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ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED EXAM
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {73 Q & A}
ALREADY GRADED A+ | BRAND NEW!
A nurse is planning overall strategies to address problems for a
client who
has a borderline personality disorder. Which of the following
strategies is thed
priority for the nurse to incorporate into the plan of care?
a. discuss the appropriate use of assertive behavior with the
client
b. encourage the client to attend weekly support group meetings
c. assist the client to maintain awareness of her thoughts and
feelings
d. implement measures to prevent intentional self-inflicted
injury- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d. implement measures to prevent
intentional self-inflicted injury
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A nurse is admitting a client who has a generalized anxiety
disorder. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to
take first?
a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
b. Determine how the client handles stress.
c. Teach the client to use guided imagery.
d. Ask the client to identify her strengths- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a.
Provide the client with a quiet environment
A nurse is conducting an admission interview with a client who is
experiencing mania. Which of the following should the nurse
report to the provider?
a. States that he hasn't bathed in 2 days
b. Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
c. Makes inappropriate sexual comments.
d. Speaks in rhyming sentences.- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. Reports
eating twice in the past two weeks.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has obsessive-
compulsive disorder. Which of the following recommendation
should the nurse include in the client's plan of care?
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a. Validation therapy
b. Thought stopping
c. Operant conditioning
d. Reality orientation therapy- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. Thought
stopping
A nurse is caring for a client who has bipolar disorder and is
experiencing a manic episode. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take?
a. Encourage the client to join group activities
b. Dim the lights in the client's room
c. Provide detailed explanations to the client
d. Administer methylphenidate- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. Dim the
lights in the client's room
A nurse is leading a crisis intervention group for adolescents
who witnessed the suicide of a classmate. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take first?
a. Initiate referrals
b. Review community resources
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c. Identify prior coping skills
d. Discuss the importance of confidentiality- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c.
Identify prior coping skills
A nurse overhears a client saying"I am a spy, a spy for the FBI .I
am an I,an eye for an eye in the sky. Sky is up high." The nurse
should document the client's statement as which of the following
speech alterations?
a. Echolalia
b. Word salad
c. Neologism
d. Clang association- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d. Clang association
An older adult client is brought to the mental health clinic by her
daughter. The daughter reports that her mother is not eating and
seems uninterested in routine activities. The daughter states "Im
so worried that my mother is depressed" which of the following
responses should the nurse make?
a. Everyone gets depressed from time to time.
b. You shouldn't worry about this because the depressive
disorder is easily treated.
ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED EXAM
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {73 Q & A}
ALREADY GRADED A+ | BRAND NEW!
A nurse is planning overall strategies to address problems for a
client who
has a borderline personality disorder. Which of the following
strategies is thed
priority for the nurse to incorporate into the plan of care?
a. discuss the appropriate use of assertive behavior with the
client
b. encourage the client to attend weekly support group meetings
c. assist the client to maintain awareness of her thoughts and
feelings
d. implement measures to prevent intentional self-inflicted
injury- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d. implement measures to prevent
intentional self-inflicted injury
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A nurse is admitting a client who has a generalized anxiety
disorder. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to
take first?
a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
b. Determine how the client handles stress.
c. Teach the client to use guided imagery.
d. Ask the client to identify her strengths- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a.
Provide the client with a quiet environment
A nurse is conducting an admission interview with a client who is
experiencing mania. Which of the following should the nurse
report to the provider?
a. States that he hasn't bathed in 2 days
b. Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
c. Makes inappropriate sexual comments.
d. Speaks in rhyming sentences.- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. Reports
eating twice in the past two weeks.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has obsessive-
compulsive disorder. Which of the following recommendation
should the nurse include in the client's plan of care?
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a. Validation therapy
b. Thought stopping
c. Operant conditioning
d. Reality orientation therapy- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. Thought
stopping
A nurse is caring for a client who has bipolar disorder and is
experiencing a manic episode. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take?
a. Encourage the client to join group activities
b. Dim the lights in the client's room
c. Provide detailed explanations to the client
d. Administer methylphenidate- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. Dim the
lights in the client's room
A nurse is leading a crisis intervention group for adolescents
who witnessed the suicide of a classmate. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take first?
a. Initiate referrals
b. Review community resources
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c. Identify prior coping skills
d. Discuss the importance of confidentiality- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c.
Identify prior coping skills
A nurse overhears a client saying"I am a spy, a spy for the FBI .I
am an I,an eye for an eye in the sky. Sky is up high." The nurse
should document the client's statement as which of the following
speech alterations?
a. Echolalia
b. Word salad
c. Neologism
d. Clang association- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d. Clang association
An older adult client is brought to the mental health clinic by her
daughter. The daughter reports that her mother is not eating and
seems uninterested in routine activities. The daughter states "Im
so worried that my mother is depressed" which of the following
responses should the nurse make?
a. Everyone gets depressed from time to time.
b. You shouldn't worry about this because the depressive
disorder is easily treated.
