ATI RN
Biological Basis of Behavior Questions
Question 1 of 5
What is an important role of the nurse with regard to residents opposing plans to establish a group home or residential facility in their neighborhood?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Frequently, residents oppose plans to establish a group home or residential facility in their neighborhood. They argue that having a group home will decrease their property values, and they may believe that people with mental illness are violent, will act bizarrely in public, or will be a menace to their children. These people have strongly ingrained stereotypes and a great deal of misinformation. Local residents must be given the facts, and nurses are in a position to advocate for clients by educating members of the community. The neighborhood residents who object to the establishment of a group home or residential setting may not be motivated to understand the needs of mentally ill people. It is not the responsibility for the nurse to provide for the safety and security of the neighborhood or protect the safety and security of persons in the group home.
Question 2 of 5
A psychiatric nurse is planning activities aimed at secondary prevention of mental illness. Which activity would be most appropriate to develop?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Nurses work to provide mental health prevention services to reduce risks to the mental health of persons, families, and communities. Examples include primary prevention, such as stress management education; secondary prevention, such as early identification of potential mental health problems; and tertiary prevention, such as monitoring and coordinating rehabilitation services for the mentally ill.
Question 3 of 5
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is reading an article about various theorists who rejected some of Freud's basic ideas. The article describes a theorist who challenged many of Freud's concepts, including the belief that women felt disadvantaged because of their genital organs. The nurse is most likely reading about which theorist?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following is the highest level need according to Maslow (1934)?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
What is a basic assumption of Freud's psychoanalytic theory?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Freud believed that everything we do has meaning, whether it is conscious or unconscious. Freud believed that human behavior can be motivated by subconscious thoughts and feelings but could also be in the preconscious or unconscious. Freud based his theory of childhood development on the belief that sexual energy, termed libido, was the driving force of human behavior. The use of free association is not a major assumption of Freud's theory.