ATI RN
Client Safety ATI Chapter 13 Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who has a terminal illness and is ventilator-dependent. The client is alert and oriented and wants to discontinue the ventilator. The nurse should be aware that continued treatment against the client's wishes is a violation of which ethical principle?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Autonomy respects the client's right to make decisions about their care, even if it involves discontinuing life-sustaining treatment.
Question 2 of 5
The ethics of care suggests that ethical dilemmas can best be solved by attention to relationships. How does this differ from other ethical practices? (Select all that apply.)
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The ethics of care emphasizes the importance of relationships and context in resolving ethical dilemmas, focusing on the environment and the stories of those involved, rather than rigid rules or codes.
Question 3 of 5
Old patient taking a bath
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Keeping doors closed ensures privacy and safety for elderly patients during bathing.
Question 4 of 5
A charge nurse allows two nurses who are arguing about who gets to go to lunch first to go together. The charge nurse agrees to take care of both of the nurses' clients while they are at lunch. The charge nurse is demonstrating which of the following types of conflict management?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The charge nurse displayed cooperating, which is the resolution of the conflict by sacrificing. In this situation, it allowed both staff nurses to get what they wanted.
Question 5 of 5
A client who fell and broke his hip while being assisted to the bathroom by a nurse states he plans to sue the nurse. The nurse should know that, in a legal proceeding, the standard that will be used to determine if the nurse was negligent is which of the following?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The definition of negligence is practice that is below the standard of care. The benchmark for standard of care is what a reasonable, prudent person who has similar background and experience would do. Another staff nurse who has similar background is the correct person to provide testimony.