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ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED 2019

EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS

A nurse is providing teaching to the guardian of a female adolescent client

who has bulimia nervosa. Which of the following statements by the

guardian indicates an understanding of the teaching?

B. "It is important for my daughter to have regular dental checkups."

A nurse in an acute mental health facility is reviewing the medication

records of a group of clients. The nurse should expect a prescription for

memantine for a client who has which of the following diagnoses?

D. Severe Alzheimer’s

A nurse is teaching a client who wants to stop smoking by using nicotine

lozenges.

Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

C. Limit your use to no more than 20/day

A nurse at a long-term care facility hears an assistive personnel (AP) talking

with an older adult client who has dementia with periods of confusion.

Which of the following statements should indicate that the AP requires

further teaching?

D. It’s almost time for your appointment. Let me do your hair…

A nurse is preparing to meet with a client who has borderline personality

disorder. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take

during the working phase of the therapeutic relationship?

D. Facilitate a change in the client's behavior

A nurse admits a client to the emergency department with a fractured arm

and periorbital ecchymosis. The nurse suspects intimate partner violence.

Which of the following nursing interventions should the nurse take first?

D. Check the client’s injuries

A nurse is reviewing the health history of a young adult client who has a

depressive disorder. Which of the following factors increases the client’s

risk of depression? D.

D. The client is female

A nurse is planning care for a client who has suicidal ideation and is being

transferred to the mental health unit. Which of the following

interventions should the nurse include in the client’s plan of care?

A. Search the client and his belongings upon arrival.

A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing opioid withdrawal. Which

of the following manifestations should the nurse expect?

B. Muscle spasms

A nurse is organizing a therapeutic support group for individuals who have

bulimia nervosa. Which of the following tasks should the nurse plan to

include during the orientation phase of group development?

A. Determine the rules that the group will follow

A nurse is caring for a client who has major depressive disorder and

recently started taking an antidepressant. The nurse should identify which

of the following client statements as the priority?

C. "I have it all figured out. Everything is going to be okay now."

A nurse on an eating disorders acute care unit is assessing a client and

observes the presence of lanugo on her skin. The nurse should identify that

this finding is consistent with which of the following eating disorders?

A. Anorexia nervosa

A nurse is assessing a client who experienced a sexual assault 6 months

ago. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider

as an indication of rape-trauma syndrome?

C. Report of intense guilt

A nurse is working with a client who exhibits extreme superstition,

elaborate speech patterns, and eccentric behavior. The nurse should

identify these features as which of the following personality disorders?

D. Schizotypal