ATI Mental Health

1. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has illness anxiety disorder. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? (Select all that apply.) Answer: Obsessive thoughts about disease, History of childhood abuse, Avoidance of health care providers and Depressive disorder 2. A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has conversion disorder. Which of the following actions should the nurse include? Answer: Discuss alternative coping strategies with the client....

Dementia: Slow, progressive decline Aphasia: loss of ability to or express speech Confabulation: type of memory error in which gaps in a person’s memory are unconsciously filled with fabricated, misinterpreted or distorted information Impaired judgment occurs in clients who have dementia because they lose their ability to reason, think abstractly, and have rational thoughts Nurse should instruct the client’s cargiver to keep the bedroom well-lit during sleep periods to minimize illusi...

ADHD: Greatest risk to a child who has ADHD is injury from impulsive behavior and the decreased ability to perceive self-harm. Important to remove unnecessary equipment. Parents should ignore attention-seeking behaviors that are not dangerous to the child or others Antisocial personality disorder: Clients can seem to be in control of their behavior, but are manipulative and impulsive and can suddenly become aggressive and assaultive. The nurse should establish clear limits on specific aggre...