ATI RN
ATI Mental Health Exam III Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A group of nurses is discussing the purpose of mental health documentation. Which of the following descriptions of nursing documentation for a mental health client is accurate?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Comprehensive mental health documentation includes behaviors, mental status, interventions, and outcomes, providing a complete record. Other options are incomplete or overly narrow.
Question 2 of 5
In nursing, veracity refers to the nurse's obligation to provide truthful and accurate information to the client. Which of the following best describes the principle of veracity?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Veracity means providing truthful and accurate information, ensuring clients receive honest details about their care. Fidelity involves keeping promises, justice ensures access, and beneficence/nonmaleficence cover ethical practice.
Question 3 of 5
The patient telling the nurse she reminded him of his girlfriend that he loves so much is an example of what?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Transference occurs when a client projects feelings about another person onto the nurse (e.g., seeing the nurse as a loved one). Projection, countertransference, and empathy do not fit this scenario.
Question 4 of 5
Which situation is an exception to the rule of maintaining patient confidentiality?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Healthcare professionals are legally and ethically obligated to breach confidentiality if a patient poses a risk of harm to themselves or others, under the duty to warn and protect principle. Sharing with family without consent, public discussions, or unauthorized providers violates confidentiality.
Question 5 of 5
A supervisor observes inconsistency in the psychiatric-mental health nurse's behavior toward a patient; the nurse is unreasonably concerned, overly kind, or irrationally hostile. The most appropriate explanation is that the nurse is displaying:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Countertransference occurs when a nurse projects personal emotions onto a client, leading to overinvolvement or negative reactions, affecting professional boundaries. Cultural humility, transference, and competency do not explain these erratic behaviors.