ATI RN
Psychiatric Nurse Certification Questions
Question 1 of 5
A Category V tornado hits a community, destroying many homes and businesses. Which nursing intervention would best demonstrate compassion and caring?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
Which intervention best demonstrates that a nurse correctly understands the cultural needs of a hospitalized Asian American patient diagnosed with a mental illness?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Asian community values the family in caring for each other. The Asian community uses traditional medicines and healers, including herbs for mental symptoms. The Asian community describes illness in somatic terms. The Asian community attaches a stigma to mental illness, so interfacing with the community would not be appealing.
Question 3 of 5
A Mexican American patient puts a picture of the Virgin Mary on the bedside table. What is the nurses best action?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Cultural heritage is expressed through language, works of art, music, dance, customs, traditions, diet, and expressions of spirituality. This patients prominent placement of the picture is an example of expression of cultural heritage and spirituality. The nurse should not move it unless the patients safety is jeopardized.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following is the most important skill the nurse must bring to the therapeutic nurse-client relationship?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The nurse must be able to express caring and concern for the client. Empathy is the ability of the nurse to perceive the meanings and feelings of the client and to communicate that understanding to the client. The ability to use confrontation, humor and reframing are also important skills but not as important as the skill of empathy.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is assigned to care for a client whose sexual orientation differs from the nurse's sexual orientation. When should the nurse seek clinical supervision?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.