ATI RN
Client Safety ATI Chapter 13 Questions
Question 1 of 5
Old patient taking a bath
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Keeping doors closed ensures privacy and safety for elderly patients during bathing.
Question 2 of 5
Core temperature, correct
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The armpit is a common site for measuring core temperature.
Question 3 of 5
While caring for a patient who has been admitted with a pulmonary embolism, the nurse notes a change in the patient's arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation (SpO2) from 94% to 88%. The nurse will
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Increasing oxygen flow rate will usually improve oxygen saturation in patients with ventilation-perfusion mismatch, as occurs with pulmonary embolism. Because the problem is with perfusion, actions that improve ventilation, such as deep-breathing and coughing, sitting upright, and suctioning, are not likely to improve oxygenation.
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
Older adults frequently experience a change in sexual activity. Which best explains this change?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: As people age, physical changes, health conditions, and life circumstances can lead to a decline in the frequency and opportunities for sexual activity, but the need for intimacy remains.