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ATI NURS 252 Leadership Comprehensive Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse manager is introducing new staff members to computerized charting, which requires an understanding of informatics. Informatics, in essence, concerns three fundamental principles:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Informatics revolves around data, information, and knowledge, enabling decision-making. Decision-making (
B) is an outcome, technologies (
C) are tools, and hardware (
D) is infrastructure.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is serving on a continuous quality improvement (CQI) committee that has been assigned to develop a program to reduce the number of medication administration errors following a sentinel event at the facility. Which of the following strategies should the committee plan to initiate first?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Conducting a root cause analysis identifies underlying error causes, guiding effective interventions. Training (
A), competency exams (
B), and QI programs (
D) should follow this analysis.
Question 3 of 5
As the nurse manager, you are developing a patient education program aimed at offering guidance and supervision for patients with hypertension. To assist in your planning, you extract and present patient information from:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Internet sources provide comprehensive, evidence-based resources for patient education on hypertension, such as guidelines from reputable organizations. Email (
B) is for communication, biomedical technologies (
C) provide data, and clinical databases (
D) are for research, not education.
Question 4 of 5
A new graduate nurse asks their manager for guidance on how to respond to a patient who refuses to sign a surgical consent form. The patient says that she won’t sign because she wishes to explore other options. Which of the following responses made by the manager are most appropriate?
Correct Answer: B,E
Rationale: Consent should not be forced (
B) and the patient has every right to refuse (E) are correct. Forcing consent (
A) or proceeding without it (
C) violates patient autonomy and ethical principles. Administering a sedative to gain consent (
D) is coercive and unethical. Patients have the right to make informed decisions, and healthcare providers must respect refusals while providing information to support decision-making.
Question 5 of 5
To develop an effective staffing budget, the nurse manager should:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Assessing the unit's workload and taking into account the services it provides is crucial for developing an effective staffing budget. This ensures the budget reflects actual needs, optimizing resource allocation. Ignoring organizational changes (
A) is short-sighted, competitor services (
C) are for strategic planning, and scheduling (
D) is operational.