ATI LPN
Integumentary System Quiz Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is assisting to defibrillate a client in ventricular fibrillation. After placing the pad on the client's chest and before discharge, which intervention is a priority?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Confirming ventricular fibrillation ensures defibrillation is appropriate; synchronization is for cardioversion, not VF.
Question 2 of 5
A patient, age 46, reports to his physician's office with urticaria with elevated lesions that are white in the center with a pale red border on hands and arms. He says, 'It itches like crazy.' Which type of lesion would the nurse include in her documentation?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Urticaria is the term applied to the presence of wheals or hives in an allergic reaction commonly caused by drugs, food, insect bites, inhalants, emotional stress, or exposure to heat or cold. The lesions are elevated with a white center and a pale red border.
Question 3 of 5
What is the best instruction by the nurse regarding reducing the risk factors for melanoma?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Encourage the patient to protect skin from the sun by wearing protective clothing, including a hat with 4-in brim, applying sunscreen all over the body, and avoiding the midday sun from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun lamps are just as damaging as the sun.
Question 4 of 5
The patient with shingles has been on an antiviral medication since the vesicles appeared. The goal of early treatment is to prevent which complication?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Early treatment may avoid postherpetic pain syndrome, but it cannot prevent additional vesicles, eye lesions, or transmission to another person.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse describes common complications that burn patients may experience. Which description best fits hyperkalemia?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Hyperkalemia occurs in burns due to potassium release from damaged cells.