ATI RN
Assessing Health Behavior Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
A client who had been in a substance abuse treatment program asks the nurse for a date after the client is discharged. The nurse talks to the client about the importance of a therapeutic relationship and its characteristics. The nurse is using which of the following techniques?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A therapeutic relationship is professional, and there are no mutual social goals; it is focused on meeting the client's needs and is terminated when the client no longer needs services. It is up to the nurse to maintain professional boundaries. The other choices would be inappropriate techniques to use toward this client.
Question 2 of 5
Which role of the nurse is most likely to create difficulty for the nurse-client relationship if the client confuses physical care with intimacy and sexual interest?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The caregiver role involves physical care (e.g., bathing), which some clients may misinterpret as intimacy, eroding the therapeutic relationship. Teacher focuses on education, advocate supports decisions, and parent surrogate sets limits or nurtures, none of which inherently involve physical closeness prone to misinterpretation.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following statements would be an empathetic response in a client interaction?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse should use clear concrete messages when working with patients displaying which of the following conditions? 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
During the mental status assessment, the client expresses the belief that the CIA is stalking him and plans to kidnap him. The best response by the nurse would be,
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.