NGN ATI MENTAL HEALTH 2024 PROCTORED EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 70 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
1. A nurse is planning overall strategies to address problems for a client who
has a borderline personality disorder. Which of the following strategies is
the priority for the nurse to incorporate into the plan of care?
a. discuss the appropriate use of assertive behavior with the client
b. encourage the client to attend weekly support group meetings
c. assist the client to maintain awareness of her thoughts and feelings
d. implement measures to prevent intentional self-inflicted injury Ans: d.
implement measures to prevent intentional self-inflicted injury
2. A nurse is admitting a client who has a generalized anxiety disorder.
Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take first?
a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
b. Determine how the client handles stress.
,c. Teach the client to use guided imagery.
d. Ask the client to identify her strengths Ans: a. Provide the client with
a quiet environment
3. A nurse is conducting an admission interview with a client who is experi-
encing mania. Which of the following should the nurse report to the provider?
a. States that he hasn't bathed in 2 days
b. Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
c. Makes inappropriate sexual comments.
d. Speaks in rhyming sentences. Ans: b. Reports eating twice in the past two
weeks.
4. A nurse is planning care for a client who has obsessive-compulsive disor-
der. Which of the following recommendation should the nurse include in
the client's plan of care?
a. Validation therapy
b. Thought stopping
,c. Operant conditioning
d. Reality orientation therapy Ans: b. Thought stopping
5. A nurse is caring for a client who has bipolar disorder and is
experiencing a manic episode. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
a. Encourage the client to join group activities
b. Dim the lights in the client's room
, c. Provide detailed explanations to the client
d. Administer methylphenidate Ans: b. Dim the lights in the client's room
6. A nurse is leading a crisis intervention group for adolescents who wit-
nessed the suicide of a classmate. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take first?
a. Initiate referrals
b. Review community resources
c. Identify prior coping skills
d. Discuss the importance of confidentiality Ans: c. Identify prior coping skill
7. A nurse overhears a client saying"I am a spy, a spy for the FBI .I am an
I,an eye for an eye in the sky. Sky is up high." The nurse should document
the client's statement as which of the following speech alterations?
a. Echolalia
b. Word salad
c. Neologism
COMPLETE 70 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
1. A nurse is planning overall strategies to address problems for a client who
has a borderline personality disorder. Which of the following strategies is
the priority for the nurse to incorporate into the plan of care?
a. discuss the appropriate use of assertive behavior with the client
b. encourage the client to attend weekly support group meetings
c. assist the client to maintain awareness of her thoughts and feelings
d. implement measures to prevent intentional self-inflicted injury Ans: d.
implement measures to prevent intentional self-inflicted injury
2. A nurse is admitting a client who has a generalized anxiety disorder.
Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take first?
a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
b. Determine how the client handles stress.
,c. Teach the client to use guided imagery.
d. Ask the client to identify her strengths Ans: a. Provide the client with
a quiet environment
3. A nurse is conducting an admission interview with a client who is experi-
encing mania. Which of the following should the nurse report to the provider?
a. States that he hasn't bathed in 2 days
b. Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
c. Makes inappropriate sexual comments.
d. Speaks in rhyming sentences. Ans: b. Reports eating twice in the past two
weeks.
4. A nurse is planning care for a client who has obsessive-compulsive disor-
der. Which of the following recommendation should the nurse include in
the client's plan of care?
a. Validation therapy
b. Thought stopping
,c. Operant conditioning
d. Reality orientation therapy Ans: b. Thought stopping
5. A nurse is caring for a client who has bipolar disorder and is
experiencing a manic episode. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
a. Encourage the client to join group activities
b. Dim the lights in the client's room
, c. Provide detailed explanations to the client
d. Administer methylphenidate Ans: b. Dim the lights in the client's room
6. A nurse is leading a crisis intervention group for adolescents who wit-
nessed the suicide of a classmate. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take first?
a. Initiate referrals
b. Review community resources
c. Identify prior coping skills
d. Discuss the importance of confidentiality Ans: c. Identify prior coping skill
7. A nurse overhears a client saying"I am a spy, a spy for the FBI .I am an
I,an eye for an eye in the sky. Sky is up high." The nurse should document
the client's statement as which of the following speech alterations?
a. Echolalia
b. Word salad
c. Neologism
