ATI LPN
Nursing Fundamentals Exam for LPN Questions
Question 1 of 5
A framework for health assessment that evaluates the effects of stressors to the mind, body and environment in relation with the ability of the client to perform ADL.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Gordon's Functional Health Patterns (1980s) assess stressors' impact on mind, body, and environment re: ADLs e.g., mobility post-stroke. Head-to-toe (physical), body systems (organs), and cephalocaudal (top-down) differ. Nurses use this e.g., holistic plans for function-focused care.
Question 2 of 5
In assessing the abdomen, which of the following is the correct sequence of the physical assessment?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Abdominal assessment follows inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation e.g., look, listen (bowel), tap, feel to avoid sound alteration. Other sequences disrupt. Nurses adhere e.g., pre-surgery for accuracy, per standards.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is aware that the approximate normal volume of urine produced by an adult per day is
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Adults produce ~1500 ml urine daily e.g., 1-2 liters per kidney function. Less (800-1000) or more (2000) vary. Nurses monitor e.g., output for health, per norms.
Question 4 of 5
The adrenal glands are located
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Adrenals sit atop kidneys e.g., suprarenal unlike neck, below, beside pancreas. Nurses locate e.g., anatomy for function, per standards.
Question 5 of 5
A group of nurses is planning to investigate the effectiveness of turning immobilized stroke clients more frequently in order to prevent skin breakdown. The team has begun by formulating a PICO question. Which element will the 'O' in the team's PICO question refer to?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In the PICO framework Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome the 'O' represents the outcome of interest, the goal the research aims to evaluate. Here, nurses are studying immobilized stroke clients (Population) and frequent turning (Intervention) versus the current schedule (Comparison). The outcome, preventing skin breakdown, is what they hope to achieve, measuring success through reduced pressure ulcers or improved skin integrity. This focus drives the study's design, as outcomes like ulcer incidence rates provide tangible data to assess the intervention's effectiveness. Stroke clients define the group, turning is the action, and the schedule is the baseline, but preventing skin breakdown is the endpoint, critical for evidence-based practice in enhancing care quality for vulnerable patients.