ATI RN
ATI Mental Health Exam f24 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The charge nurse is talking with another nurse who states, 'I feel like my clients have no interest in their care and do not care that I am trying to help.' Which response should the charge nurse make?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Encouraging a therapeutic relationship addresses disengagement by fostering trust, improving cooperation. Dismissing feelings, reassigning staff, or attributing to pain don’t solve the core issue.
Question 2 of 5
After experiencing increasing conflict in the home, a social worker calls and schedules a therapy meeting. A 24-year-old, his sister, his mother, and the mother's live-in boyfriend are asked to attend the therapy meeting. Who is the 'client' who will be treated during this session?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Family therapy treats the entire family as the client to address collective dynamics and conflicts, involving all members (24-year-old, sister, mother, boyfriend). Limiting to individuals ignores systemic issues.
Question 3 of 5
When describing the continuum of care for mental health, which would the nurse identify as the primary goal?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The least restrictive environment promotes independence and normalcy, the primary goal. Crisis care, case management, and coordination support this but aren’t the overarching aim.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is discussing quality of life with a client who has schizophrenia. Which of the following statements should the nurse include?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: This statement offers hope, noting treatment improves quality of life despite persistent symptoms. Questioning value is confrontational, claiming full symptom elimination is misleading, and suggesting a group home is discouraging.
Question 5 of 5
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is working on an inpatient unit that uses a privilege system. The nurse understands that this intervention integrates which group of theories?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Privilege systems use behavioral theories, reinforcing desired behaviors with rewards (operant conditioning). Developmental theories focus on growth stages, humanistic on self-actualization, and cognitive on thought processes, none central to privilege systems.