ATI RN
Behavioral Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
A citizen at a community health fair asks the nurse, What is the most prevalent mental disorder in the United States? Select the nurses best response.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
Clinical pathways are used in managed care settings to:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Clinical pathways provide guidelines for assessments, interventions, treatments, and outcomes as well as a designated timeline for accomplishment. Deviations from the timeline must be reported and investigated. Clinical pathways streamline the care process and save money. Care pathways do not identify obstacles or stabilize aggressive patients. Staff are responsible for the necessary interventions. Care pathways do not relieve nurses of the responsibility of planning; pathways may, however, make the task easier.
Question 3 of 5
A patient usually watches television all day, seldom going out in the community or socializing with others. The patient says, I dont know what to do with my free time. Which member of the treatment team would be most helpful to this patient?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
The health care team at an inpatient psychiatric facility drafts these criteria for admission. Which criteria should be included in the final version of the admission policy? Select one that does not apply.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
A group activity on an inpatient psychiatric unit is scheduled to begin at 1000. A patient,who was recently discharged from United States Marine Corps arrives at 0945. Which analysis best explains this behavior?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Culture is more than ethnicity and social norms; it includes religious, geographic, socioeconomic, occupational, ability- or disability-related, and sexual orientation-related beliefs and behaviors. In this instance, the patients military experience represents an aspect of the patients behavior. The military culture values timeliness. The distracters represent misinterpretation of the patients behavior and have no bearing on the situation.