ATI LPN
LPN Fundamentals of Nursing ATI Questions
Question 1 of 5
Nurse researchers use both quantitative and qualitative research in their practices. Which actions are examples of the use of qualitative research?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Qualitative research in nursing explores narratives and experiences, not numbers, offering depth into human perspectives. Examining issues with Native American/First Nation clients uses ethnography, studying cultural health contexts. Investigating past trends is historical research, tracing nursing's evolution through stories. Discovering how illness affects lives is phenomenological, capturing lived experiences like cancer's emotional toll. Examining intervention effects or cause-and-effect in labs is quantitative, focusing on measurable outcomes, not narratives. Qualitative methods generate rich, contextual knowledge like understanding tribal healing views enhancing culturally sensitive care. This contrasts with quantitative's statistical focus, giving nurses tools to address subjective client needs, vital for holistic practice and advancing nursing's interpretive science.
Question 2 of 5
The Healthy People initiative includes a variety of objectives for promoting health and preventing illness. Which is an example of one of these objectives?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Healthy People sets evidence-based goals to boost U.S. health, and reducing adolescent marijuana use is a key objective cutting substance use lowers risks like addiction or mental health issues, aligning with illness prevention and youth wellness. More nurses or hospital funding, while supportive, aren't direct objectives workforce and economics underpin goals, not define them. Reducing insurance companies isn't a target; access expansion is. Marijuana reduction tied to data showing rising teen use fits the initiative's focus on behavior and health outcomes, guiding nursing to educate or screen in schools. This objective reflects nursing's preventive role, tackling a measurable public health issue with broad impact, distinct from structural fixes, and rooted in decades of Healthy People's population-focused vision.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse explains to the client that the cast removal will be completed by cutting it open with a cast saw. The client reports pruritus following removal of the cast, and the nurse __.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Post-cast removal, pruritus is common due to dry skin; applying emollient lotion (A) soothes it. Rationale: Lotion hydrates skin, reducing irritation, a standard nursing intervention post-immobilization.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is determining the need for suctioning in a client with an endotracheal tube (ETT) attached to a mechanical ventilator. Which observation by the nurse is inconsistent with the need for suctioning?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Low peak inspiratory pressure (D) suggests a leak, not secretion buildup needing suctioning. Restlessness (A), gurgling (B), and congestion (C) indicate obstruction. D is correct. Rationale: High pressure, not low, accompanies secretion retention, per ventilator management principles.
Question 5 of 5
Initially after a stroke, a client's pupils are equal and reactive to light. Later, the nurse assesses that the right pupil is reacting more slowly than the left and that the systolic blood pressure is beginning to rise. What complication should the nurse consider that the client is developing?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Slow pupil reaction and rising systolic BP post-stroke suggest increasing ICP (D), part of Cushing's triad. Spinal (A) or hypovolemic shock (B) don't fit. Herniation (C) is a result, not the process. D is correct. Rationale: ICP rise from stroke edema causes neurological and hemodynamic changes, requiring urgent management, per stroke care protocols.