ATI LPN
Providing Personal Care and Comfort Questions
Question 1 of 5
A client has been taking alprazolam (Xanax) for 3 days. Nursing assessment should reveal which expected effect of the drug?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Alprazolam reduces anxiety symptoms like tachycardia and tremors as its primary effect.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is caring for a child with cystic fibrosis. The nurse would anticipate that the child would be deficient in which vitamins?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: CF impairs fat-soluble vitamin (A, D, E, K) absorption; D and K are commonly supplemented.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse caring for premature newborns in an intensive care setting carefully monitors oxygen concentration. What is the most common complication of this therapy?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Excess oxygen damages retinal vessels, causing retinopathy of prematurity.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is assigned to a client with Parkinson's disease. Which findings would the nurse anticipate?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Parkinson's features resting tremors, shuffling gait, and sometimes echolalia.
Question 5 of 5
A client comes into the community health center upset and crying stating 'I will die of cancer now that I have this disease.' And then the client hands the nurse a paper with one word written on it: 'Pheochromocytoma.' Which response should the nurse state initially?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Addressing the cancer fear directly calms the client with accurate information.