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ATI Fundamentals Retake Exam 2026/2027 ||Verified
Exam!!|| Exam-Style Questions with Detailed
Rationales | Comprehensive Nursing Fundamentals
Assessment
Documentation & abbreviations and symbols - Answer-
Being accurate & concise is an important element of
documentation. Only abbreviations & symbols approved
by The Joint Commission and the facility are acceptable.
A nurse is discussing the HIPPA privacy rule with nurses
during new employee orientation. Which of the following
information should the nurse include? - Answer-Family
members should provide a code prior to receiving client
health information, communication of a client can occur at
the nurse's station, a client can request a hard copy of
their records and a nurses may photocopy a client's
medical record for transfer to another facility.
A nurse is receiving a providers prescription for morphine
by telephone for a client who is reporting moderate to
severe pain. What are the appropriate nursing actions? -
Answer-Repeat the details of the prescription back to the
provider, have another nurse listen to the telephone
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prescription and obtain the providers signature on the
prescription within 24 hours.
A problem is an ethical dilemma when - Answer-I. A review
of scientific data is not enough to solve it
II. It involves a conflict between two moral imperatives
III. The answer will have a profound effect on the situation
and the client
Ethical dilemmas are problems that - Answer-involve more
than one choice and stem from differences in the values
and beliefs of decision makers
Autonomy - Answer-the right to makes one's own personal
decisions, even when those decisions might not be in the
that person's best interest.
Beneifience - Answer-positive actions to help others (do
good)
Fidelity - Answer-agreement to keep promises
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Justice - Answer-fairness in care delivery and use of
resources
Nonmaleficence - Answer-avoidance of harm or injury (do
no harm)
What do nurses use when preparing change-of-shift
report? - Answer-Standard handoff communication tools,
such as Introduction, Situation, Background, Assessment,
Recommendation (ISBAR) to facilitate transfers and
discharges.
When should discharge planning begin? - Answer-On
admission with every patient.
Discharge documentation should include - Answer-Type of
discharge, date & time of discharge, who went with the
client & transportation, where the client went, summary of
clients current condition at discharge, description of any
unresolved difficulties and disposition of valuables,
medications brought from home & prescriptions.
Admission inventory of personal items include - Answer-
clothing, jewelry, money, credit cards, assistive devices,
medications, cell phones and other technology devices,
ATI Fundamentals Retake Exam 2026/2027 ||Verified
Exam!!|| Exam-Style Questions with Detailed
Rationales | Comprehensive Nursing Fundamentals
Assessment
Documentation & abbreviations and symbols - Answer-
Being accurate & concise is an important element of
documentation. Only abbreviations & symbols approved
by The Joint Commission and the facility are acceptable.
A nurse is discussing the HIPPA privacy rule with nurses
during new employee orientation. Which of the following
information should the nurse include? - Answer-Family
members should provide a code prior to receiving client
health information, communication of a client can occur at
the nurse's station, a client can request a hard copy of
their records and a nurses may photocopy a client's
medical record for transfer to another facility.
A nurse is receiving a providers prescription for morphine
by telephone for a client who is reporting moderate to
severe pain. What are the appropriate nursing actions? -
Answer-Repeat the details of the prescription back to the
provider, have another nurse listen to the telephone
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prescription and obtain the providers signature on the
prescription within 24 hours.
A problem is an ethical dilemma when - Answer-I. A review
of scientific data is not enough to solve it
II. It involves a conflict between two moral imperatives
III. The answer will have a profound effect on the situation
and the client
Ethical dilemmas are problems that - Answer-involve more
than one choice and stem from differences in the values
and beliefs of decision makers
Autonomy - Answer-the right to makes one's own personal
decisions, even when those decisions might not be in the
that person's best interest.
Beneifience - Answer-positive actions to help others (do
good)
Fidelity - Answer-agreement to keep promises
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Justice - Answer-fairness in care delivery and use of
resources
Nonmaleficence - Answer-avoidance of harm or injury (do
no harm)
What do nurses use when preparing change-of-shift
report? - Answer-Standard handoff communication tools,
such as Introduction, Situation, Background, Assessment,
Recommendation (ISBAR) to facilitate transfers and
discharges.
When should discharge planning begin? - Answer-On
admission with every patient.
Discharge documentation should include - Answer-Type of
discharge, date & time of discharge, who went with the
client & transportation, where the client went, summary of
clients current condition at discharge, description of any
unresolved difficulties and disposition of valuables,
medications brought from home & prescriptions.
Admission inventory of personal items include - Answer-
clothing, jewelry, money, credit cards, assistive devices,
medications, cell phones and other technology devices,
