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ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED 2026 100%
PASS ASSURED EXAMINATION SOLUTIONS
A nurse is planning overall strategies to
address problems for a client who
has a borderline personality disorder. Which
of the following strategies is the
priority for the nurse to incorporate into the
plan of care?
a. discuss the appropriate use of assertive
behavior with the client
b. encourage the client to attend weekly
support group meetings
c. assist the client to maintain awareness of
her thoughts and feelings
d. implement measures to prevent intentional
self-inflicted injury - correct answer- d.
implement measures to prevent intentional
self-inflicted injury
A nurse is admitting a client who has a
generalized anxiety disorder. Which of the
following actions should the nurse plan to
take first?
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a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
b. Determine how the client handles stress.
c. Teach the client to use guided imagery.
d. Ask the client to identify her strengths -
correct answer- a. Provide the client with a
quiet environment
A nurse is conducting an admission interview
with a client who is experiencing mania. Which
of the following should the nurse report to
the provider?
a. States that he hasn't bathed in 2 days
b. Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
c. Makes inappropriate sexual comments.
d. Speaks in rhyming sentences. - correct
answer- b. Reports eating twice in the past
two weeks.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has
obsessive-compulsive disorder. Which of the
following recommendation should the nurse
include in the client's plan of care?
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a. Validation therapy
b. Thought stopping
c. Operant conditioning
d. Reality orientation therapy - correct
answer- b. Thought stopping
A nurse is caring for a client who has bipolar
disorder and is experiencing a manic episode.
Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
a. Encourage the client to join group
activities
b. Dim the lights in the client's room
c. Provide detailed explanations to the client
d. Administer methylphenidate - correct
answer- b. Dim the lights in the client's room
A nurse is leading a crisis intervention group
for adolescents who witnessed the suicide of a
classmate. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take first?
a. Initiate referrals
b. Review community resources
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c. Identify prior coping skills
d. Discuss the importance of confidentiality -
correct answer- c. Identify prior coping
skills
A nurse overhears a client saying"I am a spy,
a spy for the FBI .I am an I,an eye for an eye
in the sky. Sky is up high." The nurse should
document the client's statement as which of
the following speech alterations?
a. Echolalia
b. Word salad
c. Neologism
d. Clang association - correct answer- d.
Clang association
An older adult client is brought to the mental
health clinic by her daughter. The daughter
reports that her mother is not eating and
seems uninterested in routine activities. The
daughter states "Im so worried that my mother
is depressed" which of the following responses
should the nurse make?
a. Everyone gets depressed from time to time.
ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED 2026 100%
PASS ASSURED EXAMINATION SOLUTIONS
A nurse is planning overall strategies to
address problems for a client who
has a borderline personality disorder. Which
of the following strategies is the
priority for the nurse to incorporate into the
plan of care?
a. discuss the appropriate use of assertive
behavior with the client
b. encourage the client to attend weekly
support group meetings
c. assist the client to maintain awareness of
her thoughts and feelings
d. implement measures to prevent intentional
self-inflicted injury - correct answer- d.
implement measures to prevent intentional
self-inflicted injury
A nurse is admitting a client who has a
generalized anxiety disorder. Which of the
following actions should the nurse plan to
take first?
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a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
b. Determine how the client handles stress.
c. Teach the client to use guided imagery.
d. Ask the client to identify her strengths -
correct answer- a. Provide the client with a
quiet environment
A nurse is conducting an admission interview
with a client who is experiencing mania. Which
of the following should the nurse report to
the provider?
a. States that he hasn't bathed in 2 days
b. Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
c. Makes inappropriate sexual comments.
d. Speaks in rhyming sentences. - correct
answer- b. Reports eating twice in the past
two weeks.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has
obsessive-compulsive disorder. Which of the
following recommendation should the nurse
include in the client's plan of care?
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a. Validation therapy
b. Thought stopping
c. Operant conditioning
d. Reality orientation therapy - correct
answer- b. Thought stopping
A nurse is caring for a client who has bipolar
disorder and is experiencing a manic episode.
Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
a. Encourage the client to join group
activities
b. Dim the lights in the client's room
c. Provide detailed explanations to the client
d. Administer methylphenidate - correct
answer- b. Dim the lights in the client's room
A nurse is leading a crisis intervention group
for adolescents who witnessed the suicide of a
classmate. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take first?
a. Initiate referrals
b. Review community resources
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c. Identify prior coping skills
d. Discuss the importance of confidentiality -
correct answer- c. Identify prior coping
skills
A nurse overhears a client saying"I am a spy,
a spy for the FBI .I am an I,an eye for an eye
in the sky. Sky is up high." The nurse should
document the client's statement as which of
the following speech alterations?
a. Echolalia
b. Word salad
c. Neologism
d. Clang association - correct answer- d.
Clang association
An older adult client is brought to the mental
health clinic by her daughter. The daughter
reports that her mother is not eating and
seems uninterested in routine activities. The
daughter states "Im so worried that my mother
is depressed" which of the following responses
should the nurse make?
a. Everyone gets depressed from time to time.
