2024/2025 ATI MENTAL HEALTH
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QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
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A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who reports
feeling sad, worthless, and hopeless 9 months after the death of her
son. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
a. Request a mental health consult for the client.
b. Ask the client if she has thought about harming herself.
c. Encourage the client to attend a grief support group.
d. Discuss the clients coping skills. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
c. Encourage the client to attend a grief support group.
A nurse is talking to a client following a group therapy session. The
client tells the nurse that one of the other clients in the group made an
inappropriate comment. Which of the following responses should the
nurse make?
,a. "I think you should ignore the comment"
b. "You sound upset about today's session"
c. "Why do you think that he said that to you?"
d. "I agree that the comment was inappropriate" - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > b. "You sound upset about today's session"
A nurse is providing teaching for a newly licensed nurse about the
constructive use of defense mechanism. Which of the following
examples should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. A student who is upset with her teacher writes a story about an
excellent student
b. A school-age child whose mother died 2 years ago talks about her in
present tense.
c. A woman who has health concern postpones a medical appointment
until after a vacation.
d. An adult who was sexually abused as a child is unable to remember
the incident - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. A student who is upset
with her teacher writes a story about an excellent student
,A nurse is caring for a client who has borderline personality disorder
and has been engaging in self- mutilation. The nurse should encourage
the client to participate in which of the following groups.
a. Dual diagnosis treatment group
b. Dialectical Behavior treatment group
c. Desensitization therapy - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b.
Dialectical Behavior treatment group
The nurse is reviewing the medication administration record of a client
who has schizophrenia. The nurse should plan to initiate the Abnormal
Involuntary Movement Scale to monitor for adverse effects of which of
the following medications.?
a. Amantadine
b. Diphenhydramine
c. Benztropine
d. Haloperidol - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d. Haloperidol
A nurse is counseling a client following the death of a client's partner 8
months ago. Which of the following client statements indicates
maladaptive grieving?
a. I am so sorry for the times I was angry with my partner.
, b. I find myself thinking about my partner often.
c. I still don't feel up to returning to work.
d. I like looking at his personal items in the closet. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > c. I still don't feel up to returning to work.
A nurse is caring for a client who has borderline personality disorder.
Which of the following outcomes should the nurse include in the
treatment plan?
a. The client will report a decrease in hallucinations.
b. The client will communicate needs
c. The client will verbalize improved mood
d. The client will attend to personal hygiene. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
> c. The client will verbalize improved mood
A nurse is caring for a client who is prescribed massage therapy to treat
panic disorder. The client states "I can't stand to be touched by another
person." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
a. Why don't you like to be touched by others
b. Don't worry about it. Your anxiety will lessen once the massage
begins.
C. I will tell your provider you would like a treatment other than a
massage.
PROCTORED EXAM |
NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ | 100% PASS | 2025 UPDATE!
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who reports
feeling sad, worthless, and hopeless 9 months after the death of her
son. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
a. Request a mental health consult for the client.
b. Ask the client if she has thought about harming herself.
c. Encourage the client to attend a grief support group.
d. Discuss the clients coping skills. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
c. Encourage the client to attend a grief support group.
A nurse is talking to a client following a group therapy session. The
client tells the nurse that one of the other clients in the group made an
inappropriate comment. Which of the following responses should the
nurse make?
,a. "I think you should ignore the comment"
b. "You sound upset about today's session"
c. "Why do you think that he said that to you?"
d. "I agree that the comment was inappropriate" - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > b. "You sound upset about today's session"
A nurse is providing teaching for a newly licensed nurse about the
constructive use of defense mechanism. Which of the following
examples should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. A student who is upset with her teacher writes a story about an
excellent student
b. A school-age child whose mother died 2 years ago talks about her in
present tense.
c. A woman who has health concern postpones a medical appointment
until after a vacation.
d. An adult who was sexually abused as a child is unable to remember
the incident - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. A student who is upset
with her teacher writes a story about an excellent student
,A nurse is caring for a client who has borderline personality disorder
and has been engaging in self- mutilation. The nurse should encourage
the client to participate in which of the following groups.
a. Dual diagnosis treatment group
b. Dialectical Behavior treatment group
c. Desensitization therapy - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b.
Dialectical Behavior treatment group
The nurse is reviewing the medication administration record of a client
who has schizophrenia. The nurse should plan to initiate the Abnormal
Involuntary Movement Scale to monitor for adverse effects of which of
the following medications.?
a. Amantadine
b. Diphenhydramine
c. Benztropine
d. Haloperidol - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d. Haloperidol
A nurse is counseling a client following the death of a client's partner 8
months ago. Which of the following client statements indicates
maladaptive grieving?
a. I am so sorry for the times I was angry with my partner.
, b. I find myself thinking about my partner often.
c. I still don't feel up to returning to work.
d. I like looking at his personal items in the closet. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > c. I still don't feel up to returning to work.
A nurse is caring for a client who has borderline personality disorder.
Which of the following outcomes should the nurse include in the
treatment plan?
a. The client will report a decrease in hallucinations.
b. The client will communicate needs
c. The client will verbalize improved mood
d. The client will attend to personal hygiene. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
> c. The client will verbalize improved mood
A nurse is caring for a client who is prescribed massage therapy to treat
panic disorder. The client states "I can't stand to be touched by another
person." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
a. Why don't you like to be touched by others
b. Don't worry about it. Your anxiety will lessen once the massage
begins.
C. I will tell your provider you would like a treatment other than a
massage.
