MENTAL HEALTH ATI|| LATEST MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT)
||2025-2026 GRADED A+
CHAPTER 1 Basic Mental Health Nursing Concepts
1. A charge nurse is discussing mental status examinations with a newly licensed nurse.
Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an
understanding of the teaching? (SATA.)
A. "To assess cognitive ability, I should ask the client to count backward by sevens."
B. "To assess affect, I should observe the client's facial expression."
C."To assess language ability, I should instruct the client to write a sentence."
D."To assess remote memory, I should have the client repeat a list of objects."
E. "To assess the client's abstract thinking, I should ask the client to identify our most
recent presidents." -CORRECTANSWER 1. A. Counting backward by 7s is an
appropriate technique to assess a client's cognitive ability.
B. Observing a client's facial expression is appropriate when assessing affect.
C. Writing a sentence is an indication of language ability.
2. A nurse is planning care for a client who has a mental health disorder. Which of the
following actions should the nurse include as a psychobiological intervention?
A. Assist the client with systematic desensitization therapy.
B. Teach the client appropriate coping mechanisms.
,C. Assess the client for comorbid health conditions.
D. Monitor the client for adverse effects of medications. -CORRECTANSWER 2. D.
Monitoring for adverse effects of medications is an example of a psychobiological
intervention
3. A nurse in an outpatient mental health clinic is preparing to conduct an initial client
interview. When conducting the interview, which of the following actions should the
nurse identify as the priority?
A. Coordinate holistic care with social services.
B. Identify the client's perception of her mental health status.
C. Include the client's family in the interview.
D. Teach the client about her current mental health disorder. -CORRECTANSWER 3.
B. Identify the client's perception of her mental health status.
Assessment is the priority action when using the
nursing process approach to client care. Identifying the client's
perception of her mental health status provides important
information about the client's psychosocial history.
4. A nurse is told during change-of-shift report that a client is stuporous. When
assessing the client, which of the following findings
should the nurse expect?
A. The client arouses briefly in response to a sternal rub.
B. The client has a Glasgow Coma Scale score less than 7.
,C. The client exhibits decorticate rigidity.
D. The client is alert but disoriented to time and place. -CORRECTANSWER 4. A. The
client arouses briefly in response to a sternal rub..
A client who is stuporous requires vigorous or painful stimuli to elicit a response.
5. A nurse is planning a peer group discussion about the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). WOTF information is
appropriate to include in the discussion? (SATA)
A. The DSM-5 includes client education handouts for mental health disorders.
B. The DSM-5 establishes diagnostic criteria for individual mental health disorders.
C. The DSM-5 indicates recommended pharmacological treatment
for mental health disorders.
D. The DSM-5 assists nurses in planning care for client's who have mental health
disorders.
E. The DSM-5 indicates expected assessment findings of mental health disorders. -
CORRECTANSWER 5. B. The DSM-5 establishes diagnostic criteria for mental health
disorders.
D. Nurses use the DSM-5 to plan, implement, and evaluate care for client's who have
mental health disorders.
E. The DSM-5 identifies expected findings for mental health disorders
CHAPTER 2 Legal and Ethical Issues
, 1. A nurse in an emergency mental health facility is caring for a group of clients. The
nurse should identify that which of the following clients requires a temporary emergency
admission?
A. A client who has schizophrenia with delusions of grandeur
B. A client who has manifestations of depression and attempted
suicide a year ago
C. A client who has borderline personality disorder and assaulted a homeless man with
a metal rod
D. A client who has bipolar disorder and paces quickly around the room while talking to
himself -CORRECTANSWER 1. C. A client who has borderline personality disorder and
assaulted a homeless man with a metal rod
A client who is a current danger to self or others is a candidate for a temporary
emergency admission.
2. A nurse decides to put a client who has a psychotic disorder in
seclusion overnight because the unit is very short-staffed, and the client frequently
fights with other clients. The nurse's actions are an example of which of the following
torts?
A. Invasion of privacy
B. False imprisonment
C. Assault
D. Battery -CORRECTANSWER 2. B. False imprisonment
HEALTH NURSING QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT)
||2025-2026 GRADED A+
CHAPTER 1 Basic Mental Health Nursing Concepts
1. A charge nurse is discussing mental status examinations with a newly licensed nurse.
Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an
understanding of the teaching? (SATA.)
A. "To assess cognitive ability, I should ask the client to count backward by sevens."
B. "To assess affect, I should observe the client's facial expression."
C."To assess language ability, I should instruct the client to write a sentence."
D."To assess remote memory, I should have the client repeat a list of objects."
E. "To assess the client's abstract thinking, I should ask the client to identify our most
recent presidents." -CORRECTANSWER 1. A. Counting backward by 7s is an
appropriate technique to assess a client's cognitive ability.
B. Observing a client's facial expression is appropriate when assessing affect.
C. Writing a sentence is an indication of language ability.
2. A nurse is planning care for a client who has a mental health disorder. Which of the
following actions should the nurse include as a psychobiological intervention?
A. Assist the client with systematic desensitization therapy.
B. Teach the client appropriate coping mechanisms.
,C. Assess the client for comorbid health conditions.
D. Monitor the client for adverse effects of medications. -CORRECTANSWER 2. D.
Monitoring for adverse effects of medications is an example of a psychobiological
intervention
3. A nurse in an outpatient mental health clinic is preparing to conduct an initial client
interview. When conducting the interview, which of the following actions should the
nurse identify as the priority?
A. Coordinate holistic care with social services.
B. Identify the client's perception of her mental health status.
C. Include the client's family in the interview.
D. Teach the client about her current mental health disorder. -CORRECTANSWER 3.
B. Identify the client's perception of her mental health status.
Assessment is the priority action when using the
nursing process approach to client care. Identifying the client's
perception of her mental health status provides important
information about the client's psychosocial history.
4. A nurse is told during change-of-shift report that a client is stuporous. When
assessing the client, which of the following findings
should the nurse expect?
A. The client arouses briefly in response to a sternal rub.
B. The client has a Glasgow Coma Scale score less than 7.
,C. The client exhibits decorticate rigidity.
D. The client is alert but disoriented to time and place. -CORRECTANSWER 4. A. The
client arouses briefly in response to a sternal rub..
A client who is stuporous requires vigorous or painful stimuli to elicit a response.
5. A nurse is planning a peer group discussion about the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). WOTF information is
appropriate to include in the discussion? (SATA)
A. The DSM-5 includes client education handouts for mental health disorders.
B. The DSM-5 establishes diagnostic criteria for individual mental health disorders.
C. The DSM-5 indicates recommended pharmacological treatment
for mental health disorders.
D. The DSM-5 assists nurses in planning care for client's who have mental health
disorders.
E. The DSM-5 indicates expected assessment findings of mental health disorders. -
CORRECTANSWER 5. B. The DSM-5 establishes diagnostic criteria for mental health
disorders.
D. Nurses use the DSM-5 to plan, implement, and evaluate care for client's who have
mental health disorders.
E. The DSM-5 identifies expected findings for mental health disorders
CHAPTER 2 Legal and Ethical Issues
, 1. A nurse in an emergency mental health facility is caring for a group of clients. The
nurse should identify that which of the following clients requires a temporary emergency
admission?
A. A client who has schizophrenia with delusions of grandeur
B. A client who has manifestations of depression and attempted
suicide a year ago
C. A client who has borderline personality disorder and assaulted a homeless man with
a metal rod
D. A client who has bipolar disorder and paces quickly around the room while talking to
himself -CORRECTANSWER 1. C. A client who has borderline personality disorder and
assaulted a homeless man with a metal rod
A client who is a current danger to self or others is a candidate for a temporary
emergency admission.
2. A nurse decides to put a client who has a psychotic disorder in
seclusion overnight because the unit is very short-staffed, and the client frequently
fights with other clients. The nurse's actions are an example of which of the following
torts?
A. Invasion of privacy
B. False imprisonment
C. Assault
D. Battery -CORRECTANSWER 2. B. False imprisonment
