ATI LPN
Nursing Fundamental Physical Assessment LPN Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is an example of nursing malpractice?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Administering penicillin to an allergic patient meets malpractice criteria: error, injury, and causation.
Question 2 of 5
When observing 4-year-old children playing in the hospital playroom, what activity would the nurse expect to see the children participating in?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Cooperative play is typical for 4-year-olds, reflecting social development.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is instructing a 65-year-old female client diagnosed with osteoporosis. The most important instruction regarding exercise would be to
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Weight-bearing exercises help maintain bone density in osteoporosis.
Question 4 of 5
Nurses and other health care providers often have difficulty helping a terminally ill patient through the necessary stages leading to acceptance of death. Which of the following strategies is most helpful to the nurse in achieving this goal?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Reflection on death's meaning reduces fear and enhances empathy.
Question 5 of 5
According to her, Nursing is a helping or assistive profession to persons who are wholly or partly dependent or when those who are supposedly caring for them are no longer able to give care.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Dorothy Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory defines nursing as a profession that assists individuals who cannot fully care for themselves due to dependency or lack of support. Developed in the 1950s, her theory posits that people naturally perform self-care activities like eating or hygiene to sustain life and well-being. When illness, injury, or absence of caregivers creates a deficit, nurses step in to help, either fully (e.g., feeding a paralyzed patient) or partially (e.g., teaching insulin administration). Unlike Henderson, who focused on universal needs, Orem emphasized self-care agency. Swanson's caring processes and Neuman's stressor management differ in focus neither frame nursing as primarily assistive in dependency. Orem's model guides nurses to assess deficits (e.g., a stroke patient's mobility) and intervene (e.g., physical therapy), aiming to restore independence or compensate permanently, a practical approach still used in rehabilitation and chronic care settings.