ATI MENTAL HEALTH STUDY EXAMS GUIDE ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Autonomic Nervous system - ✔✔- responsible for homeostasis
- Has sympathetic and parasympathetic effects impacting the pupils of the eyes as well
as the circulatory, respiratory, GI, GU, and integumentary systems.
✔✔Schizophrenia - ✔✔- command hallucinations- hear voices telling them to hurt self or
others (at risk of injury to self and others)
- lack of motivation to perform daily tasks
-feelings of absence of self-worth.
-impaired ability to communicate with others.
✔✔positive coping mechanisms - ✔✔relaxation techniques
✔✔Depression - ✔✔-slowed response- allow time for client to respond and comprehend
and formulate answer and question
-Severe depression- at risk for self-harm and feel isolated- nurse should not move this
client to a private room
- clients with medical illness, presence of a negative life event, single, and female are at
an increased risk
-
, ✔✔Blended family - ✔✔two adults and their children from prior relationships in the same
household.
✔✔Boundary issue - ✔✔no distinctions between the roles of family members
-older children responsible for younger siblings (enmeshed boundaries)
✔✔Appropriate behavior for an adolescent - ✔✔question authority
✔✔Light therapy - ✔✔indicated for seasonal affective disorder
- wear sunglasses when outdoors because light therapy or phototherapy can cause
eyestrain and sensitivity to light.
✔✔Benztropine - ✔✔- used to treat parkinsonism manifestations, such as shuffling gait
-anticholinergic agent used to relieve extrapyramidal adverse effect of chlorpromazine.
✔✔Adverse effect of conventional antipsychotics - ✔✔-orthostatic hypotension
- agranulocytosis
-blurred vision (adverse anticholinergic effect)
✔✔Conduct disorder management - ✔✔-PRIORITY for destructive behavior-
therapeutic holding technique to de-escalate the behavior and prevent injury
-Assist client to perform relaxation breathing
-promote attendance at an assertiveness training group
-encourage the child to express feelings in order to acknowledge them
✔✔St John's wort - ✔✔-herbal preparation that decreases the reuptake of serotonin,
taking St. John's wort with another medication that also inhibits the reuptake of
serotonin, such as paroxetine, places client at risk for serotonin syndrome.
✔✔Saw palmetto - ✔✔-used to treat BPH
✔✔Echinacea - ✔✔enhances immune function
✔✔Gingko - ✔✔used to relieve pain from peripheral arterial disease
✔✔Grief counseling - ✔✔-suggest forming weekly support groups for parents who have
experienced loss of a child
-support groups are a positive resource in the process of recovery for parents who have
lost a child
- siblings also experience feelings of intense grief and need to know it is acceptable for
the family to grieve together.
-important that parents share their grief and communicate their needs to decrease the
likelihood of marital upset
- Don't place time frame on grief process,places parents at risk for further problems
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Autonomic Nervous system - ✔✔- responsible for homeostasis
- Has sympathetic and parasympathetic effects impacting the pupils of the eyes as well
as the circulatory, respiratory, GI, GU, and integumentary systems.
✔✔Schizophrenia - ✔✔- command hallucinations- hear voices telling them to hurt self or
others (at risk of injury to self and others)
- lack of motivation to perform daily tasks
-feelings of absence of self-worth.
-impaired ability to communicate with others.
✔✔positive coping mechanisms - ✔✔relaxation techniques
✔✔Depression - ✔✔-slowed response- allow time for client to respond and comprehend
and formulate answer and question
-Severe depression- at risk for self-harm and feel isolated- nurse should not move this
client to a private room
- clients with medical illness, presence of a negative life event, single, and female are at
an increased risk
-
, ✔✔Blended family - ✔✔two adults and their children from prior relationships in the same
household.
✔✔Boundary issue - ✔✔no distinctions between the roles of family members
-older children responsible for younger siblings (enmeshed boundaries)
✔✔Appropriate behavior for an adolescent - ✔✔question authority
✔✔Light therapy - ✔✔indicated for seasonal affective disorder
- wear sunglasses when outdoors because light therapy or phototherapy can cause
eyestrain and sensitivity to light.
✔✔Benztropine - ✔✔- used to treat parkinsonism manifestations, such as shuffling gait
-anticholinergic agent used to relieve extrapyramidal adverse effect of chlorpromazine.
✔✔Adverse effect of conventional antipsychotics - ✔✔-orthostatic hypotension
- agranulocytosis
-blurred vision (adverse anticholinergic effect)
✔✔Conduct disorder management - ✔✔-PRIORITY for destructive behavior-
therapeutic holding technique to de-escalate the behavior and prevent injury
-Assist client to perform relaxation breathing
-promote attendance at an assertiveness training group
-encourage the child to express feelings in order to acknowledge them
✔✔St John's wort - ✔✔-herbal preparation that decreases the reuptake of serotonin,
taking St. John's wort with another medication that also inhibits the reuptake of
serotonin, such as paroxetine, places client at risk for serotonin syndrome.
✔✔Saw palmetto - ✔✔-used to treat BPH
✔✔Echinacea - ✔✔enhances immune function
✔✔Gingko - ✔✔used to relieve pain from peripheral arterial disease
✔✔Grief counseling - ✔✔-suggest forming weekly support groups for parents who have
experienced loss of a child
-support groups are a positive resource in the process of recovery for parents who have
lost a child
- siblings also experience feelings of intense grief and need to know it is acceptable for
the family to grieve together.
-important that parents share their grief and communicate their needs to decrease the
likelihood of marital upset
- Don't place time frame on grief process,places parents at risk for further problems
