ATI LPN
Skin Integrity and Wound Care NCLEX Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
In caring for patients with pressure injuries, which task would be most appropriate to assign to the nursing assistant?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Nursing assistants (NAs) handle basic care under supervision. Repositioning every 2 hours is ideal preventing pressure injury worsening, within NA training, and per protocols like NPUAP guidelines. Dietary choices require nutritional knowledge beyond NA scope. Determining wound care is an RN/LPN task needing clinical judgment. Describing wounds involves assessment, reserved for licensed staff. Repositioning is a safe, effective NA duty, reducing LPN workload while supporting healing, making it the most appropriate and correct assignment.
Question 2 of 5
A student is deciding between different nursing educational programs for a future management role. Which would be the best choice?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Management roles require leadership and critical thinking, best developed in a baccalaureate nursing program (BSN) (Choice C), per AACN standards. Nurse practitioner focuses on advanced practice, not management. Associate degree prepares RNs for bedside care, less leadership. Practical/vocational trains LPNs for technical roles, not management. BSNs offer courses in administration and policy, preparing nurses for supervisory positions, making it the correct choice for this goal.
Question 3 of 5
It is important to assess a patient's actual cultural beliefs because:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Individual beliefs vary within cultures. A patient may not adhere to typical cultural health beliefs e.g., rejecting herbal remedies per patient-centered care principles. Self-perception is influenced but secondary. Family beliefs aren't always shared. Diversity is true but broad. Assessing actual beliefs ensures tailored care (e.g., refusing pork-based meds), making it the correct and most practical reason.
Question 4 of 5
An advantage of robotic surgery is that the surgeon has:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Robotic surgery (e.g., da Vinci) enhances precision via magnified 3D views and fine instrument control, per surgical studies. Assistants support, not guide. Unobstructed view is partial precision is key. Lasers aren't standard. Precise movements reduce trauma, a key advantage LPNs note in recovery care, making this the correct and primary benefit.
Question 5 of 5
When teaching a patient to use an incentive spirometer, the patient's technique is correct if they are:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Incentive spirometry expands lungs, preventing atelectasis. Slow, deep breaths held 3 seconds maximize air volume, per nursing texts. Exhaling forcibly (Choices A, D) defeats inhalation focus. Five breaths hourly is frequency, not technique. Correct form slow inhale, hold ensures lung expansion, an LPN teaching point, making this the correct technique.