ATI RN
ATI Nurse 142 Final Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is assessing the patient's range of motion. The nurse asks the patient to circumduct his arms. When the patient asks what this means, the nurse explains:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Circumduction is a movement that involves the circular rotation of a limb, such as an arm or leg, around a fixed point. When assessing the patient's range of motion, the nurse may ask the patient to perform circumduction of their arms to evaluate their ability to move their arms in a circular motion.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is providing teaching about increasing dietary fiber to an antepartum client who reports constipation. Which of the following food selections has the highest fiber content per cup?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Lentils provide about 15.6 grams of fiber per cup, significantly higher than asparagus (2.8g), oatmeal (4g), or cabbage (2.9g). High fiber helps alleviate constipation, common in pregnancy.
Question 3 of 5
The patient reports an inability to taste. What is the most appropriate action for the nurse to take?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The sense of taste is primarily mediated by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) and the glossopharyngeal nerve (cranial nerve IX). Evaluating sensory function, including taste, is the most appropriate action to assess the patient's complaint. Testing specific cranial nerves like the hypoglossal (XII) or spinal accessory (XI) is not directly related to taste.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is performing a focused interview and eye assessment on a client. Which assessment findings indicate the client is experiencing a vision problem? (Select all that apply)
Correct Answer: B,E
Rationale: Pupils that remain dilated during an accommodation test indicate a potential issue with the autonomic nervous system, affecting pupil adjustment. Frowning and squinting while reading the Snellen chart suggest difficulty seeing clearly, indicating a vision problem. Normal findings, such as pupil dilation in dim light, 20/20 vision, and symmetrical pupillary reflex, do not indicate vision problems.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is teaching the patient about different stages of sleep. The nurse knows that REM sleep includes which one of the following?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep is a stage of sleep that is part of the sleep cycle, which also includes non-REM (NREM) sleep. Dreaming occurs during REM sleep, and it usually composes about 20-25% of total sleep time in adults. NREM sleep, on the other hand, makes up the largest amount of total sleep time, typically about 75-80%. Both REM and NREM sleep are important for restorative sleep, but each plays a different role in physiological and cognitive functioning.