ATI RN
Behavioral Questions for Nurse Questions
Question 1 of 5
A patient who has been hospitalized for 3 days with a serious mental illness says,I've got to get out of here and back to my job. I get 60 to 80 messages a day and Im getting behind on my email correspondence. What is this patients perspective about health and illness?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse fails to assess personal values surrounding homosexuality before caring for a patient who is openly gay. The nurse is most at risk for which of the following when working with this patient?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A person who does not assess personal attitudes and beliefs may hold a prejudice or bias toward a group of people because of preconceived ideas or stereotypical images of that group. It is not uncommon for a person to be ethnocentric about his or her own culture. Failure to consider cultural variations or reactions to initial exposure to variations is less detrimental to the therapeutic relationship than cultural bias. Manipulation results from a failure to maintain boundaries.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse has been working with a patient with an eating disorder for one week. During the morning treatment team meeting, the treatment plan is updated. Which of the following would be appropriate interventions at this time in the nurse-patient relationship? Select one that does not apply.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Specific tasks of the working phase include maintaining the relationship, gathering more data, exploring perceptions of reality, developing positive coping mechanisms, promoting a positive self-concept, encouraging verbalization of feelings, facilitating behavior change, working through resistance, evaluating progress and redefining goals as appropriate, providing opportunities for the client to practice new behaviors, and promoting independence. Establishing boundaries and identifying problems are completed in the orientation phase.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following statements is true about a nurse's self-disclosure?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse says to the client, 'You become very anxious when we start talking about your drinking.' Which of the following techniques is the nurse using?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.