ATI RN
Oxygen Questions and Answers PDF Questions
Question 1 of 5
What is the oxidation number of oxygen in H₂O₂?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: In hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), oxygen has an oxidation number of -1 due to its peroxide structure.
Question 2 of 5
A patient who has been diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism is showing signs of hemorrhagic bleeding. What is the priority of care for this patient?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Perfusion is the priority in pulmonary embolism with bleeding, addressing oxygenation and circulation.
Question 3 of 5
A woman with severe preeclampsia is refusing magnesium sulfate. What statement by the nurse is best?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Explaining the potential need for delivery may encourage compliance with treatment.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is providing care to a client with sepsis due to a severely infected leg wound. The client states that he is having trouble breathing. Upon assessment, the nurse notes dyspnea, a respiratory rate of 32, the use of accessory muscles to breathe, and rales and rhonchi upon auscultation of the lungs. The nurse recognizes these findings as characteristic of what condition?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Sepsis is the most common cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) (C). The symptoms of dyspnea, tachypnea, accessory muscle use, and lung sounds like rales and rhonchi are characteristic of ARDS.
Question 5 of 5
Which assessment finding by the nurse supports the diagnosis that a client is in the early stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Wheezing (C) is an early sign of COPD due to airway narrowing. Dysrhythmias (A), cyanosis (B), and clubbing (D) are later manifestations.