ATI RN
Psychobiological Disorders Questions
Question 1 of 5
Consider the classic experiment where male and female participants (who have never met) were placed in separate rooms. Before they spoke to each other over a telephone, the men were shown pictures of either an attractive woman (group 1) or an unattractive woman (group 2). Importantly, the pictures that the men were shown bore no resemblance to the woman to which they were actually talking. When judges listened to the woman's side of the phone conversation (without hearing anything that the men said to them), they found that women who talked to men from the first group tended to sound more warm, friendly and flirtatious than women who had spoken to men from the second group. In this study, which people were most likely to have created a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
What is the nurses priority focused assessment for side effects in a child taking methylphenidate (Ritalin) for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The most common side effects are gastrointestinal disturbances, reduced appetite, weight loss, urinary retention, dizziness, fatigue, and insomnia. Weight loss has the potential to interfere with the childs growth and development. The distracters relate to side effects of conventional antipsychotic medications.
Question 3 of 5
When a 5-year-old diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) bounces out of a chair and runs over and slaps another child, what is the nurses best action?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The nurse should manage the milieu with structure and limit setting. Removing the aggressive child to another room is an appropriate consequence for the aggressiveness. Directing the child to stop will not be effective. This is not an emergency. Intervention is needed rather than sending the child home.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse assesses a 3-year-old diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Which finding is most associated with the childs disorder? The child:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
A child reports to the school nurse of being verbally bullied by an aggressive classmate. What is the nurses best first action?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The behaviors by the bullying child create emotional pain and present the risk for physical pain. The nurse should first listen to the childs complaints and validate the child for reporting the events. Later, school authorities should be notified. School administrators are the most appropriate personnel to deal with the bullying child. The behavior should not be ignored; it will only get worse.