ATI RN
ATI Mental Health Exam f24 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is providing education to a group of staff members about schizophrenia. Which of the following age groups should the nurse include as the age when schizophrenia is typically diagnosed?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Schizophrenia typically manifests in young adulthood (ages 16–30), when symptoms like hallucinations or delusions emerge. Preschool or school-age onset is rare, and older adulthood onset is uncommon, as symptoms usually appear earlier.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is providing education to a group of staff members about schizophrenia. Which of the following age groups should the nurse include as the age when schizophrenia is typically diagnosed?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Schizophrenia typically manifests in young adulthood (ages 16–30), when symptoms like hallucinations or delusions emerge. Preschool or school-age onset is rare, and older adulthood onset is uncommon, as symptoms usually appear earlier.
Question 3 of 5
A newly licensed nurse is applying prescribed wrist restraints on a client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Quick-release ties ensure safety by allowing rapid removal if needed. Checking every 2 hours (not 4), securing to the bed frame (not side rail), and fitting two fingers (not four) are standard.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is interviewing a client who is experiencing negative symptoms of psychosis about their family history of schizophrenia. In which of the following phases of the nursing process should this take place?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Assessment involves gathering data, like family history, to inform diagnosis and care. Implementation executes interventions, evaluation assesses outcomes, and planning sets goals, all following assessment.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who is hospitalized for a mental disorder. The nurse is legally obligated to breach the client's confidentiality if the client makes which statement?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The threat to harm a neighbor triggers a duty to warn, overriding confidentiality to prevent harm. Delusions, anger, or attraction don’t indicate imminent danger, so confidentiality holds.