ATI RN
Mental Health Final ATI Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is developing a presentation for a local community group of young and middle-aged adults about common psychosocial problems. Which of the following would be least appropriate for the nurse to integrate into the presentation?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The correct answer is D because it is the least appropriate statement to integrate into the presentation. The presentation is about common psychosocial problems in young and middle-aged adults, and the statement about superior technologic advances primarily applying in the United States is not directly relevant to the topic.
Step 1: Identify the topic of the presentation - common psychosocial problems in young and middle-aged adults.
Step 2: Evaluate each choice based on relevance to the topic.
Step 3: D is least appropriate as it focuses on technological advances rather than psychosocial problems.
Step 4: A, B, and C are more relevant as they discuss age range, cultural aspects, and global norms related to the target audience.
In summary, D is the least appropriate choice as it deviates from the main focus of the presentation on psychosocial problems in young and middle-aged adults.
Choices A, B, and C are more relevant to the topic at hand.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is working as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team caring for patients with psychiatric disorders. Based on the nurse's understanding of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and its limitations cited by critics, the nurse would identify which patient as an inappropriate candidate for CBT?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is C, a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia. CBT may not be suitable for individuals with severe cognitive impairments like those with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia can affect a person's ability to engage in cognitive processes necessary for CBT, such as reality testing and cognitive restructuring. Patients with schizophrenia may struggle with delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking, making it challenging to benefit from traditional CBT techniques. Substance abuse (
A), depression (
B), and eating disorders (
D) are conditions that have shown to respond well to CBT techniques, making them appropriate candidates for treatment.
Question 3 of 5
While working with an older male patient, the nurse begins to think that the patient reminds the nurse of her grandfather and responds as if she was the granddaughter. The nurse is developing which of the following?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is C: Countertransference. Countertransference occurs when the nurse projects their own feelings, experiences, or attitudes onto the patient, based on personal issues or past relationships. In this scenario, the nurse is reacting to the patient as if he was her grandfather, indicating a personal connection influencing her behavior.
Incorrect choices:
A: Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. While empathy is important in nursing, it does not involve projecting personal experiences onto the patient.
B: Transference refers to the patient projecting feelings onto the nurse based on past experiences. It is the opposite of countertransference.
D: Modeling involves observing and imitating the behavior of others, which is not the case in this scenario.
Question 4 of 5
A client presents with the belief that they are going to marry Prince Harry. What delusion are they experiencing?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct answer is A: erotomaniac. This delusion involves falsely believing that someone of higher social status, like a celebrity or royalty, is in love with them. In this case, the client believes they will marry Prince Harry. This delusion is characterized by a romantic or sexual focus on the person of interest.
Choice B, grandiose delusion, involves an exaggerated sense of self-importance or power, not related to a specific person.
Choice C, somatic delusion, involves beliefs about one's body, health, or physical condition.
Choice D, persecutory delusion, involves feeling targeted, harassed, or conspired against, which is not applicable in this scenario.
Question 5 of 5
As part of a career day presentation to a group of nursing students, a psychiatric-mental health nurse plans to describe how this specialty developed. Which individual would the nurse describe as playing a major role in the development of specialty training programs for psychiatric nurses?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The correct answer is B: Hildegarde Peplau. She is considered the mother of psychiatric nursing and played a major role in developing specialty training programs for psychiatric nurses. Peplau's interpersonal theory of nursing emphasized the importance of the nurse-patient relationship in mental health care, leading to the integration of psychological principles into nursing practice. Nutting (
A) was a nursing education pioneer, Bailey (
C) was known for her work in public health nursing, and Richards (
D) was the first trained nurse in the US, but they did not have the same impact on psychiatric nursing training as Peplau.