ATI RN
ATI Med Surg Final Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is preparing a young adult client who has a hearing impairment for surgery. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Keeping hearing aids in place facilitates communication and maintains awareness, which is crucial for a client with a hearing impairment during preoperative preparations.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is collecting data from a client who is having an acute asthma exacerbation. When auscultating the client's chest, the nurse should expect to hear which of the following sounds?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Expiratory wheezes are high-pitched, musical sounds heard during expiration, characteristic of asthma exacerbation due to narrowed airways.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is collecting data from a client who has right-sided heart failure. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Right-sided heart failure causes systemic venous congestion, leading to peripheral edema.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory findings of a client who has liver failure with ascites. The client takes spironolactone. Which of the following findings is an adverse effect of the medication?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Spironolactone is a potassium-sparing diuretic, and elevated potassium (hyperkalemia) is an adverse effect requiring monitoring.
Question 5 of 5
client tells a nurse that she tested positive for a mutant BRCA-1 gene. The nurse should recognize that this finding increases the client's risk for which of the following conditions?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Mutations in the BRCA-1 gene significantly increase the risk of developing breast cancer, especially at a younger age.