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Week 1 ATI Qs Fundamentals of nursing 2026 A+ GRAD vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc
E ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANS
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WERS (7728E) vc
QUESTION 1 vc
1. A nurse is preparing information for change-of-
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shift report. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the report?
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ANSWER
Unless there is a significant change in intake and output, the oncoming nurse can read that information i
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n the chart. Unless there is a significant change in blood pressure measurements since the previous day,
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the oncoming nurse can read that information in the chart. CORRECT: The bone scan is important becau
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se the nurse might have to modify the client's care to accommodate leaving the unit. Unless there is a si
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gnificant change in the medication routine, the oncoming nurse can read that information in the chart.
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QUESTION 2 vc
3. A nurse is reviewing documentation with a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of t
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he following legal guidelines should be followed when documenting in a client's record?
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ANSWER
A. Correction fluid implies that the nurse might have tried to hide the previous documentation or deface
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the medical record. CORRECT: The day and time confirm the recording of the correct sequence of event
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s. CORRECT: Documentation must be factual, descriptive, and objective, without opinions or criticism. T
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oo many abbreviations can make the entry difficult to understand. Nurses should minimize use of abbre
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viations, and use only those the facility approves. Documentation should be current. Waiting until the en
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d of the shift can result in data omission.
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QUESTION 3 vc
4. A nurse is discussing occurrences that require completion of an incident report with a
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newly licensed nurse. Which of the following should the nurse include in the teaching? (S
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A. CORRECT: The nurse should complete an incident report regarding a medication error. CORRECT: Th
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e nurse should complete an incident report regarding a needlestick. The nurse should report a conflict
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with a provider and nursing staff to the charge nurse or nurse manager., CORRECT: The nurse should co
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mplete an incident report following an omission of a prescription. The nurse should report concerns fro
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m a client's family member to the charge nurse or nurse manager.
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QUESTION 4 vc
5. A nurse is receiving a providers prescription by telephone for morphine for a client w
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ho is reporting moderate to severe pain. Which of the following nursing actions are appr
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opriate? (Select all that apply.) vc vc vc vc
ANSWER
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A. CORRECT: The nurse should repeat the medication's name, dosage, time or interval, route, and any ot
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her pertinent information back to the provider and receive and document confirmation. CORRECT: Havi
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ng another nurse listen to the telephone prescription is a safety precaution that helps prevent medicatio
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n errors due to miscommunication. CORRECT: The provider must sign the prescription within the time f
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rame the facility specifies in its policies (generally 24 hr). Unrelieved pain can become an emergency sit
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uation without the appropriate pain management interventions. There is no need to inform the charge n
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urse every time a nurse receives a medication prescription, whether by telephone, verbally, or in the me
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QUESTION 5 vc
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blem-
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te this item. UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES: List three common methods of problem-
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oriented charting with definitions of their acronyms. vc vc vc vc vc vc
ANSWER
Underlying Principles: SOAP, PIE, DAR(focus charting SOAP: subjective data, objective data, assessment (
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includes a nursing diagnosis based on the assessment), plan. PIE: problem, intervention, evaluation DAR
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(focus charting): data, action, response
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QUESTION 6 vc
1. By the second postoperative day, a client has not achieved satisfactory pain relief. Bas
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ed on this evaluation, which of the following actions should the nurse take, according to t
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he nursing process?
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ANSWER
Exam Solution vc
Week 1 ATI Qs Fundamentals of nursing 2026 A+ GRAD vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc
E ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANS
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WERS (7728E) vc
QUESTION 1 vc
1. A nurse is preparing information for change-of-
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shift report. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the report?
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ANSWER
Unless there is a significant change in intake and output, the oncoming nurse can read that information i
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n the chart. Unless there is a significant change in blood pressure measurements since the previous day,
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the oncoming nurse can read that information in the chart. CORRECT: The bone scan is important becau
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se the nurse might have to modify the client's care to accommodate leaving the unit. Unless there is a si
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gnificant change in the medication routine, the oncoming nurse can read that information in the chart.
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QUESTION 2 vc
3. A nurse is reviewing documentation with a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of t
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he following legal guidelines should be followed when documenting in a client's record?
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(Select all that apply.) vc vc vc
ANSWER
A. Correction fluid implies that the nurse might have tried to hide the previous documentation or deface
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the medical record. CORRECT: The day and time confirm the recording of the correct sequence of event
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s. CORRECT: Documentation must be factual, descriptive, and objective, without opinions or criticism. T
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oo many abbreviations can make the entry difficult to understand. Nurses should minimize use of abbre
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viations, and use only those the facility approves. Documentation should be current. Waiting until the en
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d of the shift can result in data omission.
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QUESTION 3 vc
4. A nurse is discussing occurrences that require completion of an incident report with a
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newly licensed nurse. Which of the following should the nurse include in the teaching? (S
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elect all that apply). vc vc vc
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4.
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e nurse should complete an incident report regarding a needlestick. The nurse should report a conflict
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with a provider and nursing staff to the charge nurse or nurse manager., CORRECT: The nurse should co
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mplete an incident report following an omission of a prescription. The nurse should report concerns fro
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m a client's family member to the charge nurse or nurse manager.
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QUESTION 4 vc
5. A nurse is receiving a providers prescription by telephone for morphine for a client w
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ho is reporting moderate to severe pain. Which of the following nursing actions are appr
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opriate? (Select all that apply.) vc vc vc vc
ANSWER
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her pertinent information back to the provider and receive and document confirmation. CORRECT: Havi
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ng another nurse listen to the telephone prescription is a safety precaution that helps prevent medicatio
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n errors due to miscommunication. CORRECT: The provider must sign the prescription within the time f
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rame the facility specifies in its policies (generally 24 hr). Unrelieved pain can become an emergency sit
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uation without the appropriate pain management interventions. There is no need to inform the charge n
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urse every time a nurse receives a medication prescription, whether by telephone, verbally, or in the me
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dical record. vc
QUESTION 5 vc
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te this item. UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES: List three common methods of problem-
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oriented charting with definitions of their acronyms. vc vc vc vc vc vc
ANSWER
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includes a nursing diagnosis based on the assessment), plan. PIE: problem, intervention, evaluation DAR
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(focus charting): data, action, response
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QUESTION 6 vc
1. By the second postoperative day, a client has not achieved satisfactory pain relief. Bas
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ed on this evaluation, which of the following actions should the nurse take, according to t
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he nursing process?
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ANSWER