ATI Mental Health Exam Test Bank |
Updated Revision Notes | Grade A+
• alzheimer's disease agitated and combative when approached for nursing care -
appropriate action? -✓✓remain calm and talk quietly to the client
• typical characteristic of clients w anorexia? -✓✓relentless exercise
• eldery w alzheimer's has begun to strike out - awake and restless most of the
night - contact provider for med order. anticipated med? -✓✓lorazepam as needed
• question a benzo for tx of? -✓✓chronic pain syndrome
• male client admitted to psych hospital under court order w dx of antisocial
personality disorder - stealing a car and pushing it over a cliff - which behaviors
should the nurse expect? -✓✓little responsibility or concern for his current
situation
• er following rape - may manifest PTSD - can be described as? -✓✓re-
experiencing the fear and hopelessness of the original trauma
• counseling for GAD and buspirone to control extreme restlessness and irritability
- most common SE? -✓✓drowsiness
• caring for client admitted w ETOH detox - commonly used to manage? -
✓✓antianxiety agents
, • client dx w Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome - expect to exhibit? -✓✓short-term
memory loss and disorientation
• client tells nurse TV is a two way radio and states "voices are coming from the
tv...." - appropriate response? -✓✓"That must be very frightening"
• caring for client hospitalized w acute manic episode - priority nursing
intervention? -✓✓protect the client from impulsive behavior
• providing a teaching to a client who is taking disulfiram - avoid? -✓✓vanilla
extract
• teaching about donepezil for alzheimer's - accurate statement? -✓✓"Aricept
prolongs the time and functioning of the earlier stages of the disease"
• depressed client tells "I am too tired and depressed to attend group therapy today"
- respond? -✓✓"Attending group therapy, even if you are tired, may help your
depression"
• appropriate short term goal for a client exhibiting manic behavior? -✓✓painting
alone for 15 minutes
• order to admin donepezil daily - should be administered? -✓✓at bedtime
• expect to observe in a client exhibiting impulsive behavior? -✓✓low tolerance
for frustration
Updated Revision Notes | Grade A+
• alzheimer's disease agitated and combative when approached for nursing care -
appropriate action? -✓✓remain calm and talk quietly to the client
• typical characteristic of clients w anorexia? -✓✓relentless exercise
• eldery w alzheimer's has begun to strike out - awake and restless most of the
night - contact provider for med order. anticipated med? -✓✓lorazepam as needed
• question a benzo for tx of? -✓✓chronic pain syndrome
• male client admitted to psych hospital under court order w dx of antisocial
personality disorder - stealing a car and pushing it over a cliff - which behaviors
should the nurse expect? -✓✓little responsibility or concern for his current
situation
• er following rape - may manifest PTSD - can be described as? -✓✓re-
experiencing the fear and hopelessness of the original trauma
• counseling for GAD and buspirone to control extreme restlessness and irritability
- most common SE? -✓✓drowsiness
• caring for client admitted w ETOH detox - commonly used to manage? -
✓✓antianxiety agents
, • client dx w Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome - expect to exhibit? -✓✓short-term
memory loss and disorientation
• client tells nurse TV is a two way radio and states "voices are coming from the
tv...." - appropriate response? -✓✓"That must be very frightening"
• caring for client hospitalized w acute manic episode - priority nursing
intervention? -✓✓protect the client from impulsive behavior
• providing a teaching to a client who is taking disulfiram - avoid? -✓✓vanilla
extract
• teaching about donepezil for alzheimer's - accurate statement? -✓✓"Aricept
prolongs the time and functioning of the earlier stages of the disease"
• depressed client tells "I am too tired and depressed to attend group therapy today"
- respond? -✓✓"Attending group therapy, even if you are tired, may help your
depression"
• appropriate short term goal for a client exhibiting manic behavior? -✓✓painting
alone for 15 minutes
• order to admin donepezil daily - should be administered? -✓✓at bedtime
• expect to observe in a client exhibiting impulsive behavior? -✓✓low tolerance
for frustration
