PN VATI FUNDAMENTALS 2026 EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ A nurse is caring for a competent adult client who tells the nurse that
he is thinking about leaving the hospital against medical advice. The
nurse believes that this is not in the client's best interest, so she prepares
to administer PRN sedative medication the client has not requested
along with his usual medication. Which of the following types of tort is
the nurse about to commit?
Answer: False imprisonment
⩥ A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching for a
client who is scheduled for surgery the following week. The client tells
the nurse that he will prepare his advance directives before he goes to
the hospital. Which of the following statements made by the client
should indicate to the nurse an understanding of advance directives?
Answer: I plan to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing
machine."
⩥ A nurse is caring for a client who is about to undergo an elective
surgical procedure. The nurse should take which of the following actions
regarding informed consent? (Select all that apply.)
Answer: Make sure the surgeon obtained the client's consent. Witness
the client's signature Zon the consent form.
,⩥ A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past week when another
nurse on the unit seemed drowsy and unable to focus on the issue at
hand. Today, she found the nurse asleep in a chair in the break room
when she was not on a break. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
Answer: Report the observations to the
⩥ When entering a client's room to change a surgical dressing, a nurse
notes that the client is coughing and sneezing. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take when preparing the sterile field?
Answer: Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of micro-
organisms into the surgical wound.
⩥ A nurse has removed a sterile pack from its outside cover and placed it
on a clean work surface in preparation for an invasive procedure. Which
of the following flaps should the nurse unfold first?
Answer: The flap farthest from the body
⩥ A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in preparation for performing sterile
procedure. Which of the a touch without following objects can the nurse
breaching sterile technique? (Select all that apply)
Answer: The inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
An irrigation syringe on the sterile field
One gloved hand with the other gloved hand
, ⩥ A nurse is reviewing hand hygiene techniques with a group of
assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following instructions should the
nurse include when discussing handwashing? (Select all that apply)
Answer: Wash the hands with soap and water for at least 15 seconds.
Use a clean paper towel to turn off hand faucets.
⩥ A nurse has prepared a sterile field for assisting a provider with a
chest tube insertion. Which of the following events should the nurse
recognize as contaminating the sterile field? (Select all that apply)
Answer: The nurse moistens a cotton ball with sterile normal saline and
places it on the sterile field.
The procedure is delayed 1 hr because the provider receives an
emergency call.
The nurse turns to speak to someone who enters through the door behind
the nurse.
⩥ A nurse is discussing restorative health care with a newly licensed
nurse. Which of the following examples should the nurse include in the
teaching?
Answer: Home health care
Rehab facilities
Skilled nursing facilities
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ A nurse is caring for a competent adult client who tells the nurse that
he is thinking about leaving the hospital against medical advice. The
nurse believes that this is not in the client's best interest, so she prepares
to administer PRN sedative medication the client has not requested
along with his usual medication. Which of the following types of tort is
the nurse about to commit?
Answer: False imprisonment
⩥ A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching for a
client who is scheduled for surgery the following week. The client tells
the nurse that he will prepare his advance directives before he goes to
the hospital. Which of the following statements made by the client
should indicate to the nurse an understanding of advance directives?
Answer: I plan to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing
machine."
⩥ A nurse is caring for a client who is about to undergo an elective
surgical procedure. The nurse should take which of the following actions
regarding informed consent? (Select all that apply.)
Answer: Make sure the surgeon obtained the client's consent. Witness
the client's signature Zon the consent form.
,⩥ A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past week when another
nurse on the unit seemed drowsy and unable to focus on the issue at
hand. Today, she found the nurse asleep in a chair in the break room
when she was not on a break. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
Answer: Report the observations to the
⩥ When entering a client's room to change a surgical dressing, a nurse
notes that the client is coughing and sneezing. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take when preparing the sterile field?
Answer: Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of micro-
organisms into the surgical wound.
⩥ A nurse has removed a sterile pack from its outside cover and placed it
on a clean work surface in preparation for an invasive procedure. Which
of the following flaps should the nurse unfold first?
Answer: The flap farthest from the body
⩥ A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in preparation for performing sterile
procedure. Which of the a touch without following objects can the nurse
breaching sterile technique? (Select all that apply)
Answer: The inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
An irrigation syringe on the sterile field
One gloved hand with the other gloved hand
, ⩥ A nurse is reviewing hand hygiene techniques with a group of
assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following instructions should the
nurse include when discussing handwashing? (Select all that apply)
Answer: Wash the hands with soap and water for at least 15 seconds.
Use a clean paper towel to turn off hand faucets.
⩥ A nurse has prepared a sterile field for assisting a provider with a
chest tube insertion. Which of the following events should the nurse
recognize as contaminating the sterile field? (Select all that apply)
Answer: The nurse moistens a cotton ball with sterile normal saline and
places it on the sterile field.
The procedure is delayed 1 hr because the provider receives an
emergency call.
The nurse turns to speak to someone who enters through the door behind
the nurse.
⩥ A nurse is discussing restorative health care with a newly licensed
nurse. Which of the following examples should the nurse include in the
teaching?
Answer: Home health care
Rehab facilities
Skilled nursing facilities
