ATI LPN
LPN Nursing Fundamentals Quizlet Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is discussing illness prevention with a group of older adults in a community center. Which topic reflects primary prevention?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Primary prevention stops illness before it starts, key for older adults prone to infections. Teaching about flu vaccines promotes immunity, preventing flu a major risk as immunity wanes with age aligning with nursing's community education role. Prostate cancer and hearing loss screenings are secondary, detecting issues early. Memory clinic referrals are tertiary, managing dementia's effects. Flu vaccine education backed by data showing it cuts flu deaths in seniors empowers this group to act pre-exposure, a proactive step suiting a center's wellness focus. Nursing leverages this to reduce seasonal illness burden, ensuring older adults maintain health through accessible, evidence-based prevention, distinct from detection or treatment strategies.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is assisting in caring for a client with a newly inserted tracheostomy. The nurse notes documentation of an airway problem because of thick respiratory secretions. The nurse should monitor for which item as the best indicator of an adequate respiratory status?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A respiratory rate of 18 (B) indicates adequate status in a tracheostomy client with thick secretions. Saturation of $89\%$ (A) is low. Secretions (C) or blood (D) suggest issues. B is correct. Rationale: Normal rate reflects effective ventilation despite secretions, per respiratory assessment criteria.
Question 3 of 5
Explain, using an example, how females but not males can be carriers of some recessive alleles.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Females (A) can carry recessive X-linked alleles (e.g., haemophilia) without expression due to a second X. Males (B) express them with one X. C and D are examples, not explanations. A is correct. Rationale: XX females mask recessive traits, unlike XY males, a genetic principle per sex-linked inheritance.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis. Which is the priority concern of the nurse when caring for this client?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating infection, prioritizes skin integrity (B) due to rapid tissue destruction. Fluid (A), mobility (C), and urination (D) are secondary. B is correct. Rationale: Skin breakdown drives sepsis risk, requiring urgent debridement and antibiotics, per infectious disease care, over other systemic concerns.
Question 5 of 5
A client with a T2 spinal cord injury reports a sudden onset of flushing and sweating above the level of injury. Which condition does the nurse suspect?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Flushing and sweating above T2 injury suggest autonomic dysreflexia (B) from a stimulus below. Neurogenic (A) or hypovolemic (C) shock has different signs. Spinal shock (D) is early flaccidity. B is correct. Rationale: Dysreflexia causes upper-body symptoms from sympathetic activation, per SCI care, needing trigger identification.