ATI RN
ATI nur 222a Mental Health Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is assessing a 6-year-old child who has experienced violence at school. Which of the following strategies should the nurse use during their assessment of this client?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale:
Toys or drawing materials allow the child to express feelings non-verbally, reducing retraumatization risk. Repeating trauma details can harm, caregiver presence may provide comfort, and focusing only on physical health misses emotional needs.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse in an outpatient facility is teaching a client about the development of mental illness. Which of the following statements by the nurse describes the role of a vulnerability gene?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A vulnerability gene increases the risk for a mental illness but doesn’t guarantee its development, as mental illnesses arise from genetic, environmental, and psychological factors. It’s not about resilience, direct causation, or recovery likelihood.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is caring for a school-age child who witnessed a violent crime. Each time the child recalls the event, the details differ from previous recollections. Which of the following trauma-related symptoms is the child experiencing?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Dissociative amnesia involves memory gaps or inconsistent recall of trauma, matching the child’s changing details. Derealization, hypervigilance, and depersonalization involve detachment, alertness, or self-disconnection, not memory issues.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse in a long-term care facility notices two residents arguing in the day room over a game they are playing. Which of the following interventions should the nurse use first?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Distracting the clients by engaging them in an activity is a non-confrontational way to de-escalate the argument and redirect their focus, maintaining a peaceful environment. Time-outs may escalate feelings of unfairness, seclusion is too extreme for a minor argument, and physical restraints are inappropriate unless there’s immediate danger.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse in a community health clinic is explaining to staff members that a mutation of influenza has increased the communicability of the virus. Which of the following information should the nurse include to describe the effect of communicability of a virus?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Increased communicability means the virus spreads more easily between individuals. Environmental survival, disease severity, or infectious dose changes don’t directly define communicability.