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ATI MENTAL HEALTH A 2019PROCTORED EXAM 70 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS HIGHLIGHTED
• A nurse is planning overall strategies to address problems for a patient who has a
borderlinepersonality disorder. Which of the following strategies is the priority for the
nurse to incorporate in the plan of care?
• discuss the appropriate use of assertive behavior with the patient
• encourage the patient to attend weekly support group meetings
• assist the patient to maintain awareness of her thoughts and feelings
• implement measures to prevent intentional self-inflicted injury
• A nurse is admitting a patient who has a generalized anxiety disorder. Which of
thefollowing actions should the nurse plan to take first?
• Provide the patient with a quiet
environment
• b. Determine how the patient handles
stress.
c. Teach the patient to use guided
imagery.
d. Ask the patient to identify her
strengths
• A nurse is conducting an admission interview with a patient who is experiencing
mania.Which of the following should the nurse report to the provider?
• States that he hasn’t bathed in 2 days
• Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
• Makes inappropriate sexual comments.
• Speaks in rhyming sentences.
• A nurse is planning care for a patient who has obsessive-compulsive disorder. Which of
thefollowing recommendation should the nurse include in the patients plan of care?
• Validation therapy
• Thought stopping
• Operant conditioning
• Reality orientation therapy
,• A nurse is caring for a patient who has bipolar disorder and is experiencing a manic
episode.Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
• Encourage the patient to join group activities
• Dim the lights in the patient’s room
• Provide detailed explanations to the patient
• Administer methylphenidate
• A nurse is leading a crisis intervention group for adolescents who witnessed the suicide
ofa classmate. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
• Initiate referrals
• Review community resources
• Identify prior coping skills
• Discuss the importance of confidentiality
• A nurse overhears a patient saying"I am a spy, a spy for the FBI .I am an I,an eye for an
eye inthe sky. Sky is up high." The nurse should document the patient’s statement as
which of the following speech alterations?
• Echolalia
• Word salad
• Neologism
• Clang association
• An older adult patient is brought to the mental health clinic by her daughter.The
daughterreports 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?
• Everyone gets depressed from time to time.
• You shouldnt worry about this because depressive disorder is
easilytreated.
• Older adults are usually diagnosed with depressive disorder as they
age.
• Tell me the reasons you think your mother is depressed.
• A nurse is planning care for an adolescent who has autism spectrum disorder. Which of
thefollowing outcomes should the nurse include in the plan care?
• Meets own needs without manipulating others.
• Initiates social interactions with caregivers.
• Changes behavior as a result of peer pressure.
• Acknowledges his delusions are not real.
, • A nurse is providing behavior therapy for a patient who has obsessivecompulsive
disorder.The patient repeatedly checks that the doors are locked at night. Which of
the following instructions should the nurse give the patient when using thought
stopping technique?
• Snap a rubber band on your wrist when you think about checking
the locks.
• Ask a family member to check the locks for you at night.
• Focus on abdominal breathing whenever you go to check the locks.
• Keep a journal of how often you check the locks each night.
• A nurse is caring for a patient who is starting treatment for substance use disorder.
Which ofthe following actions indicate the nurse is practicing the ethical principle of
nonmaleficence?
• Provide the patient with quality care regardless of their ability to pay for treatment.
• Educating the patient about legal rights concerning treatment.
• Withholding the prescribed medication that is causing adverse effects for the
patient.
• Being truthful with the patient about the manifestations of withdrawal.
• A nurse in a group home facility is caring for a patient who is developmentally disabled.
Thepatient has been stealing belongings from other patients. Which of the following
techniques should the nurse use?
• Crisis intervention to decrease anxiety.
• Aversion therapy to provide distraction
• Positive reinforcement to increase desired behavior.
• Systematic desensitization to extinguish the behavior.
• A nurse is caring for a patient who is experiencing a panic attack. Which ofthe
followingactions should the nurse take?
• Ask the patient to discuss precipitating events
• Speaks to the patient in a high-pitched voice.
• Place the patient in seclusion
• Have the patient breathe into a paper bag.
• The nurse is caring for a patient following a physical assault. The patient states "I
don't remember what happened to me." The nurse should recognize that the
patient is usingwhich of the following defense mechanisms?
• Repression
• Displacement
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