ATI FUNDAMENTALS EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|
100% CORRECT
A nurse is monitoring a client's ECG monitor and notes the client's rhythm has changed from
normal sinus rhythm to supraventricular tachycardia. The nurse should prepare to assist with
which of the following interventions?
Vagal stimulation
A nurse is providing health teaching to a group of clients. Which of the following clients is
at risk for developing peripheral arterial disease?
diabetes
A nurse is assessing a client who has left-sided heart failure. Which of the following
manifestations should the nurse expect to find?
weak peripheral pulses
A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who has a blood pressure of
254/139 mm Hg. The nurse recognizes that the client is in a hypertensive crisis. Which of
the following actions should the nurse take first?
The greatest risk to this client is organ injury due to severe hypertension. Therefore, the first
action the nurse should take is to elevate the head of the client's bed to reduce blood
pressure and promote oxygenation.
PTT Range
, 60-70 seconds
Claudication
pain in the leg is induced by exercise, clients who have arterial ulcers experience
claudication, but those who have venous ulcers do not.
A nurse is caring for a client who had an onset of chest pain 24 hr ago. The nurse
should identify that an increase in which of the following values is diagnostic of a
myocardial infarction (MI)?
elevated Creatine kinase-MB
Cardiomyopathy
disease of the heart muscle that makes it harder for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the
body
A nurse is assessing a client who has dehydration. Which of the following assessments is
the priority?
The greatest risk to this client is injury from a fall due to a decline in their mental status.
Therefore, assessing the client's mental status is the nurse's priority.
Hct Range
37-52%
BUN Range
10-20
Urine specific gravity range
1.010-1.025 (dehydrated patients will have higher, fluid volume excess will have a decrease)
potassium range
3.5-5
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|
100% CORRECT
A nurse is monitoring a client's ECG monitor and notes the client's rhythm has changed from
normal sinus rhythm to supraventricular tachycardia. The nurse should prepare to assist with
which of the following interventions?
Vagal stimulation
A nurse is providing health teaching to a group of clients. Which of the following clients is
at risk for developing peripheral arterial disease?
diabetes
A nurse is assessing a client who has left-sided heart failure. Which of the following
manifestations should the nurse expect to find?
weak peripheral pulses
A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who has a blood pressure of
254/139 mm Hg. The nurse recognizes that the client is in a hypertensive crisis. Which of
the following actions should the nurse take first?
The greatest risk to this client is organ injury due to severe hypertension. Therefore, the first
action the nurse should take is to elevate the head of the client's bed to reduce blood
pressure and promote oxygenation.
PTT Range
, 60-70 seconds
Claudication
pain in the leg is induced by exercise, clients who have arterial ulcers experience
claudication, but those who have venous ulcers do not.
A nurse is caring for a client who had an onset of chest pain 24 hr ago. The nurse
should identify that an increase in which of the following values is diagnostic of a
myocardial infarction (MI)?
elevated Creatine kinase-MB
Cardiomyopathy
disease of the heart muscle that makes it harder for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the
body
A nurse is assessing a client who has dehydration. Which of the following assessments is
the priority?
The greatest risk to this client is injury from a fall due to a decline in their mental status.
Therefore, assessing the client's mental status is the nurse's priority.
Hct Range
37-52%
BUN Range
10-20
Urine specific gravity range
1.010-1.025 (dehydrated patients will have higher, fluid volume excess will have a decrease)
potassium range
3.5-5
