ATI Mental Health Exam 2025/2026|
Complete Questions and Verified Solutions |
Updated & Graded Version
Which of the following interventions should the nurse plan
to use to reduce client focus on delusional thinking?
A. Confronting the delusion
B. Focusing on feelings suggested by the delusion
C. Refuting the delusion with logic
D. Exploring reasons the client has the delusion -
ANSWER-B. Focusing on feelings suggested by the
delusion
,An appropriate intervention for a client with an identified
nursing diagnosis of Situational Low self-esteem would be:
A. Encouraging verbalization of feelings in a safe
environment
B. Attempting to determine triggers to hallucinations
C. Engaging client in activities designed to permit success
D. Providing large muscle activities to relieve stress -
ANSWER-C. Engaging client in activities designed to
permit success
A client has been admitted with disorganized type
schizophrenia. The nurse observes blunted affect and
social isolation. The client occasionally curses or calls
,another client a "jerk" without provocation. The nurse asks
the client how he is feeling, and he responds, "Everybody
picks on me. They frobitz me." The best response for the
nurse to make would be:
A. "That's really too bad."
B. "Who do you mean when you say 'everybody'?"
C. "What difference does frobitzing make?"
D. "Why do they frobitz?" - ANSWER-B. "Who do you
mean when you say 'everybody'?"
A community mental health nurse receives a new client for
he caseload. The diagnosis of the client is residual
schizophrenia. Documentation states that the client has a
, number of negative symptoms. Which symptom would the
nurse expect to assess in the client?
A. Bizarre, somatic delusions
B. Disorganized speech pattern
C. Catatonic posturing
D. Emotional blunting - ANSWER-D. Emotional blunting
A client with paranoid schizophrenia has said she feels like
throwing a chair. The nurse in the day room hears this and
wishes to encourage verbalization as a deescalation
technique. Which response by the nurse would fulfill this
plan?
Complete Questions and Verified Solutions |
Updated & Graded Version
Which of the following interventions should the nurse plan
to use to reduce client focus on delusional thinking?
A. Confronting the delusion
B. Focusing on feelings suggested by the delusion
C. Refuting the delusion with logic
D. Exploring reasons the client has the delusion -
ANSWER-B. Focusing on feelings suggested by the
delusion
,An appropriate intervention for a client with an identified
nursing diagnosis of Situational Low self-esteem would be:
A. Encouraging verbalization of feelings in a safe
environment
B. Attempting to determine triggers to hallucinations
C. Engaging client in activities designed to permit success
D. Providing large muscle activities to relieve stress -
ANSWER-C. Engaging client in activities designed to
permit success
A client has been admitted with disorganized type
schizophrenia. The nurse observes blunted affect and
social isolation. The client occasionally curses or calls
,another client a "jerk" without provocation. The nurse asks
the client how he is feeling, and he responds, "Everybody
picks on me. They frobitz me." The best response for the
nurse to make would be:
A. "That's really too bad."
B. "Who do you mean when you say 'everybody'?"
C. "What difference does frobitzing make?"
D. "Why do they frobitz?" - ANSWER-B. "Who do you
mean when you say 'everybody'?"
A community mental health nurse receives a new client for
he caseload. The diagnosis of the client is residual
schizophrenia. Documentation states that the client has a
, number of negative symptoms. Which symptom would the
nurse expect to assess in the client?
A. Bizarre, somatic delusions
B. Disorganized speech pattern
C. Catatonic posturing
D. Emotional blunting - ANSWER-D. Emotional blunting
A client with paranoid schizophrenia has said she feels like
throwing a chair. The nurse in the day room hears this and
wishes to encourage verbalization as a deescalation
technique. Which response by the nurse would fulfill this
plan?
