ATI RN
Behavioral Health Certification for Nurses Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is a standard of professional performance?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Education is a standard of professional performance. Other standards of professional performance include the quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, collegiality, collaboration, ethics, research, resource utilization, and leadership. Assessment, planning, and implementation are components of the nursing process, not standards of professional performance.
Question 2 of 5
The spouse of a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia says, I dont understand how events from childhood have anything to do with this disabling illness. Which response by the nurse will best help the spouse understand the cause of this disorder?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia had an exacerbation related to medication noncompliance and was hospitalized for 5 days. The patients thoughts are now more organized, and discharge is planned. The patients family says, Its too soon for discharge. We will just go through all this again. The nurse should:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Patients do not stay in a hospital until every symptom disappears. The nurse must assume responsibility to advocate for the patients right to the least restrictive setting as soon as the symptoms are under control and for the right of citizens to control health care costs. The health care provider will use the same rationale. Shifting blame will not change the discharge. Security is unnecessary. The nurse can handle this matter.
Question 4 of 5
The unit secretary receives a phone call from the health insurer for a hospitalized patient. The caller seeks information about the patients projected length of stay. How should the nurse instruct the unit secretary to handle the request?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
Which assessment finding for a patient in the community deserves priority intervention by the psychiatric nurse? The patient:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.