ATI RN
Behavioral Health Certification for Nurses Questions
Question 1 of 5
A client experienced the death of their grandmother six months ago. They present to the clinic today with feelings of hopelessness, sadness, not sleeping, and crying throughout the day. What does the nurse anticipate the cause of the client’s symptoms to be?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
What is meant by the term 'revolving door effect' in mental health care?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The revolving door effect refers to shorter, but more frequent, hospital stays. Clients are quickly discharged into the community where services are not adequate; without adequate community services, clients become acutely ill and require rehospitalization. The revolving door effect does not refer to flexible treatment settings for mentally ill. Even though hospitalization is more expensive than outpatient treatment, if utilized appropriately could result in stabilization and less need for emergency department visits and/or rehospitalization. The revolving door effect does not relate to the incidence of severe mental illness.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following is a standard of professional performance?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Education is a standard of professional performance. Other standards of professional performance include the quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, collegiality, collaboration, ethics, research, resource utilization, and leadership. Assessment, planning, and implementation are components of the nursing process, not standards of professional performance.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse wants to find a description of diagnostic criteria for anxiety disorders. Which resource would have the most complete information?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
The spouse of a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia says, I dont understand how events from childhood have anything to do with this disabling illness. Which response by the nurse will best help the spouse understand the cause of this disorder?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.