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ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED EXAM
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {70 Q & A}
ALREADY GRADED A+ | BRAND NEW!
1. A nurse is admitting a client who has schizophrenia. During the
initial interview, the client takes off his belt and screams, "A
snake!" Which of the following responses is appropriate?
a. "You know that is you belt and not a snake, don't you?"
b. "Your belt doesn't look like a snake."
c. "This is your belt. I understand how this is scary for you."
d. "Why do you think your belt is a snake?" - - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > C
A nurse working in the emergency department is assessing a
client who has generalized anxiety disorder. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take first?
A)Move the client to a quiet area
B)Allow the client time to express his feelings
C)Instruct the client to use guided imagery
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D)Assist the client to identify his coping skills - - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > A
A nurse is caring for a client who has dementia. Which of the
following is an appropriate nursing intervention?
A) Encourage the client to make choices regarding care.
B) Advise family to visit frequently as a group
C) Maintain a low-stimulation environment
D) Assign several tasks at the same time. - - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > C
A nurse is counseling an adult client whose parent just died. The
client states, "My son is 4, and I don't know how h
n he finds out that his grandpa died." The nurse should inform the
client that the preschool-age child commonly has which of the
following concepts of death?
a. Death is contagious and can cause other people he loves to die
b. Death creates an interest in the physical aspects of dying
c. Death is not permanent and the loved one may come back to
life. d. Death is a part of life that eventually happens to everyone.
- - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C
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A nurse in the emergency department is admitting a client who
has a history of alcohol use disorder. The client has a blood
alcohol level of 0.26 g/dL. The nurse should anticipate a
prescription for which of the following medications? (p. 156)
a. Chlordiazepoxide
b. Disulfram
c. Acamprosate
d. Naltrexone - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A
6. A nurse is advising an assistive personnel (AP) on the care of
a client who has major depressive disorder. The AP states that
he is irritated by the client's depression. Which of the following
statements by the nurse is appropriate?
a. "Please don't take what the client said seriously when she is
depressed"
b. "I'll change your assignment to someone who doesn't have
depressive disorder."
c. "It's important that the client feel safe verbalizing how she is
feeling."
d. "Everybody feels that way about this client, so don't worry
about it." - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C
7. A nurse is caring for a client who reports he is angry with his
partner because she thinks he is trying to seek attention. When
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the nurse questions the client, he becomes angry and tells her to
leave. Which of the following defense mechanisms is the client
demonstrating? (p. 30)
a. Compensation
b. Displacement
c. Denial - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > B
A nurse working in a mental health facility has just put a client in
provider-prescribed seclusion. Which of the following is
the nurse required to document? (Select all that apply)
a. The client's feelings about being secluded
B.The client's behaviors that resulted in the need for seclusion
c. Previous interventions used to prevent the need for seclusion
d. The client's vital signs
e. Thetimethecliententeredseclusion - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
BCDE
9. A nurse is assessing a client who has major depressive
disorder. The client states, "I may as well be dead. I have always
been a failure." Which of the following is an appropriate response
by the nurse?
a. "Let's discuss these feelings further."
ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED EXAM
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {70 Q & A}
ALREADY GRADED A+ | BRAND NEW!
1. A nurse is admitting a client who has schizophrenia. During the
initial interview, the client takes off his belt and screams, "A
snake!" Which of the following responses is appropriate?
a. "You know that is you belt and not a snake, don't you?"
b. "Your belt doesn't look like a snake."
c. "This is your belt. I understand how this is scary for you."
d. "Why do you think your belt is a snake?" - - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > C
A nurse working in the emergency department is assessing a
client who has generalized anxiety disorder. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take first?
A)Move the client to a quiet area
B)Allow the client time to express his feelings
C)Instruct the client to use guided imagery
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D)Assist the client to identify his coping skills - - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > A
A nurse is caring for a client who has dementia. Which of the
following is an appropriate nursing intervention?
A) Encourage the client to make choices regarding care.
B) Advise family to visit frequently as a group
C) Maintain a low-stimulation environment
D) Assign several tasks at the same time. - - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > C
A nurse is counseling an adult client whose parent just died. The
client states, "My son is 4, and I don't know how h
n he finds out that his grandpa died." The nurse should inform the
client that the preschool-age child commonly has which of the
following concepts of death?
a. Death is contagious and can cause other people he loves to die
b. Death creates an interest in the physical aspects of dying
c. Death is not permanent and the loved one may come back to
life. d. Death is a part of life that eventually happens to everyone.
- - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C
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A nurse in the emergency department is admitting a client who
has a history of alcohol use disorder. The client has a blood
alcohol level of 0.26 g/dL. The nurse should anticipate a
prescription for which of the following medications? (p. 156)
a. Chlordiazepoxide
b. Disulfram
c. Acamprosate
d. Naltrexone - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A
6. A nurse is advising an assistive personnel (AP) on the care of
a client who has major depressive disorder. The AP states that
he is irritated by the client's depression. Which of the following
statements by the nurse is appropriate?
a. "Please don't take what the client said seriously when she is
depressed"
b. "I'll change your assignment to someone who doesn't have
depressive disorder."
c. "It's important that the client feel safe verbalizing how she is
feeling."
d. "Everybody feels that way about this client, so don't worry
about it." - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C
7. A nurse is caring for a client who reports he is angry with his
partner because she thinks he is trying to seek attention. When
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the nurse questions the client, he becomes angry and tells her to
leave. Which of the following defense mechanisms is the client
demonstrating? (p. 30)
a. Compensation
b. Displacement
c. Denial - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > B
A nurse working in a mental health facility has just put a client in
provider-prescribed seclusion. Which of the following is
the nurse required to document? (Select all that apply)
a. The client's feelings about being secluded
B.The client's behaviors that resulted in the need for seclusion
c. Previous interventions used to prevent the need for seclusion
d. The client's vital signs
e. Thetimethecliententeredseclusion - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
BCDE
9. A nurse is assessing a client who has major depressive
disorder. The client states, "I may as well be dead. I have always
been a failure." Which of the following is an appropriate response
by the nurse?
a. "Let's discuss these feelings further."
