ATI Fundamental CMS Exam Questions and answers Newest Rated A+ 2025/2026 100% VERIFIED CORRECT

ATI Fundamental CMS Exam Questions and answers
Newest Rated A+ 2025/2026 100% VERIFIED CORRECT

A nurse prepares an injection of morphine to administer to a client who reports pain. Prior to
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administering the medication, the nurse assists another client onto a bedpan. She ask a second
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nurse to give the injection, which of the following actions should the second nurse take?
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A. Offer to assist the client who needs the bedpan
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B. Administer the injection the other nurse prepared
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C. Prepare another syringe and administer the injection
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D. Tell the client who needs the bedpan she will have to wait - Correct Answers A. Offered to
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assist the client who needs a bed pan
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Il` A nurse is preparing to administer a 0900 medication to a client. Which of the following are
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Il` acceptable administration times for this medication (select all that apply)
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E. 0935 - Correct Answers A. 0905
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**time must be within 30min of scheduled dose
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,Il` A nurse is working with a newly licensed nurse who is administering medications to clients. Which
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Il` of the following actions should the nurse identify as an indication that the newly hired nurse
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Il` understands medication error prevention? Il` Il` Il`




A. Taking all medications out of the unit dose wrappers before entering the clients room
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B. Checking with the provider when a single dose requires administration of multiple tablets
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C. Administering a medication, then looking up the usual dose range
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D. Relying on another nurse to clarify the medication prescription - Correct Answers B. Checking
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with the provider when a single dose requires administration of multiple tablets
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*This is an indication that prescription or transcription errors may have occurred
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Il` A nurse educator is teaching a module about safe medication administration to newly licensed
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Il` nurses. Which of the following statements should the nurse identify as an indication that one of
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Il` the groups understands how to implement medication therapy? (Select all that apply)
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A. " I will observe for side effects"
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B. " I will monitor for therapeutic effects"
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C. " I will prescribe the appropriate dose"
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D. " I will change the dose if adverse effects occur"
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E. " I will refuse to give a medication if I believe that it is unsafe" - Correct Answers A. " I will
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observe for side effects"
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B. " I will monitor for therapeutic effects"
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E. " I will refuse to give a medication if I believe that it is unsafe"
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,Il` A nurse is preparing to administer digoxin to a client who states " I don't want to take that
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Il` medication. I do not want one more pill." Which of the following responses should the nurse
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A. " your physician prescribed it for you, so you really should take it."
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B. " well, let's get it over with quickly then"
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C. " OK I will just give you your other medications"
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D. " tell me about your concerns with taking this medication" - Correct Answers D. Tell me your
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concerns with taking this medication
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Il` A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with severe respiratory syndrome. The nurse is aware that
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Il` healthcare professionals are required to report communicable and infectious diseases. Which of
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Il` the following illustrates the rationale for reporting? (Select all that apply)
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A. Planning and evaluating control and prevention strategies
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B. Determining public health priorities
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C. Ensuring proper medical treatment
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D. Identifying endemic disease
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E. Monitoring for common source outbreaks - Correct Answers A. Planning and evaluating
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control and prevention strategies
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B. Determining public health priorities
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C. Ensuring proper medical treatment
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E. Monitoring for common source outbreaks
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Il` A nurse is caring for a client who presents with linear clusters of fluid containing vesicles with
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Il` some crustings. The nurse should identify the client has manifestations of what following
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Il` condition?

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B. Ringworm
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C. Systemic lupus erythematosus
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D. Herpes zoster - Correct Answers D. Herpes zoster
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Il` A nurse is caring for a client who reports a severe sore throat, pain when swallowing, and swollen
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Il` lymph nodes. The client is experiencing which of the following stages of infection?
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A. Prodromal
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B. Incubation
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C. Convalescence
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D. Illness - Correct Answers D. Illness
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Il` A nurse educator is reviewing with a newly hired nurse the difference in manifestation of a
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Il` localized versus a systemic infection. The nurse indicates understanding when she states which of
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Il` the following are manifestations of a systemic infection? (Select all that apply)
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B. Malaise
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C. Edema
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D. Pain or tenderness
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E. Increased pulse and resp rate - Correct Answers A. Fever
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B. Malaise
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E. Increased pulse and resp rate
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