ATI RN
ATI Community Leadership Disaster and Neuro Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is delegating tasks to assistive personnel. Which of the following should the nurse consider when using one of the five rights of delegation?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The 'right person' in the five rights of delegation requires assessing the assistive personnel's experience and competency to ensure they can perform the task safely. Ability without assistance, rapport, and availability are secondary to competency.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is monitoring a client who had a cerebral aneurysm rupture. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a manifestation of increased intracranial pressure (ICP)?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Hypertension (
A) is a key sign of increased ICP, as the body raises blood pressure to maintain cerebral perfusion. Tinnitus (
B), hypotension (
C), and tachycardia (
D) are not primary indicators of elevated ICP.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is teaching the family of a client who has a new diagnosis of epilepsy about actions to take if the client experiences a seizure. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Moving objects away from the client during a seizure prevents injury from collisions with nearby items, ensuring a safe environment. Inserting a tongue blade is dangerous and can cause harm, restraining the client may cause injury, and placing the client on their back risks aspiration; instead, the side-lying position is preferred.
Question 4 of 5
A community health nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about descriptive analytics. The nurse recognizes that which of the following best describes the purpose of descriptive analytics in nursing?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Descriptive analytics summarizes and interprets historical data to identify trends and patterns, aiding nurses in understanding past health events and informing care decisions. Predicting outcomes is predictive analytics, developing protocols is prescriptive analytics, and real-time monitoring is not descriptive analytics.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is working with the hospital disaster plan with the emergency operations committee. The nurse is aware that nursing is involved in which components of the disaster plan? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
Correct Answer: A,B,C,E
Rationale: Nurses identify resources (
A), participate in drills (
B), manage communications (
C), and develop decontamination plans (E) to ensure effective disaster response. Performing duties outside typical roles (
D) may occur but is not a primary planned component.