ATI RN
ATI Nurs 112 Fundamentals of Nursing Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 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 2 of 5
When a person touches a hot stove, the resulting cellular damage causes a reaction that converts the stimuli into a pain impulse. What is the term for this conversion?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Transduction converts a painful stimulus into a pain impulse. Perception interprets, transmission carries, and modulation inhibits the signal.
Question 3 of 5
When a person cuts a finger, nerve impulses travel to the spinal cord along afferent peripheral nerve fibers. What is this process?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Transmission is the movement of pain signals via afferent nerves to the spinal cord. Transduction converts stimuli, perception interprets, and modulation inhibits.
Question 4 of 5
Which method will provide the most accurate measurement of the patient's heart rate?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The apical pulse, auscultated at the heart’s apex, is most accurate, especially for irregular rhythms, compared to peripheral sites.
Question 5 of 5
Your patient's blood pressure is 118/82. He asks you to explain 'what the numbers mean.' You reply:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Systolic pressure (top number) reflects arterial pressure during heart contraction; diastolic is during rest, not stroke volume.