ATI LPN
LPN Fundamentals Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is the most important purpose of planning care with this patient?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The primary purpose of planning care is making individualized patient care, tailoring interventions to the patient's unique needs, preferences, and health status. This ensures relevance and efficacy, enhancing outcomes and patient engagement. A standardized nursing care plan offers a template but lacks personalization, potentially missing specific concerns. Expanding nursing diagnosis taxonomy advances the profession broadly, not individual care directly. Incorporating nursing and medical diagnoses is valuable for holistic treatment but secondary to customizing care, as nursing focuses on patient responses, not just medical conditions. Individualized planning, informed by assessment and diagnosis, crafts a care plan reflecting the patient's reality e.g., cultural factors or comorbidities making it the cornerstone of effective, patient-centered nursing, driving all subsequent actions and evaluations.
Question 2 of 5
One of the following is essential to do when opening the wound dressing set:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Opening the first flap of a wound dressing set away from the nurse maintains sterility, per aseptic technique. The nurse, leaning over, risks contaminating the field if the flap opens toward them (e.g., hair or breath contact). Away ensures the sterile inner surface faces outward, untouched by non-sterile areas, preserving the field for subsequent flaps (sideways, then toward). Opening toward the nurse compromises sterility, a critical error in wound care. Placing the set on a chair or bed isn't about opening it's setup, and the bed risks instability or contamination. The away motion is essential, standard in nursing to protect the sterile environment, preventing infection during dressing changes.
Question 3 of 5
The chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs is the:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs via pulmonary veins.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following is the most important purpose of handwashing
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Handwashing primarily prevents pathogen transmission, critical for infection control.
Question 5 of 5
If nurse administers an injection to a patient who refuses that injection, she has committed:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Administering against refusal is assault (threat) and battery (unlawful contact).