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ATI Capstone Leadership & Community
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A charge nurse allows two nurses who are arguing about who gets to go to lunch first to go
together. The charge nurse agrees to take care of both of the nurses' clients while they are at
lunch. The charge nurse is demonstrating which of the following types of conflict management?
Avoiding
Competing
Compromising
Cooperating - Answer✔Cooperating;
The charge nurse displayed cooperating, which is the resolution of the conflict by sacrificing. In
this situation, it allowed both staff nurses to get what they wanted.
Nurse educator is discussing community mental health with a group of nursing students.
Secondary prevention?
Day care center
Outpatient rehabilitation center
Community recreational center
Crisis center - Answer✔Crisis center;
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A crisis center, which has the goal of early detection and treatment of mental health disorders,
is an example of secondary public health prevention.
A nurse is reviewing the guidelines for reporting nationally notifiable infectious diseases. Which
of the following diseases should the nurse plan to report to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)?
Lyme disease
Cytomegalovirus
Streptococcus pharyngitis
Toxoplasmosis - Answer✔Lyme disease;
Lyme disease is a nationally notifiable infectious disease.
A nurse is teaching a class on torts. The nurse should include which of the following situations
as an example of negligence?
A nurse identifies the absence of peripheral pulsation in a casted extremity in the early morning
and reports it to the provider in the early afternoon.
A client who is competent refuses an antidepressant medication. The nurse dissolves the
medication in food and administers it to her without her knowledge.
A client who is alert and oriented makes an informed decision to leave the hospital against
medical advice. The nurse applies restraints to the client to prevent him from leaving.
A nurse finds a client who is on a low-sodium diet eating salted potato chips. The nurse tells the
client that she will apply wrist restraints if he does not stop eating the potato chips. -
Answer✔A nurse identifies the absence of peripheral pulsation in a casted extremity in the
early morning and reports it to the provider in the early afternoon;
Professional negligence is performing practice below the expected standard of care. It can be
an act of omission, which is the failure to perform an act that a reasonable prudent person,
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under similar circumstances, would do. A reasonably prudent nurse would notify the provider
of the neurovascular finding immediately.
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who has extensive partial and full-
thickness burns of the head, neck and chest. While planning the client's care, the nurse should
identify which of the following risks as the priority for assessment and intervention?
Airway obstruction
Infection
Fluid imbalance
Paralytic ileus - Answer✔Airway obstruction;
When using the airway, breathing, circulation approach to client care, the nurse determines
that the priority risk is airway obstruction. Burns of the head, neck, and chest often involve
damage to the pulmonary tree due to heat as well as smoke and soot inhalation. This can result
in severe respiratory difficulty. Nursing measures to maintain a patent airway should take
priority in this client's care.
A nurse is among the first responders to a mass-casualty incident and does not know what type
of personal protective equipment (PPE) is needed. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
Wait until the type of equipment needed is known.
Decontaminate victims before intervening.
Choose the highest level of protection equipment available.
Use a dosimeter to measure the level of radiation in the area before intervening. -
Answer✔Choose the highest level of protection equipment available;
When the level or type of PPE is unknown, the nurse should wear the highest level of
protection.
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ATI Capstone Leadership & Community
Health Exam Questions And Answers |Latest
2025 | Guaranteed Pass
A charge nurse allows two nurses who are arguing about who gets to go to lunch first to go
together. The charge nurse agrees to take care of both of the nurses' clients while they are at
lunch. The charge nurse is demonstrating which of the following types of conflict management?
Avoiding
Competing
Compromising
Cooperating - Answer✔Cooperating;
The charge nurse displayed cooperating, which is the resolution of the conflict by sacrificing. In
this situation, it allowed both staff nurses to get what they wanted.
Nurse educator is discussing community mental health with a group of nursing students.
Secondary prevention?
Day care center
Outpatient rehabilitation center
Community recreational center
Crisis center - Answer✔Crisis center;
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A crisis center, which has the goal of early detection and treatment of mental health disorders,
is an example of secondary public health prevention.
A nurse is reviewing the guidelines for reporting nationally notifiable infectious diseases. Which
of the following diseases should the nurse plan to report to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)?
Lyme disease
Cytomegalovirus
Streptococcus pharyngitis
Toxoplasmosis - Answer✔Lyme disease;
Lyme disease is a nationally notifiable infectious disease.
A nurse is teaching a class on torts. The nurse should include which of the following situations
as an example of negligence?
A nurse identifies the absence of peripheral pulsation in a casted extremity in the early morning
and reports it to the provider in the early afternoon.
A client who is competent refuses an antidepressant medication. The nurse dissolves the
medication in food and administers it to her without her knowledge.
A client who is alert and oriented makes an informed decision to leave the hospital against
medical advice. The nurse applies restraints to the client to prevent him from leaving.
A nurse finds a client who is on a low-sodium diet eating salted potato chips. The nurse tells the
client that she will apply wrist restraints if he does not stop eating the potato chips. -
Answer✔A nurse identifies the absence of peripheral pulsation in a casted extremity in the
early morning and reports it to the provider in the early afternoon;
Professional negligence is performing practice below the expected standard of care. It can be
an act of omission, which is the failure to perform an act that a reasonable prudent person,
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under similar circumstances, would do. A reasonably prudent nurse would notify the provider
of the neurovascular finding immediately.
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who has extensive partial and full-
thickness burns of the head, neck and chest. While planning the client's care, the nurse should
identify which of the following risks as the priority for assessment and intervention?
Airway obstruction
Infection
Fluid imbalance
Paralytic ileus - Answer✔Airway obstruction;
When using the airway, breathing, circulation approach to client care, the nurse determines
that the priority risk is airway obstruction. Burns of the head, neck, and chest often involve
damage to the pulmonary tree due to heat as well as smoke and soot inhalation. This can result
in severe respiratory difficulty. Nursing measures to maintain a patent airway should take
priority in this client's care.
A nurse is among the first responders to a mass-casualty incident and does not know what type
of personal protective equipment (PPE) is needed. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
Wait until the type of equipment needed is known.
Decontaminate victims before intervening.
Choose the highest level of protection equipment available.
Use a dosimeter to measure the level of radiation in the area before intervening. -
Answer✔Choose the highest level of protection equipment available;
When the level or type of PPE is unknown, the nurse should wear the highest level of
protection.
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