VATI Mental Health Assessment Questions And Already Passed Answers.
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Ati capstone mental health assessment
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Ati Capstone Mental Health Assessment
A nurse is planning care for a client following a suicide attempt. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? - Answer Provide the client with plastic eating utensils.
A nurse is performing an admission assessment for a client who appears withdrawn and fearful....
VATI Mental Health Assessment
Questions And Already Passed Answers.
A nurse is planning care for a client following a suicide attempt. Which of the following interventions
should the nurse include in the plan? - Answer Provide the client with plastic eating utensils.
A nurse is performing an admission assessment for a client who appears withdrawn and fearful. Which of
the following actions should the nurse take first? - Answer Inform the client that this admission is
confidential.
A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who has anorexia nervosa. The client states, "Have I done any
permanent damage to my body?" Which of the following responses should the nurse make? - Answer
You're afraid you have caused physical injury to yourself?
A nurse is caring for a client following a fire that destroyed her home and killed one of her children. The
client is crying and does not make eye contact with the nurse. Which of the following questions should
the nurse ask first? - Answer Have you thought of harming yourself?
A nurse is checking laboratory values for a hospitalized young adult client who has bipolar disorder and is
taking lithium. Which of the following values is the priority for the nurse to report to the provider? -
Answer Serum creatinine 2.1 mg/dL
A nurse is providing information to a client who is seeking voluntary admission to a mental health facility.
Which of the following information should the nurse include? - Answer You will still need to give
informed consent for treatment after admission.
A nurse is developing a plan of care for an adolescent client who has conduct disorder. Which of the
following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? - Answer Initiate a behavioral contract
with the client.
A hospice nurse is talking with the family of a client who recently died from cancer following a series of
chemotherapy treatment. One of the adult children is angry w/ provider and blames the provider for
their father's death. Which of the following defense mechanisms is the family using? - Answer
Displacement
, A nurse in an acute care facility is providing teaching for the adult child of an older adult client who is
admitted with a UTI and delirium. The client has been living independently at home. Which of the
following statements by the adult child demonstrates the teaching has been effective? - Answer I
expect that my father will no longer be confused when he is discharged.
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing a manic episode. Which of the following actions should
the nurse take first? - Answer Encourage the client to rest each hour
A nurse is leading a medication education group for several clients. A client who is sometimes violent
becomes angry and begins yelling at others in the group. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take? SATA - Answer Move others away from the client.
Offer the client a PRN dose of lorazepam.
Ask the client open ended questions about the behavior.
A charge nurse is planning an in-service for a group of newly licensed nurses about the use of restraints.
Which of the following information should the nurse include? - Answer Record the client's behavior
every 15mins while in restraints.
A nurse is assessing a client who has bulimia nervosa. Which of the following findings should the nurse
expect? - Answer Dental caries
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has bipolar disorder and has been taking lithium for 4
months. The client's serum lithium levels are within the therapeutic range. Which of the following
instructions should the nurse include to promote the maintenance of the therapeutic lithium level? -
Answer Limit outdoor exercise during hot weather.
A nurse on a mental health unit is conducting a one-on-one session with a client who suddenly becomes
silent. Which of the following responses should the nurse make? - Answer I've noticed you have
become quiets. Please share with me what you are thinking.
A nurse is caring for a client who appears extremely agitated and believes that pacing the floor a specific
number of times is necessary or "something terrible" will happen. Which of the following responses
should the nurse make? - Answer It must be hard for you to have to pace the floor. Let's talk about your
feelings.
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