ATI LPN
Patient Comfort Questions Shadow Health Questions
Question 1 of 5
The nurse would expect which eating disorder to cause the greatest fluctuations in potassium?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Bulimia's purging (vomiting, laxatives) causes significant potassium loss.
Question 2 of 5
Following a diagnosis of acute glomerulonephritis (AGN) in their 6 year-old child, the parents remark: 'We just don't know how he caught the disease!' The nurse's response is based on an understanding that
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: AGN is a post-streptococcal immune response, not a contagious disease.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is caring for a 20 lbs (9 kg) 6 month-old with a 3 day history of diarrhea, occasional vomiting and fever. Peripheral intravenous therapy has been initiated, with 5% dextrose in 0.33% normal saline with 20 mEq of potassium per liter infusing at 35 ml/hr. Which finding should be reported to the health care provider immediately?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Frequent vomiting risks dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, requiring urgent reporting.
Question 4 of 5
While caring for the client during the first hour after delivery, the nurse determines that the uterus is boggy and there is vaginal bleeding. What should be the nurse's first action?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Massaging the boggy fundus promotes contraction to control bleeding.
Question 5 of 5
A client has just returned to the medical-surgical unit following a segmental lung resection. After assessing the client, the first nursing action would be to
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Monitoring oxygen saturation ensures adequate respiratory function post-lung surgery.