ATI COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR STUDY GUIDE
What can be delegated to Assistive personnel (AP)?
A nurse on a med surge unit has recieved change of shift rep
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A nurse is delegating the ambulation of a client who had knee arthroplasty 5 days ago to an AP. Which of the following info should the nurse share with the AP?
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An RN is making assignments for client care to an LPN at the beginning of the shift. Which of the following assignments should the LPN question?
A nurse is preparing an inservice program about delegation. Which of the following elements should she identify when presenting the 5 rights of delegation.
A nurse manager of a med surge unit is assigning care responsibilities for the oncoming shift. A client is waiting transfer back to the unit from the PACU following thoracic surgery. To which staff member should the nurse assign the client?
What is the study of conduct and character?
What are the values and beliefs that guide behavior and decision making?
What is the right to make ones own personal decisions, even tho those decisions might not be in the persons best interest
What are positive actions to help others
Beneficience
What is an agreement to keep promises
What is fairness in care delivery and use of resources
What is avoidance of harm or injury
A nurse is caring for a client who decides not to have surgery despite significant blockages in his coronary arteries. The nurse understands that this clients choice is an example of what principles?
A nurse offers pain meds to a client who is postop prior to ambulation. The nurse understands that this aspect of care delivery is an example of which of the
following ethical principles?
A nurse is instructing a group of nursing students about the responsibilities involved with organ donation and procurement. When the nurse explains that all clients waiting for a kidney transplant have to meet the same qualifications, the students should understand that this aspect of care delivery is an example of which ethical principle
A nurse questions a med prescription as too extreme and light of the clients advanced age and unstable status. The nurse understands that this action is an
example of which ethical principle
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Which of the following situations can be identified as an ethical dilemma?
Most managers can be categorized as
communication occurs down the chain of command
Work output by the staff is usually high-good for crisis situations and bureaucratic settings
The nurse should consider the hierarchy of human needs when prioritizing interventions, which are?
The ABC framework identifies, in order, the three basic needs for sustaining life
Nurses must follow what code of standards in delegating and assigning tasks
What values would a nurse possess to be a client advocate?
What do the nurse need to keep in mind about the client when being their advocate?
When should planning discharge process begin?
What is an interdisciplinary team?
1. _______ is used by interdisciplinary team to make health care decisions about clients with multiple problems. 2. ________, which may take place at team meetings, allows the achievement of results that the participants would be incapable of accomplishing if working alone.
What is the nurse's contribution to an interdisciplinary team?
A four-month-old infant is admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit
with a temperature of 105°F (40.5 °C). The infant is irritable, and the nurse
observes nuchal rigidity. Which assessment finding would indicate an
increase in intracranial pressure?
A client is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). To determine the
client's tolerance of this treatment, the nurse should assess for which of the
following?
The client is exhibiting symptoms of myxedema. The nursing
assessment should reveal
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A nonstress test is scheduled for a client at 34-weeks gestation who
developed hypertension, periorbital edema, and proteinuria. Which of the
following nursing actions should be included in the care plan in order to
Which of the following nursing interventions is MOST important for a
The nurse is caring for a young adult admitted to the hospital with a
severe head injury. The nurse should position the patient
The nurse is teaching a 40-year-old man diagnosed with a lower motor
neuron disorder to perform intermittent self-catheterization at home. The
nurse should instruct the client to
A client is being discharged with sublingual nitroglycerin (Nitrostat).
A 38-year-old woman is returned to her room after a subtotal
thyroidectomy for treatment of hyperthyroidism. Which of the following, if
found by the nurse at the patient's bedside, is nonessential? [Show Less]