ATI Med surg proctored exam 2022 (NEW!) 75 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
1. A nurse is assisting with he care of a client following a left femoral
... [Show More] cardiac angiography. Thee nurse should place a sandbag on the client over which of the following areas? -
2. A nurse is reviewing the lab results of a client who is postoperative and has a respiratory rate of 7/min. The arterial blood gas ABG values include:
3. A nurse is reinforcing discharge instructions with a client who has hepatitis A. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching? -
4. A nurse notes a small section of bowel protruding from the abdominal incision of a client who is postoperative. After calling for assistance which of the following actions should the nurse take first? -
5. Based on a clients recent history a nurse suspects that a client is beginning menopause. Which of the following questions should the nurse ask the client to help confirm the client is experiencing manifestations of menopause? -
6. A nurse collecting data from a client who has manifestations of appendicitis. Where should the nurse palpate to monitor for pain at Mcburneys point? -
7. A nurse is reinforcing teaching about excercise with a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching? - I
8. A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following a tracheostomy and has copies and tenacious secretions. Which of the following is an acceptable method for the nurse to use to thin the clients secretions? -
9. A nurse is reviewing the lab results of a client who is taking cyclosporine following a kidney transplant. Which of the following lab findings should the nurse identify as the most important to report to the provider? -
10. A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching on actions that improve gas exchange to a client diagnosed with emphysema. Which of the following instructions should be included in the teaching? -
11. A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has a spinal cord injury at level C8 who is admitted for comprehensive rehabilitation. Which of the following long term goals is appropriate with regard to the clients mobility? -
12. A nurse is reinforcing teaching about an esophagogastrodudenscopy with a client who has upper gastric pain. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching? -
13. A nurse is checking for paradoxical blood pressure on a client who has constrictive pericarditis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? -
14. A nurse is assisting in the care of a client who is 2 hours postoperative following a wedge resection of the left lung and has a chest tube to section. Which of the following is the priority finding the nurse should report to the provider? -
15. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is postoperative after having an ileostomy established. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? -
16. A nurse is caring for a client after a radical dissection. To which of the following should the nurse give priority in the immediate postoperative period? -
17. A nurse is caring for a client scheduled for coronary artery bypass grafting who reports he is no longer certain he wants to have the procedure. Which of the following responses should the nurse make? -
18. A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who has diabetes insipidus. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following manifestations? -
19. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has emphysema. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? -
20. A nurse is assisting with thee care of a client who is postoperative and has a closed wound drainage system in place. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
21. A nurse is caring for a Client who has Alzheimers disease. The nurse discovers the client entering the room of another client who comes upset and frightened. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
22. A nurse is reinforcing teaching about a tonometry examination with a client who has manifestations of glaucoma. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching? -
23. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has open angle glaucoma. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? -
24. A nurse in a providers office is reinforcing teaching with a client who has anemia and has been taking ferrous gluconate for several weeks. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? -
25. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has scleroderma. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? -
26. A nurse is checking the suction control chamber of a clients chest tube and notes that there is no bubbling in the suction control chamber. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
27. A nurse is caring for a client scheduled for a bone marrow biopsy. The client expresses fear about the procedure and asks the nurse if thee biopsy will hurt. Which of the following responses should the nurse make? -
28. A nurse is assisting in the plan of care for a client who had removal if the pituitary gland. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan? -
29. A nurse is caring for a client with severe burns to both lower extremities. The client is scheduled for an escharotomy and wants to know what the procedure involves. Which of the following statements is appropriate for the nurse to make? -
30. A nurse is reviewing the plan of care for a client who has cellulitis of the leg. Which of the following interventions should the nurse recommend? -
31. A nurse is caring for a client who has a temp of 103.5 and has a prescription for a hypothermia blanket. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following adverse effects of the hypothermia blanket? -
32. A nurse is reinforcing preop teaching for a client who is scheduled for surgery and is to take hydroxyzine preop. Which of the following effects of the medication should the nurse include in the teaching? -
33. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has acute gastroenteeritis. Which of the following data collection findings should the nurse identify as the priority? -
34. A nurse is caring for a client who is being evaluated for endometerial cancer. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect the client to report? -
35. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a new presicprion for epoetin alfa. The nurse should reinforce to the client to take which of the following dietary supplements with this medication? -
36. A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has dysphasia and left sided weakness following a stroke. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
37. A nurse is caring or a client who has heart failure and has been taking digoxin 0.25 mg daily. The client refuses breakfast and reports nausea. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? -
38. A nurse is caring for a client who asks why she is being preceived aspirin 325 mg daily following a MI. The nurse should instruct the client that aspirin is prescribed for clients who have coronary artery disease for which of the following effects? -
39. A nurse is caring for a client who has a spinal cord injury at T4. The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk for autonomic dysreflexia. Which of thee following interventions should thee nurse take to prevent autonomic dysreflexia? -
40. A nurse is caring for a client who is 12 hours postoperative following a transurethral resection of the prostate TURP and has a 3 way urinary Catheter with a continuous irrigation. The nurse notes there has not been any urinary output in the last hour. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform first? -
41. A nurse is caring for a client who is difficult to arrouse and very sleepy for several hours following a general tonic clonic seizure. Which of the following descriptions should the nurse use when documenting this finding in the medical record? -
42. A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who has a femur fracture and is in skeletal traction. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
43. A nurse is collecting data on a clients wound. The nurse observes that the wound surface is covered with soft red tissue that bleeds easily. The nurse should recognize this is a manifestation of which of the following? -
44. A nurse is reinforcing health teaching about skin cancer with a group of clients. Which of the following risk factors should the nurse identify as the leading cause of non melanoma skin cancer? -
45. A nurse is caring for a client who is in the oliguric phase of acute kidney injury. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
46. A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client about how to care for a newly created ileal conduit. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? -
47. A nurse is preparing to provide morning hygiene care for a client who has Alzheimers disease. The client becomes agitated and combative when the nurse approaches him. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? -
48. A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for an older adult client who is postoperative following a right hip athroplasty. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? -
49. A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative and has a history of Addisons disease. For which of the following manifestations should the nurse monitor? -
50. A nurse is assisting with caring for a client who has a new concussion following a MVC. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following manifestations of the increased IP? -
51. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has alcohol use disorder and is experiencing metabolic acidosis. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect? -
52. A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and respiratory arrest. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? -
53. Following admission a client with a vascular occlusion of the right lower extremity calls the nurse and reports difficulty sleeping because of cold feet. Which of the following nursing actions should the nurse take to promote the client comfort? -
54. A nurse is minoring the client peripheral circulation. Identify where the nurse should palpate to check the posterior tibial pulse. -
55. A nurse is caring or a client following an open reduction and internal fixation of a fractured femur. Which of the following findings is the nurses priority? -
56. A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has colon cancer. The client asks the nurse several questions about his treatment plan. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
57. A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has an intestinal obstruction and is receiving continuous gastrointestinal decompression using a nasogastric tube. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care?
58. A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who is postoperative following a surgical repair of a fractured mandible. The clients jaw is wired shut to repair and stabilize the fracture. The nurse should recognize which of the following is the priority action? -
59. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a Client who has HIV and is being discharged to home. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? -
60. A nurse is caring for a client who is 4 hr postoperative following a TIRP. Which of the following is the priority for the nurse to report to the provider? -
61. A nurse is assisting with planning care for a client who is recovering from a left hemispheric stroke. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? -
62. A nurse is caring for a client who sustained a basal skull fracture. When performing morning hygiene care the nurse notices a thin stream of clear drainage coming out of the clients right nostril. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? -
63. A nurse is caring for a client immediately following a cardiac catheterization with a femoral artery approach. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
64. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has a possible cataract. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect the client to report? -
65. A nurse is caring for a client who has Cushings syndrome. Which of the following clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to observe? -
66. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is newly diagnoses with myasthenia gravis and is to start taking neostigmine. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? -
67. A nurse is caring for a client who has partial thickness and full thickness burns of his head, neck, and chest. The nurse should recognize which of the following is the priority risk to the client? -
68. A nurse is caring for a client who is not to bear weight on the operative foot. The nurse enters the room to discover the client hopped on one foot to the bathroom using an IV pole for support. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
69. A nurse is assisting with the care of a client immediately following a lumbar puncture. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
70. A nurse is caring for a client who is 3 days postoperative following a cholescytectomy. The nurse suspects the clients wound is infected because the drainage from the dressing is yellow and thick. Which of the following findings should the nurse report as the type of drainage found? -
71. A nurse is assisting with planning an immunization clinic for older adult clients. Which of the following information should the nurse plan to include about influenza? -
72. A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching to a client following arthroscopic surgery. To prevent psotop complications which of the following actions should be reinforced during the teaching? -
73. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has PVD. The nurse should recognize that which of the following statements by the client indicates a need for further teaching?
74. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who reports right shoulder pain following a laproscopic cholescystecomty. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? -
75. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client following a cataract extraction. Which of the following should the nurse include in the teaching? - [Show Less]