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ATI NURS 120 Mental Health Psychiatric Proctored Exam is a nursing-school practice exam with 35 questions. It is written for nursing students preparing for this course exam and for NCLEX-style review. Every question has its own page showing the full stem, all answer options, the correct answer, and a written rationale explaining why each option is right or wrong.
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Start Practice ExamA nurse is assessing an adolescent client who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
A nurse is preparing a client who has chronic anxiety for discharge from the psychiatric unit. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the client's discharge plan?
A patient on lithium therapy presents to the emergency department. When should you hold the lithium medication and notify the healthcare provider?
A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia and is taking haloperidol. The nurse should monitor for which of the following adverse effects of haloperidol?
A nurse is teaching a client who has a depressive disorder about fluoxetine (Prozac). Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?
A nurse is providing dietary teaching for a client who has a new prescription for a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI). When the client develops a sample lunch menu, which of the following items requi
A nurse is caring for a newly admitted client who has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
Which of the following medications is most commonly associated with the development of agranulocytosis?
A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia and generalized anxiety disorder. The client has a prescription for 0.25 mg PO every 8 hr PRN anxiety. For which of the following client statements
A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia and generalized anxiety disorder. The client has a prescription for 0.25 mg PO every 8 hr PRN anxiety. For which of the following client statements
A nurse is discussing comorbidities associated with eating disorders with a newly admitted client. Which of the following conditions should the nurse include in the discussion? (Select all that apply.
A home-health nurse is assessing a client who has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and finds that the client demonstrates constant cleaning. The nurse knows that this behavior is an attempt to acco
You are most concerned about extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) if your patient is on which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who has been taking haloperidol for 3 months. The client has a temperature of 39.7° C (103.4° F), blood pressure of 150/110 mm Hg, and
What is an appropriate nursing intervention for a patient experiencing serotonin syndrome?
Why is it important for patients to understand the time frame in which antidepressants begin to work?
A nurse is caring for a client who has a serious mental illness and has developed tardive dyskinesia from antipsychotic use. Which of the following adverse effects from antipsychotic medication use wo
A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has a new prescription for alprazolam to treat insomnia. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
What is an important consideration when educating a patient about taking Sertraline (Zoloft), an SSRI?
A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has a new prescription for clozapine. Which of the following statements indicates the client understands the teaching?
A nurse is planning to administer haloperidol to a client who has acute psychosis. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following findings as an adverse effect of the medication?
A nurse is admitting a client who reports anorexia and malnutrition. Which of the following laboratory findings should the nurse expect to be altered?
A nurse is assessing for the presence of extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) in a client who is taking chlorpromazine. Which of the findings should the nurse recognize as EPS? (Select all that apply.)
A nurse is caring for an adolescent female who has an eating disorder. The client is 162.6 cm (64 in) tall and weighs 38.56 kg (85 lb). In assessment, which of the following manifestations should the
What is one of the key physiological abnormalities associated with schizophrenia?