2025 ATI Mental Health
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,A nurse in a mental health facility is making plans for a
client's discharge. Which of the following
interdisciplinary team members should the nurse
contact to assist the client with housing placement?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Recreational therapist
c. Occupational therapist
d. Social worker - ✔✔✔ANSWER-d. Social worker
A nurse is caring for a client who reports that he is angry
with his partner because she thinks he is just trying to gain
attention. When the nurse attempts to talk to the client, he
becomes angry and tells her to leave. Which of the
following defense mechanism is the client demonstrating?
a. Denial
b. Displacement
c. Compensation
d. Rationalization - ✔✔✔ANSWER-b. Displacement
A nurse is planning overall strategies to address problems
for a client who
,has a borderline personality disorder. Which of the
following strategies is the
priority for the nurse to incorporate into the plan of care?
a. discuss the appropriate use of assertive behavior with
the client
b. encourage the client to attend weekly support
group meetings
c. assist the client to maintain awareness of her thoughts
and feelings
d. implement measures to prevent intentional self-inflicted
injury - ✔✔✔ANSWER-d. implement measures to
prevent intentional self-inflicted injury
A nurse is admitting a client who has a generalized
anxiety disorder. Which of the following actions should
the nurse plan to take first?
a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
b. Determine how the client handles stress.
c. Teach the client to use guided imagery.
d. Ask the client to identify her strengths - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
, A nurse is conducting an admission interview with a
client who is experiencing mania. Which of the
following should the nurse report to the provider?
a. States that he hasn't bathed in 2 days
b. Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
c. Makes inappropriate sexual comments.
d. Speaks in rhyming sentences. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-b.
Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has obsessive-
compulsive disorder. Which of the following
recommendation should the nurse include in the client's
plan of care?
a. Validation therapy
b. Thought stopping
c. Operant conditioning
d. Reality orientation therapy - ✔✔✔ANSWER-b.
Thought stopping
Proctored Exam – Versions
A, B, and C with Retake
Guide | Latest Exam
Questions and Correct
Answers, Verified Test Bank,
Solved Study Guide &
Comprehensive Prep Material
,A nurse in a mental health facility is making plans for a
client's discharge. Which of the following
interdisciplinary team members should the nurse
contact to assist the client with housing placement?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Recreational therapist
c. Occupational therapist
d. Social worker - ✔✔✔ANSWER-d. Social worker
A nurse is caring for a client who reports that he is angry
with his partner because she thinks he is just trying to gain
attention. When the nurse attempts to talk to the client, he
becomes angry and tells her to leave. Which of the
following defense mechanism is the client demonstrating?
a. Denial
b. Displacement
c. Compensation
d. Rationalization - ✔✔✔ANSWER-b. Displacement
A nurse is planning overall strategies to address problems
for a client who
,has a borderline personality disorder. Which of the
following strategies is the
priority for the nurse to incorporate into the plan of care?
a. discuss the appropriate use of assertive behavior with
the client
b. encourage the client to attend weekly support
group meetings
c. assist the client to maintain awareness of her thoughts
and feelings
d. implement measures to prevent intentional self-inflicted
injury - ✔✔✔ANSWER-d. implement measures to
prevent intentional self-inflicted injury
A nurse is admitting a client who has a generalized
anxiety disorder. Which of the following actions should
the nurse plan to take first?
a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
b. Determine how the client handles stress.
c. Teach the client to use guided imagery.
d. Ask the client to identify her strengths - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
a. Provide the client with a quiet environment
, A nurse is conducting an admission interview with a
client who is experiencing mania. Which of the
following should the nurse report to the provider?
a. States that he hasn't bathed in 2 days
b. Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
c. Makes inappropriate sexual comments.
d. Speaks in rhyming sentences. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-b.
Reports eating twice in the past two weeks.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has obsessive-
compulsive disorder. Which of the following
recommendation should the nurse include in the client's
plan of care?
a. Validation therapy
b. Thought stopping
c. Operant conditioning
d. Reality orientation therapy - ✔✔✔ANSWER-b.
Thought stopping
