VATI Fundamentals Post-Assessment
2024/2025 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
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." - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. "The provider
consults your living will in the event that you are unable to make health
care decisions."
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,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 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 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. Advocacy
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, 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. 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.
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2024/2025 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
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." - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. "The provider
consults your living will in the event that you are unable to make health
care decisions."
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. 1
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,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 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 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. Advocacy
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, 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. 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.
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