ATI RN
Behavioral Health Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
An experienced psychiatric nurse plans to begin a new job in a community-based medication clinic. The clinic sees culturally diverse patients. Which action should the nurse take first to prepare for this position?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: An experienced nurse working on a mental health inpatient unit would be familiar with the action and side effects of most commonly prescribed psychotropic medications. However, because the clinic serves a culturally diverse population, reviewing cultural differences in patients responses to these medications is helpful and vital to patient safety. The distracters identify actions the nurse would take later.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is working with a patient whose background is very different from hers. A good question to ask herself to assure she can be effective working with this patient would be,
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: To best assess self-awareness, the nurse should ask 'What experiences have I had with people from ethnic groups, socioeconomic classes, religions, age groups, or communities different from my own?' The nurse should not focus on the patient when examining self-awareness, rather, how the nurse's experiences have shaped attitudes and beliefs.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is mindful of maintaining relationships with patients that are therapeutic. Certain characteristics of the relationships the nurse will foster include:Select one that does not apply.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The therapeutic relationship focuses on the needs, experiences, feelings, and ideas of the client only. In the therapeutic relationship, the parameters are clear: the focus is the client's needs, not the nurse's. The nurse should not be concerned about whether or not the client likes him or her or is grateful. A social relationship is focuses on sharing ideas, feelings, and experiences and meets the basic need for people to interact. In social relationships, advice is often given. This should be avoided in therapeutic relationships.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse and patient have just completed reviewing the patient's take-home medications. The nurse is exemplifying which role during this intervention?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: During the working phase, the nurse as a teacher instructs the client about medication regimens or coping skills, as seen in this scenario. The advocate role involves acting on the client’s behalf, caregiver meets physical/psychosocial needs, and parent surrogate provides nurturing or limits, none of which apply directly to reviewing medications.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse asks the client what that experience was like. Which communication skill is the nurse using?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.