ATI Mental Health Proctored Exam
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1) A nurse is teaching a client who has
... [Show More] schizophrenia about her new prescription for
risperidone. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. “You should continue this medication if you develop muscle rigidity”.
b. “You will experience weight loss while taking this medication.”
c. “You will notice your symptoms improve within 24 hours of taking this
medication.”
d. “You should increase your consumption of complex carbohydrates.”
2) A nurse is admitting a client who has 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
3) 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.
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d. Speaks in rhyming sentences.
1. A nurse is planning care for a client who has borderline personality disorder who selfmutilates. Which of the following test approaches should the nurse plan to take?
a. Restrict participation in group therapy sessions.
The nurse should encourage the client who has borderline personality disorder to participate
in group therapy sessions to encourage appropriate interaction with other clients.
b. Establish consequences for self-mutilation.
The nurse should respond to self-mutilation with a neutral affect and encourage the client to
write down feelings that occurred leading up to the incident.
c. Maintain close observation of the client.
Clients who have borderline personality disorder are at risk for self-harm during times
of increased anxiety. Maintaining close observation reduces the client's risk of injury.
d. Provide an unstructured environment.
Providing an unstructured environment for a client who has borderline personality disorder is
not an effective treatment approach because it does not provide a safe environment to protect
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