ATI RN
ATI nur 222a Mental Health Exam Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is discussing therapeutic milieu with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of therapeutic milieu?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A therapeutic milieu encompasses physical and psychosocial environmental factors designed to promote healing. Chair positioning, unstructured programming, or unrestricted personal items don’t fully define it and may disrupt therapeutic structure.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse in a community health clinic is explaining to staff members that a mutation of influenza has increased the communicability of the virus. Which of the following information should the nurse include to describe the effect of communicability of a virus?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Increased communicability means the virus spreads more easily between individuals. Environmental survival, disease severity, or infectious dose changes don’t directly define communicability.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is caring for an adolescent who has been subjected to abuse and neglect since early childhood. This is an example of which type of trauma?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Chronic trauma involves repeated, prolonged exposure to events like abuse and neglect. Vicarious trauma affects professionals, acute trauma is a single event, and historical trauma spans generations.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse on an inpatient mental health unit is caring for a client who is experiencing panic level anxiety. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Depersonalization, feeling detached from oneself, is a hallmark of panic-level anxiety. Voice tremors and shakiness occur but are less specific, and poor concentration is common in many conditions, not unique to panic.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse on a mental health unit is discussing restraints and seclusion with a group of newly hired nurses. At which of the following times should a nurse discuss the restraint and seclusion policy with a client?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Discussing the restraint policy upon admission informs the client proactively, reducing anxiety if restraints become necessary. Agitation or active restraint application are poor times due to emotional distress, and debriefing is too late for initial education.