VATI PN MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
(2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with the family of a client who has
mild dementia. The family plans to care for the client in their home. Which
of the following instructions should the nurse include? - ANS ✓Use signs to
identify different rooms in the home.
The nurse should reinforce the need to label the bathroom as well as other
rooms in the home. The use of signs using words and pictures promotes
independence and orientation by providing reminders for the client.
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is preparing for a
conditional release following involuntary admission. Which of the following
statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching? - ANS
✓"IF I don't follow the instructions in my conditional release, I might be
readmitted."
A client who is being discharged on a conditional release following
involuntary admission must adhere to additional treatment plan
requirements after discharge. If the client does not follow this treatment
plan, they might be readmitted to the mental health facility.
A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has moderate
Alzheimer's disease and is neglecting personal hygiene. Which of the
following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? - ANS ✓Assign
an assistive personnel (AP) to help the client with personal hygiene.
A client who is in this stage of Alzheimer's disease has difficulty with or is
unable to perform self-care. The nurse should assign an AP to assist with
the client's personal hygiene.
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A nurse is reinforcing teaching regarding family therapy with the parents of
a client who has anorexia nervosa. The parents tell the nurse, "We don't
understand why we have to have family therapy when we are not sick."
Which of the following responses should the nurse provide? - ANS ✓"Family
therapy explores how the family dynamics impact your son."
Clients who have anorexia nervosa often have troubled relationships with
family members, and family therapy can help to strengthen those
relationships. Resolution of the client's illness is unlikely to occur until
family dynamics improve.
A nurse is collecting data from a client who received diazepam 10 mg PO 1
hr ago. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an
indication that the client is experiencing benzodiazepine toxicity? - ANS
✓Respiratory rate 10/min
The nurse should identify that a respiratory rate of 10/min is below the
expected reference range of 12 to 20/min, indicating bradypnea.
Benzodiazepine toxicity causes CNS depression and can lead to coma and
death.
effects should the nurse A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who
has schizophrenia and a new include in the teaching? (Select all that apply.)
prescription for fluphenazine. Which of the following adverse - ANS
✓Akathisia is correct. Akathisia, or restlessness, is an adverse effect of
fluphenazine. Akathisia is one of several extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) that
occur with fluphenazine. Other EPS include pseudoparkinsonism, akinesia,
dystonia, and tardive dyskinesia.
Hypotension is correct. Orthostatic hypotension is an adverse effect of
fluphenazine.
Drowsiness is correct. Drowsiness is an adverse effect of fluphenazine.
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