NGN ATI MENTAL HEALTH [] PROCTORED EXAM ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 70+ QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+

NGN ATI MENTAL HEALTH [2025-2026] PROCTORED
EXAM ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 70+ QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+




1. 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



,2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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 skills

6. 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

d. Clang association ANS >> d. Clang association

7. An older adult client is brought to the mental health clinic by her daughter.
The daughter reports that her mother is not eating and seems uninterested
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, in routine activities. The daughter states "Im so worried that my mother is
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y


Ydepressed" which of the following responses should the nurse make?
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y




a. Everyone gets depressed from time to time. Y Y Y Y Y Y




b. You shouldn't worry about this because the depressive disorder is easily
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y


treated.
Y




c. Older adults are usually diagnosed with the depressive disorder as they
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y


age.
Y




d. Tell me the reasons you think your mother is depressed.
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ANS Y>> YYd.YTell
Y


me the reasons you think your mother is depressed.
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y




8. A nurse is planning care for an adolescent who has autism spectrum
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y


disorder.Which of the following outcomes should the nurse include in the plan
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y


care?
Y




a. Meets own needs without manipulating others.
Y Y Y Y Y




b. Initiates social interactions with caregivers.
Y Y Y Y




c. Changes behavior as a result of peer pressure. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y




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