ATI LPN
Providing Personal Care and Comfort Questions
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is teaching a group of adults about modifiable cardiac risk factors. Which of the following should the nurse focus on first?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Smoking cessation has the greatest immediate impact on reducing cardiac risk.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse caring for premature newborns in an intensive care setting carefully monitors oxygen concentration. What is the most common complication of this therapy?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Excess oxygen damages retinal vessels, causing retinopathy of prematurity.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is assigned to a client with Parkinson's disease. Which findings would the nurse anticipate?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Parkinson's features resting tremors, shuffling gait, and sometimes echolalia.
Question 4 of 5
A client comes into the community health center upset and crying stating 'I will die of cancer now that I have this disease.' And then the client hands the nurse a paper with one word written on it: 'Pheochromocytoma.' Which response should the nurse state initially?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Addressing the cancer fear directly calms the client with accurate information.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse and a student nurse are discussing the specific points about infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers. Which of these comments by the student indicates a need for clarification of information?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The third dose should be at 6 months (24 weeks), not tied to 16 weeks from the second dose.