ATI RN
Theory of Health Behavior Change Questions
Question 1 of 5
A patient has been started on antidepressants. The interdisciplinary team member most responsible for monitoring effectiveness and side effects of this new medication is the
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The nurse is also an essential team member in evaluating the effectiveness of medical treatment, particularly medications. The pharmacist has a working knowledge of medications but has limited contact with the patient. The primary function of the psychiatrist is diagnosis of mental disorders and prescription of medical treatments. The clinical psychologist practices therapy.
Question 2 of 5
A group of psychiatricmental health nurses are reviewing information about different theorists who have played a role in shaping pyschiatricmental health nursing practice. The group demonstrates understanding of the information when they identify which theorist as proposing that adult sexuality is an end product of a complex process of development that begins in early childhood and involves a variety of body functions or areas that correspond to stages of relationships, especially with parents?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
The nursing theorist Peplau identified which as the essence of psychiatric-mental health nursing?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is caring for a group of clients and recognizes which client is acting from the id portion of personality according to Sigmund Freud?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The client who is sexually promiscuous is acting from the id portion of personality which is concerned with unconscious desires and sexual tendencies. The client remorseful over theft of money or critical of own performance is acting from the superego part of the personality which is concerned with ethics, standards, and self-criticism. The client concerned over friendships is operating from the ego part of the personality which involves the capacity to form mutually satisfying relationships.
Question 5 of 5
A client with a history of trauma has told the nurse that he is pursuing psychoanalysis with an independent therapist. What statement by the client would be most consistent with a Freudian approach to psychoanalysis?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.