ATI Rn Leadership Proctored Exam
1. A nurse is planning care for a group of clients in a medical-surgical unit. Which of the following tasks should the
... [Show More] nurse delegate to an assistive personnel?
Measuring a client's hourly intake and output
2. A facility has identified an increase in healthcare-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs) on the medical-surgical unit. A nurse is participating in a quality improvement process to address this problem. Which of the following should be the first step in the process?
Establish best practice guidelines for reducing the incidence of UTIs.
3. A nurse manager observes a newly licensed nurse and an assistive personnel (AP) arguing about the failure of the AP to restock unit supplies. The AP leaves the room. Which of the following is an appropriate statement at this time by the nurse manager to the newly licensed nurse?
"I would like for you to approach the AP to resolve the problem."
4. A client is brought to the emergency department following a motor-vehicle crash. Drug use is suspected in the crash, and a voided urine specimen is ordered. The client repeatedly refuses to provide the specimen. Which of the following is the appropriate action by the nurse?
b. Document the client's refusal in the chart.
5. A nurse is making shift assignments in a hospital. Which of the following tasks is appropriate to assign to a licensed practical nurse?
b. Administer a nasogastric tube feeding.
6. A nurse preceptor is evaluating a newly licensed nurse's competency in assisting with a sterile procedure. Which of the following actions indicates the newly licensed nurse is maintaining sterile technique? (SATA)
b. Opens the sterile pack by first unfolding the top lap away from her body
d. Removes the outside packaging of a sterile instrument before dropping it onto the sterile field
7. A nurse enters a client's room and identifies that the client is receiving too much IV fluid because the IV pump is not working properly. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? Auscultate the client"s lungs.
8. A nurse is planning care for a group of clients and can delegate care to a licensed practical nurse (LP) and an assistive personnel. Which of the following tasks should the a nurse assigned to the LPN?
a. Reinforcing teaching with a client who is learning to self-administer insulin
9. A nurse is supervising a newly licensed nurse who is performing surgical asepsis. After donning a sterile gown and gloves, which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse does the nurse demonstrate correct aseptic technique?
c. The nurse holds her hands above her waist.
10. A nurse who is caring for a group of clients delegates collection of vital signs to an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following actions should the nurse take to evaluate the delegated task?
b. Recheck vital signs that are outside the expected reference range. [Show Less]