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ATI Nursing 137 Exam 3 Fall 2023 Questions
Question 1 of 5
A client comes to the clinic and reports having weakness in the left arm and leg for the past week. The nurse should perform which type of neurological exam?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Unilateral weakness requires a full neurological exam (cranial nerves, motor, sensory) to assess potential stroke or nerve issues, beyond GCS or muscle focus.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who has difficulty swallowing medications and food. The nurse should recognize that the client is experiencing which of the following:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Dysphagia is difficulty swallowing. Anorexia is appetite loss, aphasia is language impairment, and dysphasia overlaps but is less specific here.
Question 3 of 5
An adolescent male is brought to the emergency department with complaints of excruciating pain in his left testicle. Which of the following should be the priority action by the nurse?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Severe testicular pain could indicate torsion, requiring urgent assessment and physician notification to prevent complications. Reassurance or documentation alone delays critical care.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is performing a neurological assessment on a client with a history of Diabetes. When testing the ability to feel the vibrations of a tuning fork, the nurse notices that the client is unable to feel vibrations on the great toe or ankle bilaterally, but is able to feel vibrations on both patellae. What should the nurse suspect from these assessments?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Peripheral neuropathy, common in diabetes, causes distal sensory loss, like inability to feel vibrations in toes and ankles, while proximal sensation (patellae) remains.
Question 5 of 5
During an abdominal assessment,the nurse elicits tenderness on light palpation in the right lower quadrant. The nurse recognizes that this finding could indicate a problem with which organ?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Right lower quadrant tenderness suggests appendicitis. Sigmoid (left), liver (upper right), and gallbladder (upper right) are elsewhere.