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A nurse in an outpatient mental health clinic is preparing to conduct an ini
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tial client interview. When conducting the interview, which of the followin
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g is the highest priority action?
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A. Respect the client's need for personal space.
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B. Identify the client's perception of her mental health status.
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C. Include the client's family in the interview.
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D. Teach the client about her current mental health disorder.
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A. Appropriate, but not highest priority.
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D. Appropriate, but not highest priority.
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shift report that a client is stuporous. When assessing the client, which of t
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he following is an expected finding?
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ANS ✓*A. The client arouses briefly in response to a sternal rib.*
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A. A client who is stuporous requires vigorous or painful stimuli to elicit a
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response.
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D. Stuporous /= alert.
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A nurse is planning a peer group discussion about the Diagnostic and Statis
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tical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-
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5). Which of the following is appropriate to include in the discussion? (SAT
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D. The DSM-5 assists nurses in planning care.
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E. The DSM-5 indicates expected assessment findings.
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ANS ✓A, B, D, E.
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ATI RN Mental Health Nursing Modules Ch. 1 Application Exercises
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Which of the following is an example of a client who requires emergency a
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dmission to a mental health facility?
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A. A client with schizophrenia who has frequent hallucinations.
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C. A client with borderline personality disorder who assaulted a homeless
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man with a metal rod.
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D. A client with bipolar disorder who paces quickly down the sidewalk whi
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ANS ✓C. A client with borderline personality disorder who assaulted a homeless
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man with a metal rod.
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A client tells a student nurse, "Don't tell anyone, but I hid a sharp knife und
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er my mattress in order to protect myself from my roommate, who is alwa
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oncerns the health and safety of the client and others.
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A nurse decides to put a client who has psychosis in seclusion overnight be
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ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING EXAM QUES
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TIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 10
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A nurse in an outpatient mental health clinic is preparing to conduct an ini
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tial client interview. When conducting the interview, which of the followin
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g is the highest priority action?
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A. Respect the client's need for personal space.
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B. Identify the client's perception of her mental health status.
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C. Include the client's family in the interview.
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D. Teach the client about her current mental health disorder.
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A. Appropriate, but not highest priority.
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ach. Identifying the client's perception of her mental health status provides
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shift report that a client is stuporous. When assessing the client, which of t
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C. The client exhibits decorticate rigidity.
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response.
B. <7 on GCS indicates comatose, not stuporous, level of consciousness.
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C. Abnormal posturing = comatose.
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A nurse is planning a peer group discussion about the Diagnostic and Statis
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tical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-
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5). Which of the following is appropriate to include in the discussion? (SAT
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A)
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ATI RN Mental Health Nursing Modules Ch. 1 Application Exercises
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dmission to a mental health facility?
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A. A client with schizophrenia who has frequent hallucinations.
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man with a metal rod.
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D. A client with bipolar disorder who paces quickly down the sidewalk whi
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ANS ✓C. A client with borderline personality disorder who assaulted a homeless
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