ATI LPN
ATI LPN Mental Health Exam V Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is planning discharge for a client who has schizophrenia and reports "I don't have a place to live." Which of the following referrals should the nurse request from the provider?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A social worker can secure housing and resources for homelessness. Employment, psychiatric care, and spiritual guidance are secondary to immediate housing needs.
Question 2 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.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is caring for a young adult client who has somatic symptom disorder and is being evaluated for chest pain. The client's laboratory results are all within the expected reference ranges the ECG is unremarkable and the client has no identified cardiac risk factors. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Reassurance reduces anxiety without dismissing symptoms. Denying pain, pushing tests, or flooding therapy risks mistrust or inappropriate care.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who has a serious mental illness and has developed tardive dyskinesia from anti-psychotic medication use. Which of the following adverse effects from anti-psychotic medication use would be expected for the client?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Tardive dyskinesia causes involuntary facial movements like lip smacking. Nausea, hallucinations, and seizures are unrelated.
Question 5 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.