ATI LPN
ATI LPN Mental Health Exam V Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who describes extreme fear of having or acquiring a disease. The client is also exhibiting behaviors like repeated body checking. The nurse should identify that the client is exhibiting manifestations of which of the following disorders?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Illness anxiety involves excessive disease fear and checking without symptoms. Functional neurological involves deficits, somatic symptom involves distress from symptoms, and factitious involves faking.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who reports having experienced sexual abuse. The nurse should identify that which of the following findings are consistent with the client's report? (Select All that Apply.)
Correct Answer: A,B,C,D,E
Rationale: Pelvic soreness, chlamydia, anal bleeding, bruising, and bloody underwear suggest recent assault. Scars are not specific to recent abuse.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is reviewing laboratory results for a client and notes a serum lithium level of 1.6 mEq/L. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect the client to report?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Lithium toxicity at 1.6 mEq/L causes neurological symptoms like blurred vision and tremors. Fever, tardive dyskinesia, and GI issues are less specific.
Question 4 of 5
A newly licensed nurse asks the charge nurse about functional neurological symptom disorder. Which of the following responses should the charge nurse make?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Symptoms worsen with stress and are involuntary, unlike conscious control, multiple personalities, or depersonalization.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is providing care to a client is who is recovering from an episode of dissociative amnesia. The nurse should expect the client to exhibit which of the following manifestations?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Guilt is common post-dissociative amnesia due to memory gaps. Anhedonia, hallucinations, and delusions are linked to other disorders.