ATI RN
ATI NURS 252 Leadership and Ethics Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
Your healthcare organization has a decentralized system for scheduling. As part of this process, after you have developed a draft schedule, you may need to
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: In decentralized scheduling, unit-level negotiation with staff (
A) ensures feasibility. Budgetary approval (
B) and centralized review (
C) apply to centralized systems. Balancing schedules (
D) is ongoing, not a specific post-draft step.
Question 2 of 5
A charge nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about the use of critical pathways. Which of the following should the charge nurse include?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Critical pathways standardize care to improve outcomes and reduce costs (
C). They allow flexibility (
A), focus on specific conditions, not health promotion (
B), and are developed by teams, not individuals (
D).
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about methods to reduce costs of client care. Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates understanding of the teaching?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Encouraging flu immunizations (
B) prevents illness, reducing treatment costs. Waiting to empty a colostomy bag (
A) risks complications, increasing costs. Re-using PPE (
C) compromises safety, potentially raising costs due to infections. Delegating assessments to assistive personnel (
D) is unsafe, as it requires a nurse's expertise.
Question 4 of 5
A hospital organization (not affiliated with the government) provides women's health services on an inpatient basis for short-term medical conditions (average stay of less than 30 days). This facility would likely be considered:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Acute care refers to healthcare provided for conditions requiring immediate attention with a short duration, as indicated by the average stay of less than 30 days. Specialized care focuses on a specific area, here women's health. Tertiary care involves complex conditions requiring advanced technology, not mentioned here. Primary care is for general health and initial contact, not inpatient care. Public care is ruled out as the facility is not government-affiliated.
Question 5 of 5
Lee the nurse manager, offers personalized coaching sessions for Jillian (a new graduate nurse) to help her develop interpersonal skills. However, Jillian's schedule conflicts with Lee's and is unable to meet. In order to work with Jillian's schedule. Lee sacrifices his personal time. Which of the following conflict management strategies is Lee demonstrating?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Accommodation involves prioritizing another's needs, as Lee does by sacrificing personal time (
A). Avoiding (
B) ignores the issue, compromising (
C) involves mutual concessions, and competing (
D) seeks to win at another's expense.