ATI RN
Behavioral Questions for Nurse Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which one of the following is one of the American Nurses Association standards of practice for psychiatric/mental health nursing?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Prescriptive authority is used by psychiatric/mental health advanced practice registered nurses in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations. Standards 5a are advanced practice interventions and may be performed only by the psychiatric/mental health advanced practice registered nurse. Psychiatric/mental health registered nurses may provide milieu therapy according to Standard 5c. This is not restricted to psychiatric/mental health advanced practice nurses.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is part of a multidisciplinary team working with groups of depressed patients. Half the patients receive supportive interventions and antidepressant medication. The other half receives only medication. The team measures outcomes for each group. Which type of study is evident?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Clinical epidemiology is a broad field that addresses studies of the natural history (or what happens if there is no treatment and the problem is left to run its course) of an illness, studies of diagnostic screening tests, and observational and experimental studies of interventions used to treat people with the illness or symptoms. Prevalence refers to numbers of new cases. Co-morbidity refers to having more than one mental disorder at a time. Incidence refers to the number of new cases of mental disorders in a healthy population within a given period.
Question 3 of 5
Select the example of tertiary prevention.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
Which patient would be most appropriate to refer for assertive community treatment (ACT)? A patient diagnosed with:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
A health care provider prescribed depot injections every 3 weeks at the clinic for a patient with a history of medication noncompliance. For this plan to be successful, which factor will be of critical importance?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The ability of the patient to get to the clinic is of paramount importance to the success of the plan. The depot medication relieves the patient of the necessity to take medication daily, but if he or she does not receive the injection at 3-week intervals, non-adherence will again be the issue. Attitude toward the patient, trusting relationships, and nutrition are important but not fundamental to this particular problem.