ATI RN
Behavioral Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
A patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder expresses a desire to commit suicide. What is the nurse's priority intervention?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse asks a patient, 'If you had fever and vomiting for 3 days, what would you do?' Which aspect of the mental status examination is the nurse assessing?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Assessing cognition involves determining a patient's judgment and decision making. In this case, the nurse would expect a response of 'Call my doctor' if the patient's cognition and judgment are intact. If the patient responds, 'I would stop eating' or 'I would just wait and see what happened,' the nurse would conclude that judgment is impaired. The other options refer to other aspects of the examination.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is assessing a patient diagnosed with bulimia nervosa. The patient reports engaging in binge eating followed by self-induced vomiting. Which of the following is the priority concern for the nurse?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
After formulating the nursing diagnoses for a new patient, what is a nurse's next action?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
A patient says, 'People should be allowed to commit suicide without interference from others.' A nurse replies, 'You're wrong. Nothing is bad enough to justify death.' What is the best analysis of this interchange?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.