ATI PN FUNDAMENTALS PROCTORED EXAM 2019 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED SOLUTIONS AND RATIONALE /A+ GRADE ASSURED
A nurse observes an
... [Show More] assistive personnel
(AP) reprimanding a client for not using
the urinal properly. The AP tells him she
will put a diaper on him if she does not
use the urinal more carefully next time.
Which of the following torts is the AP
committing?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. False Imprisonment
D. Invasion of Privacy
A nurse is caring for a competent adult
client who tells the nurse that he is thinking about leaving the hospital against
medical advice. The nurse believes that
this is not in the client's best interest,
so she prepares to administer a PRN
sedative medication the client has not requested along with his usual medication.
Which of the following types of tort is the
nurse about to commit?
A. Assault
B. False Imprisonment
C. Negligence
D.Breach of Confidentiality
A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing
preoperative teaching for a client who
is scheduled for surgery the following
A. Assault
Rationale:
By threatening the client, the AP is committing assault. Her threats could make
the client become fearful and apprehensive.
B. INCORRECT: Battery is actual physical contact without the client's consent.
Because the AP has only verbally threatened the client, battery has not occurred.
C.INCORRECT: Unless the AP restrains
the client, there is no false imprisonment
involved.
D. INCORRECT: Invasion of privacy
most often involves disclosing information about a client to an unauthorized
individual.
A. INCORRECT: Assault is an action
that threatens harmful contact without
the client's consent.The nurse has made
no threats in this situation.
B. False Imprisonment: The nurse gave
the medication as a chemical restraint
to keep the client from leaving the facility against medical advice. This is false
imprisonment because the client neither
requested nor consented to receiving the
sedative.
C. INCORRECT: Negligence is a breach
of duty that results in harm to the client. It
is unlikely that the medication the nurse
administered without his consent actually harmed the client.
D. INCORRECT: The nurse has not disclosed any
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ATI PN FUNDAMENTALS PROCTORED EXAM 2019 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED SOLUTIONS AND RATIONALE /A+ GRADE ASSURED
week. The client tells the nurse that he
will prepare his advance directives before he goes to the hospital.Which of the
following statements made by the client
should indicate to the nurse an understanding of advance directives?
a."I'd rather have my brother make decisions for me, but I know it has to be my
wife"
b."I know they won't go ahead with
surgery unless I prepare these forms"
c. "I plan to write that I don't want them
to keep me on a breathing machine"
d."I will get my regular doctor to approve
my plan before I hand it in at the hospital"
A nurse is caring for a client who is about
to undergo an elective surgical procedure. The nurse should take which of
the following actions regarding informed
consent? (select all that apply.)
a. Makes sure the surgeon obtained the
client's consent
b.Witness the client's signature on the
consent form
c. Explain the risks and benefits of the
procedure.
d. Describe the consequences of choosing not to have the surgery.
e.Tell the client about alternatives to having the surgery.
When entering a client's room to change
a surgical dressing, a nurse notes that
the client is coughing and sneezing.
Which of the following actions should the
nurse take when preparing the sterile
field?
C. "I plan to write that i don't want them
to keep me on a breathing machine."
Rationale:
The client has the right to decide and
specify which medical procedures he
wants when a life threatening situation
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