ATI LPN
ATI LPN Mental Health Level 2 Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is a non-therapeutic communication technique?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Advising imposes the nurse’s opinions, inhibiting client self-expression, making it non-therapeutic. Silence allows reflection and is therapeutic. Focusing directs attention to specific issues, a therapeutic technique. Reflecting mirrors client feelings, aiding exploration, and is therapeutic.
Question 2 of 5
During a psychosocial assessment, the nurse documents a patient's orientation as oriented X3. This means:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Oriented to time, place and personal hygiene is incorrect; X3 doesn’t include hygiene. Alert and oriented to person, place and time is correct; 'oriented X3' means awareness of person, place, and time. Anxious, alert and oriented to place doesn’t fully define X3. Awake and oriented to place is incomplete for X3.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client following the recent, sudden death of his partner. The client says, 'I feel paralyzed and can’t seem to cope with work or family responsibilities anymore.' Which of the following types of crisis is the client demonstrating?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Maturational crises occur during developmental transitions, not applicable here. Adventitious crises are caused by unexpected external events like sudden death, fitting this scenario. Developmental is similar to maturational and doesn’t apply. Situational crises arise from specific events, but sudden death is more accurately adventitious.
Question 4 of 5
A psychotherapy group that was designed for the same people to meet weekly for 10 sessions to deal with feelings of depression would be a(n)
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Open group allows new members anytime, not fitting the fixed duration. Self-help group is member-led, not therapist-led as described. Closed group has fixed membership for the sessions, matching the description. Educational group focuses on teaching, not therapy for depression.
Question 5 of 5
Hospitals established by Dorothea Dix were designed to provide which of the following?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Public safety was not the primary aim of Dix’s hospitals. Confinement was used in earlier institutions, not her focus. Therapeutic milieu aligns with Dix’s goal of improving mental health care in a therapeutic environment. Asylum was a result, but her focus was on better care, not just housing.