ATI RN
Assessing Health Behavior Nursing Questions
Question 1 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 2 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 3 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.
Question 4 of 5
During the orientation phase of the nurse-patient relationship, the nurse directs the patient to do which of the following?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
Which role of the nurse is most likely to create difficulty for the nurse-client relationship if the client confuses physical care with intimacy and sexual interest?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The caregiver role involves physical care (e.g., bathing), which some clients may misinterpret as intimacy, eroding the therapeutic relationship. Teacher focuses on education, advocate supports decisions, and parent surrogate sets limits or nurtures, none of which inherently involve physical closeness prone to misinterpretation.