ATI RN
Behavioral Health Nurse Certification Questions
Question 1 of 5
A black patient,originally from Haiti has a diagnosis of depression. A colleague tells the nurse,This patient often looks down and is reluctant to share feelings. However,I've observed the patient spontaneously interacting with other black patients. Select the nurses best response.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Society expects a culturally diverse patient to accommodate and use English. Feelings are abstract, which requires a greater command of the language. This may be especially difficult during episodes of high stress or mental illness. Cultural brokers can be helpful with language and helping the nurse to understand the Haitian worldview and cultural nuances.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse cares for a first-generation American whose family emigrated from Germany. Which worldview about the source of knowledge would this patient likely have?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse makes the statement in a treatment team meeting, 'It's not worth it to try to teach this patient how to make better choices. He has been here many times before and goes back home and does the same thing.' The nurse is sharing which of the following?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Attitudes are general feelings or a frame of reference around which a person organizes knowledge about the world and people. Values are abstract standards that give a person a sense of right and wrong and establish a code of conduct for living. Beliefs are ideas that one holds to be true; for example, 'All old people are hard of hearing,' and 'If the sun is shining, it will be a good day.'
Question 4 of 5
The nurse assesses fine hand tremors in a patient with a history of heavy alcohol use. If the nurse understands that the tremors are a direct result of alcohol use, the nurse is using which pattern of knowing, according to Carper?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Empirical knowing is obtained from the science of nursing. An example would be a client with panic disorder begins to have an attack. Panic attack will raise pulse rate. Personal knowing is obtained from life experience. An example would be a client's face shows the panic. Ethical knowing is obtained from the moral knowledge of nursing. An example is although the nurse's shift has ended, she remains with the client. Aesthetic knowing is obtained from the art of nursing. Although the client shows outward signals now, the nurse has sensed previously the client's jumpiness and subtle differences in the client's demeanor and behavior.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following occurrences is considered a breach of professional boundaries?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The nurse must maintain professional boundaries to ensure therapeutic outcomes, acting warmly but not forming friendships. Lengthy social conversations erode focus on the client’s problems, shifting the relationship to a personal level. Choice A is the patient’s action, not a breach by the nurse, while B and C are appropriate boundary-maintaining responses.