ATI Learning Systems - Mental Health 1 Exam Review Guide (answered) 2024

ATI Learning Systems - Mental Health 1 Exam Review Guide (answered) 2024 While taking a health history from a client in the outpatient mental health clinic, nurse observes that the client is persistent in making personal inquiries. Which of the following is the most therapeutic response? - Explain to the client that this time is for him Focus of relationship is on the client's ideas, experiences, and feelings. A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with dementia. She should understand that the goal of reminiscence therapy in long term care facilities is to.... - share memories of past experiences and events Which of the following is an important short term goal for a nurse to plan with a suicidal client? - sign a contract pledging not to act on suicide plans A nurse's neighbor has just found out that her teenage child died in a motor vehicle accident. The neighbor is crying inconsolably. Which of the following is an appropriate therapeutic nursing response? - Sit silently with the client while he cries. Being silent is a communication that is appropriate at times of grieving A parent brings an 18 month old child to the ER, the child sustained a fractured left femur. Which of the following statements by the parent might make the nurse suspect child abuse? - My child was riding a bicycle and got the right foot caught in the spokes. Kid is TOO young and not developmentally capable of riding a bike A nurse should assess that the client with the highest potential for suicide is the depressed client who states which of the following? - I don't feel like going to group therapy today. I don't want to be with other people. - manifestation of severe depression A nurse is caring for a client dx with disorganized schizophrenia. The client does not return a visitors greeting and instead lies down on the bed and curls up in the fetal position. Which of the following defense mechanisms is the client exhibiting?