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ATI Detailed Answer Key Medical Surgical Questions
Question 1 of 5
Appropriate treatment for a patient with cellulitis includes
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Antibiotics are the mainstay of treatment for cellulitis.
Question 2 of 5
65-year-old Dominic is being transferred into the PACU from the OR. Once there, initial assessment will focus on:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The ABCs (airway, breathing, circulation) are the priority in postoperative assessments to ensure the patient's immediate physiological stability. The wound site is also assessed for signs of bleeding or infection.
Question 3 of 5
A 44-year-old female client had an emergency cholecystectomy three days ago for a ruptured gallbladder. The client has severe abdominal pain, abdominal rigidity, distension, increased temperature, tachycardia and an elevated white blood count (WBC). The client has probably developed:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Assessment findings of gastritis would reveal anorexia, nausea and vomiting, epigastric fullness and tenderness, and discomfort. Evisceration is the extrusion of abdominal viscera as a result of trauma or sutures failing in a surgical incision. Peritonitis, inflammation of the peritoneum, can occur when an abdominal organ, such as the gallbladder, perforates and leaks blood and fluid into the abdominal cavity, which causes infection and irritation. Assessment findings of a pulmonary embolism would reveal severe substernal chest pain, tachycardia, tachypnea, shortness of breath, anxiety or panic, and wheezing and coughing, often accompanied by blood-tinged sputum.
Question 4 of 5
In most states, directives to physicians, durable power of attorney for health care, and medical power of attorney are included in which legal documents?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Advance care planning encompasses various legal documents that outline a person's healthcare preferences and appoints proxies to make decisions on their behalf when incapacitated.
Question 5 of 5
Mrs. Dailey tells the nurse that she uses eyedrops which make her pupils get small. Which of the following drugs would produce this effect?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Pilocarpine is a miotic agent that constricts the pupil, commonly used in treating glaucoma by improving aqueous humor outflow.