ATI CAPSTONE LEADERSHIP 2023 ACTUAL
TEST UPDATED ACTUAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ elements of malpractice. Answer: dont need to know these terms for
exam
Duty owed the patient
Breach of Duty owed
Forseeability
Causation
Harm or injury-not lawsuit if no injury
Damages
⩥ risk manager. Answer: their role is supposed to be proactive.
searching out opportunities to improve patient care to help prevent
injuries to patients
⩥ nurse manager should. Answer: ensures nurses or LPNs are properly
licensed and practicing within their scope
⩥ informed consent. Answer: process where patient understands
risk/benefits of surgery or risks/benefits of not having procedure. not the
,actual document. but that document does need to be signed. typically a
witness (us as nurses usually). should never sign it if patient is asking
questions about surgery because they do not understand risks/benefits.
getting the informed consent is the process. whoever has the discussion
with the pt needs to be documented in the MAR (surgeon, etc) that pt
does understand risks/benefits of surgery
⩥ health literacy. Answer: degree to which individuals have the capacity
to obtain, process, and understand basic health information, including
services needed to make appropriate health decisions. interpreters
essential for patients who cannot be communicated with.
⩥ HIPPA. Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
protecting info of the patients. using social media is big challenge for
hospitals
⩥ Privacy is. Answer: the patient's right to protection against
unreasonable and unwarranted interference with his or her solitude
⩥ what to do if make an error in health records. Answer: take care of
patient, fill out incident report, be very objective documenting in the
MAR and on the report. never state "filled out an incident report"
because that is red flag for attorneys to find them. document exactly
what happened. dont say the word mistake. show what mistake was.
show what you did to make sure pt was taken care of, and if you got
follow up orders from the dr. just bc error was made doesnt mean
lawsuit can be filed against you. pt has to be injured
, ⩥ civil rights act of 1964. Answer: outlawed discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. makes it illegal to hire/fire
based on Protected against discrimination based on race, color, creed,
national origin,
⩥ americans with disabilities act of 1990. Answer: The purpose of the
ADA is to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the
elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities and to
provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing
discrimination in the workplace. need to accommodate disabled
individuals
⩥ autonomy. Answer: personal freedom and self-determination, the right
to choose what will happen to oneself as well as the accountability for
making individual choices
⩥ benefiance. Answer: the actions one takes should promote good;
beneficence is the basic obligation to assist others.
⩥ Nonmaleficence. Answer: states that one should do no harm
⩥ veracity. Answer: concerns telling the truth and demands that the truth
be told completely
TEST UPDATED ACTUAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ elements of malpractice. Answer: dont need to know these terms for
exam
Duty owed the patient
Breach of Duty owed
Forseeability
Causation
Harm or injury-not lawsuit if no injury
Damages
⩥ risk manager. Answer: their role is supposed to be proactive.
searching out opportunities to improve patient care to help prevent
injuries to patients
⩥ nurse manager should. Answer: ensures nurses or LPNs are properly
licensed and practicing within their scope
⩥ informed consent. Answer: process where patient understands
risk/benefits of surgery or risks/benefits of not having procedure. not the
,actual document. but that document does need to be signed. typically a
witness (us as nurses usually). should never sign it if patient is asking
questions about surgery because they do not understand risks/benefits.
getting the informed consent is the process. whoever has the discussion
with the pt needs to be documented in the MAR (surgeon, etc) that pt
does understand risks/benefits of surgery
⩥ health literacy. Answer: degree to which individuals have the capacity
to obtain, process, and understand basic health information, including
services needed to make appropriate health decisions. interpreters
essential for patients who cannot be communicated with.
⩥ HIPPA. Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
protecting info of the patients. using social media is big challenge for
hospitals
⩥ Privacy is. Answer: the patient's right to protection against
unreasonable and unwarranted interference with his or her solitude
⩥ what to do if make an error in health records. Answer: take care of
patient, fill out incident report, be very objective documenting in the
MAR and on the report. never state "filled out an incident report"
because that is red flag for attorneys to find them. document exactly
what happened. dont say the word mistake. show what mistake was.
show what you did to make sure pt was taken care of, and if you got
follow up orders from the dr. just bc error was made doesnt mean
lawsuit can be filed against you. pt has to be injured
, ⩥ civil rights act of 1964. Answer: outlawed discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. makes it illegal to hire/fire
based on Protected against discrimination based on race, color, creed,
national origin,
⩥ americans with disabilities act of 1990. Answer: The purpose of the
ADA is to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the
elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities and to
provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing
discrimination in the workplace. need to accommodate disabled
individuals
⩥ autonomy. Answer: personal freedom and self-determination, the right
to choose what will happen to oneself as well as the accountability for
making individual choices
⩥ benefiance. Answer: the actions one takes should promote good;
beneficence is the basic obligation to assist others.
⩥ Nonmaleficence. Answer: states that one should do no harm
⩥ veracity. Answer: concerns telling the truth and demands that the truth
be told completely
