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ATI Fundamentals Practice B

1.A nurse on a medical unit is preparing

to discharge a client to home. Which

of the following actions should the

nurse take as part of the medication

reconciliation process?

Compare prescriptions with

medications the client received while

at the facility.

2.A nurse is reviewing a client’s

medication prescription that reads,

“digoxin 0.25 by mouth every day.”

Which of the following components of

the prescription should the nurse

verify with the provider?

Medication dose

3.A nurse is teaching a group of nurses

about the use of essential oils for

aromatherapy. The nurse should

include in the teaching that this

therapy might be contraindicated for

which of the following clients?

A client who has asthma

4.A nurse is admitting a client who has

rubella. Which of the following types

of transmission-based precautions

should the nurse initiate?

Droplet

5.A nurse is preparing to administer 0.5

mL of oral single-dose liquid

medication to a client. Which of the

following actions should the nurse

take?

Gently shake the container of

medication prior to administration

6.A nurse is performing a peripheral

vascular assessment for a client.

When placing the bell of the

stethoscope on the client’s neck, the

nurse hears the following sound. The

sound indicates which of the

following?

Narrowed arterial lumen

7.A nurse is caring for a client who is

refusing a blood transfusion for

religious reasons. The client’s

partner wants the client to have the

blood transfusion. Which of the

following actions should the nurse

take?

Withhold the blood transfusion

8.A nurse in an acute care facility is

preparing a discharge summary for a

client who is transferring to a long-

term care facility. Which of the

following documentation should the

nurse include?

Current medications

9.A nurse is assessing an adult client

who has been immobile for the

past 3 weeks. For which of the

following findings should the nurse

intervene?

Erythema on pressure points

10.A nurse is planning on teaching

for a group of adolescents who each

recently had surgical placement of an

ostomy. Which of the following

methods should the nurse use as a

psychomotor approach to learning?

Practice sessions

11.A nurse is caring for a client

who reports pain. When documenting

the quality of the client’s pain on an

initial pain assessment, the nurse

should record which of the following

client statements?

The pain is like a dull ache in my

stomach

12.A nurse is reviewing practice

guidelines with a group of newly

licensed nurses. Which of the

following interventions should the

nurse include that is within the RN

scope of practice?

Initiate an enteral feeding tube

through a gastrostomy tube

13.A client who is non-ambulatory

notifies the nurse that his trash can is

on fire. After the nurse confirms the

fire, which of the following actions

should the nurse take next

Evacuate the patient

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Which should the nurse include when teaching a client with Clostridium difficile?

Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates understanding of the purpose of documentation?