ATI CAPSTONE LEADERSHIP STUDY GUIDE
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
EXPERT SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Nursing Role in Advocacy.
Answer: -Nurses must ensure that clients are informed of their rights and
have adequate information on which to base health care decisions
-Nurses must be careful to assist clients w/making health care decisions
and not direct or control their decisions
-Nurses may need to mediate on the client's behalf when the actions of
others are not in the client's best interest or changes need to be made in
the plan of care
-Situations that a nurse may need to advocate for clients or assist them to
advocate for themselves:
end-of-life decisions
access to health care
protection of client privacy
informed consent
substandard practice
-Nurses are accountable for their actions even if they are carrying out a
provider's prescription
⩥ essential components of advocacy.
,Answer: risk-taking, vision, self-confidence, articulate communication,
assertiveness
caring, autonomy, respect, empowerment
⩥ informed consent.
Answer: legal process by which the client has given written permission
for a procedure or treatment to be performed
witness the client's signature on informed consent form and to ensure
that the informed consent has been appropriately obtained
seek assistance of an interpreter
⩥ informed consent guidelines.
Answer: -consent is required for all care given in a health care facility.
-the client provides implied consent when she complies w/ the
instructions provided by the nurse.
-for an invasive procedure or surgery, the client is required to provide
written consent.
⩥ signing an informed consent form.
Answer: must be signed by competent adult
emancipated minors (independent of parents, married minor) can
provide informed consent for themselves
, ⩥ individuals authorized to grant consent for another person.
Answer: parent of a minor
legal guardian
court-specified representative
client's health surrogate (individual who has the client's durable power of
attorney for health care/health care proxy)
spouse or closest available relative (state laws vary)
⩥ informed consent responsibilities.
Answer: provider: obtain consent
client: gives informed consent
nurse: witness informed consent
⩥ advance directives.
Answer: The purpose of advance directives is to communicate a client's
wishes regarding end-of-life care should the client become unable to do
so.
⩥ living will.
Answer: legal document that expresses client's wishes regarding medical
treatment in the event the client becomes incapacitated and is facing
end-of-life issues
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
EXPERT SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Nursing Role in Advocacy.
Answer: -Nurses must ensure that clients are informed of their rights and
have adequate information on which to base health care decisions
-Nurses must be careful to assist clients w/making health care decisions
and not direct or control their decisions
-Nurses may need to mediate on the client's behalf when the actions of
others are not in the client's best interest or changes need to be made in
the plan of care
-Situations that a nurse may need to advocate for clients or assist them to
advocate for themselves:
end-of-life decisions
access to health care
protection of client privacy
informed consent
substandard practice
-Nurses are accountable for their actions even if they are carrying out a
provider's prescription
⩥ essential components of advocacy.
,Answer: risk-taking, vision, self-confidence, articulate communication,
assertiveness
caring, autonomy, respect, empowerment
⩥ informed consent.
Answer: legal process by which the client has given written permission
for a procedure or treatment to be performed
witness the client's signature on informed consent form and to ensure
that the informed consent has been appropriately obtained
seek assistance of an interpreter
⩥ informed consent guidelines.
Answer: -consent is required for all care given in a health care facility.
-the client provides implied consent when she complies w/ the
instructions provided by the nurse.
-for an invasive procedure or surgery, the client is required to provide
written consent.
⩥ signing an informed consent form.
Answer: must be signed by competent adult
emancipated minors (independent of parents, married minor) can
provide informed consent for themselves
, ⩥ individuals authorized to grant consent for another person.
Answer: parent of a minor
legal guardian
court-specified representative
client's health surrogate (individual who has the client's durable power of
attorney for health care/health care proxy)
spouse or closest available relative (state laws vary)
⩥ informed consent responsibilities.
Answer: provider: obtain consent
client: gives informed consent
nurse: witness informed consent
⩥ advance directives.
Answer: The purpose of advance directives is to communicate a client's
wishes regarding end-of-life care should the client become unable to do
so.
⩥ living will.
Answer: legal document that expresses client's wishes regarding medical
treatment in the event the client becomes incapacitated and is facing
end-of-life issues
