ATI LPN
LPN Nursing Fundamentals Quizlet Questions
Question 1 of 5
To be an effective change agent for wellness, the nurse must:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: As a change agent for wellness, the nurse must model behaviors that promote health, like consuming a healthy diet rich in nutrients, low in processed foods to reduce disease risk and enhance vitality. This aligns with lifestyle modification skills that alleviate stress and bolster resilience, key to advocating wellness in clients. Skipping breakfast disrupts metabolism, increasing fatigue, while caffeinated beverages, though stimulating, may heighten anxiety if overused. A sedentary lifestyle contradicts wellness, raising chronic illness risks. By eating healthily, the nurse exemplifies practical, sustainable habits like balanced meals supporting immunity credibly inspiring clients. This personal commitment reinforces teaching, such as advising heart-healthy diets, making the nurse a trusted guide in shifting clients toward wellness, a core nursing role in prevention and health promotion.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is discussing illness prevention with a group of older adults in a community center. Which topic reflects primary prevention?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Primary prevention stops illness before it starts, key for older adults prone to infections. Teaching about flu vaccines promotes immunity, preventing flu a major risk as immunity wanes with age aligning with nursing's community education role. Prostate cancer and hearing loss screenings are secondary, detecting issues early. Memory clinic referrals are tertiary, managing dementia's effects. Flu vaccine education backed by data showing it cuts flu deaths in seniors empowers this group to act pre-exposure, a proactive step suiting a center's wellness focus. Nursing leverages this to reduce seasonal illness burden, ensuring older adults maintain health through accessible, evidence-based prevention, distinct from detection or treatment strategies.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is providing endotracheal suctioning to a client who is mechanically ventilated when the client becomes restless and tachycardic. Which action should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Restlessness and tachycardia during suctioning indicate distress (e.g., hypoxia); discontinuing suctioning (D) is priority. Rationale: Stopping prevents further oxygen depletion, stabilizing the client first per airway management protocols.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is assisting in caring for a client with a newly inserted tracheostomy. The nurse notes documentation of an airway problem because of thick respiratory secretions. The nurse should monitor for which item as the best indicator of an adequate respiratory status?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A respiratory rate of 18 (B) indicates adequate status in a tracheostomy client with thick secretions. Saturation of $89\%$ (A) is low. Secretions (C) or blood (D) suggest issues. B is correct. Rationale: Normal rate reflects effective ventilation despite secretions, per respiratory assessment criteria.
Question 5 of 5
Explain, using an example, how females but not males can be carriers of some recessive alleles.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Females (A) can carry recessive X-linked alleles (e.g., haemophilia) without expression due to a second X. Males (B) express them with one X. C and D are examples, not explanations. A is correct. Rationale: XX females mask recessive traits, unlike XY males, a genetic principle per sex-linked inheritance.