing the laboratory findings for a client who is taking
carbamazepine for bipolar disorder. Which of the following findings should
the nurse report to the provider? (p. 205)
a. Platelets 90,000/mm3 (blood discracias) b. Urine specific gravity 1.029 c.
Urine pH 5.6
