NGN ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED 2024 EXAM 140 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT) /A+ GRADE ASSURED

NGN ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED
2024 EXAM 140 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
CORRECT) /A+ GRADE ASSURED
A nurse is providing care for a client who has anorexia
nervosa. Which of the following nursing interventions
should the nurse take?
A) Compliment the client for weight gain.
B) Allow the client to eat at any time.
C) Provide privacy when friends visit.
D) Schedule regular weigh-in times. - ...ANSWER...D)
Schedule regular weigh-in times.
A nurse is caring for a client who has severe manifestations
of acute alcohol withdrawal. To ensure safe care, which of
the following nursing actions should the nurse take? (Select
all that apply.)
A) Administer a sedative.
B) Keep the lights on in the client's room.
C) Ambulate the client in the hallway.
D) Reduce unnecessary stimuli.
E) Limit daily fluid intake. - ...ANSWER...C) Ambulate the
client in the hallway.
D) Reduce unnecessary stimuli.
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing acute
alcohol withdrawal. Which of the following findings should
the nurse expect?
A) Hand tremors
B) Stuporous level of consciousness
C) Bradycardia
D) Hypotension - ...ANSWER...A) Hand tremors
A nurse is counseling a client for the management of
anxiety. The client is consistently late for appointments and
ignores household chores. The client states, "I'm just too
stressed. I need someone to take care of me." The nurse
identifies this behavior as an example of which of the
following defense mechanisms?
A) Dissociation
B) Introjection
C) Regression
D) Repression - ...ANSWER...C) Regression
A nurse is assessing a client who has posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) following a sexual assault. Which of the
following is an expected finding?
A) Sleeping 12 hr or more each day.
B) Increasing sense of attachment to others.
C) Constant need to talk about the event.
D) Increasing feelings of anger. - ...ANSWER...D)
Increasing feelings of anger.
A nurse is assessing a client who has a new diagnosis of
anorexia nervosa. Which of the following findings should
the nurse expect?
A) Hyperactive bowel sounds
B) Bradycardia
C) Hypertension
D) Dental erosion - ...ANSWER...B) Bradycardia
A home-health nurse is assessing a client who has
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and finds that the
client demonstrates constant repetitive cleaning. The nurse
knows that this behavior is an attempt to accomplish which
of the following?
A) Decrease anxiety.
B) Prevent aggressive and impulsive behaviors.
C) Manipulate others.
D) Decrease the time available for interaction with people. -
...ANSWER...A) Decrease anxiety.
A nurse is caring for a client who has obsessive-compulsive
disorder (OCD). Which of the following characteristics are
expected findings of OCD? (Select all that apply.)
A) Difficulty relaxing
B) Irrational fear of certain objects
C) Rule-conscious behavior
D) Unaware of compulsions
E) Perfectionist behavior - ...ANSWER...A) Difficulty
relaxing
C) Rule-conscious behavior
E) Perfectionist behavior