ATI LPN
Patient Comfort Questions Questions
Question 1 of 9
When the care providers meet to plan a client's progress, medical condition, placement or other care related details, it is called:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A care conference plans client progress e.g., condition updates unlike seminars (A, education), meetings (B, general), or case management (D, coordination). PSWs attend, contributing observations like mobility changes. Misnaming risks confusion; conferences are specific. This forum ensures team alignment, a PSW role in shared planning, enhancing care consistency and outcomes.
Question 2 of 9
When the care providers meet to plan a client's progress, medical condition, placement or other care related details, it is called:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A care conference plans client progress e.g., condition updates unlike seminars (A, education), meetings (B, general), or case management (D, coordination). PSWs attend, contributing observations like mobility changes. Misnaming risks confusion; conferences are specific. This forum ensures team alignment, a PSW role in shared planning, enhancing care consistency and outcomes.
Question 3 of 9
Which action is most likely to ensure the safety of the nurse while making a home visit?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Staying vigilant and exiting if unsafe is the most proactive safety measure.
Question 4 of 9
Parents are concerned that their 11 year-old child is a very picky eater. The nurse suggests which of the following as the best initial approach?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Offering healthy snacks encourages balanced intake without confrontation, suitable as an initial step.
Question 5 of 9
A child is diagnosed with poison ivy. The mother tells the nurse that she does not know how her child contracted the rash since he had not been playing in wooded areas. As the nurse asks questions about possible contact, which of the following would the nurse recognize as highest risk for exposure?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Burning poison ivy releases urushiol into smoke, a high-risk exposure route.
Question 6 of 9
To find out the resident's type of isolation, the PSW should ask the:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Isolation type e.g., contact, droplet, airborne is a clinical decision based on the resident's condition, requiring specific precautions. The nurse in charge oversees care plans, including isolation protocols, and communicates these to PSWs, making them the primary source for accurate, up-to-date information. The resident may not understand or recall details, especially if unwell. The physician initiates orders, but nurses implement and relay them in practice. Housekeeping follows directives, not sets them. In healthcare hierarchies, PSWs report to nurses for care-specific guidance, ensuring compliance with infection control standards and facility policies, confirming the nurse in charge as the correct contact.
Question 7 of 9
The inability to control the elimination of urine/feces is called:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Incontinence is the inability to control urine or feces elimination, common in elderly or disabled clients, requiring PSW assistance. Retention is inability to release, not loss of control. Diarrhea is frequent loose stools, not necessarily uncontrolled. Flatus is gas, unrelated to urine/feces control. Medical terminology, key for PSWs documenting care, defines incontinence as this condition, aligning with its prevalence and care needs, making it the correct term.
Question 8 of 9
During the care of a client with Legionnaire's disease, which finding would require the nurse's immediate attention?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Reduced chest expansion suggests worsening respiratory distress, critical in Legionnaire's.
Question 9 of 9
A nurse is working with a client in an extended care facility. Which bed position is preferred for a client, who is at risk for falls, as part of a prevention protocol?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Bed in lowest position, wheels locked, against the wall is preferred for fall prevention. Low height minimizes injury risk, locked wheels ensure stability, and wall placement reduces access points. Four rails are a restraint, not prevention. Lower rails or bent knees don't optimize safety. D follows safety protocols, reducing fall risk, making it the best position.