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ATI PN Comprehensive Predictor Exam
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Review 2024-2025
Assistive personnel (AP) - ✔✔ANS Individuals who can be delegated certain tasks such
as ADLs, bathing, grooming, dressing, ambulating, feeding (without swallow
precautions), positioning, bed making, specimen collection, I&O, and VS for stable
clients.
Delegation of ambulation - ✔✔ANS The process where a nurse assigns the task of
ambulating a client to an AP, ensuring the AP has necessary information about the
client's condition.
Incentive spirometer - ✔✔ANS A device used by clients postoperatively to encourage
deep breathing and prevent complications.
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5 rights of delegation - ✔✔ANS The essential elements that should be identified when
delegating tasks: Right client, Right supervision/evaluation, Right
direction/communication, Right time, and Right circumstances.
Ethics - ✔✔ANS The study of conduct and character.
Morals - ✔✔ANS The values and beliefs that guide behavior and decision making.
Autonomy - ✔✔ANS The right to make one's own personal decisions, even if those
decisions might not be in the person's best interest.
Beneficence - ✔✔ANS Positive actions taken to help others.
Fidelity - ✔✔ANS An agreement to keep promises.
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LPN assignment questioning - ✔✔ANS The process where an LPN should question
assignments that may be beyond their scope of practice, such as replacing the cartridge
and tubing on a PCA pump.
Client transfer from PACU - ✔✔ANS The assignment of care responsibilities for a client
returning from the PACU, typically assigned to an RN.
Stable clients - ✔✔ANS Clients whose vital signs and overall condition are stable and
who can have certain tasks delegated to AP.
Specimen collection - ✔✔ANS The process of obtaining samples for testing, which can
be delegated to AP under certain conditions.
I&O - ✔✔ANS Intake and output, a measure of fluid balance in patients.
VS - ✔✔ANS Vital signs, which are critical indicators of a patient's health status.
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Ambulating - ✔✔ANS The act of walking or moving from one place to another, often a
task delegated to AP.
Reapplying a condom catheter - ✔✔ANS A task that can be delegated to AP for clients
with urinary incontinence.
Sterile dressing application - ✔✔ANS A procedure that should not be delegated to AP,
especially for clients with pressure ulcers.
Client education reinforcement - ✔✔ANS The process of reinforcing teaching with
clients, which should be performed by a licensed nurse rather than an AP.
Pain management post-surgery - ✔✔ANS The consideration of a client's recent pain
medication administration when delegating tasks like ambulation.
Front wheeled walker - ✔✔ANS A mobility aid used by clients during ambulation, which
should be communicated to AP.
ATI PN Comprehensive Predictor Exam
.
Review 2024-2025
Assistive personnel (AP) - ✔✔ANS Individuals who can be delegated certain tasks such
as ADLs, bathing, grooming, dressing, ambulating, feeding (without swallow
precautions), positioning, bed making, specimen collection, I&O, and VS for stable
clients.
Delegation of ambulation - ✔✔ANS The process where a nurse assigns the task of
ambulating a client to an AP, ensuring the AP has necessary information about the
client's condition.
Incentive spirometer - ✔✔ANS A device used by clients postoperatively to encourage
deep breathing and prevent complications.
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5 rights of delegation - ✔✔ANS The essential elements that should be identified when
delegating tasks: Right client, Right supervision/evaluation, Right
direction/communication, Right time, and Right circumstances.
Ethics - ✔✔ANS The study of conduct and character.
Morals - ✔✔ANS The values and beliefs that guide behavior and decision making.
Autonomy - ✔✔ANS The right to make one's own personal decisions, even if those
decisions might not be in the person's best interest.
Beneficence - ✔✔ANS Positive actions taken to help others.
Fidelity - ✔✔ANS An agreement to keep promises.
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LPN assignment questioning - ✔✔ANS The process where an LPN should question
assignments that may be beyond their scope of practice, such as replacing the cartridge
and tubing on a PCA pump.
Client transfer from PACU - ✔✔ANS The assignment of care responsibilities for a client
returning from the PACU, typically assigned to an RN.
Stable clients - ✔✔ANS Clients whose vital signs and overall condition are stable and
who can have certain tasks delegated to AP.
Specimen collection - ✔✔ANS The process of obtaining samples for testing, which can
be delegated to AP under certain conditions.
I&O - ✔✔ANS Intake and output, a measure of fluid balance in patients.
VS - ✔✔ANS Vital signs, which are critical indicators of a patient's health status.
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Ambulating - ✔✔ANS The act of walking or moving from one place to another, often a
task delegated to AP.
Reapplying a condom catheter - ✔✔ANS A task that can be delegated to AP for clients
with urinary incontinence.
Sterile dressing application - ✔✔ANS A procedure that should not be delegated to AP,
especially for clients with pressure ulcers.
Client education reinforcement - ✔✔ANS The process of reinforcing teaching with
clients, which should be performed by a licensed nurse rather than an AP.
Pain management post-surgery - ✔✔ANS The consideration of a client's recent pain
medication administration when delegating tasks like ambulation.
Front wheeled walker - ✔✔ANS A mobility aid used by clients during ambulation, which
should be communicated to AP.
