Fundamentals ATI Proctored Exam Study Guide
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A nurse observes an assistive personnel reprimanding a client for not
using the urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if
she does not use the urinal more carefully next time . Which of the
following torts is the AP committing.
Assault
A nurse is caring for a competent adult client who tells the nurse that
he is thinking about leaving the hospital against medical advice. The
nurse believes that this is not in the client's best interest, so she
prepares to administer PRN sedative medication the client has not
requested along with his usual medication. Which of the following types
of tort is the nurse about to commit?
False imprisonment
A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching for a
client who is scheduled for surgery the following week. The client tells
the nurse that he will prepare his advance directives before he goes to
the hospital. Which of the following statements made by the client
should indicate to the nurse an understanding of advance directives?
I plan to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing
machine.
A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past week when another
nurse on the unit seemed drowsy and unable to focus on the issue at
hand. Today, should found the nurse asleep in a chair in the break room
,when she was not on a break. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
Report observations to the nurse manager on the unit
A nurse is caring for a client who is about to undergo an elective surgical
procedure. The nurse should take which of the following actions
regarding informed consent?
Make sure the surgeon obtained the client's consent.
Witness the client's signature on the consent form.
When entering a client's room to change a surgical dressing, a nurse
notes that the client is coughing and sneezing. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take when preparing a sterile field?
Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of microorganisms into
the surgical wound
A nurse has removed a sterile pack from its outside cover and placed it
on a clean work surface in preparation for an invasive procedure. Which
of the following flaps should the nurse unfold first?
The flap furthest from the body
A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in preparation for performing sterile
procedure. Which of the following objects can the nurse touch without
breaching sterile technique?
the inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
an irrigation syringe on the sterile field
one gloved hand with the other gloved hand
,A nurse is reviewing hand hygiene techniques with a group of assistive
personnel. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include
when discussing handwashing?
Wash the hands with soap and water for at least 15 seconds.
Use a clean paper towel to turn off hand faucets.
A nurse has prepared a sterile field for assisting a provider with a chest
tube insertion. Which of the following events should the nurse
recognize as contaminating the sterile field.
The nurse moistens a cotton ball with sterile normal saline and places it
on the sterile field.
The procedure is delayed 1 hour because the provider receives an
emergency call.
The nurse turns to speak to someone who enters through the door
behind the nurse.
A nurse is discussing restorative health care with a newly licensed
nurse. Which of the following examples should the nurse include in the
teaching?
Home health care
Rehab facilities
Skilled nursing facilities
A nurse is explaining the various types of health care coverage. Which
of the following health care financing mechanisms are federally funded?
, Medicare
Medicaid
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 care strategy?
Collaborating with providers to perform obesity screenings during
routine office visits.
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?
Ensuring that health care providers comply with regulations
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?
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Oncology treatment center
Burn center
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?
A client who has terminal cancer requests hospice care in home
A client asks about community resources available for older adults
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