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ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH CMS/MENTAL HEALTH CMS
2 LATEST VERSIONS (VERSION A AND B) NEWEST
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+|| NEW VERSION!!!
A nurse is admitting a client in the emergency department
for an intentional overdose of opioids. The client state, "I
feel so alone. No one can help me." Which of the following
responses by the nurse is therapeutic?
A. "Let's finish your admission and then talk about your
feelings."
B. "How come you feel that no one can help you when you
are receiving help now?"
C. "Why do you feel that no one can help you?"
D. "I would like to sit and talk with you." - Answer-D
A nurse is caring for a client whose adolescent child died
in a motor-vehicle crash. The client is crying inconsolably.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A. Suggest that the client call the facility's chaplain.
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B. Provide a quiet place for the client to be alone.
C. Stay with the client and allow the client to cry.
D. Express sympathy for the client's loss. - Answer-C
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of
colon cancer. Shortly after the client receives the
diagnosis, the nurse enters the client's room and the client
begins yelling, "I have received terrible care here and no
one cares about me." The nurse should recognize that the
client is demonstrating which of the following defense
mechanisms?
A. Denial
B. Displacement
C. Reaction formation
D. Projection - Answer-B
A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia. The
client states, "My internal organs have turned to stone."
The nurse should document this finding as which of the
following types of delusions?
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A. Somatic
B. Reference
C. Persecutory
D. Grandiose - Answer-A
A nurse is caring for a client who is brought to the clinic by
her adult son who states that his father recently died. The
client repeatedly yells at her son stating, "Quit lying about
your father!" The nurse should recognize that the client is
demonstrating which of the following defense
mechanisms?
A. Denial
B. Identification
C. Introjection
D. Sublimation - Answer-A
A nurse is caring for a client who has major depressive
disorder and recently started taking an antidepressant.
The nurse should identify which of the following client
statements as the priority?
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A. "I hate being so helpless. I can't even manage my own
finances anymore."
B. "At group therapy today I wanted to leave. I didn't
feeling like being with other people."
C. "I have it all figured out. Everything is going to be okay
now."
D. "I don't feel like showering. I'd rather just stay in bed
today." - Answer-C
A nurse is administering an oral sedative to a client who is
receiving care following an involuntary admission. The
client states, "I'm not taking any more medication." Which
of the following actions should the nurse take?
A. Administer the medication by another route.
B. Refer the client's refusal to the facility's ethics
committee.
C. Inform the client that, due to her involuntary admission,
she cannot refuse a sedative.
D. Document the client's refusal of the medication in the
medical record. - Answer-D
ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH CMS/MENTAL HEALTH CMS
2 LATEST VERSIONS (VERSION A AND B) NEWEST
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+|| NEW VERSION!!!
A nurse is admitting a client in the emergency department
for an intentional overdose of opioids. The client state, "I
feel so alone. No one can help me." Which of the following
responses by the nurse is therapeutic?
A. "Let's finish your admission and then talk about your
feelings."
B. "How come you feel that no one can help you when you
are receiving help now?"
C. "Why do you feel that no one can help you?"
D. "I would like to sit and talk with you." - Answer-D
A nurse is caring for a client whose adolescent child died
in a motor-vehicle crash. The client is crying inconsolably.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A. Suggest that the client call the facility's chaplain.
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B. Provide a quiet place for the client to be alone.
C. Stay with the client and allow the client to cry.
D. Express sympathy for the client's loss. - Answer-C
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of
colon cancer. Shortly after the client receives the
diagnosis, the nurse enters the client's room and the client
begins yelling, "I have received terrible care here and no
one cares about me." The nurse should recognize that the
client is demonstrating which of the following defense
mechanisms?
A. Denial
B. Displacement
C. Reaction formation
D. Projection - Answer-B
A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia. The
client states, "My internal organs have turned to stone."
The nurse should document this finding as which of the
following types of delusions?
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A. Somatic
B. Reference
C. Persecutory
D. Grandiose - Answer-A
A nurse is caring for a client who is brought to the clinic by
her adult son who states that his father recently died. The
client repeatedly yells at her son stating, "Quit lying about
your father!" The nurse should recognize that the client is
demonstrating which of the following defense
mechanisms?
A. Denial
B. Identification
C. Introjection
D. Sublimation - Answer-A
A nurse is caring for a client who has major depressive
disorder and recently started taking an antidepressant.
The nurse should identify which of the following client
statements as the priority?
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A. "I hate being so helpless. I can't even manage my own
finances anymore."
B. "At group therapy today I wanted to leave. I didn't
feeling like being with other people."
C. "I have it all figured out. Everything is going to be okay
now."
D. "I don't feel like showering. I'd rather just stay in bed
today." - Answer-C
A nurse is administering an oral sedative to a client who is
receiving care following an involuntary admission. The
client states, "I'm not taking any more medication." Which
of the following actions should the nurse take?
A. Administer the medication by another route.
B. Refer the client's refusal to the facility's ethics
committee.
C. Inform the client that, due to her involuntary admission,
she cannot refuse a sedative.
D. Document the client's refusal of the medication in the
medical record. - Answer-D
