ATI RN
ATI N103N103 Fundamentals Final Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is assessing a client's cranial nerves. What cranial nerve would be assessed when checking a client's gag reflex?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) provides sensory input for the gag reflex. CN V handles facial sensation, CN X contributes motor function, and CN XII controls tongue movement.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is recommending guided meditation as a nonpharmacological pain intervention for a client experiencing chronic pain. What information should the nurse include when teaching the client about nonpharmacological pain interventions?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Guided meditation can reduce pain perception potentially lowering medication doses. It does not replace medication (
B) require hospital therapists (
C) or limit medications to as-needed (
D).
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is giving preoperative instructions to a patient scheduled for surgery. The patient tells the nurse, 'I will prepare my advance directives before I come to the hospital.' Which statement shows the client understands advance directives?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The statement about not wanting to be kept on a breathing machine shows the client understands that advance directives specify medical treatment preferences, such as life-sustaining measures. The other options reflect misunderstandings, such as needing doctor approval, surgery dependency on forms, or confusion about healthcare proxy designation.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is teaching a class about palliative care. The nurse should include that which of the following is the focus of palliative care?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Palliative care focuses on controlling symptoms and providing comfort complementing other treatments to enhance quality of life. Prolonging life (
A) replacing treatments (
C) or curing illness (
D) are not its primary goals.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is teaching a client who is obese and has obstructive sleep apnea on how to decrease the number of nightly apneic episodes. Which client statement indicates an understanding of the teaching?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Weight loss reduces airway obstruction in obstructive sleep apnea, decreasing apneic episodes. Sleeping pills worsen obstruction, humidifiers don’t address episodes, and back sleeping exacerbates the condition.