ATI RN
Behavioral Health Certification for Nurses Questions
Question 1 of 5
One of the female patients on the mental health unit starts to have delusions of persecution and is hearing voices. Prior to this admission, she attempted several times to poison her boyfriend after the voices told her to do so. During your initial rounds, you enter her room and ask her how she is doing. The patient states, shes a bad person. Your patient is exhibiting:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
The ethical framework of palliative care addresses the following
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following drugs is administered to minimize respiratory secretions preoperatively?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
During bilateral ECT the electrodes are placed on-
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: In bilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), electrodes are placed on the bitemporal region (Option B), one on each side of the forehead, to induce a generalized seizure effectively. Biparietal (A) and frontal (C) placements are less common, and occipital (D) is not used due to its distance from seizure-inducing brain areas.
Question 5 of 5
A patient is diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. The history reveals the patient virtually stopped eating 5 months ago and lost 25% of body weight. A nurse tells the patient, 'Describe what you think about your present weight and how you think you look.' Which response would be most consistent with the diagnosis?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.