VATI Mental Health Assessment Questions
With Complete Solutions
A nurse is planning care for a client following a suicide attempt.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in
the plan? Correct Answers Provide the client with plastic
eating utensils.
A nurse is performing an admission assessment for a client who
appears withdrawn and fearful. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take first? Correct Answers Inform the client
that this admission is confidential.
A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who has anorexia
nervosa. The client states, "Have I done any permanent damage
to my body?" Which of the following responses should the nurse
make? Correct Answers You're afraid you have caused
physical injury to yourself?
A nurse is caring for a client following a fire that destroyed her
home and killed one of her children. The client is crying and
does not make eye contact with the nurse. Which of the
following questions should the nurse ask first? Correct Answers
Have you thought of harming yourself?
A nurse is checking laboratory values for a hospitalized young
adult client who has bipolar disorder and is taking lithium.
Which of the following values is the priority for the nurse to
report to the provider? Correct Answers Serum creatinine 2.1
mg/dL
, A nurse is providing information to a client who is seeking
voluntary admission to a mental health facility. Which of the
following information should the nurse include? Correct
Answers You will still need to give informed consent for
treatment after admission.
A nurse is developing a plan of care for an adolescent client who
has conduct disorder. Which of the following interventions
should the nurse include in the plan? Correct Answers Initiate a
behavioral contract with the client.
A hospice nurse is talking with the family of a client who
recently died from cancer following a series of chemotherapy
treatment. One of the adult children is angry w/ provider and
blames the provider for their father's death. Which of the
following defense mechanisms is the family using? Correct
Answers Displacement
A nurse in an acute care facility is providing teaching for the
adult child of an older adult client who is admitted with a UTI
and delirium. The client has been living independently at home.
Which of the following statements by the adult child
demonstrates the teaching has been effective? Correct Answers
I expect that my father will no longer be confused when he is
discharged.
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing a manic
episode. Which of the following actions should the nurse take
first? Correct Answers Encourage the client to rest each hour
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