ATI FUNDAMENTALS FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | 2024
VERSION | LATEST UPDATE
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new RX for antihypertensive medication. Prior to
administering the medication, the nurse uses an electronic database to gather information about
the medication and the effects it might have on this client. Which of the following components of
critical thinking is the nurse using when he reviews the medication information?
A) Knowledge
B) Experience
C) Intuition
D) Competence - A) Knowledge
A nurse uses a head-to-toe approach to conduct a physical assessment of a client who will
undergo surgery the following week. Which of the following critical thinking attitudes did the
nurse demonstrate?
A) Confidence
B) Perseverance
C) Integrity
D) Discipline - D) Discipline
A nurse in a providers office is evaluating a client who reports losing control of urine whenever
she coughs, laughs, or sneezes. The client relates a hx of three vaginal births, but no serious
accidents of illnesses. Which of the following interventions should the nurse suggest for helping
to control of eliminate the clients incontinence? (SATA)
,A) Limit total daily fluid intake
B) Decrease of avoid caffeine
C) Take calcium supplements
D) Avoid drinking alcohol
E) Use the Crede maneuver –
B) Decrease of avoid caffeine
D) Avoid drinking alcohol
A client who has an indwelling catheter reports a need to urinate. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take?
A) Check to see whether the catheter is patent.
B) Reassure the client that it is not possible for her to urinate.
C) Recatheterize the bladder with a larger-gauge catheter.
D) Collect a urine specimen for analysis - A) Check to see whether the catheter is patent.
A nurse is caring for a client who has a RX for a 24-hr urine collection. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A) Discard the first voiding
B) Keep the urine in a singe container at room temp
C) Ask the client to urinate and pour the urine into a specimen container
D) Ask the client to urinate into the toilet, stop midstream, and finish urinating into the specimen
container. - A) Discard the first voiding
A nurse is reviewing factors that increase the risk of UTIs with a client who has recurrent UTIs.
Which of the following factors should the nurse include? (SATA)
,A) Frequent sexual intercourse
B) Lowering of testosterone levels
C) Wiping from front to back
D) Location of the urethra in relation to the anus
E) Frequent catheterization –
A) Frequent sexual intercourse
D) Location of the urethra in relation to the anus
E) Frequent catheterization
A nurse is preparing to initiate a bladder-retraining program for a client who has incontinence.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take? (SATA)
A) Establish a schedule of urinating prior to meal times.
B) Have the client record urination times
C) Gradually increase the urination intervals
D) Remind the client to hold urine until the next scheduled urination time
E) Provide a sterile container for urine –
B) Have the client record urination times
C) Gradually increase the urination intervals
D) Remind the client to hold urine until the next scheduled urination time
A nurse is caring for a client who decides not to have surgery despite significant blockages in
his coronary arteries. The nurse understands that this clients choice is an example of which of
the following ethical principles?
A) Fidelity
B) Autonomy
C) Justice
D) Nonmaleficence - B) Autonomy
, A nurse offers pain meds to a client who is post-op prior to ambulation. The nurse understands
that this aspect of care delivery is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
A) Fidelity
B) Autonomy
C) Justice
D) Beneficence - D) Beneficence
A nurse is instructing a group of nursing students about the responsibilities of organ donation
and procurement involve. When the nurse explains that all clients waiting for a kidney transplant
have to meet the same qualifications, the students should understand that this aspect of care
delivery is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
A) Fidelity
B) Autonomy
C) Justice
D) Nonmaleficence - C) Justice
A nurse questions a medication RX as too extreme in light of the clients advanced age and
unstable status. The nurse understands that this action is an example of which of the following
ethical principles?
A) Fidelity
B) Autonomy
C) Justice
D) Nonmaleficence - D) Nonmaleficence
A nurse is instructing a group of nursing students about how to know and what to expect when
ethical dilemmas arise. Which of the following situations should the students identify as an
ethical dilemma?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | 2024
VERSION | LATEST UPDATE
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new RX for antihypertensive medication. Prior to
administering the medication, the nurse uses an electronic database to gather information about
the medication and the effects it might have on this client. Which of the following components of
critical thinking is the nurse using when he reviews the medication information?
A) Knowledge
B) Experience
C) Intuition
D) Competence - A) Knowledge
A nurse uses a head-to-toe approach to conduct a physical assessment of a client who will
undergo surgery the following week. Which of the following critical thinking attitudes did the
nurse demonstrate?
A) Confidence
B) Perseverance
C) Integrity
D) Discipline - D) Discipline
A nurse in a providers office is evaluating a client who reports losing control of urine whenever
she coughs, laughs, or sneezes. The client relates a hx of three vaginal births, but no serious
accidents of illnesses. Which of the following interventions should the nurse suggest for helping
to control of eliminate the clients incontinence? (SATA)
,A) Limit total daily fluid intake
B) Decrease of avoid caffeine
C) Take calcium supplements
D) Avoid drinking alcohol
E) Use the Crede maneuver –
B) Decrease of avoid caffeine
D) Avoid drinking alcohol
A client who has an indwelling catheter reports a need to urinate. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take?
A) Check to see whether the catheter is patent.
B) Reassure the client that it is not possible for her to urinate.
C) Recatheterize the bladder with a larger-gauge catheter.
D) Collect a urine specimen for analysis - A) Check to see whether the catheter is patent.
A nurse is caring for a client who has a RX for a 24-hr urine collection. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A) Discard the first voiding
B) Keep the urine in a singe container at room temp
C) Ask the client to urinate and pour the urine into a specimen container
D) Ask the client to urinate into the toilet, stop midstream, and finish urinating into the specimen
container. - A) Discard the first voiding
A nurse is reviewing factors that increase the risk of UTIs with a client who has recurrent UTIs.
Which of the following factors should the nurse include? (SATA)
,A) Frequent sexual intercourse
B) Lowering of testosterone levels
C) Wiping from front to back
D) Location of the urethra in relation to the anus
E) Frequent catheterization –
A) Frequent sexual intercourse
D) Location of the urethra in relation to the anus
E) Frequent catheterization
A nurse is preparing to initiate a bladder-retraining program for a client who has incontinence.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take? (SATA)
A) Establish a schedule of urinating prior to meal times.
B) Have the client record urination times
C) Gradually increase the urination intervals
D) Remind the client to hold urine until the next scheduled urination time
E) Provide a sterile container for urine –
B) Have the client record urination times
C) Gradually increase the urination intervals
D) Remind the client to hold urine until the next scheduled urination time
A nurse is caring for a client who decides not to have surgery despite significant blockages in
his coronary arteries. The nurse understands that this clients choice is an example of which of
the following ethical principles?
A) Fidelity
B) Autonomy
C) Justice
D) Nonmaleficence - B) Autonomy
, A nurse offers pain meds to a client who is post-op prior to ambulation. The nurse understands
that this aspect of care delivery is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
A) Fidelity
B) Autonomy
C) Justice
D) Beneficence - D) Beneficence
A nurse is instructing a group of nursing students about the responsibilities of organ donation
and procurement involve. When the nurse explains that all clients waiting for a kidney transplant
have to meet the same qualifications, the students should understand that this aspect of care
delivery is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
A) Fidelity
B) Autonomy
C) Justice
D) Nonmaleficence - C) Justice
A nurse questions a medication RX as too extreme in light of the clients advanced age and
unstable status. The nurse understands that this action is an example of which of the following
ethical principles?
A) Fidelity
B) Autonomy
C) Justice
D) Nonmaleficence - D) Nonmaleficence
A nurse is instructing a group of nursing students about how to know and what to expect when
ethical dilemmas arise. Which of the following situations should the students identify as an
ethical dilemma?
