ATI RN
Health Care Utilization by Age Group Questions
Question 1 of 4
A 75-year-old patient comes to the clinic reporting frequent headaches. As the nurse begins the interaction, which action is most important?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 4
A nurse assessing an elderly patient for depression and suicide potential should include questions about mood as well as: (Select one tha does not apply)
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 4
A patient diagnosed with a serious mental illness lives independently and attends a psychosocial rehabilitation program. The patient presents at the emergency department seeking hospitalization. The patient has no acute symptoms but says, 'I have no money to pay my rent or refill my prescription.' Select the nurses best action.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Impaired stress tolerance and problem-solving abilities can cause persons with SMI to experience relatively minor stressors as crises. This patient has run out of money, and this has overwhelmed her ability to cope, resulting in a crisis for which crisis intervention would be an appropriate response. Inpatient care is not clinically indicated nor is the patient homeless (although she may fear she is). Telling the patient that she is not symptomatic enough to be admitted may prompt malingering.
Question 4 of 4
A consumer at a rehabilitative psychosocial program says to the nurse, 'People are not cleaning up behind themselves in the bathrooms. The building is dirty and cluttered.' How should the nurse respond?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Consumer-run programs range from informal clubhouses, which offer socialization and recreation, to competitive businesses, such as snack bars or janitorial services, which provide needed services and consumer employment while encouraging independence and building vocational skills. Consumers engage in problem solving under the leadership of staff.