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Mental Health ATI RN Practice Assessment B answers
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PRACTICE ASSESSMENT: RN Mental Health Online Practice 2019 B
1. A nurse is talking with a group of parents who have recently experienced the death of a child
which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Encourage the parents to avoid discussing the death of their other children to protect
their feelings
Recommend each parent grieve in a private to avoid hindering each other’s healing
Suggest forming a weekly support group for parents who have experienced the death of
a child.
Advise the parents to begin counseling if they are still grieving in a few months
2. A nurse in a community Health Center is working with a group of clients who have post-
traumatic stress disorder. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include to
reduce anxiety among the group members?
Response prevention
Guided imagery
Aversion therapy
Light therapy
3. A nurse is planning care for a client who is to undergo electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Which of
the following actions should the nurse include in the plan?
Administer phenytoin 30 min prior to procedure
Instruct the client to expect a headache following the procedure
Place the client in a four-point restraint prior to the procedure
Monitor the client’s cardiac rhythm during the procedure
4. A nurse is planning prevention strategies for partner violence in the community. Which of the
following strategies should the nurse include as a method of secondary prevention?
Provide teaching about the use of positive coping mechanisms
Establish screening programs to identify at risk clients
Refer survivors to intimate partner abuse to a legal advocacy program
Organize rehabilitation therapy for clients who have experienced intimate partner abuse
5. A nurse in a mental health facility is caring for a client who has schizophrenia. Which of the
following findings places the client at a greater risk for self-directed injury or injuring others?
Inability to communicate with others
Feelings of absence of self-worth
Lack of motivation to perform daily tasks
Command hallucinations
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Mental Health ATI RN Practice Assessment B answers
Pediatric Health Nursing (Oak Point University)
Studocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university
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PRACTICE ASSESSMENT: RN Mental Health Online Practice 2019 B
1. A nurse is talking with a group of parents who have recently experienced the death of a child
which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Encourage the parents to avoid discussing the death of their other children to protect
their feelings
Recommend each parent grieve in a private to avoid hindering each other’s healing
Suggest forming a weekly support group for parents who have experienced the death of
a child.
Advise the parents to begin counseling if they are still grieving in a few months
2. A nurse in a community Health Center is working with a group of clients who have post-
traumatic stress disorder. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include to
reduce anxiety among the group members?
Response prevention
Guided imagery
Aversion therapy
Light therapy
3. A nurse is planning care for a client who is to undergo electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Which of
the following actions should the nurse include in the plan?
Administer phenytoin 30 min prior to procedure
Instruct the client to expect a headache following the procedure
Place the client in a four-point restraint prior to the procedure
Monitor the client’s cardiac rhythm during the procedure
4. A nurse is planning prevention strategies for partner violence in the community. Which of the
following strategies should the nurse include as a method of secondary prevention?
Provide teaching about the use of positive coping mechanisms
Establish screening programs to identify at risk clients
Refer survivors to intimate partner abuse to a legal advocacy program
Organize rehabilitation therapy for clients who have experienced intimate partner abuse
5. A nurse in a mental health facility is caring for a client who has schizophrenia. Which of the
following findings places the client at a greater risk for self-directed injury or injuring others?
Inability to communicate with others
Feelings of absence of self-worth
Lack of motivation to perform daily tasks
Command hallucinations
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