ATI RN
Assessing Health Behavior Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse assesses a confused older adult. The nurse experiences sadness and reflects, The patient is like one of my grandparents—so helpless. Which response is the nurse demonstrating?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Countertransference is the nurse’s emotional response to a patient based on the nurse’s unconscious needs, conflicts, or past experiences. Here, the nurse’s sadness and comparison to a grandparent indicate a personal emotional reaction rather than a patient-driven one. Transference involves the patient’s feelings toward the nurse, not the nurse’s toward the patient. Catastrophic reaction refers to an exaggerated patient response to stress, and defensive coping reaction is a patient mechanism, not a nurse response.
Question 2 of 5
A patient says, I’m still on restriction, but I want to attend some off-unit activities. Would you ask the doctor to change my privileges? What is the nurses best response?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
Documentation in a patient’s chart shows, Throughout a 5-minute interaction, patient fidgeted and tapped left foot, periodically covered face with hands, and looked under chair while stating, I enjoy spending time with you. Which analysis is most accurate?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
A school age child tells the school nurse, Other kids call me mean names and will not sit with me at lunch. Nobody likes me. Select the nurse’s most therapeutic response.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following is a characteristic of OCD?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A hallmark of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is that patients often recognize their obsessions as irrational or senseless (D), yet feel compelled to perform compulsions. Delusion of infidelity (A) relates to delusional disorders, denial (B) contradicts OCD awareness, and hallucinations (C) are more typical of schizophrenia, not OCD.