ATI mental health proctored exam f24 Practice Questions

A nurse is caring for a client who has bipolar disorder. The client says to the nurse, “Give me your pen to cut the pain out of my chest.” The nurse should identify that the client is at risk for which of the following?

A nurse is explaining advance care directives, or “living wills,” to a client and the client’s spouse. Which detail would the nurse include in the description of an advance care directive?

A nurse working on a psychiatric unit receives a telephone call from a client’s employer. The employer asks for a copy of the client’s latest laboratory work and psychological testing results so that the client’s medical records in employee health can be updated. Based on the nurse’s knowledge of breach of confidentiality, which response would be appropriate?

While working with an older client, a nurse begins to think of the client as a grandparent and responds to the client as a grandchild. The nurse is developing what type of emotional reaction?

A nurse in a mental health clinic is conducting a staff education session on schizophrenia. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse identify as negative symptoms? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is providing education to a group of staff members about schizophrenia. Which of the following age groups should the nurse include as the age when schizophrenia is typically diagnosed?

While working with an older client, a nurse begins to think of the client as a grandparent and responds to the client as a grandchild. The nurse is developing what type of emotional reaction?

A nurse is talking with a client who has schizophrenia. Suddenly the client states, “I’m frightened. Do you hear that? The voices are telling me to do terrible things.” Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?

The Psychiatrist calls Jake’s father to obtain collateral information, pending Jake’s discharge home. Jake’s father reports Jake’s mother died when he was 14 years old. Jake is unable to tell the nurse or Psychiatrist how old he was or the year she died. Which defense mechanism is being depicted?

A nurse is interviewing a client who is experiencing negative symptoms of psychosis about their family history of schizophrenia. In which of the following phases of the nursing process should this take place?

A nurse is providing education to a group of staff members about schizophrenia. Which of the following age groups should the nurse include as the age when schizophrenia is typically diagnosed?