ATI ADULT MEDICAL-SURGICAL
CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS EXAM UNIT 4
ACTUAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Why is stridor bad? Answer: it means that there is an obstruction
or edema in airway
◉ What is heart rate like in someone who has a low fluid volume?
Answer: higher than usual like 110
◉ What is normal unrine gravity? Answer: 1.000 - 1.030
◉ What is positive pressure doing? Answer: promote lung expansion
and stabilize chest
◉ Would you recomened exercise for a pt who has been discharged
with heart failure? Answer: yes
◉ How often should exercise be in heart failure pt? Answer: regular
routine
,◉ Should you consume milk with iron supplements? Answer: no can
cause gastro disturbance.
◉ Would you take iron with antacids? Answer: no gastro disturb
◉ Would you tell the pt to lower red meat intake with iron
deficiency? Answer: no because they would need increase
◉ What is a common side effect with iron pills? Answer:
constipation
◉ What would you tell them to eat with taking iron pills? Answer:
high fiber
◉ When does pain worsen with compartement syndrome? Answer:
when passive moving occurs.
◉ What does warmth under cast indicate? Answer: infection
◉ Should pt decrease complex carbs for atherosceleoris? Answer: no
◉ What carb should a client with atherosceloris decrease? Answer:
simple sugars
,◉ Is MRSA airborne or contact? Answer: contact
◉ What does phenyotoin do to hepatic enzymes (for seizures the
med is)? Answer: it decreases effectiveness
◉ What should you tell the pt not to take with ciprofloxacin?
Answer: magnesium containg antacids
◉ Why wouldn't you take magnesium containing anatacids with
cipro? Answer: calcium can decrease obsorb of med
◉ What is a common side effect of rifampin? Answer: color of pee
◉ Can you take ciproflaxcin with booze? Answer: yes
◉ After a parathryoidecotmy what would be prioty for nurse?
Answer: to put trach tray by bedside (AIRWAY)
◉ What meds increase osteoporosis? Answer: fludrocortisone
◉ With enoxaparin what is main thing for the med the nurse should
do? Answer: give dosage same time every day
, ◉ Is restlessness common in hyperthyroidism? Answer: yes
◉ What would be urgent for hyperthyroidism? Answer: high BP
◉ If a pt has a weird heart sound what would be first thing you do?
Answer: listen to it again but on the left side (least invasive)
◉ Why would gentamicin be withheld from a pt? Answer: if creatine
levels are too high
◉ What is normal creatine? Answer: .6-1.2
◉ What is one of the first vital signs of a hemmhorage? Answer:
increase heart rate
◉ What med would you give for a febrile reaction? Answer: tyneol
(reduces fever)
◉ How long does a drain stay in place for a radical mastectomy?
Answer: 1 to 3 week
CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS EXAM UNIT 4
ACTUAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Why is stridor bad? Answer: it means that there is an obstruction
or edema in airway
◉ What is heart rate like in someone who has a low fluid volume?
Answer: higher than usual like 110
◉ What is normal unrine gravity? Answer: 1.000 - 1.030
◉ What is positive pressure doing? Answer: promote lung expansion
and stabilize chest
◉ Would you recomened exercise for a pt who has been discharged
with heart failure? Answer: yes
◉ How often should exercise be in heart failure pt? Answer: regular
routine
,◉ Should you consume milk with iron supplements? Answer: no can
cause gastro disturbance.
◉ Would you take iron with antacids? Answer: no gastro disturb
◉ Would you tell the pt to lower red meat intake with iron
deficiency? Answer: no because they would need increase
◉ What is a common side effect with iron pills? Answer:
constipation
◉ What would you tell them to eat with taking iron pills? Answer:
high fiber
◉ When does pain worsen with compartement syndrome? Answer:
when passive moving occurs.
◉ What does warmth under cast indicate? Answer: infection
◉ Should pt decrease complex carbs for atherosceleoris? Answer: no
◉ What carb should a client with atherosceloris decrease? Answer:
simple sugars
,◉ Is MRSA airborne or contact? Answer: contact
◉ What does phenyotoin do to hepatic enzymes (for seizures the
med is)? Answer: it decreases effectiveness
◉ What should you tell the pt not to take with ciprofloxacin?
Answer: magnesium containg antacids
◉ Why wouldn't you take magnesium containing anatacids with
cipro? Answer: calcium can decrease obsorb of med
◉ What is a common side effect of rifampin? Answer: color of pee
◉ Can you take ciproflaxcin with booze? Answer: yes
◉ After a parathryoidecotmy what would be prioty for nurse?
Answer: to put trach tray by bedside (AIRWAY)
◉ What meds increase osteoporosis? Answer: fludrocortisone
◉ With enoxaparin what is main thing for the med the nurse should
do? Answer: give dosage same time every day
, ◉ Is restlessness common in hyperthyroidism? Answer: yes
◉ What would be urgent for hyperthyroidism? Answer: high BP
◉ If a pt has a weird heart sound what would be first thing you do?
Answer: listen to it again but on the left side (least invasive)
◉ Why would gentamicin be withheld from a pt? Answer: if creatine
levels are too high
◉ What is normal creatine? Answer: .6-1.2
◉ What is one of the first vital signs of a hemmhorage? Answer:
increase heart rate
◉ What med would you give for a febrile reaction? Answer: tyneol
(reduces fever)
◉ How long does a drain stay in place for a radical mastectomy?
Answer: 1 to 3 week
