ATI RN
ATI RN Leadership 2019 Exam 2 Questions
Extract:
A nurse working on a medical-surgical unit is managing the care of four clients: a client who has orthostatic hypotension and is receiving IV fluids, a client who has Type 1 diabetes and uses an insulin pump, a client who is at risk for pressure ulcers and has an albumin level of 4.2 g/dL, a client who is receiving heparin and has an aPTT of 34 seconds.
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following clients should the nurse schedule an interdisciplinary conference for?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The client with a subtherapeutic aPTT on heparin therapy requires an interdisciplinary conference to adjust the dosage and prevent complications like clot formation, involving collaboration among the physician, pharmacist, and nurse.
Extract:
An assistive personnel (AP) who just measured the client's vital signs asks to chart them while the nurse is still logged into the electronic record.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Logging out allows the AP to use their own credentials, ensuring secure and accurate documentation.
Extract:
A client who is disoriented and has a history of wandering.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Providing distractions reduces wandering by engaging the client in meaningful activities.
Extract:
A charge nurse observes a client fall while ambulating with an assistive personnel and notes that the client's gait belt was not in place. When reviewing the incident report, the charge nurse finds that the report does not mention the gait belt.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following ethical principles should the charge nurse follow?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Veracity requires the nurse to report the incident honestly, including the omission of the gait belt, to ensure accurate documentation for quality improvement, legal protection, and ethical accountability.
Extract:
A nurse is receiving a verbal prescription from the provider for a client who is having increased pain.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse should transcribe which of the following prescriptions in the client's medical record?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct transcription uses the full drug name, clear dose, route, frequency, and standard abbreviations to avoid errors.