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ATI Mental Health Nursing 12601 Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A client presents to the emergency department with a flat affect and disheveled appearance. The nurse objectively can see that the client has experienced an adventitious crisis. Which are examples of adventitious crises? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: A,B,E
Rationale: Adventitious crises involve unexpected, traumatic events like natural disasters (
A), sudden death (
B), and violent crimes (E). Leaving home (
C) is developmental, and job loss (
D) is situational, not adventitious.
Question 2 of 5
When preparing for the first clinical experience at a children's residential facility, the nursing instructor meets with the students to discuss their feelings, beliefs, and attitudes surrounding clients with a history of abuse and self-harm. The primary reason for discussing personal beliefs is to:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Discussing personal beliefs fosters self-awareness, helping students recognize biases that could interfere with providing empathetic, unbiased care to clients with abuse and self-harm histories. Relating to clients is secondary to care quality. Compatibility assignments are not the primary goal. Assessing the setting’s appropriateness is unrelated to personal beliefs.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse caring for clients in a residential mental health facility is explaining to a new nurse what the goal of the 1963 Community Mental Health Construction Act was. What was the goal of this?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The 1963 Act aimed to deinstitutionalize state hospitals by funding community mental health centers for less restrictive care. It didn’t focus on hospital construction (
B), client rights (
C), or humane treatment (
D) as primary goals.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client with major depressive disorder in a residential facility who refuses to participate in therapies because their parent did not answer the phone when the client called the previous evening. The client told the nurse, 'I know they are mad at me.' The nurse asks the client, 'Are there other reasons you can think of that could have caused your parent not to answer the phone last evening?' In this statement, the nurse is using which type of therapy?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Rational Emotive Therapy challenges irrational beliefs, like assuming the parent’s anger, by exploring alternative explanations, as the nurse does. Cognitive Theory (
B) is broader, Reality Therapy (
C) focuses on responsibility, and Gestalt Therapy (
D) emphasizes present awareness.
Question 5 of 5
A 4-year-old child grabs toys from siblings, saying, 'I want that toy now!' The siblings cry, and the child's parent becomes upset with the behavior. Using the Freudian theory, a nurse can interpret the child's behavior as a product of impulses originating in the:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: In Freudian theory, the id drives immediate gratification-seeking impulses, like the child’s toy-grabbing behavior. The ego mediates reality, the superego enforces morals, and the preconscious stores accessible memories, none matching the impulsive action.