ATI LPN
Fundamentals Wound Care and Skin Integrity Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
What is a common diagnostic criterion for identifying systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Butterfly rash on face, sensitivity to sunlight, polyarthralgias, and polyarthritis are some of the main criteria leading to the diagnosis of SLE. This question was restructured from a multiple-response format, with butterfly rash selected as a primary diagnostic criterion.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is caring for a burn client who has sustained thoracic burns and smoke inhalation and is risk for impaired gas exchange. The nurse avoids which action in caring for this client?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Maintaining a supine position could worsen gas exchange due to reduced lung expansion and potential airway obstruction. Repositioning, suctioning, and humidified oxygen support airway management.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client brought to the emergency room following a burn injury that occurred in the basement of the home. Which initial finding would indicate the presence of inhalation injury?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Singed nasal hairs are a classic initial sign of inhalation injury due to heat exposure to the upper airway.
Question 4 of 5
A client sustained a major burn is beginning to take an oral diet again. The nurse plans to encourage the client to eat variety of which of the following types of foods to best help in continued wound healing and tissue repair?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: High protein supports tissue repair, and high carbohydrates provide energy for healing in burn recovery.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse in an ambulatory care center is admitting an older adult patient who has bright red moles on the skin. Benign changes in elderly skin that appear as bright red moles are termed what?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Cherry angiomas appear as bright red moles, while solar lentigo are commonly called liver spots. Seborrheic keratoses are described as crusty brown stuck-on patches, while xanthelasma appears as yellowish, waxy deposits on the upper eyelids.