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NGN A+ VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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1. A nurse observes an assistive personnel (AP) reprimanding a client for notusing the u
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rinal properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if shedoes not use the urinal
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more carefully next time. Which of the following tortsis the AP committing?
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2. A nurse is caring for a competent adult client who tells the nurse that he isthinking ab
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out leaving the hospital against medical advice.The nurse believesthat this is not in the cli
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ent's best interest, so she prepares to administer PRNsedative medication the client has n
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ot requested along with his usual medica-
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tion. Which of the following types of tort is the nurse about to commit?
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ANS False imprisonment
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3. A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching for a clientwho is sche
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duled for surgery the following week.The client tells the nurse thathe will prepare his adv
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ance directives before he goes to the hospital. Which of the following statements made b
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,y the client should indicate to the nurse an understanding of advance directives?
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ANS I plan to write that I don't want them tokeep me on a breathing machine."
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4. A nurse is caring for a client who is about to undergo an elective surgicalprocedure. T
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he nurse should take which of the following actions regarding informed consent? (Sele
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ct all that apply.)
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ANS Make sure the surgeon obtained theclient's consent.
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Witness the client's signature Zon the consent form.
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5. A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past week when another nurseon the unit se
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emed drowsy and unable to focus on the issue at hand. Today, she found the nurse asleep
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Sin a chair in the break room when she was not on a break. Which of the following actions
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ANS Report theobservations to the nurse manager on the unit.
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6. When entering a client's room to change a surgical dressing, a nurse notesthat the clie
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nt is coughing and sneezing.Which of the following actions shouldthe nurse take when pr
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eparing the sterile field? S S S
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, ANS Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of micro-organisms into the surgical wound.
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7. A nurse has removed a sterile pack from its outside cover and placed it ona clean work
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surface in preparation for an invasive procedure. Which of the following flaps should th
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e nurse unfold first?
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ANS The flap farthest from the body
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8. A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in preparation for performing sterile proce-
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dure. Which of the a touch without following objects can the nurse breachingsterile tech
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nique? (Select all that apply) S S S S
ANS The inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
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An irrigation syringe on the sterile field
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One gloved hand with the other gloved hand
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