, LEADERSHIP PRE-ASSESSMENT VATI
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% CORRECT!
A charge nurse is providing an in-service for staff nurses on the use of new IV pumps.
Which of the following actions should the charge nurse take to best evaluate staff
competency with the new equipment. - ANSWER Allow time during the workday when
each nurse can demonstrate proficiency
Rationale: According to evidence-based practice, the best action to evaluate
competency with a psychomotor skill is by return demonstration. Ensuring that each
nurse knows how to use the equipment through return demonstration is the best way to
measure correct use of the new equipment. Prior to full implementation of any new
equipment, the supervisory team should allow time for training and proficiency checks to
ensure that client care is not compromised.
A nurse has received change-of-shift report and is delegating tasks to the assistive
personnel (AP). The nurse should tell the AP to complete which of the following tasks
first? - ANSWER Perform blood glucose monitoring of a client who has a prescription for
short-acting insulin prior to breakfast
A charge nurse plans to use effective change strategies when implementing a change in
a nursing procedure on the medical-surgical unit. Which of the following actions should
the charge nurse take during the moving stage of change? - ANSWER Set a target
date.
A client who is terminally ill tells a nurse on the medical-surgical unit that she feels
hopeless. Which of the following statements by the nurse is appropriate? - ANSWER
"Tell me what you understand about your illness."
A nurse is reviewing a provider's prescriptions for four clients. Which of the following
prescriptions is outside the legal scope of practice for the nurse? - ANSWER Insert a
tunneled venous catheter for a client
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% CORRECT!
A charge nurse is providing an in-service for staff nurses on the use of new IV pumps.
Which of the following actions should the charge nurse take to best evaluate staff
competency with the new equipment. - ANSWER Allow time during the workday when
each nurse can demonstrate proficiency
Rationale: According to evidence-based practice, the best action to evaluate
competency with a psychomotor skill is by return demonstration. Ensuring that each
nurse knows how to use the equipment through return demonstration is the best way to
measure correct use of the new equipment. Prior to full implementation of any new
equipment, the supervisory team should allow time for training and proficiency checks to
ensure that client care is not compromised.
A nurse has received change-of-shift report and is delegating tasks to the assistive
personnel (AP). The nurse should tell the AP to complete which of the following tasks
first? - ANSWER Perform blood glucose monitoring of a client who has a prescription for
short-acting insulin prior to breakfast
A charge nurse plans to use effective change strategies when implementing a change in
a nursing procedure on the medical-surgical unit. Which of the following actions should
the charge nurse take during the moving stage of change? - ANSWER Set a target
date.
A client who is terminally ill tells a nurse on the medical-surgical unit that she feels
hopeless. Which of the following statements by the nurse is appropriate? - ANSWER
"Tell me what you understand about your illness."
A nurse is reviewing a provider's prescriptions for four clients. Which of the following
prescriptions is outside the legal scope of practice for the nurse? - ANSWER Insert a
tunneled venous catheter for a client
