ATI PREDICTOR SECTION 3
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
2026
ATI predictor Form A start pg 143
# Term Definition
1 How would you provide care and
support for client with gambling 1) Provide emotional support and reassurance to the
dependency? client and family 2) Begin to educate the client about
addition and the initial treatment goal of abstinence
3)Begin to develop motivation and commitment for
abstinence and recovery 4)Encourage self-responsibility
5) help the client develop an emergency plan
2 what is an emergency plan?
a list of things the client would do and people he would
contact if he felt like using or actually use.
3 1) CBT 2) psychodynamic therapies
What are the example of individual
psychotherapies?
4 relapse prevention therapy.
Individual psychotherapies are used for-
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5 How do individual psychotherapies help
clients? 1) teach the client to recognize s/s of relapse and
factors that contribute to relapse. 2) helps the client
develop strategies such as meditating, exercising to
create feelings of pleasure from activities other than
using substances or from process addictions.
6 What is group therapy?
Group of clients with similar dx may meet in an outpt
setting and within mental health residential facilities.
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7 What family therapy does?
1) teaches families about abuse of substances 2)
educates the family regarding such issues as family
coping, problem solving, relapse signs, and availability of
support groups
8 What is self-help groups?
12-step programs including AA, NA, Gambler's
anonymous teach that abstinence is necessary for
recovery and use the belief in a higher power to assist
in recovery.
# Term Definition
9 What are the interventions in crisis
management? 1) provide for client safety 2) Use strategies to decrease
anxiety 3)teach relaxation techniques 4) use problem
solving to anticipate the client's needs (anticipatory
guidance); identify and teach coping skills 5) assist the
client with the development of an action plan 6)
identify and coordinate with support agencies and
other resources 7) plan and provide for follow up care
10 How would you provide for client safety
in crisis management? 1) ensure that external controls such as hospitalization
are applied for protection of the person in crisis if the
individual has suicidal or homicidal thoughts 2) organize
interventions so tangible threats are addressed first
11 What are the strategies you use to
decrease anxiety in crisis? 1) develop a therapeutic nurse-client
relationship 2)listen, observe, and ask questions 3) make
eye contact 4) ask questions r/t the client's feelings 5)
ask questions related to the event
12 how an action plan should be in crisis
intervention? 1) short term no longer than 24-72 hours 2) focused on
the crisis 3) realistic and manageable
13 What are advance directives?
Advance directives are legal documents for medical
treatment per the client's wishes.
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14 What is durable power of attorney for
An agent appointed by the client or the courts to make
health care?
medical decisions when the client is no longer able to
do so.
15 How to provide support to the family,
whose loved one are dying, regarding The nurse must consider the desires of the client and
decision making? the family. Any decisions must be shared with other
HCP for smooth transition during this time of stress,
grief, and bereavement.
16 1) alcohol 2) drugs of abuse 3) caffeine
What are the substances that can lead
to an episodes of mania?
17 What is the s/s of relapse for bipolar
disorder patient? Sleep disturbances may come before, be associated
with, or brought on by an episodes of mania.
# Term Definition
18 recognizing s/s of impaired cognition
S/S: impairment in memory, judgment, ability to focus,
and ability to calculate.restless, agitation are common.
Sundowning may occur.
19 S/s of delirium
1) cognition impairments may fluctuate throughout the
day 2) LOC may be altered. 3) behaviors may increase or
decrease daily
20 S/s of dementia
1) impairments not change throughout the day
2) LOC unchanged 3) behaviors remain stable
21 What are the effects of amnestic
disorder? 1) decreased awareness of surroundings 2) inability to
learn new info despite normal attention 3) possible
disorientation to place and time 4) typically there is no
personality change or impairment in abstract thinking
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
2026
ATI predictor Form A start pg 143
# Term Definition
1 How would you provide care and
support for client with gambling 1) Provide emotional support and reassurance to the
dependency? client and family 2) Begin to educate the client about
addition and the initial treatment goal of abstinence
3)Begin to develop motivation and commitment for
abstinence and recovery 4)Encourage self-responsibility
5) help the client develop an emergency plan
2 what is an emergency plan?
a list of things the client would do and people he would
contact if he felt like using or actually use.
3 1) CBT 2) psychodynamic therapies
What are the example of individual
psychotherapies?
4 relapse prevention therapy.
Individual psychotherapies are used for-
-----
5 How do individual psychotherapies help
clients? 1) teach the client to recognize s/s of relapse and
factors that contribute to relapse. 2) helps the client
develop strategies such as meditating, exercising to
create feelings of pleasure from activities other than
using substances or from process addictions.
6 What is group therapy?
Group of clients with similar dx may meet in an outpt
setting and within mental health residential facilities.
,ATI PREDICTOR SECTION 3
7 What family therapy does?
1) teaches families about abuse of substances 2)
educates the family regarding such issues as family
coping, problem solving, relapse signs, and availability of
support groups
8 What is self-help groups?
12-step programs including AA, NA, Gambler's
anonymous teach that abstinence is necessary for
recovery and use the belief in a higher power to assist
in recovery.
# Term Definition
9 What are the interventions in crisis
management? 1) provide for client safety 2) Use strategies to decrease
anxiety 3)teach relaxation techniques 4) use problem
solving to anticipate the client's needs (anticipatory
guidance); identify and teach coping skills 5) assist the
client with the development of an action plan 6)
identify and coordinate with support agencies and
other resources 7) plan and provide for follow up care
10 How would you provide for client safety
in crisis management? 1) ensure that external controls such as hospitalization
are applied for protection of the person in crisis if the
individual has suicidal or homicidal thoughts 2) organize
interventions so tangible threats are addressed first
11 What are the strategies you use to
decrease anxiety in crisis? 1) develop a therapeutic nurse-client
relationship 2)listen, observe, and ask questions 3) make
eye contact 4) ask questions r/t the client's feelings 5)
ask questions related to the event
12 how an action plan should be in crisis
intervention? 1) short term no longer than 24-72 hours 2) focused on
the crisis 3) realistic and manageable
13 What are advance directives?
Advance directives are legal documents for medical
treatment per the client's wishes.
, ATI PREDICTOR SECTION 3
14 What is durable power of attorney for
An agent appointed by the client or the courts to make
health care?
medical decisions when the client is no longer able to
do so.
15 How to provide support to the family,
whose loved one are dying, regarding The nurse must consider the desires of the client and
decision making? the family. Any decisions must be shared with other
HCP for smooth transition during this time of stress,
grief, and bereavement.
16 1) alcohol 2) drugs of abuse 3) caffeine
What are the substances that can lead
to an episodes of mania?
17 What is the s/s of relapse for bipolar
disorder patient? Sleep disturbances may come before, be associated
with, or brought on by an episodes of mania.
# Term Definition
18 recognizing s/s of impaired cognition
S/S: impairment in memory, judgment, ability to focus,
and ability to calculate.restless, agitation are common.
Sundowning may occur.
19 S/s of delirium
1) cognition impairments may fluctuate throughout the
day 2) LOC may be altered. 3) behaviors may increase or
decrease daily
20 S/s of dementia
1) impairments not change throughout the day
2) LOC unchanged 3) behaviors remain stable
21 What are the effects of amnestic
disorder? 1) decreased awareness of surroundings 2) inability to
learn new info despite normal attention 3) possible
disorientation to place and time 4) typically there is no
personality change or impairment in abstract thinking
