ATI RN
Behavioral Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
A patient usually watches television all day, seldom going out in the community or socializing with others. The patient says, I dont know what to do with my free time. Which member of the treatment team would be most helpful to this patient?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
A group activity on an inpatient psychiatric unit is scheduled to begin at 1000. A patient,who was recently discharged from United States Marine Corps arrives at 0945. Which analysis best explains this behavior?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Culture is more than ethnicity and social norms; it includes religious, geographic, socioeconomic, occupational, ability- or disability-related, and sexual orientation-related beliefs and behaviors. In this instance, the patients military experience represents an aspect of the patients behavior. The military culture values timeliness. The distracters represent misinterpretation of the patients behavior and have no bearing on the situation.
Question 3 of 5
A Chinese American patient diagnosed with an anxiety disorder says,My problems began when my energy became imbalanced. The nurse asks for the patients ideas about how to treat the imbalance. Which comment would the nurse expect from this patient?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The concept of energy imbalance as a source of illness is an explanatory model familiar to Asian cultures. A source of healing is dietary change to include either hot or cold foods to correct the imbalance. Hot and cold in this case do not refer to thermal properties of the foods. Medication would not be a treatment suggested by a patient with an Eastern worldview. Someone from an indigenous culture may suggest rituals. Group discussion of mental illness would not be appealing to a Chinese American.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse prepares to assess a newly hospitalized patient who moved to the United States 6 months ago from Somalia. The nurse should first determine:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
When preparing for the first clinical experience with patients on a forensic unit at a psychiatric hospital, the nursing instructor discusses students' beliefs and fears surrounding forensic patients. The primary reason for discussing personal beliefs is to
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.