MENTAL HEALTH ATI MASTERY EXAM
2026 ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 690
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
FULL REVIEW PACKAGE GRADED A+
⩥ Posturing: neck and elbow extension. wrist and finger flexion.
Answer: decerebrate rigidity
⩥ used to objectively assess the client's cognitive status.
Answer: Mini-Mental Status Examination
⩥ used to obtain a baseline assessment of the clients LOC and for
ongoing assessment.
Answer: Glasgow Come Scale
⩥ Glasgow Coma Scale: 15.
Answer: highest possible score, awake and responding appropriately
⩥ Glasgow Come Scale: 3.
Answer: comatose state
⩥ Axis I.
,Answer: all mental health diagnoses except personality
⩥ Axis II.
Answer: personality disorders and mental retardation
⩥ Axis III.
Answer: medical diagnoses
⩥ Axis IV.
Answer: pertinent psychosocial problems
⩥ Axis V.
Answer: GAF
⩥ What GAF score would you give to someone who was at near or
normal function?.
Answer: 80-100
⩥ What GAF score would you give to someone who shows serious
mental disability and/or functioning impairments?.
Answer: 40 and below
,⩥ a wrongful act of injury committed by a person against another person
or another person's property.
Answer: tort
⩥ this related to the quality of doing good and can be described as
charity (Ex: A nurse helps a newly admitted client with psychosis feel
safe on the unit).
Answer: beneficience
⩥ refers to the client's right to make their own decisions (Ex: Rather
than giving advice to a client who has difficulty making decisions, the
nurse helps the client explore all alternatives).
Answer: autonomy
⩥ this relates to loyalty and faithfulness to the client and one's duty (Ex:
A client askes a nurse to be present when she talks to her mother for the
first time in several years and the nurse stays).
Answer: fidelity
⩥ this refers to being honest when dealing with this client (Ex: a client
states "You and that other staff member were talking about me, huh?"
The nurse should reply truthfully).
Answer: veracity
, ⩥ clients of this type of commitment are there by choice or per a family
member or other; have the right to apply for release at any time and
refuse medication and treatment.
Answer: voluntary
⩥ There are three (3) types of involuntary (civil) commitments:.
Answer: 1. emergency
2. observational or temporary
3. Long term or formal
⩥ involuntary commitment: client is hospitalized to prevent harm to self
or others (May be up to 10 days).
Answer: emergency
⩥ involuntary commitment: client is in need of observation, a diagnosis
and a treatment plan.
Answer: observational or temporary
⩥ involuntary commitment: similar to observational or temporary, but it
must be imposed by the courts (usually 60-180 days).
Answer: long-term or formal
⩥ Orders for restraints must be written every ___________, specifying
type of restraint, and frequency.
2026 ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 690
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
FULL REVIEW PACKAGE GRADED A+
⩥ Posturing: neck and elbow extension. wrist and finger flexion.
Answer: decerebrate rigidity
⩥ used to objectively assess the client's cognitive status.
Answer: Mini-Mental Status Examination
⩥ used to obtain a baseline assessment of the clients LOC and for
ongoing assessment.
Answer: Glasgow Come Scale
⩥ Glasgow Coma Scale: 15.
Answer: highest possible score, awake and responding appropriately
⩥ Glasgow Come Scale: 3.
Answer: comatose state
⩥ Axis I.
,Answer: all mental health diagnoses except personality
⩥ Axis II.
Answer: personality disorders and mental retardation
⩥ Axis III.
Answer: medical diagnoses
⩥ Axis IV.
Answer: pertinent psychosocial problems
⩥ Axis V.
Answer: GAF
⩥ What GAF score would you give to someone who was at near or
normal function?.
Answer: 80-100
⩥ What GAF score would you give to someone who shows serious
mental disability and/or functioning impairments?.
Answer: 40 and below
,⩥ a wrongful act of injury committed by a person against another person
or another person's property.
Answer: tort
⩥ this related to the quality of doing good and can be described as
charity (Ex: A nurse helps a newly admitted client with psychosis feel
safe on the unit).
Answer: beneficience
⩥ refers to the client's right to make their own decisions (Ex: Rather
than giving advice to a client who has difficulty making decisions, the
nurse helps the client explore all alternatives).
Answer: autonomy
⩥ this relates to loyalty and faithfulness to the client and one's duty (Ex:
A client askes a nurse to be present when she talks to her mother for the
first time in several years and the nurse stays).
Answer: fidelity
⩥ this refers to being honest when dealing with this client (Ex: a client
states "You and that other staff member were talking about me, huh?"
The nurse should reply truthfully).
Answer: veracity
, ⩥ clients of this type of commitment are there by choice or per a family
member or other; have the right to apply for release at any time and
refuse medication and treatment.
Answer: voluntary
⩥ There are three (3) types of involuntary (civil) commitments:.
Answer: 1. emergency
2. observational or temporary
3. Long term or formal
⩥ involuntary commitment: client is hospitalized to prevent harm to self
or others (May be up to 10 days).
Answer: emergency
⩥ involuntary commitment: client is in need of observation, a diagnosis
and a treatment plan.
Answer: observational or temporary
⩥ involuntary commitment: similar to observational or temporary, but it
must be imposed by the courts (usually 60-180 days).
Answer: long-term or formal
⩥ Orders for restraints must be written every ___________, specifying
type of restraint, and frequency.
