ATI RN
Theoretical Basis for Behavior Modification Questions
Question 1 of 5
The family members of a patient with bipolar disorder express frustration with the unpredictable behaviors of their loved one. Which group should the nurse suggest as most helpful to this family?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Family education discusses the clinical treatment of mental illnesses and teaches the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively. The goals of family therapy groups include understanding how family dynamics contribute to the client's psychopathology, mobilizing the family's inherent strengths and functional resources, restructuring maladaptive family behavioral styles, and strengthening family problem-solving behaviors. The goal of a psychotherapy group is for members to learn about their behavior and to make positive changes in their behavior by interacting and communicating with others. In a self-help group, members share a common experience, but the group is not a formal or structured therapy group.
Question 2 of 5
The factor having the most influence on the current trend in treatment settings is the fact in recent years,
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Adequate funding has not kept pace with the need for community programs and treatment. Commitment laws have led to deinstitutionalization. Large state hospitals emptied as a result. Treatment in the community was intended to replace much of state hospital inpatient care, but funding has been inadequate.
Question 3 of 5
Some residential treatment settings are transitional. This means that clients are eventually expected to
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is part of a group setting up a mobile crisis service in conjunction with the local police department. Community education on which of the following this team will focus includes?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Mobile crisis services are linked to police departments. These professionals are called to the scene when police officers believe mental health issues are involved. Frequently, the mentally ill individual can be diverted to crisis counseling services or to the hospital, if needed, instead of being arrested and going to jail. Often, these same professionals provide education to police to help them recognize mental illness and perhaps change their attitude about mentally ill offenders. They do not provide direct counseling training to police officers.
Question 5 of 5
A client who had a stroke is experiencing left-sided paralysis. The client has become increasingly depressed because of this inability to complete all his ADLs by himself. This inability is considered a self-care deficit according to which nursing theory?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.