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ATI RN · ATI Mental Health · ATI Mental Health Proctored Exam 2024

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Question 1 of 5

A patient is pacing the hall near the nurses' station, swearing loudly. An appropriate initial intervention for the nurse would be to address the patient by name and say:

A. What is going on?'
B. Please be quiet and sit down in this chair immediately.'
C. I'd like to talk with you about how you're feeling right now.'
D. You must go to your room and try to get control of yourself.'

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: I'd like to talk with you about how you're feeling right now.'

Question 2 of 5

A nurse is assisting a patient in using simple relaxation techniques. Which of the following would the nurse do first?

A. Have the patient assume a relaxed position.
B. Advise the patient to let the sensations happen.
C. Ensure a quiet, nondisrupting environment.
D. Instruct the patient to take an initial slow, deep breath.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Ensure a quiet, nondisrupting environment.

Question 3 of 5

A nurse is providing care to a client just recently diagnosed with schizophrenia during an inpatient hospital stay. Throughout the day, the nurse observes the client drinking from the water fountain quite frequently as well as carrying cans of soda and bottles of water with him wherever he goes. Upon entering the client's room, the nurse sees numerous empty cups that had been filled with fluids on his table and in the trash can. The room has an odor of urine. The nurse suspects which of the following?

A. Diabetes mellitus
B. Disordered water balance
C. Tardive dyskinesia
D. Orthostatic hypotension

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Disordered water balance

Question 4 of 5

What type of alteration is more specific to delirium than to dementia?

A. alteration developing over months
B. alteration in memory
C. alteration in attention
D. no alteration in baseline

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: alteration in attention

Question 5 of 5

A nurse introduces the matter of a contract during the first session with a new patient because contracts

A. specify what the nurse will do for the patient.
B. spell out the participation and responsibilities of each party.
C. indicate the feeling tone established between the participants.
D. are binding and prevent either party from prematurely ending the relationship.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: spell out the participation and responsibilities of each party.

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