ATI RN
Assessing Health Behavior Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which activity is appropriate for a nurse engaged exclusively in community-based primary prevention?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
Which communication techniques would be most effective for a nurse to use during an assessment interview with an adult Native American patient?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Native American culture stresses living in harmony with nature. Cooperative, sharing styles rather than competitive or intrusive approaches are preferred; thus, the more passive style described would be best received. The other options would be more effective to use with patients of a Western orientation.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse wants to engage an interpreter for a severely anxious 21-year-old male who immigrated to the United States two years ago. Of the four interpreters below who are available and fluent in the patients language,which one should the nurse call?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A professional interpreter will be most effective because he/she will be able to interpret both language and culture. When an interpreter is engaged, the interpreter should be matched to the patient as closely as possible in gender, age, social status, and religion. Interpreters should not be relatives or friends of the patient. The stigma of mental illness may prevent the openness needed during the encounter.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is working with a patient who has quit several jobs and no longer sends financial support to his two children living with their mother. This behavior is in conflict with the nurse's values concerning responsible parenting. When discussing family roles with the patient, the nurse shows positive regard through which statement?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The nurse who appreciates the client as a unique worthwhile human being can respect the client regardless of his or her behavior, background, or lifestyle. The nurse maintains attention on the client and avoids communicating negative opinions or value judgments about the client's behavior. In using positive regard, the nurse avoids value judgments and shifting of the focus away from the patient.
Question 5 of 5
A client who had been in a substance abuse treatment program asks the nurse for a date after the client is discharged. The nurse talks to the client about the importance of a therapeutic relationship and its characteristics. The nurse is using which of the following techniques?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A therapeutic relationship is professional, and there are no mutual social goals; it is focused on meeting the client's needs and is terminated when the client no longer needs services. It is up to the nurse to maintain professional boundaries. The other choices would be inappropriate techniques to use toward this client.