ATI MENTAL HEALTH POST AS ES MENT
A nurse is admitting a new client on the mental health unit. During the conversation the nurse
, should be aware that countertransference can occur if the nurse display what feeling?
Occurs when a health care team member displaces characteristics of people in her past
onto a client.
Behaviors:
Nurse overly identifies with client
Nurse competes with client
Nurse argues with client
Example: a nurse may feel defensive and angry with a client for no apparent reason if the
client reminds her of a friend who often elicited those feelings.
Nursing implications: a nurse should be aware that clients who induce very strong
personal feelings may become objects of countertransference.
A client on the mental health unit is being discharge to a community base program referred to as
Assertive Community Treatment. (ACT) What should the nurse explain to the client about this
program?
This includes nontraditional case management and treatment by an
interprofessional team for clients who have severe mental illness and are
noncompliant with traditional treatment.
ACT helps to reduce reoccurrences of hospitalizations and provides crisis
intervention, assistance with independent living, and information regarding
resources for necessary support services.
What are the legal rights of a person admitted to an inpatient mental health facility?
Informed consent and the right to refuse treatment
Confidentiality
A written plan of care/treatment that includes discharge follow-up, as well as
participation in the care plan and review of that plan
Communication with people outside the mental health facility, including family
members, attorneys, and other health care professionals
Provision of adequate interpretive services if needed
Care provided with respect, dignity, and without discrimination
Freedom from harm related to physical or pharmalogical restraint, seclusion, and
any physical or mental abuse or neglect
A psychiatric advance directive that includes the client’s treatment preference in
the event that an involuntary admission if necessary
Provision of care with the least restrictive interventions necessary to meet the
client’s needs without allowing him to be a threat to himself or others
A nurse is caring for a client who is admitted to the unit for self-mutilation. What type of
behavioral therapy would the nurse expect to be ordered for this client?
Dialectical behavior therapy is a cognitive-behavioral therapy used for clients who exhibit
self-injurious behavior. It focused on gradual behavior changes and provides acceptance
and validation for these clients.
The client states that she is going through a divorce and her anxiety is extremely high. The
nurse needs to assess the client’s ability to adapt and cope with this situation. What would this
include?
Assessing the client’s ability to adapt and cope includes the following:
A nurse is admitting a new client on the mental health unit. During the conversation the nurse
, should be aware that countertransference can occur if the nurse display what feeling?
Occurs when a health care team member displaces characteristics of people in her past
onto a client.
Behaviors:
Nurse overly identifies with client
Nurse competes with client
Nurse argues with client
Example: a nurse may feel defensive and angry with a client for no apparent reason if the
client reminds her of a friend who often elicited those feelings.
Nursing implications: a nurse should be aware that clients who induce very strong
personal feelings may become objects of countertransference.
A client on the mental health unit is being discharge to a community base program referred to as
Assertive Community Treatment. (ACT) What should the nurse explain to the client about this
program?
This includes nontraditional case management and treatment by an
interprofessional team for clients who have severe mental illness and are
noncompliant with traditional treatment.
ACT helps to reduce reoccurrences of hospitalizations and provides crisis
intervention, assistance with independent living, and information regarding
resources for necessary support services.
What are the legal rights of a person admitted to an inpatient mental health facility?
Informed consent and the right to refuse treatment
Confidentiality
A written plan of care/treatment that includes discharge follow-up, as well as
participation in the care plan and review of that plan
Communication with people outside the mental health facility, including family
members, attorneys, and other health care professionals
Provision of adequate interpretive services if needed
Care provided with respect, dignity, and without discrimination
Freedom from harm related to physical or pharmalogical restraint, seclusion, and
any physical or mental abuse or neglect
A psychiatric advance directive that includes the client’s treatment preference in
the event that an involuntary admission if necessary
Provision of care with the least restrictive interventions necessary to meet the
client’s needs without allowing him to be a threat to himself or others
A nurse is caring for a client who is admitted to the unit for self-mutilation. What type of
behavioral therapy would the nurse expect to be ordered for this client?
Dialectical behavior therapy is a cognitive-behavioral therapy used for clients who exhibit
self-injurious behavior. It focused on gradual behavior changes and provides acceptance
and validation for these clients.
The client states that she is going through a divorce and her anxiety is extremely high. The
nurse needs to assess the client’s ability to adapt and cope with this situation. What would this
include?
Assessing the client’s ability to adapt and cope includes the following:
