ATI RN
Behavioral Health Certification for Nurses Questions
Question 1 of 5
Two nurses are discussing the rights of hospitalized psychiatric clients. Which of the following statements is an error?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Being committed and/or incompetent does not negate the Patient's Bill of Rights. However, if a guardian is appointed, the client loses the right to enter into legal contracts or agreements that require a signature. Confidentiality does allow for the disclosure of information under specific circumstances such as to another health-care provider who has a need to know or if the client specifically consents that information be shared with persons of his or her choice and also the duty to warn if the client threatens to harm others. Privileged communication relates to the privacy of what was discussed during therapy sessions and this can be documented in medical records. Clients may be held against their will if they are committed to a facility for psychiatric care until they no longer pose a danger to themselves or to anyone else.
Question 2 of 5
After several therapeutic encounters with a patient who recently attempted suicide, which occurrence should cause the nurse to consider the possibility of countertransference?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Countertransference involves strong, unusual emotional reactions from the nurse toward the patient, often tied to the nurse’s own experiences. Feeling unusually happy about the patient’s mood improvement suggests over-identification, a sign of countertransference. Option A indicates appropriate patient behavior, Option B suggests patient transference, and Option D is a desirable therapeutic outcome, not countertransference.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse wants to demonstrate genuineness with a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia. The nurse should:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
As a patient diagnosed with a mental illness is being discharged from a facility, a nurse invites the patient to the annual staff picnic. What is the best analysis of this scenario?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
During the first interview with a parent whose child died in a car accident, the nurse feels empathic and reaches out to take the patient’s hand. Select the correct analysis of the nurse’s behavior.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.