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ATI FUNDAMENTALS FOR NURSING REVIEW MODULE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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ATI FUNDAMENTALS FOR NURSINGREVIEW MODULE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
1.1) A nurse is discussing the purpose of regulatory agencies during a staff meeting. Which of the
following tasks should the nurse identify as the responsibility of state licensing boards?
A. Monitoring evidence-based practice for clients who have a specific diagnosis
B. Ensuring that health care providers comply with regulations
C. Setting quality standards for accreditation of health care facilities
D. Determining whether medications are safe for administration to clients - ANSWER B. State licensing
boards are responsible for ensuring that healthcare providers and agencies comply with state
regulations.
1.2) A nurse is explaining the various types of health care coverage clients might have to a group of
nurses. Which of the following health care financing mechanisms should the nurse include as federally
funded? (Select all that apply.)
A. Preferred provider organization (PPO)
B. Medicare
C. Long-term care insurance
D. Exclusive provider organization (EPO)
E. Medicaid - ANSWER B & E: Medicare and Medicaid are federally funded health insurance programs
1.3) A nurse manager is developing strategies to care for the increasing number of clients who have
obesity. Which of the following actions should the nurse include as a primary health care strategy?
A. Collaborating with providers to perform obesity screenings during routine office visits
B. Ensuring the availability of specialized beds in rehabilitation centers for clients who have obesity
C. Providing specialized intraoperative training in surgical treatments for obesity
D. Educating acute care nurses about postoperative complications related to obesity - ANSWER A.
Obesity screenings at office visits is an example of primary healthcare. Primary healthcare emphasizes
health promotion and disease control, is often delivered during office visits, and includes screenings.
,1.4) A nurse is explaining the various levels of health care services to a group of newly licensed nurses.
Which of the following examples of care or care settings should the nurse classify as tertiary care? (Select
all that apply.)
A. Intensive care unit
B. Oncology treatment center
C. Burn center
D. Cardiac rehabilitation
E. Home health care - ANSWER A,B,C: tertiary healthcare, involves the provision of specialized and highly
technical care, such as the care nurses deliver in intensive care units, come and oncology treatment
center, and a burn center.
1.5) A nurse is discussing restorative health care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
examples should the nurse include in the teaching? (Select all that apply.)
A. Home health care
B. Rehabilitation facilities
C. Diagnostic centers
D. Skilled nursing facilities
E. Oncology Centers - ANSWER A, B, D: restorative nursing care, involves immediate, follow up, care for
restoring health and promoting self-care. Home, healthcare, rehabilitation facilities, and skilled nursing
facilities are types of restorative healthcare.
2.1) A goal for a client who has difficulty with self feeding due to rheumatoid arthritis is to use adaptive
devices. The nurse caring for the client should initiate a referral to which of the following members of
the interprofessional care team?
A. Social worker
B. Certified nursing assistant
C. Registered dietitian
D. Occupational therapist - ANSWER D. The nurse should identify that an occupational therapist can
assist clients who have physical challenges to use adaptive devices and strategies to help with self-care
activities. A certified nursing assistant can help the client with feeding, but does not typically procure
adaptive devices for the client.
,2.2) A nurse is caring for a group of clients on a medical-surgical unit. For which of the following client
care needs should the nurse initiate a referral for a social worker? (Select all that apply.)
A. A client who has terminal cancer requests hospice care in the home.
B. A client asks about community resources available for older adults.
C. A client states, "l would like to have my child baptized before surgery."
D. A client requests an electric wheelchair for use after discharge.
E. A client states, "I do not understand niçe how to use a nebulizer." - ANSWER A, B, D: The nurse should
initiate a referral for a social worker to provide information and assistance in coordinating care for
community resources available for clients.
2.3) A client who is postoperative following knee arthroplasty is concerned about the adverse effects of
the medication prescribed for pain management. Which of the following members of the
interprofessional care team can assist the client in understanding the medication's effects? (Select all
that apply.)
A Provider
B. Certified nursing assistant
C. Pharmacist
D. Registered nurse
E. Respiratory therapist - ANSWER A, C, D: The provider, Pharmacist, and registered nurse must be
knowledgeable about any medication prescribed for the client, including its actions, effects, and
interactions.
2.4) A client who had a cerebrovascular accident has persistent problems with dysphagia. The nurse
caring for the client should initiate a referral with which of the following members of the
interprofessional care team? (Select all that apply.)
A. Social worker
B. Certified nursing assistant
C. Occupational therapist
D. Speech-language pathologist
E. Physical therapist - ANSWER C & D: The nurse should identify that a speech-language pathologist and
an occupational therapist can initiate specific therapy for clients who have difficulty with feeding due to
swallowing difficulties.
, 2.5) A nurse is acquainting a group of newly licensed nurses with the roles of the various members of the
health care team they will encounter on a medical-surgical unit. When providing examples of the types
of tasks certified nursing assistants (CNAs) can perform, which of the following client activities should the
nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
A. Bathing
B. Ambulating
C. Toileting
D. Determining pain level
E. Measuring vital signs - ANSWER A, B, C, E: the nurse should identify that it is within the range of
function for a CNA to provide basic care to clients, such as bathing, assisting with ambulation, assisting
with toileting, and measuring and recording vital signs.
3.1) A nurse is caring for a client who decides not to have surgery despite significant blockages of the
coronary arteries. The nurse understands that this client's choice is an example of which of the following
ethical principles?
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
D. Nonmaleficence - ANSWER B: The nurse identifies that in this situation, the client is exercising their
right to make their own personal decision about surgery, regardless of others' opinions of what is "best"
for them. This is an example of autonomy.
3.2) A nurse offers pain medication to a client who is postoperative prior to ambulation. The nurse
understands that this aspect of care delivery is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
D. Beneficence - ANSWER D: The nurse should identify that beneficence is action that promotes good for
others, without any self-interest. By administering pain medication before the client attempts a
potentially painful exercise like ambulation, the nurse is taking a specific and positive action to help the
client.
3.3) A nurse is instructing a group of newly licensed nurses about the responsibilities organ donation and
procurement involve. When the nurse explains that all clients waiting for a kidney transplant have to
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