ATI RN
ATI Mental Health assessment Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who has dementia and insists a doll is her infant child. Which of the following behavioral management techniques should the nurse use when interacting with the client?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Validation therapy acknowledges the client's reality reducing distress in dementia.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse on a mental health unit is planning a group therapy session about assertiveness training. For which of the following clients should the nurse recommend the training?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Assertiveness training aids communication in somatic symptom disorder.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is reviewing the medical records of a group of clients. For which of the following clients should the nurse recommend a referral for assertive community treatment (ACT)?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: ACT supports those with severe persistent mental illness like schizophrenia.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who exhibits excessive attention-seeking behaviors,"including acting flirtatious and seductive. The nurse should identify these behaviors as manifestations of which of the following personality disorders?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Histrionic personality involves attention-seeking behaviors.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is assessing an older adult client's ability to make a successful role transition to widowhood following the death of her partner. Which of the following factors should the nurse include in the assessment? (Select all that apply.)
Correct Answer: B,C,D,,E
Rationale: Support groups health status family support and spiritual involvement aid coping with widowhood unlike advance directives.