ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 35 Questions
Question 1 of 5
The nurse cautions a patient to watch his step. What response indicates concrete thinking?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Concreteness is an indication of disordered thinking. The patient is unable to translate any words except by a very concrete definition.
Question 2 of 5
For the past 3 weeks, the nurse has observed a patient interacting with staff and other patients, helping decorate the dining room for a party, and leading the singing in the activity room. Today, the patient tearfully refuses to dress or get out of bed. The nurse recognizes these behaviors as evidence of which psychiatric disorder?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Bipolar disorder can cause the patient to experience a sudden shift in emotion from one extreme to the other.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse instructs a patient who has just been prescribed a protocol of fluoxetine HCl (Prozac) that the drug takes 2 to 4 to take effect.
Correct Answer: weeks
Rationale: Antidepressants of this type take 2 to 4 weeks before any effect is felt by the patient.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is assessing a female patient who has become rapidly and exceedingly anxious because her fingernail polish is chipped. What type of anxiety should the nurse conclude that the patient is exhibiting?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: An individual with anxiety traits has anxious reactions to relatively nonstressful events. Signal anxiety is a learned response to an event such as test taking. An individual with general anxiety worries over many things. A panic attack occurs suddenly and typically peaks within 10 minutes.
Question 5 of 5
A patient believes himself to be the president of the United States and that terrorists are trying to kidnap him. The nurse records these observations as which type of behavior?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The behaviors of schizophrenic individuals can be categorized as positive (or excessive) or negative (or absent). Examples of positive behaviors include hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking. Examples of negative behaviors include apathy, social withdrawal, and flat affect.