2024/2025 ATI MENTAL HEALTH
PROCTORED EXAM |
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QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
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A registered nurse in the emergency department is caring for a service
user who reports feeling sad, worthless, and hopeless 9 months after
the death of her son. Which of the following actions should the
registered nurse take first?
a. Request a mental health consult for the service user.
b. Ask the service user if she has thought about harming herself.
c. Encourage the service user to attend a grief support group.
d. Discuss the service users coping skills. - ✔✔✔ >
c. Encourage the service user to attend a grief support group.
A registered nurse is talking to a service user following a group therapy
session. The service user tells the registered nurse that one of the
other service users in the group made an inappropriate comment.
Which of the following responses should the registered nurse make?
,a. "I think you should ignore the comment"
b. "You sound upset about today's session"
c. "Why do you think that he said that to you?"
d. "I agree that the comment was inappropriate" - ✔✔✔ > b.
"You sound upset about today's session"
A registered nurse is providing teaching for a newly licensed registered
nurse about the constructive use of defense mechanism. Which of the
following examples should the registered nurse include in the
teaching?
a. A student who is upset with her teacher writes a story
about an excellent student
b. A school-age child whose mother died 2 years ago talks about
her in present tense.
c. A woman who has health concern postpones a medical
appointment until after a vacation.
d. An adult who was sexually abused as a child is unable to
remember the incident - ✔✔✔ > a. A student who is upset with
her teacher writes a story about an excellent student
,A registered nurse is caring for a service user who has borderline
personality disorder and has been engaging in self- mutilation. The
registered nurse should encourage the service user to participate in
which of the following groups.
a. Dual diagnosis treatment group
b. Dialectical Behavior treatment group
c. Desensitization therapy - ✔✔✔ > b. Dialectical
Behavior treatment group
The registered nurse is reviewing the medication administration
record of a service user who has schizophrenia. The registered nurse
should plan to initiate the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale to
monitor for adverse effects of which of the following medications.?
a. Amantadine
b. Diphenhydramine
c. Benztropine
d. Haloperidol - ✔✔✔ > d. Haloperidol
A registered nurse is counseling a service user following the death of a
service user's partner 8 months ago. Which of the following service
user statements indicates maladaptive grieving?
a. I am so sorry for the times I was angry with my partner.
, b. I find myself thinking about my partner often.
c. I still don't feel up to returning to work.
d. I like looking at his personal items in the closet. - ✔✔✔ > c. I
still don't feel up to returning to work.
A registered nurse is caring for a service user who has borderline
personality disorder. Which of the following outcomes should the
registered nurse include in the treatment plan?
a. The service user will report a decrease in hallucinations.
b. The service user will communicate needs
c. The service user will verbalize improved mood
d. The service user will attend to personal hygiene. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer
> c. The service user will verbalize improved mood
A registered nurse is caring for a service user who is prescribed
massage therapy to treat panic disorder. The service user states "I can't
stand to be touched by another person." Which of the following
responses should the registered nurse make?
a. Why don't you like to be touched by others
b. Don't worry about it. Your anxiety will lessen once the
massage begins.
C. I will tell your provider you would like a treatment other than a
massage.
PROCTORED EXAM |
NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ | 100% PASS | 2025 UPDATE!
A registered nurse in the emergency department is caring for a service
user who reports feeling sad, worthless, and hopeless 9 months after
the death of her son. Which of the following actions should the
registered nurse take first?
a. Request a mental health consult for the service user.
b. Ask the service user if she has thought about harming herself.
c. Encourage the service user to attend a grief support group.
d. Discuss the service users coping skills. - ✔✔✔ >
c. Encourage the service user to attend a grief support group.
A registered nurse is talking to a service user following a group therapy
session. The service user tells the registered nurse that one of the
other service users in the group made an inappropriate comment.
Which of the following responses should the registered nurse make?
,a. "I think you should ignore the comment"
b. "You sound upset about today's session"
c. "Why do you think that he said that to you?"
d. "I agree that the comment was inappropriate" - ✔✔✔ > b.
"You sound upset about today's session"
A registered nurse is providing teaching for a newly licensed registered
nurse about the constructive use of defense mechanism. Which of the
following examples should the registered nurse include in the
teaching?
a. A student who is upset with her teacher writes a story
about an excellent student
b. A school-age child whose mother died 2 years ago talks about
her in present tense.
c. A woman who has health concern postpones a medical
appointment until after a vacation.
d. An adult who was sexually abused as a child is unable to
remember the incident - ✔✔✔ > a. A student who is upset with
her teacher writes a story about an excellent student
,A registered nurse is caring for a service user who has borderline
personality disorder and has been engaging in self- mutilation. The
registered nurse should encourage the service user to participate in
which of the following groups.
a. Dual diagnosis treatment group
b. Dialectical Behavior treatment group
c. Desensitization therapy - ✔✔✔ > b. Dialectical
Behavior treatment group
The registered nurse is reviewing the medication administration
record of a service user who has schizophrenia. The registered nurse
should plan to initiate the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale to
monitor for adverse effects of which of the following medications.?
a. Amantadine
b. Diphenhydramine
c. Benztropine
d. Haloperidol - ✔✔✔ > d. Haloperidol
A registered nurse is counseling a service user following the death of a
service user's partner 8 months ago. Which of the following service
user statements indicates maladaptive grieving?
a. I am so sorry for the times I was angry with my partner.
, b. I find myself thinking about my partner often.
c. I still don't feel up to returning to work.
d. I like looking at his personal items in the closet. - ✔✔✔ > c. I
still don't feel up to returning to work.
A registered nurse is caring for a service user who has borderline
personality disorder. Which of the following outcomes should the
registered nurse include in the treatment plan?
a. The service user will report a decrease in hallucinations.
b. The service user will communicate needs
c. The service user will verbalize improved mood
d. The service user will attend to personal hygiene. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer
> c. The service user will verbalize improved mood
A registered nurse is caring for a service user who is prescribed
massage therapy to treat panic disorder. The service user states "I can't
stand to be touched by another person." Which of the following
responses should the registered nurse make?
a. Why don't you like to be touched by others
b. Don't worry about it. Your anxiety will lessen once the
massage begins.
C. I will tell your provider you would like a treatment other than a
massage.
