ATI RN
ATI Nurs 112 Fundamentals of Nursing Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) recorded the vital signs of four clients. Which client needs immediate nursing intervention?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Client D’s bradycardia, bradypnea, hypotension, and low O2 saturation (<90%) indicate critical distress, requiring immediate intervention.
Question 2 of 5
The client has taken an overdose of an opioid. The nurse knows the client must be carefully observed for which effect on respirations?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Opioid overdose causes respiratory depression, leading to bradypnea (slow breathing), a life-threatening effect requiring close monitoring.
Question 3 of 5
When a smiling and cooperative patient complains of discomfort, nurses caring for this patient often harbor misconceptions about the patient's pain. Which of the following is true?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Pain is subjective; patients are the best judges of their pain. Addiction risk is low with proper use, pain doesn’t always reflect tissue damage, and chronic pain has physiological bases.
Question 4 of 5
The physician orders acyclovir 400 mg po three times a day for herpes. The medication is supplied in 800-mg tablets. How many tablets will the nurse administer?
Correct Answer: 0.5
Rationale: Calculation: 400 mg / 800 mg per tablet = 0.5 tablet per dose.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is caring for an adult patient with a respiratory rate of 32 breaths/minute. Which term will the nurse use to document this finding in the patient's chart?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Tachypnea is a respiratory rate >20/min. 32 breaths/min indicates tachypnea, not slow (bradypnea), absent (apnea), or normal (eupnea) breathing.