ATI RN
Medical Administrative Assistant Exam Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
A 45-year-old patient who reports pain in the foot that moves up along the calf says, 'My right foot feels like it is on fire.' The patient reports that the pain started yesterday, and they have no prior history of injury or falls. Which components of pain assessment has the patient reported?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The patient describes location (foot to calf), quality (burning), and duration (started yesterday), key components of pain assessment.
Question 2 of 5
The pain management nurse assesses a trauma patient's readiness for discharge by determining the level of comfort the patient prefers. The nurse completes this portion of the pain assessment by asking about the patient's:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Functional pain goals assess acceptable comfort levels for daily activities, guiding discharge readiness.
Question 3 of 5
How many times do you check a medication calculation?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Triple-checking a medication calculation (initial calculation, verification, and final check) minimizes dosage errors, a critical safety step in medication administration.
Question 4 of 5
You are a psychiatrist in session with a patient who tells you he thinks his boss at work is persecuting him. The patient has had mild schizophrenia. The patient asks you if you can keep a secret and then tells you that he is planning to kill his boss 'when the time is right.' You say, 'Of course, everything you tell me during the session will always be confidential.' What should you do?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A patient's right to confidentiality ends where another person's right to safety begins. Your duty to protect the life of the person at risk is more important than keeping the patient's medical information confidential. You must see that the person at risk is duly warned. If law enforcement is informed and the potential victim is not informed then you are held liable if there is injury to the victim.
Question 5 of 5
You have been asked to give Grand Rounds at a hospital. A manufacturer of a new medical device is sponsoring you. In exchange, you are being offered a $\$ 1,000$ fee for your talk. What should you do?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Industry sponsorship of the speakers in medical education is acceptable as long as there is no expectation of the company controlling or influencing the content of the presentation. In other words, you are not allowed to simply be an advertisement for the company pretending to be giving an objective presentation of medical data. Speakers have a mandatory responsibility to disclose all financial participation with industry. This allows the audience to judge for itself whether there is undue influence from industry altering the content of the talk in favor of a particular product. There is no requirement to donate all speakers' fees to charity. There is no requirement for prior review of a presentation to an independent monitoring board for content.