ATI Mental Health CMS Exam Questions and Answers

ATI Mental Health CMS Exam Questions
and Answers

A nurse is admitting a client in the emergency department for an intentional
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overdose of opioids. The client state, "I feel so alone. No one can help me."
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Which of the following responses by the nurse is therapeutic?
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A. "Let's finish your admission and then talk about your feelings."
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B. "How come you feel that no one can help you when you are receiving help
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now?"
C. "Why do you feel that no one can help you?"
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D. "I would like to sit and talk with you." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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A nurse is caring for a client whose adolescent child died in a motor-vehicle crash.
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|The client is crying inconsolably. Which of the following actions should the nurse
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take?


A. Suggest that the client call the facility's chaplain.
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B. Provide a quiet place for the client to be alone.
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C. Stay with the client and allow the client to cry.
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D. Express sympathy for the client's loss. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of colon cancer. Shortly
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after the client receives the diagnosis, the nurse enters the client's room and the
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,client begins yelling, "I have received terrible care here and no one cares about
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me." The nurse should recognize that the client is demonstrating which of the
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following defense mechanisms? | |




A. Denial
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B. Displacement
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C. Reaction formation
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D. Projection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia. The client states, "My
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internal organs have turned to stone." The nurse should document this finding as
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which of the following types of delusions?
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A. Somatic
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B. Reference
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C. Persecutory
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D. Grandiose - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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A nurse is caring for a client who is brought to the clinic by her adult son who
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states that his father recently died. The client repeatedly yells at her son stating,
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"Quit lying about your father!" The nurse should recognize that the client is
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demonstrating which of the following defense mechanisms?| | | | | |




A. Denial
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B. Identification
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,C. Introjection
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D. Sublimation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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A nurse is caring for a client who has major depressive disorder and recently
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started taking an antidepressant. The nurse should identify which of the following
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client statements as the priority?
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A. "I hate being so helpless. I can't even manage my own finances anymore."
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B. "At group therapy today I wanted to leave. I didn't feeling like being with other
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people."
C. "I have it all figured out. Everything is going to be okay now."
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D. "I don't feel like showering. I'd rather just stay in bed today." - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-C


A nurse is administering an oral sedative to a client who is receiving care
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following an involuntary admission. The client states, "I'm not taking any more
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medication." Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
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A. Administer the medication by another route.
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B. Refer the client's refusal to the facility's ethics committee.
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C. Inform the client that, due to her involuntary admission, she cannot refuse a
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sedative.
D. Document the client's refusal of the medication in the medical record. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D |

, A nurse enters a client's room and observes that the client is agitated and pacing
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rapidly. The client looks at the nurse and says, "Back off. Leave me alone." Which
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of the following statements should the nurse make?
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A. "I demand that you calm down now. Your behavior is unacceptable."
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B. "I will close the door to provide privacy, and you can tell me what is bothering
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you."
C. "I will give you space if you calm down. Tell me what is causing you to feel so
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tense."
D. "I will leave you alone for a few minutes while you try to control yourself." -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C |




A nurse is providing support for the parents of a child who has a new diagnosis of
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a terminal brain tumor. The nurse should expect the parents to experience which
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of the following stages of grief first?
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A. Denial
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B. Bargaining
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C. Anger|




D. Depression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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A nurse in a mental health facility is reviewing confidentiality requirements with a
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newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements by the newly licensed
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nurse indicates an understanding of the information?
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