Mental Health ATI Exam Updated 2022 +
Rationale.
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1. A nurse is providing teaching about confidentiality with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the
following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching?
a. "The courts might require me to discuss confidential information."
b. "I am required to provide confidential information to insurance companies."
c. "If questioned during a police investigation, I am required to divulge confidential information."
d. "I am legally allowed to discuss confidential information with the client's former therapist."
2. A nurse in an emergency department is performing an assessment on a client who reports being
sexually assaulted. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
a. Ask the client for permission to take photographs.
b. Document the client's verbatim statements.
c. Provide community sexual assault support contacts.
d. Determine any physical signs of injury.
3. A nurse is caring for a client who was admitted to the facility in critical condition following a
cerebrovascular accident. The client's son says to the nurse, "I wish I could stay, but I need to go
home to see how my children are doing. I really hate to leave." Which of the following responses
should the nurse make?
a. "Perhaps you could call your children to see how they are doing."
b. "Don't worry. We'll take good care of your parent while you are gone."
c. "You are feeling drawn in two separate directions."
d. "There's nothing you can do here. You should go home to your children."
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, 4. A nurse is assessing a client who has a mood disorder to determine his readiness for discharge.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates he is ready for discharge?
a. "Right now, I can't bathe or dress myself, but that's not important."
b. "When I get home, I'm going to let the people who put me here know how angry I am."
c. "I will take my medicines as I should & know to call the number you gave me if I have bad thoughts."
d. "Taking care of myself is important, but it's okay if I want to take a break & not do anything."
5. A charge nurse overhears another nurse talking with a client who has schizophrenia. Suddenly
the client yells, "I am the devil! I am God! Open the gate for me!" Which of the following replies
by the nurse requires intervention?
a. "It sounds frightening to feel like both God & the devil at the same time."
b. "I don't understand. Can you tell me what that means?"
c. "Are you saying that you are both good & bad?"
d. "There is no gate for me to open."
6. A nurse is caring for a client who has been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
& is constantly picking up after others in the day room. The nurse should recognize that the
client uses this behavior to do which of the following?
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a. Limit the amount of time available to interact with others.
b. Focus attention on meaningful tasks.
c. Manipulate & control others' behaviors.
d. Decrease anxiety to a tolerable level.Answer
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Rationale.
Full file at: https://www.stuvia.com/doc/1462022/answered-and-explained-mental-health-ati-exam-
updated-2022-rationale.
1. A nurse is providing teaching about confidentiality with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the
following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching?
a. "The courts might require me to discuss confidential information."
b. "I am required to provide confidential information to insurance companies."
c. "If questioned during a police investigation, I am required to divulge confidential information."
d. "I am legally allowed to discuss confidential information with the client's former therapist."
2. A nurse in an emergency department is performing an assessment on a client who reports being
sexually assaulted. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
a. Ask the client for permission to take photographs.
b. Document the client's verbatim statements.
c. Provide community sexual assault support contacts.
d. Determine any physical signs of injury.
3. A nurse is caring for a client who was admitted to the facility in critical condition following a
cerebrovascular accident. The client's son says to the nurse, "I wish I could stay, but I need to go
home to see how my children are doing. I really hate to leave." Which of the following responses
should the nurse make?
a. "Perhaps you could call your children to see how they are doing."
b. "Don't worry. We'll take good care of your parent while you are gone."
c. "You are feeling drawn in two separate directions."
d. "There's nothing you can do here. You should go home to your children."
Full file at: https://www.stuvia.com/doc/1462022/answered-and-explained-mental-health-ati-exam-
updated-2022-rationale.
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, 4. A nurse is assessing a client who has a mood disorder to determine his readiness for discharge.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates he is ready for discharge?
a. "Right now, I can't bathe or dress myself, but that's not important."
b. "When I get home, I'm going to let the people who put me here know how angry I am."
c. "I will take my medicines as I should & know to call the number you gave me if I have bad thoughts."
d. "Taking care of myself is important, but it's okay if I want to take a break & not do anything."
5. A charge nurse overhears another nurse talking with a client who has schizophrenia. Suddenly
the client yells, "I am the devil! I am God! Open the gate for me!" Which of the following replies
by the nurse requires intervention?
a. "It sounds frightening to feel like both God & the devil at the same time."
b. "I don't understand. Can you tell me what that means?"
c. "Are you saying that you are both good & bad?"
d. "There is no gate for me to open."
6. A nurse is caring for a client who has been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
& is constantly picking up after others in the day room. The nurse should recognize that the
client uses this behavior to do which of the following?
Full file at: https://www.stuvia.com/doc/1462022/answered-and-explained-mental-health-ati-
exam-updated-2022-rationale.
a. Limit the amount of time available to interact with others.
b. Focus attention on meaningful tasks.
c. Manipulate & control others' behaviors.
d. Decrease anxiety to a tolerable level.Answer
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