ATI RN
ATI Nursing 100 Day Exam 4 Fundamentals Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse receives an order for blood urine stool and nasal cultures on a client with a high fever. Which prefix describes this order?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: “Pan” indicates comprehensive testing across multiple sites (blood urine stool nasal) suggesting a broad infection workup. Macro (large) oligo (few) and mono (single) do not describe the inclusive nature of this order.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse receives an order for blood urine stool and nasal cultures on a client with a high fever. Which prefix describes this order?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: “Pan” indicates comprehensive testing across multiple sites (blood urine stool nasal) suggesting a broad infection workup. Macro (large) oligo (few) and mono (single) do not describe the inclusive nature of this order.
Question 3 of 5
When doing the client's skin assessment the nurse notes a 3 cm area of partial thickness skin loss that looks like a blister on the client's sacral area. The nurse consults the wound care nurse who stages the wound as a pressure ulcer.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Partial thickness skin loss appearing as a blister indicates a Stage II pressure ulcer involving the epidermis and dermis. Stage I is intact skin with redness Stage III involves full-thickness loss and Stage IV includes deep tissue damage like muscle or bone.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse understands that the major factor affecting oxygenation in a client who has fluid in the lungs is:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Fluid in the lungs (e.g. pulmonary edema) impairs oxygen diffusion across the alveolar membrane reducing oxygenation as fluid blocks gas exchange. Poor perfusion lowered hemoglobin or reduced ambient oxygen are secondary or unrelated to lung fluid’s direct effect on diffusion.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse misreads the medication Kardex and administers twice the amount of antihypertensive medication that was ordered for the client. When she realizes the mistake her first action should be to:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Checking blood pressure assesses the client’s response to the overdose (e.g. hypotension) prioritizing safety and guiding further actions. Notifying the physician or manager and filing a report are important but follow after ensuring client stability.