Practice Question
A nurse in the emergency department is assessing a client who is unconscious following a motor-vehicle crash. The client requires immediate surgery. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Transport the client to the operating room without verifying informed consent.
Rationale:
📌In emergent situations where the client is unconscious and unable to consent, treatment may proceed under the doctrine of implied consent.
📌 Life-saving procedures should not be delayed when consent cannot be obtained and the condition is urgent.
📌This is both a legal and ethical standard in emergency care.
📌Attempting to wait or find a proxy could cause fatal delays.
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A nurse is preparing to discharge a client who has end-stage heart failure. The client's partner tells the nurse she can no longer handle caring for the client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Answer Choices:
A. Contact the case manager to discuss discharge options.
B. Recommend the partner place the client in a long-term care facility.
C. Request another family member assist the client's partner with care.
D. Ask the provider to delay the client's discharge home for a few more days.
A nurse is assessing an older adult client who was brought to the emergency department by his adult son, who reports that the client fell at home. The nurse suspects elder abuse. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Answer Choices:
A. Ask the client's son to go to the waiting area.
B. Ask the client about his injuries with the son present.
C. Treat and discharge the client.
D. File an incident report.
To resolve a conflict between staff members regarding potential changes in policy, a nurse manager decides to implement the changes she prefers regardless of the feelings of those who oppose those changes. Which of the following conflict resolution strategies is the nurse manager using?
Answer Choices:
A. Cooperating
B. Collaborating
C. Competing
D. Compromising
A nurse is preparing a client for an elective mastectomy. The client is wearing a plain gold wedding band. Which of the following is an appropriate procedure for taking care of this client's ring?
Answer Choices:
A. Place the client's ring in the facility safe.
B. Place the ring in the bag with the client's clothing
C. Tape the ring securely to the client's finger
D. Agree to keep the ring for the client until after surgery.
A nurse is preparing to complete an incident report regarding a medication error. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? (Select all that apply.)
Answer Choices:
A. Identify the medication name and dosage administered to the client in the report.
B. Make a copy of the incident report for personal record keeping.
C. Include the time the medication error occurred in the report.
D. Obtain an order from the client's provider to complete the report.
E. Place a copy of the completed report in the client's medical record.
Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI Leadership & Management
- Answer Choices: 4