ATI LPN
ATI LPN Mental Health Exam V Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has an eating disorder about mindfulness and distress tolerance skills. This is an example of which of the following treatment modalities?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: DBT teaches mindfulness and distress tolerance, ideal for eating disorders. IPT focuses on relationships, humanistic on growth, and cognitive on thoughts.
Question 2 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 3 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who has binge-eating disorder. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take during the termination phase of the nurse-client relationship?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Reviewing goals reinforces progress in termination. Discharge planning and data collection occur earlier, and sharing contact info blurs boundaries.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is providing information regarding the social determinants of mental health and persons with serious mental illnesses (SMI). Which of the following pieces of information should the nurse share during the presentation?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Social determinants impact SMI treatment positively or negatively. Treatment alone isn’t enough, change is possible, and effects aren’t only physical.
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.