ATI LPN
LPN Fundamentals Exam 1 Quizlet Questions
Question 1 of 5
Critical care nurses can best enhance the principle of autonomy by
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Enhancing autonomy means providing all information (C), empowering patient decision-making. Limiting info (A), assisting minimally (B), or guiding (D) reduce autonomy. C is correct. Rationale: Full disclosure respects patient self-determination, a core ethical principle, per nursing ethics, ensuring informed choices over paternalism.
Question 2 of 5
When reading the nursing-care plan of a newly assigned client prior to caring for this client, the LPN/LVN will notice that potential problems are stated using how many parts in the statement?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: In a nursing-care plan, potential problems, or risk diagnoses, are stated in two parts: the risk diagnosis (e.g., 'Risk for Falls') and the related factors (e.g., 'related to impaired mobility'). This format, per NANDA guidelines, identifies the potential issue and its cause, guiding preventive interventions. One-part statements lack context, while three- or four-part formats apply to actual diagnoses with defining characteristics. For an LPN/LVN, recognizing this structure ensures clarity in addressing risks, like monitoring a client prone to falling due to weakness.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following situations represents the best example of passive immunity?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Passive immunity involves receiving pre-formed antibodies, best exemplified by an infant getting maternal antibodies via breast milk. Vaccinations trigger active immunity, infection produces personal antibodies, and antibiotics treat bacteria, not immunity. This natural transfer protects newborns, a concept nurses teach in infant care.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is preparing to do a focused assessment of the abdomen on an assigned client. Which of the following is most important for the nurse to do prior to the examination?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Emptying the bladder before an abdominal assessment prevents distension from interfering with palpation or auscultation, most critical for accuracy. Equipment, position, and dressings follow. Nurses ensure this for reliable findings.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse finds that a newborn has a mean systolic pressure of 75 mmHg. How would this blood pressure be best described?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A newborn's systolic pressure of 75 mmHg is normal (range 65-95), not low or high. Nurses assess this for neonatal stability.