ATI LPN
NCLEX Practice Questions Skin Integrity and Wound Care Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is within the role of the LPN/LVN?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The LPN/LVN scope, per the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), includes hands-on tasks like changing dressings (Choice C), which aligns with practical care on a med-surg unit. Admitting patients often involves initial assessments, typically an RN role. Assessing deterioration requires advanced judgment, reserved for RNs. Collaborating with therapists is possible but leans toward care planning, often RN-led. Changing dressings is a core LPN skill safe, routine, and within scope requiring skill and observation, making it the correct answer. LPNs focus on stable patients with predictable outcomes, supporting RNs, not initiating complex assessments or care plans.
Question 2 of 5
Inherent in any definition or philosophy of nursing are several core concepts. The core concept is:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Nursing's core, per ANA definitions, centers on restoring health healing and recovery from illness or injury. Promoting wellness and preventing illness are proactive, while facilitating coping supports adaptation. Restoring health is the essence across settings (e.g., med-surg, long-term care), encompassing assessment, intervention, and evaluation to return patients to baseline, making it the correct and most fundamental concept in nursing philosophy.
Question 3 of 5
Which statement best describes health?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Health, per WHO, is functioning well physically, mentally, and socially a dynamic state, not just absence of disease. Relative state is vague. Total well-being omits social aspects. Free of sickness is narrow, ignoring function. This holistic definition guides nursing assessments (e.g., ADLs, mood), making it the correct and most comprehensive description.
Question 4 of 5
The effects of stress on a person partially depend on:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Stress impact varies by perception how one interprets it (e.g., threat vs. challenge), per Lazarus' stress model. Prior illness worsens outcomes but isn't primary. Time of day or environment influence less than mindset. Perception drives physiologic responses (e.g., cortisol), a key nursing assessment for coping, making it the correct and most significant factor.
Question 5 of 5
While reviewing the morning vital signs of a preoperative patient, which patient information warrants immediate notification of the surgeon?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Pre-op, abnormal labs signal risks. Serum potassium 3.2 mEq/L below 3.5 risks arrhythmias under anesthesia, per lab standards, needing urgent surgeon review. Temperature 99.5°F is mild, not critical. Normal breath sounds and BP 135/80 are unremarkable. Hypokalemia's cardiac threat demands immediate action, an LPN priority, making it the correct finding.