ATI RN
ATI Mental Health Nursing 12601 Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is working with a client that is displaying psychotic behavior with poorly controlled emotions. The family of the client asks, 'What part of the brain controls emotions?'
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The limbic system, including the amygdala and hypothalamus, regulates emotions like fear and aggression. The parietal lobe handles sensory processing, the endocrine system influences hormones, and the occipital lobe processes vision, none of which primarily control emotions.
Question 2 of 5
A student nurse is talking with a client. Which technique will best communicate to a client that the student is interested in listening?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Restating a client’s feeling or thought demonstrates active listening and empathy, encouraging further communication. Judging the client’s problem (
B) is non-therapeutic, saying 'I understand' (
C) can seem superficial, and direct questions (
D) may not convey genuine interest without active listening.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client admitted to the emergency room exhibiting impulsive behaviors of rage and anger. Dysfunction in which brain structure contributes to this behavior?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The hypothalamus regulates emotions and autonomic responses; its dysfunction can lead to impulsive rage and anger. The cerebellum coordinates movement, basal ganglia influence motor control and emotions (but less directly), and the spinal cord handles sensory/motor signals, not emotions.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is providing care to a client using assertive community treatment (ACT). Which of the following is accurate about this type of treatment?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: ACT delivers intensive services in the client’s community or home, promoting stability. High staff ratios (
A) are true but secondary, acute care (
B) is incorrect, and day programs (
C) don’t define ACT.
Question 5 of 5
A client is being seen in the mental health clinic. The client has been on a conventional, first-generation antipsychotic for 8 months and is now exhibiting tongue protrusion, lip smacking, and rapid eye blinking. A nurse would document this chronic syndrome as:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Tardive dyskinesia is a chronic side effect of long-term first-generation antipsychotic use, characterized by involuntary movements like tongue protrusion, lip smacking, and rapid eye blinking. Akathisia involves restlessness, neuroleptic malignant syndrome presents with fever and rigidity, and dystonia causes sustained muscle contractions, not matching the symptoms described.