ATI Learning Systems - Mental Health 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

While taking a health history from a client in the outpatient mental health clinic, nurse observes that the client is persistent in making personal inquiries. Which of the following is the most therapeutic response? Explain to the client that this time is for him Focus of relationship is on the client's ideas, experiences, and feelings. A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with dementia. She should understand that the goal of reminiscence therapy in long term care facilities is to.... share memories of past experiences and events Which of the following is an important short term goal for a nurse to plan with a suicidal client? sign a contract pledging not to act on suicide plans A nurse's neighbor has just found out that her teenage child died in a motor vehicle accident. The neighbor is crying inconsolably. Which of the following is an appropriate therapeutic nursing response? Sit silently with the client while he cries. Being silent is a communication that is appropriate at times of grieving A parent brings an 18 month old child to the ER, the child sustained a fractured left femur. Which of the following statements by the parent might make the nurse suspect child abuse? My child was riding a bicycle and got the right foot caught in the spokes. Kid is TOO young and not developmentally capable of riding a bike