ATI RN
ATI RN Leadership 2019 A Questions
Extract:
Client medication errors
Question 1 of 5
A nurse manager needs to address an increased rate of client medication errors. Which of the following strategies represents an authoritarian approach to managing this issue?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Informing staff of penalties uses fear to enforce compliance, characteristic of authoritarian leadership. Other strategies promote collaboration or participation.
Extract:
A client who reports vomiting and diarrhea for the past 6 hours
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who reports vomiting and diarrhea for the past 6 hours. The nurse should identify that which of the following assessments is the priority?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Prolonged vomiting and diarrhea risk hypokalemia, which can cause cardiac arrhythmias, making serum potassium the priority assessment. Other assessments are less urgent.
Extract:
An assistive personnel (AP) caring for incontinent clients
Question 3 of 5
An assistive personnel (AP) tells a charge nurse that it is unfair that they have to take care of all the clients who are incontinent. Which of the following responses should the charge nurse make?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Explaining that tasks are delegated based on job descriptions clarifies roles and responsibilities, addressing the AP's fairness concern professionally.
Extract:
A client on a mental health unit
Question 4 of 5
A nurse on a mental health unit is teaching a newly licensed nurse about client rights. Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Clients have the right to refuse medication if competent, reflecting autonomy. Other options violate confidentiality, misstate voluntary admission rights, or are incomplete.
Extract:
Client charts showing an increase in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
Question 5 of 5
A nurse manager is auditing client charts and identifies an increase in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Which of the following actions should the nurse manager take?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Notifying the quality improvement team initiates a review of practices to reduce VAP, focusing on infection prevention. Other options do not directly address the clinical issue or are inappropriate.