ATI RN
ATI Med Surg Nursing 300 Day Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with renal cancer. The client is complaining of flank pain. Which additional assessment finding should the nurse expect?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Renal cancer often presents with a flank mass and hematuria due to tumor growth and bleeding.
Question 2 of 5
A client diagnosed with a stroke is experiencing homonymous hemianopia. The most appropriate nursing intervention to help the client learn to compensate for this deficit during rehabilitation period would be to:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Scanning techniques help clients compensate for visual field loss by actively searching their environment.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client receiving a heparin infusion for disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Which of the following lab results would indicate a sub-therapeutic level? An activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) of :(normal value: 25-35 seconds)
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: An aPTT of 69 seconds is above normal but likely below the therapeutic range (1.5-2.5 times normal) for heparin in DIC.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client who is in the later stages of left-sided heart failure. Which chief complaint would the nurse expect the client to report?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Left-sided heart failure causes reduced cardiac output, leading to activity intolerance and fatigue, but comfort at rest.
Question 5 of 5
A patient is to receive 40 mg PO of Lisinopril. The medication is supplied in 20 mg tablets. What should the nurse administer?
Correct Answer: 2 tablets
Rationale: Divide prescribed dose (40 mg) by tablet strength (20 mg): 40 mg / 20 mg = 2 tablets.