ATI MENTAL HEALTH A 2019 PROCTORED EXAM 70 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS HIGHLITED

ATI MENTAL HEALTH A 2019 PROCTORED

EXAM 70 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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ATI MENTAL HEALTH A 2019 PROCTORED EXAM 70

QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS HIGHLITED

1. A nurse is planning overall strategies to address problems for a client who has borderline personality

disorder. Which of the following strategies is the priority for the nurse to incorporate in 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

d

2) A nurse is admitting a client who has 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

3) 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. Makesinappropriate sexual comments.

d. Speaks in rhyming sentences.

4) A nurse is planning care for a client who has obsessive-compulsive disorder. Which of the following

recommendation should the nurse include in the clients plan of care?

a. Validation therapy

b. Thoughtstopping

c. Operant conditioning

d. Reality orientation therapy

b

5) 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 clients room

c. Provide detailed explanations to the client

d. Administer methylphenidate

b

ATI MENTAL HEALTH A 2019 PROCTORED EXAM 70

QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS HIGHLITED

6. 6) 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

c. Identify prior coping skills

d. Discuss the importance of confidentiality

c

7. 7) A nurse overhears a clientsaying"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 clients statement as which of the following speech

alterations?

a. Echolalia

b. Word salad

c. Neologism

d. Clang association

d

8) 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 shouldnt worry about this because depressive disorder is easily treated.

c. Older adults are usually diagnosed with depressive disorder as they age.

d. Tell me the reasons you think your mother is depressed.

d

9. 9) A nurse is planning care for an adolescent who has autism spectrum disorder. Which of the

following

outcomes should the nurse include in the plan care?

a. Meets own needs without manipulating others.

b. Initiates social interactions with caregivers.

c. Changes behavior as a result of peer pressure.

d. Acknowledges his delusions are not real.

b

10) A nurse is providing behavior therapy for a client who has obsessive-compulsive disorder. The client

repeatedly checks that the doors are locked at night. Which of the following instructions should the

nurse give the client when using thought stopping technique?

a. Snap a rubber band on your wrist when you think about checking the locks.

b. Ask a family member to check the locks for you at night.

c. Focus on abdominal breathing whenever you go to check the locks.

d. Keep a journal of how often you check the locks each night.