ATI RN
ATI Fundamentals Exam Nursing 100 Exam 3 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The patient is receiving 30 mg of citalopram daily for depression. Citalopram is available in 20 mg scored tablets. How many tablets should be administered? (Round to the nearest tenth.)
Correct Answer: 1.5
Rationale: Number of tablets = total dose/tablet strength: 30 mg ÷ 20 mg = 1.5 tablets.
Question 2 of 5
Ordered: Morphine sulfate 12 mg IM Available: Morphine sulfate 15 mg/mL How many mL will you administer?
Correct Answer: 0.8
Rationale: Volume = dose/concentration: 12 mg ÷ 15 mg/mL = 0.8 mL.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse working in long-term care facility is assessing residents at risk for the development of a pressure injury. Which resident would be most at risk?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The client who is 92 years old uses a walker is incontinent and has an extensive cardiac history is at higher risk for the development of pressure injuries due to age immobility and additional risk factors like incontinence and poor circulation from cardiac issues. Paraplegia and coma increase risk but the combination of factors in choice A is more severe. The client with a cane and dementia has fewer risk factors.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is preparing to complete a digital removal of a fecal impaction. What statement indicates the nurse has an appropriate understanding of this procedure? (Select All that Apply.)
Correct Answer: B,C,E
Rationale: Using a lubricated finger clean (not sterile) gloves and side-lying position are correct. A physician’s order is typically needed but not selected and the mass is broken up not removed whole.
Question 5 of 5
The type of stool that will be expelled into the ostomy bag by a client who has undergone surgery for an ileostomy will be:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Stool expelled into an ileostomy bag is often of liquid consistency due to the diversion of the small intestine where less water is absorbed compared to the large intestine. Bloody or mucus-filled stool is not typical and soft semi-formed stool is more characteristic of a colostomy.