ATI RN
Vital Signs Health Assessment Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is an average normal temperature in Centigrade for a healthy adult?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Oral 37.0°C is the average normal adult temperature, per the answer key, aligning with 98.6°F. Rectal is typically 0.5°C higher (37.5°C), axillary 0.5°C lower (36.5°C), and tympanic varies but isn't 34.4°C (too low). Oral is standard for its balance of accuracy and convenience, a nursing benchmark for assessing normothermia.
Question 2 of 5
When inspecting the skin of a patient, the nurse notes a bluish tinge to the skin. What condition would the nurse document?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
A 72-year-old retired saleswoman comes to your office, complaining of a bloody discharge from her left breast for 3 months. She denies any trauma to her breast. Her past medical history includes high blood pressure and abdominal surgery for colon cancer. Her aunt died of ovarian cancer and her father died of colon cancer. Her mother died of a stroke. The patient denies tobacco, alcohol, or drug use. She is a widow and has three healthy children. On examination her breasts are symmetric, with no skin changes. You are able to express bloody discharge from her left nipple. You feel no discrete masses, but her left axilla has a hard, 1-cm fixed node. The remainder of her heart, lung, abdominal, and pelvic examinations are unremarkable. What cause of nipple discharge is the most likely in her circumstance?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
A 47-year-old receptionist comes to your office, complaining of fever, shortness of breath, and a productive cough with golden sputum. On auscultation she has decreased air movement, and coarse crackles are heard over the left lower lobe. There is dullness on percussion, increased fremitus during palpation, and egophony and whispered pectoriloquy on auscultation.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
During an examination, the nurse can assess mental status by which activity?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.