2024 ATI Mental Health Exam | Complete
400 Questions with Correct Answers |
Proctored | A+ Graded
Wernicke-Korsakoff Expected Finding - Answer Confusion
Heroin Intoxication Expected Finding - Answer Respiratory Depression
Reaction of Terminal Cancer Diagnosis - Answer Denial
Valproic Acid Teaching - Answer Teach the need to regularly monitor liver function
levels due to the risk of hepatotoxicity
When should Donapezil be taken? - Answer Bedtime to reduce the risks for injury due
to bradycardia and syncope
Methadone is indicated for TX of.... - Answer Opiate use disorder
Phenelzine---Finding to report - Answer Elevated BP: increases risk for hypertensive
crisis
This is an MAOI!
Acute Main---Priority Goal - Answer Maintain adequate hydration
Binge-eating expected finding - Answer Abdominal pain
Stage 4 Alzheimers expected finding - Answer Client is able to identify the names of
family members
Restricting type anorexia expected finding - Answer Decreased caloric intake due to
excessive fear of weight gain
ECT Potential Complications - Answer Cardiac arryhthmia
Cocaine intoxication expected finding - Answer Dilated pupils
Benzo---finding that would indicate questioning the provider - Answer Hypotension
Alcohol Withdrawal Medication - Answer Disulfram
Can give____________with lithium - Answer Valproic Acid
Both treat bipolar
Common adverse effect of Buspirone - Answer Dizziness
,Confusion develops...... - Answer SLOWLY with alzheimers
What food type to avoid with Disulfram - Answer Pure vanilla extract
Conduct Disorder expected finding - Answer Aggressive behavior toward others
Heroin withdrawal expected findings - Answer Muscle aches
Alcohol withdrawal expected findings - Answer Insomnia and restlessness
Mematine is used to treat - Answer Severe alzheimers
ADHD teaching - Answer Ignore child's attention seeking behaviors that are not
dangerous
Rape-Trauma Syndrome finding - Answer Report of intense guilt
Medication that is given during alcohol detox - Answer Diazepam
ECT expected findings - Answer Memory loss
Nausea
Tachycardia
ECT is given for - Answer Bipolar with rapid cycling
Vagus Nerve Stimulation adverse effects - Answer Voice changes
Dysphagia
Neck pain
Modeling - Answer Allows client to see a demonstration of appropriate behaviors in a
stressful situation. The goal is that the client will imitate the behaviors
Systemic Desentization - Answer Begins with mastering of relaxation techniques. Then
a client is exposed to increasing levels of anxiety-producing stimulus.
Flooding - Answer Exposing the client to a great deal of undesirable stimulus in an
attempt to turn off anxiety response.
Most useful for phobias
Thought Stopping - Answer Teaches a client to say "stop" when a negative thought or
compulsive behavior arises and substitute positive thought. The goal is that the client
with time will use command silently
Eye Movement Desentization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - Answer Therapy for clients
who have PTSD. Encourages eye focus on a separate stimuli while thinking of or talking
about the traumatic event
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,PTSD expected findings - Answer Hallucinations
Recurring nightmares
How is seasonal depression treated? - Answer Light therapy
Dysthymic Disorder - Answer Mild form of depression that usually has an early onset,
such as in childhood and lasts at least 2 years in length
St. John's Wort adverse effects - Answer Photosensitivity
Skin rash
Rapid heart rate
GI distress
Abdominal pain
Depressive disorders are most prevalent in... - Answer Adults between ages of 15-40
Transpersonal Communication - Answer Addresses an individual's spiritual needs and
providers interventions to meet those needs
Empathy - Answer UNDERSTANDING of feelings
Rapid Cycling - Answer 4 or more episodes of acute mania within 1 year
Bipolar I - Answer Client has at least one episode of mania alternating with major
depression
More severe
Bipolar II - Answer Client has one or more hypomanic episodes alternating with MDD
Bipolar Meds - Answer Lithium=mood stabilizer
Anticonvulsants such as Valproic Acid (Depakote), Clonazapam, Lamitcal, Gabapentin,
and Topiramate
Benzos such as Lorazepam used on a short term basis
SSRIs such as Prozac
A client in a true manic state will... - Answer Not stop moving, and does not eat or drink,
or sleep. This can become a medical emergency
Alogia - Answer Poverty of thought or speech; the client may sit with a visitor but may
only mumble or respond vaguely to questions
Avolition - Answer Lack of motivation in activities and hygiene
Grandeur - Answer Believes that she is all powerful and important, like a god
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, Somatic Delusionals - Answer Believes that his body is changing in an unusual way,
such as growing a third arm
Depersonalization - Answer Nonspecific feeling that a person has lose their identity, self
is different or unreal
Derealization - Answer Perception that environment has changed
Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF Scale) - Answer Helps to determine a client's
ability to perform ADLs and to function independently
Mileu - Answer Safe, structured environment that decreases anxiety and distracts the
client from constant thinking and hallucinations
Atypical Antipsychotics - Answer Treat BOTH positive and negative symptoms of
schizophrenia
Abilify
Geodon
Zyprexa
Seroquel
Risperdal
Clozaril (Clozapine)
Conventional Antipsychotics - Answer Treat positive symptoms of schizo
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Loxapine
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Fluphenazine
Benzos - Answer Lorazepam (ativan)
Clonazepam (Klonopin)
Positive Symptoms of Schizo (obvious) - Answer Hallucinations
Delusions
Use of clang association
Constantly waving arms (bizarre movements)
Spitting - Answer Client tends to characterize people or things as all good or all bad at
any particular moment
For example, client might say, "You are the worse person in the world!" Later that day,
she might say, "You are best, but the nurse from the last shift is terrible!"
Seen in borderline personality disorder
Cluster A Disorders - Answer Odd or eccentric traits
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400 Questions with Correct Answers |
Proctored | A+ Graded
Wernicke-Korsakoff Expected Finding - Answer Confusion
Heroin Intoxication Expected Finding - Answer Respiratory Depression
Reaction of Terminal Cancer Diagnosis - Answer Denial
Valproic Acid Teaching - Answer Teach the need to regularly monitor liver function
levels due to the risk of hepatotoxicity
When should Donapezil be taken? - Answer Bedtime to reduce the risks for injury due
to bradycardia and syncope
Methadone is indicated for TX of.... - Answer Opiate use disorder
Phenelzine---Finding to report - Answer Elevated BP: increases risk for hypertensive
crisis
This is an MAOI!
Acute Main---Priority Goal - Answer Maintain adequate hydration
Binge-eating expected finding - Answer Abdominal pain
Stage 4 Alzheimers expected finding - Answer Client is able to identify the names of
family members
Restricting type anorexia expected finding - Answer Decreased caloric intake due to
excessive fear of weight gain
ECT Potential Complications - Answer Cardiac arryhthmia
Cocaine intoxication expected finding - Answer Dilated pupils
Benzo---finding that would indicate questioning the provider - Answer Hypotension
Alcohol Withdrawal Medication - Answer Disulfram
Can give____________with lithium - Answer Valproic Acid
Both treat bipolar
Common adverse effect of Buspirone - Answer Dizziness
,Confusion develops...... - Answer SLOWLY with alzheimers
What food type to avoid with Disulfram - Answer Pure vanilla extract
Conduct Disorder expected finding - Answer Aggressive behavior toward others
Heroin withdrawal expected findings - Answer Muscle aches
Alcohol withdrawal expected findings - Answer Insomnia and restlessness
Mematine is used to treat - Answer Severe alzheimers
ADHD teaching - Answer Ignore child's attention seeking behaviors that are not
dangerous
Rape-Trauma Syndrome finding - Answer Report of intense guilt
Medication that is given during alcohol detox - Answer Diazepam
ECT expected findings - Answer Memory loss
Nausea
Tachycardia
ECT is given for - Answer Bipolar with rapid cycling
Vagus Nerve Stimulation adverse effects - Answer Voice changes
Dysphagia
Neck pain
Modeling - Answer Allows client to see a demonstration of appropriate behaviors in a
stressful situation. The goal is that the client will imitate the behaviors
Systemic Desentization - Answer Begins with mastering of relaxation techniques. Then
a client is exposed to increasing levels of anxiety-producing stimulus.
Flooding - Answer Exposing the client to a great deal of undesirable stimulus in an
attempt to turn off anxiety response.
Most useful for phobias
Thought Stopping - Answer Teaches a client to say "stop" when a negative thought or
compulsive behavior arises and substitute positive thought. The goal is that the client
with time will use command silently
Eye Movement Desentization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - Answer Therapy for clients
who have PTSD. Encourages eye focus on a separate stimuli while thinking of or talking
about the traumatic event
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,PTSD expected findings - Answer Hallucinations
Recurring nightmares
How is seasonal depression treated? - Answer Light therapy
Dysthymic Disorder - Answer Mild form of depression that usually has an early onset,
such as in childhood and lasts at least 2 years in length
St. John's Wort adverse effects - Answer Photosensitivity
Skin rash
Rapid heart rate
GI distress
Abdominal pain
Depressive disorders are most prevalent in... - Answer Adults between ages of 15-40
Transpersonal Communication - Answer Addresses an individual's spiritual needs and
providers interventions to meet those needs
Empathy - Answer UNDERSTANDING of feelings
Rapid Cycling - Answer 4 or more episodes of acute mania within 1 year
Bipolar I - Answer Client has at least one episode of mania alternating with major
depression
More severe
Bipolar II - Answer Client has one or more hypomanic episodes alternating with MDD
Bipolar Meds - Answer Lithium=mood stabilizer
Anticonvulsants such as Valproic Acid (Depakote), Clonazapam, Lamitcal, Gabapentin,
and Topiramate
Benzos such as Lorazepam used on a short term basis
SSRIs such as Prozac
A client in a true manic state will... - Answer Not stop moving, and does not eat or drink,
or sleep. This can become a medical emergency
Alogia - Answer Poverty of thought or speech; the client may sit with a visitor but may
only mumble or respond vaguely to questions
Avolition - Answer Lack of motivation in activities and hygiene
Grandeur - Answer Believes that she is all powerful and important, like a god
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, Somatic Delusionals - Answer Believes that his body is changing in an unusual way,
such as growing a third arm
Depersonalization - Answer Nonspecific feeling that a person has lose their identity, self
is different or unreal
Derealization - Answer Perception that environment has changed
Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF Scale) - Answer Helps to determine a client's
ability to perform ADLs and to function independently
Mileu - Answer Safe, structured environment that decreases anxiety and distracts the
client from constant thinking and hallucinations
Atypical Antipsychotics - Answer Treat BOTH positive and negative symptoms of
schizophrenia
Abilify
Geodon
Zyprexa
Seroquel
Risperdal
Clozaril (Clozapine)
Conventional Antipsychotics - Answer Treat positive symptoms of schizo
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Loxapine
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Fluphenazine
Benzos - Answer Lorazepam (ativan)
Clonazepam (Klonopin)
Positive Symptoms of Schizo (obvious) - Answer Hallucinations
Delusions
Use of clang association
Constantly waving arms (bizarre movements)
Spitting - Answer Client tends to characterize people or things as all good or all bad at
any particular moment
For example, client might say, "You are the worse person in the world!" Later that day,
she might say, "You are best, but the nurse from the last shift is terrible!"
Seen in borderline personality disorder
Cluster A Disorders - Answer Odd or eccentric traits
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