ATI RN
ATI RN Leadership 2023 Questions
Extract:
A client with right-sided weakness following a cerebrovascular accident, coughs when eating, hoarse voice after swallowing
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is delegating care for a client who has right-sided weakness following a cerebrovascular accident. The client coughs when eating and voice becomes hoarse after swallowing. Select the four tasks the nurse should assign to an assistive personnel.
Correct Answer: A,B,C,E
Rationale: Ambulating, documenting urine output, assisting with menu, and obtaining vital signs are within assistive personnel's scope. Instructing swallowing techniques and referring to speech pathology require nursing judgment.
Extract:
A client who has COPD
Question 2 of 5
A charge nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about caring for a client who has COPD. Which of the following instructions should the charge nurse include in the teaching?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Distended neck veins suggest right-sided heart failure, a COPD complication requiring immediate notification. Clubbing is chronic, pre-meal ambulation risks dyspnea, and 95% oxygen saturation is unrealistic.
Extract:
Four clients in a mass casualty event
Question 3 of 5
A nurse in an emergency department is triaging four clients following a mass casualty event. To which of the following clients should the nurse assign a red tag?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A compromised airway is immediately life-threatening, warranting a red tag for urgent care. Burns and loss of consciousness are serious but less urgent, and fixed pupils suggest death.
Extract:
Performing surgical asepsis
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is supervising a newly licensed nurse who is performing surgical asepsis. After donning a sterile gown and gloves, which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse demonstrates correct aseptic technique?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Holding hands above the waist prevents contamination. Masks are worn before gowning, turning back contaminates the field, and touching the gown's outside risks sterility.
Extract:
A toddler who has a new diagnosis of asthma
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to the parent of a toddler who has a new diagnosis of asthma. The parent states she is unable to afford the nebulizer prescribed for the child. Which of the following referrals should the nurse recommend?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A social worker can assist with financial resources for the nebulizer. Respiratory therapists educate on use, pharmacists advise on medications, and child protective services is inappropriate here.