PN ATI COMMUNICATION 2025/2026
EXAMINATION
1. While talking with a nurse, a client states, "The nurses around here are
incompetent." Which of the following responses should the nurse provide?
A. "Could you share a specific example of a nurse being incompetent?"
B. "Let's talk about the progress you have made today and not about the nurses."
C. "The nurses and doctors at this facility are highly experienced and do an
excellent job."
D. "I am doing the best I can to take care of these very ill clients." - ANSWER-
A"Could you share a specific example of a nurse being incompetent?"
2. A nurse at a skilled nursing facility is assisting with the admission of a client
who has Alzheimer's disease. While speaking with the nurse, the client's partner
begins to cry and says, "I never thought it would come to this. I feel so guilty about
bringing my husband here." Which of the following responses should the nurse
offer?
A. "If your husband understood what was happening, he would forgive you."
B. "We will take good care of him here."
C. "Admitting your husband was the right decision."
D. "This has been a difficult time for you." - ANSWER-D. "This has been a
difficult time for you.
, 3. A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia. The client tells the nurse
that he hears voices in his head right now, telling him that he has to purchase a
knife today. He states that he knows purchasing the knife will make him "do
something bad." Which of the following responses should the nurse offer?
A. "Why do you think the voices want you to buy a knife?"
B. "Do you already own any knives?"
C. "When the voices speak, do you always do what they say?"
D. "I don't hear any voices, just yours and mine. But, I understand that you are
fearful." - ANSWER-D. "I don't hear any voices, just yours and mine. But, I
understand that you are fearful."
4. A nurse is caring for a client who just learned that he has a terminal illness. He
states, "I'll deal with this after my wife and I take that cruise we've always dreamed
about." The nurse should identify that the client is demonstrating which of the
following defense mechanisms?
A. Displacement
B. Sublimation
C. Conversion
D. Suppression - ANSWER-D. Suppression
5. A client is scheduled for a lumbar puncture to rule out bacterial meningitis. She
tells the nurse that she is afraid of becoming paralyzed from the needle being
placed into her spinal column. Which of the following responses should the nurse
provide?
A. "Let's not focus on the negative. Let's focus on getting better."
B. "Why are you feeling so anxious about this procedure?"
C. "The needle is inserted below the third lumbar vertebrae, well below the point at
which the spinal cord ends."
EXAMINATION
1. While talking with a nurse, a client states, "The nurses around here are
incompetent." Which of the following responses should the nurse provide?
A. "Could you share a specific example of a nurse being incompetent?"
B. "Let's talk about the progress you have made today and not about the nurses."
C. "The nurses and doctors at this facility are highly experienced and do an
excellent job."
D. "I am doing the best I can to take care of these very ill clients." - ANSWER-
A"Could you share a specific example of a nurse being incompetent?"
2. A nurse at a skilled nursing facility is assisting with the admission of a client
who has Alzheimer's disease. While speaking with the nurse, the client's partner
begins to cry and says, "I never thought it would come to this. I feel so guilty about
bringing my husband here." Which of the following responses should the nurse
offer?
A. "If your husband understood what was happening, he would forgive you."
B. "We will take good care of him here."
C. "Admitting your husband was the right decision."
D. "This has been a difficult time for you." - ANSWER-D. "This has been a
difficult time for you.
, 3. A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia. The client tells the nurse
that he hears voices in his head right now, telling him that he has to purchase a
knife today. He states that he knows purchasing the knife will make him "do
something bad." Which of the following responses should the nurse offer?
A. "Why do you think the voices want you to buy a knife?"
B. "Do you already own any knives?"
C. "When the voices speak, do you always do what they say?"
D. "I don't hear any voices, just yours and mine. But, I understand that you are
fearful." - ANSWER-D. "I don't hear any voices, just yours and mine. But, I
understand that you are fearful."
4. A nurse is caring for a client who just learned that he has a terminal illness. He
states, "I'll deal with this after my wife and I take that cruise we've always dreamed
about." The nurse should identify that the client is demonstrating which of the
following defense mechanisms?
A. Displacement
B. Sublimation
C. Conversion
D. Suppression - ANSWER-D. Suppression
5. A client is scheduled for a lumbar puncture to rule out bacterial meningitis. She
tells the nurse that she is afraid of becoming paralyzed from the needle being
placed into her spinal column. Which of the following responses should the nurse
provide?
A. "Let's not focus on the negative. Let's focus on getting better."
B. "Why are you feeling so anxious about this procedure?"
C. "The needle is inserted below the third lumbar vertebrae, well below the point at
which the spinal cord ends."
