ATI RN
ATI RN Mental Health 2023 Exam 2 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is planning care for a client who has complicated grieving following the death of her child. Which of the following interventions should the nurse identify as the priority?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Identifying the grief stage tailors support, the priority. Normalizing anger, activity, and counseling follow assessment.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is providing teaching to the partner of a client who has Alzheimer's disease and a new prescription for donepezil. Which of the following pieces of information should the nurse include?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Bedtime administration reduces nausea. Alzheimer’s worsens, it doesn’t stop progression, and falls risk may increase.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse in a rehabilitation center is caring for a client who has bipolar disorder. Which of the following actions by the client indicates mania?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Constant talking (pressured speech) indicates mania’s high energy. Inferiority and hypersomnia suggest depression, memory loss isn’t mania-specific.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who has obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Preoccupation with details is core to OCPD’s perfectionism. Exploitative behavior, lack of empathy, and clinging align with other disorders (narcissistic, antisocial, dependent).
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who has major depressive disorder and states that he has given away his personal belongings. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: This open-ended response shows empathy and assesses emotional state, key for depression. 'Why' may feel judgmental, 'everyone feels down' dismisses, and support groups are premature without assessment.