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ATI PN Mental Health Proctored Exam Practice Questions - Set 2

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Question 1 of 15Multiple-Select / Select All That Apply (SATA)

A nurse on a mental health unit is assisting with the care of a client.

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The nurse is continuing to assist with the care of the client. Select the four actions the nurse should take.

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Question 2 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

A nurse is assisting with the teaching of a group of newly licensed nurses about personality disorders. Which of the following information should be included?

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Question 3 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

A nurse is collecting data from a client who has paranoid personality disorder. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

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Question 4 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

A nurse is preparing an in-service for a group of staff members about dissociative identity disorder. Which of the following should the nurse identify as a risk factor for this disorder?

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Question 5 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

A nurse is discussing the three clusters of personality disorders. Which of the following personality disorders is part of cluster C?

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Question 6 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

A nurse is assisting in teaching a client who has been newly diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which of the following information should the nurse include?

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Question 7 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a client who frequently breaks their arms and other bones on purpose. The nurse understands that the client likely has which diagnosis?

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Question 8 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

A nurse is speaking to a group of nurses about the difference between schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia. Which of the following findings is associated with the active phase of schizoaffective disorder?

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Question 9 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a client who was recently diagnosed with an opioid use disorder. They were a student in a local community college but were recently dismissed for failing their classes. Their previous diagnoses include anxiety, Crohn's disease, and chronic back pain due to a gymnastics injury in high school. Which of the following should the nurse identify as potential underlying reasons why the client might have started using opioids?

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Question 10 of 15Multiple-Select / Select All That Apply (SATA)

A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia.

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Select the "3" findings that should indicate to the nurse the client is experiencing negative symptoms related to their schizophrenia.

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Question 11 of 15Multiple-Select / Select All That Apply (SATA)

A nurse is reviewing the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia. Which of the following symptoms must be present for a client to be diagnosed with schizophrenia? (Select all that apply).

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Question 12 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

A nurse on a mental health unit is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. The client states "I will just see my regular doctor at my annual checkup after I am discharged." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

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Question 13 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has somatic symptom disorder. Which of the following would be a likely comorbidity of somatic symptom disorder?

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Question 14 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a client who has a serious mental illness and has developed tardive dyskinesia from anti-psychotic medication use. Which of the following adverse effects from anti-psychotic medication use would be expected for the client?

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Question 15 of 15Single-Select Multiple Choice

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?

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