Fundamentals ATI Content Mastery
Series Questions - Exam 1
A charge nurse is assigning client care to an RN and a PN. Understanding that an RN
can perform each of the following tasks, match the tasks the nurse should assign to the
RN or the PN
Creating a plan of care for a client who is recovering following a stroke
Assessing a pressure injury on a client who is on bed rest
Providing nasopharyngeal suctioning for a client who has pneumonia
Teaching a client who has asthma to use a metered-dose inhaler
Administer enteral feeding to a client who has a nasogastric tube
Inserting a urinary catheter for a client who has urinary retention. - ANS -RN
Creating a plan of care for a client who is recovering following a stroke
Assessing a pressure injury on a client who is on bed rest
Teaching a client who has asthma to use a metered-dose inhaler
PN
Providing nasopharyngeal suctioning for a client who has pneumonia
Administer enteral feeding to a client who has a nasogastric tube
Inserting a urinary catheter for a client who has urinary retention.
A charge nurse is discussing critical thinking attitudes with a newly licensed nurse.
Match the following nursing actions with the critical thinking attitude.
Confidence
Integrity
Humility
Discipline
Curiosity
Showing honesty when caring for clients.
Using a head-to-toe approach to conduct a physical examination on a client.
Speaking with certainty to a client when instructing them about a new diet.
Asking questions to obtain more information about a client's problem.
,Identifying limitations of oneself when dealing with a clinical situation. - ANS
-Confidence
Speaking with certainty to a client when instructing them about a new diet.
Integrity
Showing honesty when caring for clients.
Humility
Identifying limitations of oneself when dealing with a clinical situation.
Discipline
Using a head-to-toe approach to conduct a physical examination on a client.
Curiosity
Asking questions to obtain more information about a client's problem.
A charge nurse is discussing critical thinking attitudes with a newly licensed nurse.
Match the following nursing actions with the critical thinking attitude.
Creativity
Risk-taking
Fairness
Perseverance
Responsibility
Caring for a client in a nonjudgmental manner.
Checking a client's medical record for allergies before administering a medication.
Taking a calculated chance to find a solution to a client's problem
Using imagination to find a unique solution to solve a client's problem.
Continuing to work to solve a problem for a client until there is a solution. - ANS
-Creativity
Using imagination to find a unique solution to solve a client's problem.
Risk-taking
Taking a calculated chance to find a solution to a client's problem.
Fairness
Caring for a client in a nonjudgmental manner.
Perseverance
,Continuing to work to solve a problem for a client until there is a solution.
Responsibility
Checking a client's medical record for allergies before administering a medication.
A charge nurse is discussing the components of critical thinking with a newly licensed
nurse. Sort the following situations into knowledge, experience, or competence
components of critical thinking.
A nurse uses an electronic database to gather information about a medication before
administering it to a client.
A nurse has been working with clients who have diabetes mellitus for over 5 years.
A nurse uses the nursing process when caring for a client who has hypoglycemia. -
ANS -Experience
A nurse has been working with clients who have diabetes mellitus for over 5 years.
Competence
A nurse uses the nursing process when caring for a client who has hypoglycemia.
Knowledge
A nurse uses an electronic database to gather information about a medication before
administering it to a client.
A charge nurse is discussing the levels of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse.
Sort the following interventions into basic, complex, or commitment critical thinking
levels.
A nurse follows a facility's procedure manual to change an IV dressing.
A nurse repositions a client's arm to improve the infusion of an IV.
A nurse increases an IV rate on a client who has hypotension. - ANS -Commitment
A nurse increases an IV rate on a client who has hypotension.
Basic
A nurse follows a facility's procedure manual to change an IV dressing.
Complex
A nurse repositions a client's arm to improve the infusion of an IV.
, A charge nurse is explaining the various stages of the lifespan to a group of newly
licensed nurses. Which of the following examples should the charge nurse include as a
developmental task for a young adult?
A. Becoming actively involved in providing guidance to the next generation
B. Adjusting to major changes in roles and relationships due to losses
C. Devoting time to establishing an occupation
D. Finding oneself "sandwiched" between and being responsible for two generations -
ANS -C
The nurse should identify that exploring career options and then establishing oneself in
a specific occupation is a major developmental task for a young adult.
A. Active involvement in the next generation is a developmental task for middle adults.
B. Adjusting to major role changes associated with loss is a developmental task for
older adults.
D. Assuming responsibility for the previous as well as the next generation is a
developmental task for middle adults.
A charge nurse is explaining the various stages of the lifespan to a group of newly
licensed nurses. Which of the following examples should the nurse include as a
developmental task for middle adulthood?
A. The client evaluates their behavior after a social interaction.
B. The client states they are learning to trust others.
C. The client wishes to find meaningful friendships.
D. The client expresses concerns about the next generation. - ANS -D.
The nurse should identify that Erickson's task for a middle adult is generativity vs.
stagnation. The nurse should include showing concern for the next generation as an
example for this age group.
A. Evaluating behavior after a social interaction is a developmental task that begins
during the preschool years.
B. Learning to trust others is a developmental task of infancy during Erickson's trust vs.
mistrust stage.
C. Finding meaningful friendships is a developmental task for school-aged children.
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.
Series Questions - Exam 1
A charge nurse is assigning client care to an RN and a PN. Understanding that an RN
can perform each of the following tasks, match the tasks the nurse should assign to the
RN or the PN
Creating a plan of care for a client who is recovering following a stroke
Assessing a pressure injury on a client who is on bed rest
Providing nasopharyngeal suctioning for a client who has pneumonia
Teaching a client who has asthma to use a metered-dose inhaler
Administer enteral feeding to a client who has a nasogastric tube
Inserting a urinary catheter for a client who has urinary retention. - ANS -RN
Creating a plan of care for a client who is recovering following a stroke
Assessing a pressure injury on a client who is on bed rest
Teaching a client who has asthma to use a metered-dose inhaler
PN
Providing nasopharyngeal suctioning for a client who has pneumonia
Administer enteral feeding to a client who has a nasogastric tube
Inserting a urinary catheter for a client who has urinary retention.
A charge nurse is discussing critical thinking attitudes with a newly licensed nurse.
Match the following nursing actions with the critical thinking attitude.
Confidence
Integrity
Humility
Discipline
Curiosity
Showing honesty when caring for clients.
Using a head-to-toe approach to conduct a physical examination on a client.
Speaking with certainty to a client when instructing them about a new diet.
Asking questions to obtain more information about a client's problem.
,Identifying limitations of oneself when dealing with a clinical situation. - ANS
-Confidence
Speaking with certainty to a client when instructing them about a new diet.
Integrity
Showing honesty when caring for clients.
Humility
Identifying limitations of oneself when dealing with a clinical situation.
Discipline
Using a head-to-toe approach to conduct a physical examination on a client.
Curiosity
Asking questions to obtain more information about a client's problem.
A charge nurse is discussing critical thinking attitudes with a newly licensed nurse.
Match the following nursing actions with the critical thinking attitude.
Creativity
Risk-taking
Fairness
Perseverance
Responsibility
Caring for a client in a nonjudgmental manner.
Checking a client's medical record for allergies before administering a medication.
Taking a calculated chance to find a solution to a client's problem
Using imagination to find a unique solution to solve a client's problem.
Continuing to work to solve a problem for a client until there is a solution. - ANS
-Creativity
Using imagination to find a unique solution to solve a client's problem.
Risk-taking
Taking a calculated chance to find a solution to a client's problem.
Fairness
Caring for a client in a nonjudgmental manner.
Perseverance
,Continuing to work to solve a problem for a client until there is a solution.
Responsibility
Checking a client's medical record for allergies before administering a medication.
A charge nurse is discussing the components of critical thinking with a newly licensed
nurse. Sort the following situations into knowledge, experience, or competence
components of critical thinking.
A nurse uses an electronic database to gather information about a medication before
administering it to a client.
A nurse has been working with clients who have diabetes mellitus for over 5 years.
A nurse uses the nursing process when caring for a client who has hypoglycemia. -
ANS -Experience
A nurse has been working with clients who have diabetes mellitus for over 5 years.
Competence
A nurse uses the nursing process when caring for a client who has hypoglycemia.
Knowledge
A nurse uses an electronic database to gather information about a medication before
administering it to a client.
A charge nurse is discussing the levels of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse.
Sort the following interventions into basic, complex, or commitment critical thinking
levels.
A nurse follows a facility's procedure manual to change an IV dressing.
A nurse repositions a client's arm to improve the infusion of an IV.
A nurse increases an IV rate on a client who has hypotension. - ANS -Commitment
A nurse increases an IV rate on a client who has hypotension.
Basic
A nurse follows a facility's procedure manual to change an IV dressing.
Complex
A nurse repositions a client's arm to improve the infusion of an IV.
, A charge nurse is explaining the various stages of the lifespan to a group of newly
licensed nurses. Which of the following examples should the charge nurse include as a
developmental task for a young adult?
A. Becoming actively involved in providing guidance to the next generation
B. Adjusting to major changes in roles and relationships due to losses
C. Devoting time to establishing an occupation
D. Finding oneself "sandwiched" between and being responsible for two generations -
ANS -C
The nurse should identify that exploring career options and then establishing oneself in
a specific occupation is a major developmental task for a young adult.
A. Active involvement in the next generation is a developmental task for middle adults.
B. Adjusting to major role changes associated with loss is a developmental task for
older adults.
D. Assuming responsibility for the previous as well as the next generation is a
developmental task for middle adults.
A charge nurse is explaining the various stages of the lifespan to a group of newly
licensed nurses. Which of the following examples should the nurse include as a
developmental task for middle adulthood?
A. The client evaluates their behavior after a social interaction.
B. The client states they are learning to trust others.
C. The client wishes to find meaningful friendships.
D. The client expresses concerns about the next generation. - ANS -D.
The nurse should identify that Erickson's task for a middle adult is generativity vs.
stagnation. The nurse should include showing concern for the next generation as an
example for this age group.
A. Evaluating behavior after a social interaction is a developmental task that begins
during the preschool years.
B. Learning to trust others is a developmental task of infancy during Erickson's trust vs.
mistrust stage.
C. Finding meaningful friendships is a developmental task for school-aged children.
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.
