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 think-
ing 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 re-
quested 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 com-
mitting assault. Her threats could make
the client become fearful and apprehen-
sive.
B. INCORRECT: Battery is actual physi-
cal contact without the client's consent.
Because the AP has only verbally threat-
ened 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 informa-
tion 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 facil-
ity 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 actual-
ly harmed the client.
D. INCORRECT: The nurse has not di [Show Less]