ATI Fundamentals Proctored Exam Study Guide

ATI Fundamentals Proctored Exam Study Guide A nurse observes an assistive personnel reprimanding a client for not using the urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if she does not use the urinal more carefully next time . Which of the following torts is the AP committing. - Correct Answer-Assault A nurse is caring for a competent adult client who tells the nurse that he is thinking about leaving the hospital against medical advice. The nurse believes that this is not in the client's best interest, so she prepares to administer PRN sedative medication the client has not requested along with his usual medication. Which of the following types of tort is the nurse about to commit? - Correct Answer-False imprisonment A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is scheduled for surgery the following week. The client tells the nurse that he will prepare his advance directives before he goes to the hospital. Which of the following statements made by the client should indicate to the nurse an understanding of advance directives? - Correct Answer-I plan to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing machine. A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past week when another nurse on the unit seemed drowsy and unable to focus on the issue at hand. Today, should found the nurse asleep in a chair in the break room when she was not on a break. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - Correct Answer-Report observations to the nurse manager on the unit A nurse is caring for a client who is about to undergo an elective surgical procedure. The nurse should take which of the following actions regarding informed consent? - Correct Answer-Make sure the surgeon obtained the client's consent. Witness the client's signature on the consent form. When entering a client's room to change a surgical dressing, a nurse notes that the client is coughing and sneezing. Which of the following actions should the nurse take when preparing a sterile field? - Correct Answer-Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of microorganisms into the surgical wound