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PN ATI Communication Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers
Question: 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?"
Question: 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.
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Question: 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."
Question: 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
Question: 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?
PN ATI Communication Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers
Question: 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?"
Question: 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.
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Question: 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."
Question: 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
Question: 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?
