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

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

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?

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

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