ATI RN
Psychobiological Disorder Questions
Question 1 of 5
To assist patients diagnosed with somatic symptom disorders, nursing interventions of high priority:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Shifting the focus from somatic symptoms to feelings or to neutral topics conveys interest in the patient as a person rather than as a condition. The need to gain attention with the use of symptoms is reduced over the long term. A desired outcome would be that the patient would express feelings, including anger if it is present. Once physical symptoms are investigated, they do not need to be reinvestigated each time the patient reports them.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse provides health education for an adult experiencing sleep deprivation. Which instruction has the highest priority?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Safety is the highest priority for this patient. Sleep deprivation causes psychomotor deficits. Driver drowsiness and fatigue lead to many automobile injuries and fatalities. Alcohol compounds problems associated with sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation should be evaluated and treated; a 1-year delay is too long.
Question 3 of 5
A person says, I often feel like I have been dreaming just before I awake in the morning. Which rationale correctly explains the comment?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
Which season would be most associated with increased periods of wakefulness in the general population?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
A patient with rheumatoid arthritis reports, For the past month Ive been having a lot of trouble falling asleep. When I finally get to sleep, I wake up several times during the night. Which information should the nurse seek initially?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Patients with diseases such as arthritis may have sleep disturbance related to nightly pain. Because the pain is chronic, the patient may fail to realize it is the reason for the inability to sleep. The other options do not follow the patients lead or begin problem solving without an adequate baseline.