ATI LPN
ATI PN Fundamentals 2023 NS117 Winter 2023 Monroe College NY PN Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is assessing a client who has respiratory alkalosis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Hyperventilation causes excessive CO2 loss, leading to respiratory alkalosis by increasing blood pH.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is at risk for hypokalemia. The nurse should instruct the client that which of the following foods is the best source of potassium?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A baked potato provides 941 mg of potassium, the highest among the options, making it the best source.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is assisting with teaching a client who is preoperative for a sigmoid colostomy. Which of the following statements should the nurse include?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A sigmoid colostomy is located in the left lower abdomen, where the sigmoid colon is brought to the skin.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is collecting data on a client who is receiving a unit of PRBCs. Which of the following findings is a manifestation of an allergic transfusion reaction?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Wheezing indicates an allergic reaction to the transfusion, a hypersensitivity response to donor blood components.
Question 5 of 5
A charge nurse in a long-term care facility is observing another nurse who is inserting an indwelling urinary catheter into a female client. Which of the following actions by the nurse should prompt the charge nurse to intervene?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Separating the labia with the dominant hand violates sterile technique; the non-dominant hand should be used.