NGN ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED EXAM LATEST
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
2024/2025 –COMPLETE SOLUTION
A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has dementia and has wandered into the day room
looking for their deceased partner. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
ANS: Talk with the client about activities they enjoyed with their partner.
A nurse is planning care for a client who schizophrenia and reports auditory hallucinations.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
ANS: Promote the use of music to compete with clients auditory hallucinations.
A nurse is reviewing the electronic medical record of a client who has schizophrenia and is
taking clozapine. Which of the following findings is the priority for the nurse to notify the
provider?
ANS: The client reports an inability to breathe easily.
A home health nurse is assessing an older adult client whose sibling is the primary caregiver.
Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a possible indicator of neglect?
ANS: Inappropriate dress
NGN: A nurse in the ED is caring for a client who has alcohol toxicity. Anticipated,
Nonessential, Contraindicated
ANS: Admin antianxiety med-A
Obtain CT scan-N
Monitor VS-A
Wake the client q30m-C
Obtain Alcohol use disorders-N
Initiate IV-A
A nurse is caring for a client in a mental health facility. The nurse overhears another staff
member make derogatory comments to the client. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
ANS: Report the occurrence to the charge nurse.
, A nurse is documenting admission assessment findings for a client who has MDD. The nurse
should identify which of the following findings as clinical manifestations? SATA.
ANS: Feelings of hopelessness, anhedonia, flat facial expression
A nurse is communicating with a client in a inpatient mental health facility. Which of the
following actions by the nurse demonstrates the use of active listening?
ANS: Attention to body language
A client who has a diagnosis is attending group therapy. During the group meeting, the nurse
asks each member to identify one goal for the day. When its the clients turn, they do not respond.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take before repeating the request to the client?
ANS: Allow the client time to formulate an answer.
A nurse is preparing to administer chlorpromazine 0.55mg/ kg to an adolescent who weights 110
lb. Available is chlorpromazine syrup 10mg/5mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?
Round to the nearest whole number.
ANS: 14
A community health nurse is planning an education program about depressive disorders. Which
of the following should the nurse include as increasing the risk for depression?
ANS: Substance use disorder
NGN: A nurse on a mental health unit is caring for a recently admitted client. For each potential
assessment finding, click to specify if it is a positive or negative symptom of schizophrenia.
ANS: withdrawal from social activity-
catatonia+
absence of information in speech-alogia-
delusions of grandeur+
clang associations+
A nurse is admitting a client who has schizophrenia to an acute care setting. When the nurse
questions the client regarding their admission, the client states, "I'm red, in the head and I am
going to bed". The nurse should document the clients speech pattern as which of the following?
ANS: Clang associations
A nurse is planning care for a 7 year old child who has ADHD. Which of the following
interventions shoudl the nurse identify as the priority?>
ANS: Remove unnecessary equipment from the childs surroundings.
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
2024/2025 –COMPLETE SOLUTION
A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has dementia and has wandered into the day room
looking for their deceased partner. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
ANS: Talk with the client about activities they enjoyed with their partner.
A nurse is planning care for a client who schizophrenia and reports auditory hallucinations.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
ANS: Promote the use of music to compete with clients auditory hallucinations.
A nurse is reviewing the electronic medical record of a client who has schizophrenia and is
taking clozapine. Which of the following findings is the priority for the nurse to notify the
provider?
ANS: The client reports an inability to breathe easily.
A home health nurse is assessing an older adult client whose sibling is the primary caregiver.
Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a possible indicator of neglect?
ANS: Inappropriate dress
NGN: A nurse in the ED is caring for a client who has alcohol toxicity. Anticipated,
Nonessential, Contraindicated
ANS: Admin antianxiety med-A
Obtain CT scan-N
Monitor VS-A
Wake the client q30m-C
Obtain Alcohol use disorders-N
Initiate IV-A
A nurse is caring for a client in a mental health facility. The nurse overhears another staff
member make derogatory comments to the client. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
ANS: Report the occurrence to the charge nurse.
, A nurse is documenting admission assessment findings for a client who has MDD. The nurse
should identify which of the following findings as clinical manifestations? SATA.
ANS: Feelings of hopelessness, anhedonia, flat facial expression
A nurse is communicating with a client in a inpatient mental health facility. Which of the
following actions by the nurse demonstrates the use of active listening?
ANS: Attention to body language
A client who has a diagnosis is attending group therapy. During the group meeting, the nurse
asks each member to identify one goal for the day. When its the clients turn, they do not respond.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take before repeating the request to the client?
ANS: Allow the client time to formulate an answer.
A nurse is preparing to administer chlorpromazine 0.55mg/ kg to an adolescent who weights 110
lb. Available is chlorpromazine syrup 10mg/5mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?
Round to the nearest whole number.
ANS: 14
A community health nurse is planning an education program about depressive disorders. Which
of the following should the nurse include as increasing the risk for depression?
ANS: Substance use disorder
NGN: A nurse on a mental health unit is caring for a recently admitted client. For each potential
assessment finding, click to specify if it is a positive or negative symptom of schizophrenia.
ANS: withdrawal from social activity-
catatonia+
absence of information in speech-alogia-
delusions of grandeur+
clang associations+
A nurse is admitting a client who has schizophrenia to an acute care setting. When the nurse
questions the client regarding their admission, the client states, "I'm red, in the head and I am
going to bed". The nurse should document the clients speech pattern as which of the following?
ANS: Clang associations
A nurse is planning care for a 7 year old child who has ADHD. Which of the following
interventions shoudl the nurse identify as the priority?>
ANS: Remove unnecessary equipment from the childs surroundings.
