ATI Leadership practice
Nurse is reviewing the process of medication reconciliation with a newly licensed nurse. The nurse should include? ANSWER:
... [Show More] The purpose of medication reconciliation is to prevent adverse medication reactions.
Caring for a client who falls in his room. Nurse assesses the client, notifies provider, and completes incident report, which action should the nurse take next? ANSWER: Submit the incident report to the risk manager.
Following a tornado, a nurse is determining which of the clients assigned to her care can be discharged to free up beds for injured clients. Which client should be recommended for discharge? ANSWER: A young adult client who has Crohn's disease and is 1 day preoperative for an ileostomy.
AP comes to work with a new set of artificial nails. The nurse takes the AP to a private location to discuss the issue. Which of the following is appropriate? ANSWER: There is a higher risk of infection for our clients associated with artificial nails.
Nurse has several tasks to delegate to an assistive personnel. Which of the following tasks should the nurse ask the AP to perform first? ANSWER: Take an arterial blood gas specimen to the laboratory.
Nurse manager is reviewing the admission history of four adults who were admitted to the med/surg unit during the shift. which situation is the nurse required to disclose information to an outside agency about the client & circumstances? ANSWER: A dependent adult admitted for the treatment of a spiral fracture.
An AP tells the manager that she observed a nurse on the unit removing morphine from syringes prior to administering the medication to clients. Which action should the manager take first? ANSWER: Gather data about the nurse's work performance and attendance history.
Client with severe head injury and is declared brain dead. Transplant coordinator has spoken to family about organ donation. Client's spouse is confused and doesn't know what to do. What is the appropriate response? ANSWER: What do you think your spouse would have wanted ?
Which lab finding requires follow up?
BUN 15 mg/dL
Platelet count 60,000/mm3
WBC 6,000/mm3
Hemoglobin 14 g/dL ANSWER: Platelet count 60,000/mm3
Older client with terminal illness and ventilator dependent. Client is A&O and wants to discontinue ventilator. Continued treatment against the client's wishes is a violation of?
Veracity
Autonomy
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