ATI LPN
Quizlet LPN Fundamentals Questions
Question 1 of 5
The newly licensed practical/vocational nurse begins work on a hospital unit where LPNs/LVNs are allowed to start intravenous fluids. The physician orders intravenous fluids to be started on one of this nurse's assigned clients. Which of the following actions would be most necessary on the part of this newly hired and newly licensed nurse before starting an intravenous on the client?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: For a newly licensed practical/vocational nurse, ensuring competence and compliance before starting intravenous fluids is paramount. Checking hospital policy and certification requirements is the most necessary step because it confirms the nurse's legal scope of practice and institutional guidelines. Hospitals often have specific protocols dictating who can perform procedures like IV initiation, including any required training or certification beyond basic licensure. This step protects the client from potential harm due to inexperience and shields the nurse from liability if untrained. Asking another nurse for supervision or consulting an instructor might supplement skill verification but doesn't address formal authorization. Taking a continuing-education course is proactive but impractical as an immediate prerequisite. This action aligns with professional responsibility and patient safety, ensuring the nurse operates within established boundaries before proceeding.
Question 2 of 5
A fellow nurse who is working on another unit asks to read the chart of your assigned client. Which one of the following criteria would enable the nurse to have access to the chart?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Only nurses directly involved in a client's care can access their chart, per privacy laws like HIPAA, ensuring confidentiality. Being unrelated, licensed, or having verbal permission doesn't grant rights without a care role. This protects client information, a legal and ethical duty in nursing.
Question 3 of 5
When counting the apical pulse during the physical assessment, it is the most accepted practice for the nurse to count the apical pulse in which of the following ways?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Counting the apical pulse for one full minute is most accepted, ensuring accuracy, especially if irregular. Shorter counts or dual pulse checks risk error. Nurses rely on this for precise cardiac assessment.
Question 4 of 5
Your assigned client, who has been talking with the doctor about pain control, later asks you what the doctor meant by 'pain threshold.' Which of the following would be the best reply?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Pain threshold is the stimulation level causing pain, distinct from relief, tolerance, or averages. Nurses clarify this for client understanding.
Question 5 of 5
Which musculoskeletal complication can occur due to prolonged immobility?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Prolonged immobility leads to osteoporosis, where bones weaken and become brittle due to reduced weight-bearing activity and mineral loss a significant risk for fractures. Muscle strength and joint flexibility decline, not improve, with disuse, and contractures become more likely as muscles shorten. Nurses combat this with range-of-motion exercises or weight-bearing support, recognizing that bone density loss is a pressing musculoskeletal threat in long-term immobility, necessitating preventive strategies to maintain skeletal health and patient mobility.