ATI RN
ATI Mental Health Exam III Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse manager is instructing a newly licensed nurse in ways to improve their active listening skills. Which of the following behaviors should the nurse manager recommend?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Maintaining focus on the client by avoiding distractions demonstrates active listening. Interrupting, showing excessive emotion, or avoiding eye contact hinders engagement.
Question 2 of 5
A group of nurses is discussing the purpose of mental health documentation. Which of the following descriptions of nursing documentation for a mental health client is accurate?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Comprehensive mental health documentation includes behaviors, mental status, interventions, and outcomes, providing a complete record. Other options are incomplete or overly narrow.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse notes that a colleague seems exhausted, discouraged, distracted, and expresses dissatisfaction with being a nurse. The nurse should identify these as manifestations of which of the following conditions?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by chronic workplace stress, with symptoms like fatigue, cynicism, and dissatisfaction. Dementia, TBI, and bipolar disorder do not align with these work-related symptoms.
Question 4 of 5
The patient telling the nurse she reminded him of his girlfriend that he loves so much is an example of what?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Transference occurs when a client projects feelings about another person onto the nurse (e.g., seeing the nurse as a loved one). Projection, countertransference, and empathy do not fit this scenario.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is reviewing treatment alternatives for managing a client's behavior. The nurse should identify that which of the following examples describes the least restrictive alternative?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Verbal redirection to a room is the least restrictive intervention, avoiding confinement or medication. Restraints, seclusion, and antipsychotics are more restrictive.