VATI Fundamentals Post-Assessment
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
A nurse is caring for a client who asks the nurse to explain what
advance directives are. Which of the following statements should
the nurse make?
A. "The health care proxy is a document that explains your wishes
for care when you can no longer do so."
B. "Be sure that your family agrees with your choices before
preparing your advance directives."
C. "The provider consults your living will in the event that you are
unable to make health care decisions."
D. "Be sure you know what you want to write in your advance
directives, because you can't change them later." -
correct answer ✅C. "The provider consults your living will in the
event that you are unable to make health care decisions."
Living wills direct care when clients do not have the capacity to
make decisions. The provider will review the client's living will and
plan treatment according to the client's preferences. A health care
proxy is a document that appoints another individual to make
health care decisions for the client. Although the family is usually
involved, along with the provider, in helping to decide a client's
decisional capacity, no one else has to agree with the client's
,VATI Fundamentals Post-Assessment
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
choices. The nurse should instruct the client that they can change
their advanced directives at any time.
A nurse provides a medical interpreter to convey discharge
instructions to a client who speaks a different language than the
nurse. This action is an example of which of the following ethical
values?
A. Advocacy
B. Nonmaleficence
C. Veracity
D. Justice -
correct answer ✅A. Advocacy
Advocacy is the ethical principle of supporting the client in every
situation. The nurse supports this client by using a medical
interpreter to ensure that the client understands the discharge
teaching. Nonmaleficence is a commitment to do no harm.
Although this principle is essential to the practice of nursing, this
action is not an example of nonmaleficence. Veracity is telling the
truth. Although this principle is essential to the practice of nursing,
this action is not an example of veracity. Justice is fairness in care
delivery to all clients in order to ensure each client's needs are met.
, VATI Fundamentals Post-Assessment
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Although this principle is essential to the practice of nursing, this
action is not an example of justice.
A nurse is reviewing guidelines for documentation in an electronic
medical record with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
information should the nurse include?
A. It is important to include personal opinions when documenting
assessments.
B. Wait until the end of the shift to document an error.
C. It is acceptable to document for another nurse in urgent
situations.
D. Log out of the computer terminal after completing
documentation. -
correct answer ✅D. Log out of the computer terminal after
completing documentation.
It is important for the nurse to maintain the security of clients'
medical records. Without logging out, others could view or access
clients' confidential health information.
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
A nurse is caring for a client who asks the nurse to explain what
advance directives are. Which of the following statements should
the nurse make?
A. "The health care proxy is a document that explains your wishes
for care when you can no longer do so."
B. "Be sure that your family agrees with your choices before
preparing your advance directives."
C. "The provider consults your living will in the event that you are
unable to make health care decisions."
D. "Be sure you know what you want to write in your advance
directives, because you can't change them later." -
correct answer ✅C. "The provider consults your living will in the
event that you are unable to make health care decisions."
Living wills direct care when clients do not have the capacity to
make decisions. The provider will review the client's living will and
plan treatment according to the client's preferences. A health care
proxy is a document that appoints another individual to make
health care decisions for the client. Although the family is usually
involved, along with the provider, in helping to decide a client's
decisional capacity, no one else has to agree with the client's
,VATI Fundamentals Post-Assessment
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
choices. The nurse should instruct the client that they can change
their advanced directives at any time.
A nurse provides a medical interpreter to convey discharge
instructions to a client who speaks a different language than the
nurse. This action is an example of which of the following ethical
values?
A. Advocacy
B. Nonmaleficence
C. Veracity
D. Justice -
correct answer ✅A. Advocacy
Advocacy is the ethical principle of supporting the client in every
situation. The nurse supports this client by using a medical
interpreter to ensure that the client understands the discharge
teaching. Nonmaleficence is a commitment to do no harm.
Although this principle is essential to the practice of nursing, this
action is not an example of nonmaleficence. Veracity is telling the
truth. Although this principle is essential to the practice of nursing,
this action is not an example of veracity. Justice is fairness in care
delivery to all clients in order to ensure each client's needs are met.
, VATI Fundamentals Post-Assessment
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Although this principle is essential to the practice of nursing, this
action is not an example of justice.
A nurse is reviewing guidelines for documentation in an electronic
medical record with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
information should the nurse include?
A. It is important to include personal opinions when documenting
assessments.
B. Wait until the end of the shift to document an error.
C. It is acceptable to document for another nurse in urgent
situations.
D. Log out of the computer terminal after completing
documentation. -
correct answer ✅D. Log out of the computer terminal after
completing documentation.
It is important for the nurse to maintain the security of clients'
medical records. Without logging out, others could view or access
clients' confidential health information.
