ATI LPN
LPN Nursing Fundamentals Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is known to have a role in wound healing?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Vitamin C is essential for collagen synthesis, a key wound healing component, strengthening tissue repair. Vitamin A supports epithelial growth, Vitamin K aids clotting, and B complex boosts energy, but collagen formation is primary. Nurses ensure adequate C intake (e.g., citrus), accelerating recovery, preventing dehiscence, and supporting immune response at wound sites.
Question 2 of 5
Prescriptive theories:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Prescriptive theories in nursing specify actions for specific situations, reflecting practice and addressing phenomena like pain management with concrete interventions (e.g., administer analgesics). Unlike descriptive theories, which only describe (e.g., pain's nature), or explanatory ones, which explain and predict (e.g., why pain occurs), prescriptive theories guide what nurses should do, offering practical direction. Explaining, relating, and predicting fit mid-range or grand theories, not prescriptive ones' narrow focus. Providing a broad framework suits grand theories (e.g., Orem's), not prescriptive specificity. Reflecting practice and addressing phenomena captures prescriptive theories' role bridging theory to actionable care, like protocols for patient symptoms, making this the most precise definition in nursing theory application.
Question 3 of 5
Critical thinking is an active organized cognitive process used to carefully examine one's thinking. It allows the nurse to
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Critical thinking directs assessment purposefully e.g., probing fatigue to link it to anemia ensuring data collection is focused and relevant. This active process analyzes, synthesizes, and prioritizes, enhancing care planning. Reviewing with providers follows assessment, not its direction. Determining care is planning/implementation, not assessment's role. Identifying responses fits evaluation, not initial data-gathering. Critical thinking's role in steering assessment ensures efficiency and depth, making it the key way nurses apply this cognitive skill in practice.
Question 4 of 5
An action that the nurse should take to use a wide base of support when assisting a client to get up in a chair is:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Spreading feet apart creates a wide base of support, stabilizing the nurse's center of gravity when lifting a client from bed to chair. This enhances balance, reducing fall risk e.g., shoulder-width stance supports a 70-kg patient. Bending at the waist risks back strain, lacking leg leverage, and no base is specified. Facing the client, bending knees, and holding forearms uses proper mechanics but omits base width less explicit. Tightening pelvic muscles aids core strength, not base stability. A wide stance, per ergonomic principles, ensures safe transfer, protecting nurse and client, making it the essential action in this context.
Question 5 of 5
Five teaspoons is equivalent to how many milliliters (ml)?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: One teaspoon equals 5 ml, so 5 teaspoons is 25 ml.