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2024/2025 ATI MENTAL HEALTH CMS PROCTORED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) MENTAL HEALTH CMS ATI EXAM(NEW!!)
A nurse is caring for a client with ADHD who has recently started taking lithium. For which of the following findings should the nurse monitor when ev...
2024/2025 ATI MENTAL HEALTH CMS
PROCTORED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) MENTAL HEALTH CMS ATI
EXAM(NEW!!)
A nurse is caring for a client with ADHD who has recently started taking
lithium. For which of the following findings should the nurse monitor when
evaluating the effectiveness of the medication?
A. Increased attention span
B. Decreased anxiety
C. Reduced aggression
D. Weight loss - ANSWER-C. Reduced aggression
Lithium is a mood stabilizer
A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who reports recent
cocaine use. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect?
A. Hypertension
B. Drowsiness
C. Bradycardia
D. Pinpoint pupils - ANSWER-A. Hypertension
Cocaine is a CNS stimulant which increases BP
A nurse is planning reminiscence therapy for an older adult client. The nurse
should identify which of the following goals for this therapy?
A. The client will gain increased self esteem
B. The client will maintain orientation to place and time
,C. The client will independently perform ADLs
D. The client will achieve optimal sensory stimulation - ANSWER-A. The
client will gain increased self esteem
Reminiscence therapy is reflecting on past experiences to help increase the
clients self esteem and promote ego integrity
A home health nurse is talking with the partner of a client who has dementia.
Which of the following statements by the partner indicates that the client is
displaying signs of apraxia?
A. "Yesterday, my partner put on a jacket upside down"
B. "My partner has trouble reading the newspaper"
C. "My partner often repeats words"
D. "Last week, my partner did not recognize the sound of the alarm clock" -
ANSWER-A. "Yesterday, my partner put on a jacket upside down"
Apraxia is the lack of ability to accomplish once known tasks
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?
A. Paranoid
B. Histrionic
C. Antisocial
D. Schizotypal - ANSWER-D. Schizotypal
Findings of schizotypal personality disorder include a pattern of social
impairments and cognitive alterations, including superstitious actions that are
not congruent with the cultural norms and speech changes
,A nurse is assessing a client who has panic disorder and has been taking
paroxetine. Which of the following assessments should the nurse identify as an
adverse effect of the medication?
A. Peripheral edema
B. Chest congestion
C. Shuffling gait
D. Weight gain - ANSWER-D. Weight gain
Weight gain is an expected adverse effect of paroxetine and other SSRIs
A nurse is monitoring a client who has schizophrenia and is receiving treatment
of fluphenazine hydrochloride. Which of the following findings is an indication
of neuroleptic malignant syndrome that the nurse should report to the provider?
A. Blurred vision
B. Urinary retention
C. Muscle flaccidity
D. Elevated temperature - ANSWER-D. Elevated temperature
Symptoms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome are elevated temp, rigidity,
sweating, dysrhythmias, and fluctuations in blood pressure
A nurse is caring for a client with borderline personality disorder who has been
engaging in self mutilation. The nurse should encourage the client to participate
in which of the following groups?
A. Co-dependents support group
B. National alliance on mental illness
C. Dialectical behavior treatment group
D. Dual diagnosis treatment group - ANSWER-C. Dialectical behavior
treatment group
, It focuses on interventions for suicidal and destructive behaviors
A nurse is assessing a client who has stage 4 Alzheimers disease. Which of the
following findings should the nurse expect?
A. The client requires assistance with eating
B. The client independently manages personal finances
C. The client has bladder incontinence
D. The client us able to identify the names of family members - ANSWER-D.
The client is able to identify the names of family members
Clients maintain this ability until stage 6
A nurse is teaching a parent who has admitted to verbally abusing his children
about stress management techniques. Which of the following strategies is the
nurse providing?
A. Tertiary prevention
B. Individual psychotherapy
C. Family psychotherapy
D. Primary prevention - ANSWER-A. Tertiary prevention
Tertiary prevention methods facilitate the rehabilitative process for both victims
of violence and those who perpetuate it
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a new prescription for
buspirone to treat anxiety. Which of the following statements should the nurse
include in the teaching?
A. "Use buspirone with caution because it raises the risk of experiencing
suicidal thoughts"
B. "You can minimize adverse effects by taking buspirone with grapefruit juice"
C. "Buspirone enhances the depressant effects of alcohol"
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