ATI RN
ATI Mental Health Nursing 12601 Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
When reviewing the history of mental health care in the United States, a psychiatric-mental health nurse reads about advocating for the moral treatment of the mentally ill and opening of state hospitals. The nurse would attribute this concept of care as the idea supported by:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Dorothea Dix advocated for moral treatment and state hospitals in the 19th century, improving mental health care. Freud (
A) focused on psychoanalysis, Peplau (
C) on nursing theory, and Richards (
D) on nursing education.
Question 2 of 5
A nursing instructor is reviewing the history of mental health nursing with students. What significant change in the treatment of people with mental illness occurred in the 1950s?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The 1950s saw psychotropic drugs like antipsychotics revolutionize mental health treatment, improving symptom management. Commitment changes (
A), community services (
B), and patient rights (
D) were less prominent then.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is completing an 8-hr 180 record for a client who consumed 4 oz juice, 6 oz tea, a 100 mL cup full of ice chips, an IV bolus of 150 mL, and 8 oz broth. The nurse should record how many mL of intake on the client's record?
Correct Answer: 782
Rationale:
Total intake: 4 oz juice (118.28 mL) + 6 oz tea (177.42 mL) + 100 mL ice chips + 150 mL IV bolus + 8 oz broth (236.56 mL) = 782.26 mL, rounded to 782 mL.
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 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.