Fundamentals ATI Content Mastery Series Questions - Exam 1 (Answered) Verified 100% Correct!!

Fundamentals ATI Content Mastery Series Questions - Exam 1 (Answered) Verified 100% Correct!! A nurse is discussing the purpose of regulatory agencies during a staff meeting. Which of the following tasks should the nurse identify as the responsibility of state licensing boards? A. Monitoring evidence-based practice for clients who have a specific diagnosis B. Ensuring that health care providers comply with regulations C. Setting quality standards for accreditation of health care facilities D. Determining whether medications are safe for administration to clients B Ensuring that health care providers comply with regulations State licensing boards are responsible for ensuring that health care providers and agencies comply with state regulations. A. Review committees responsible C. The Joint Commission D. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration A nurse is explaining the various types of health care coverage clients might have to a group of nurses. Which of the following health care financing mechanisms should the nurse include as federally funded? Select all that apply. A. Preferred provider organization (PPO) B. Medicare C. Long-term care insurance D. Exclusive provider organization (EPO) E. Medicaid B, E PPO, Long-term care insurance, EPO are all privately funded A nurse manager is developing strategies to care for the increasing number of clients who have obesity. Which of the following actions should the nurse include as a primary health care strategy? A. Collaborating with providers to perform obesity screenings during routine office visits B. Ensuring the availability of specialized beds in rehabilitation centers for clients who have obesity C. Providing specialized intraoperative training in surgical treatments for obesity D. Educating acute care nurses about postoperative complications related to obesity A. Obesity screenings at office visits is an example of primary health care. Primary health care emphasizes health promotion and disease control, is often delivered during office visits, and includes screenings. B. REHAB - Restorative Care C. SPECIALIZED - Tertiary Care D. ACUTE - Secondary Care A nurse is explaining the various levels of health care services to a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of the following examples of care or care settings should the nurse classify as tertiary care? Select all that apply. A. Intensive care unit B. Oncology treatment center C. Burn center D. Cardiac rehabilitation E. Home health care A, B, C Tertiary health care involves the provision of specialized and highly technical care, such as the care nurses deliver in intensive care units, an oncology treatment center, and a burn center. D, E Cardiac rehabilitation and home health care are examples of restorative care. A nurse is discussing restorative health care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following examples should the nurse include in the teaching? Select all that apply. A. Home health care B. Rehabilitation facilities C. Diagnostic centers D. Skilled nursing facilities E. Oncology centers A, B, D Restorative health care involves intermediate follow-up care for restoring health and promoting self-care. Home health care, rehabilitation facilities, and skilled nursing facilities are types of restorative health care. C, E Diagnostic centers Secondary health care includes the diagnosis and treatment of acute injury or illness. Diagnostic centers are a type of secondary health care. A goal for a client who has difficulty with self-feeding due to rheumatoid arthritis is to use adaptive devices. The nurse caring for the client should initiate a referral to which of the following members of the interprofessional care team? A. Social worker B. Certified nursing assistant C. Registered dietitian D. Occupational therapist D. Occupational therapist The nurse should identify that an occupational therapist can assist clients who have physical challenges to use adaptive devices and strategies to help with self-care activities. A certified nursing assistant can help the client with feeding but does not typically procure adaptive devices for the client. A. A social worker can coordinate community services to help the client, but not specifically with self-feeding devices. B. A certified nursing assistant can help the client with feeding but does not typically procure adaptive devices for the client. C. A registered dietitian can help with educating the client about meeting nutritional needs but cannot help with the client's physical limitations. A nurse is caring for a group of clients on a medical-surgical unit. For which of the following client care needs should the nurse initiate a referral for a social worker? Select all that apply. A. A client who has terminal cancer requests hospice care in the home B. A client asks about community resources available for older adults. C. A client states, "I would like to have my child baptized before surgery." D. A client requests an electric wheelchair for use after discharge. E. A client states, "I do not understand how to use a nebulizer." A, B, D The nurse should initiate a referral for a social worker to provide information and assistance in coordinating hospice care for a client, care for community resources available for clients, and to assist the client in obtaining medical equipment for use after discharge C The nurse should initiate a referral for spiritual support staff if a client requests specific religious sacraments or prayers. E The nurse should provide client teaching for concerns regarding the use of a nebulizer. If additional information is needed, initiate a referral for a respiratory therapist. A client who is postoperative following knee arthroplasty is concerned about the adverse effects of the medication prescribed for pain management. Which of the following members of the interprofessional care team can assist the client in understanding the medication's effects? Select all that apply. A. Provider B. Certified nursing assistant C. Pharmacist D. Registered nurse E. Respiratory therapist A, C, D The provider, pharmacist, and RN must be knowledgeable about any medication prescribed for the client, including its actions, effects, and interactions. B It is not within the scope of a certified nursing assistant's duties to counsel a client about medications. E. Although some analgesics can cause respiratory depression, requiring assistance from a respiratory therapist, it is not within this therapist's scope of practice to counsel the client about medications prescribed by the provider. A client who had a cerebrovascular accident has persistent problems with dysphagia. The nurse caring for the client should initiate a referral with which of the following members of the interprofessional care team? Select all that apply. A. Social worker B. Certified nursing assistant C. Occupational therapist D. Speech-language pathologist E. Physical therapist C, D The nurse should identify that a speech-language pathologist and an occupational therapist can initiate specific therapy for clients who have difficulty with feeding due to swallowing difficulties. A. A social worker can coordinate community services to help the client, but not specifically with dysphagia. B. A certified nursing assistant can help the client with feeding but cannot assess and treat dysphagia. E. A physical therapist can assist clients who have motor challenges to improve abilities with self-care and work but cannot assess and treat dysphagia. A nurse is acquainting a group of newly licensed nurses with the roles of the various members of the health care team they will encounter on a medical-surgical unit. When providing examples of the types of tasks certified nursing assistants (CNAs) can perform, which of the following client activities should the nurse include? Select all that apply. A. Bathing B. Ambulating C. Toileting D. Determining pain level E. Measuring vital signs A, B, C, E The nurse should identify that it is within the range of function for a CNA to provide basic care to clients, such as bathing, assisting with ambulation, assisting with toileting, and measuring and recording vital signs. D. Determining pain level is a task that requires the assessment skills of licensed personnel (nurses). It is outside the range of function for a CNA. A nurse is caring for a client who decides not to have surgery despite significant blockages of the coronary arteries. The nurse understands that this client's choice is an example of which of the following ethical principles? A.Fidelity B. Autonomy C. Justice D. Nonmaleficence B. Autonomy The nurse identifies that in this situation, the client is exercising their right to make their own personal decision about surgery, regardless of others' opinions of what is "best" for them. This is an example of autonomy. A. Fidelity is the fulfillment of promises. The nurse has not made any promises; this is the client's decision. C. Justice is fairness in care delivery and in the use of resources. Because the client has chosen not to use them, this principle does not apply. D. Nonmaleficence is a commitment to do no harm. In this situation, harm can occur whether or not the client has surgery. However, because they choose not to, this principle does not apply. A nurse offers pain medication to a client who is postoperative prior to ambulation. The nurse understands that this aspect of care delivery is an example of which of the following ethical principles? A. Fidelity B. Autonomy C. Justice D. Beneficence D. Beneficence The nurse should identify that beneficence is action that promotes good for others, without any self-interest. By administering pain medication before the client attempts a potentially painful exercise like ambulation, the nurse is taking a specific and positive action to help the client. A. Fidelity is the fulfillment of promises. Unless the nurse has specifically promised the client a pain-free recovery, which is unlikely, this principle does not apply to this action. B. Autonomy is the right to make personal decisions, even when they are not necessarily in the person's best interest. In this situation, the nurse is delivering responsible client care. This principle does not apply. C. Justice is fairness in care delivery and in the use of resources. Pain management is available for all clients who are postoperative, so this principle does not apply. A nurse is instructing a group of newly licensed nurses about the responsibilities organ donation and procurement involve. When the nurse explains that all clients