ATI Med Surg EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 100% GRADED
A+ 2025-2026
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing supraventricular tachycardia.
Upon assessing the client, the nurse observes the following findings: heart rate
200/min, blood pressure 78/40 mm Hg, and respiratory rate 30/min. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take?
a. Defibrillate the client's heart.
b. Perform synchronized cardioversion.
c. Begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
d. Administer lidocaine IV bolus.
b. perform synchronized cardioversion
A nurse is teaching a young adult client how to perform testicular self-exam.
-use one or both hands? examine at same time?
-roll each testicle how?
-perform when?
-how often?
-use both hands to examine one testicle at a time
-roll each testicle horizontally between the thumb and the fingers to feel for any deep
lumps in the center
-during or after warm bath/shower
-once a month
A nurse is assessing a client following the administration of magnesium sulfate 1
g IV bolus. For which of the following adverse effects should the nurse monitor?
-reflexes?
-BP?
-breathing?
-cardiac
-depressed or absent reflexes
-decreased BP
-respiratory paralysis
-depressed cardiac function/heart block
, Magnesium sulfate can be used to treat what cardiac conditions? What is an
adverse cardiac effect?
treats cardiac dysrhythmias such as torsades de pointes and refractory ventricular
fibrillation
AE: depressed cardiac function including heart block
A nurse is caring for client who is experiencing supraventricular tachycardia. Upon
assessing the client, the nurse observes the following findings: heart rate 200/min,
blood pressure 78/40 mm Hg, and respiratory rate 30/min. Which of the following
actions should then nurse take?
a. Defibrillate the client's heart.
b. Perform synchronized cardioversion.
c. Begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
d. Administer lidocaine IV bolus.
b. Perform synchronized cardioversion.
The nurse should perform synchronized cardioversion for a client who has
supraventricular tachycardia.
What rhythms are shockable? (defibrillation)
ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycarida
What dysrhythmia are amiodarone and lidocaine indicated for?
ventricular arrhythmias
The nurse should initiate CPR for a client who what?
is pulseless or not breathing
A nurse is preparing a client who has supraventricular tachycardia for elective
cardioversion. Which of the following medications should the nurse instruct the
client to withhold for 48 hr prior to cardioversion?
A. Enoxaparin
B. Metformin
C. Diazepam
D. Digoxin
D. digoxin
A+ 2025-2026
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing supraventricular tachycardia.
Upon assessing the client, the nurse observes the following findings: heart rate
200/min, blood pressure 78/40 mm Hg, and respiratory rate 30/min. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take?
a. Defibrillate the client's heart.
b. Perform synchronized cardioversion.
c. Begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
d. Administer lidocaine IV bolus.
b. perform synchronized cardioversion
A nurse is teaching a young adult client how to perform testicular self-exam.
-use one or both hands? examine at same time?
-roll each testicle how?
-perform when?
-how often?
-use both hands to examine one testicle at a time
-roll each testicle horizontally between the thumb and the fingers to feel for any deep
lumps in the center
-during or after warm bath/shower
-once a month
A nurse is assessing a client following the administration of magnesium sulfate 1
g IV bolus. For which of the following adverse effects should the nurse monitor?
-reflexes?
-BP?
-breathing?
-cardiac
-depressed or absent reflexes
-decreased BP
-respiratory paralysis
-depressed cardiac function/heart block
, Magnesium sulfate can be used to treat what cardiac conditions? What is an
adverse cardiac effect?
treats cardiac dysrhythmias such as torsades de pointes and refractory ventricular
fibrillation
AE: depressed cardiac function including heart block
A nurse is caring for client who is experiencing supraventricular tachycardia. Upon
assessing the client, the nurse observes the following findings: heart rate 200/min,
blood pressure 78/40 mm Hg, and respiratory rate 30/min. Which of the following
actions should then nurse take?
a. Defibrillate the client's heart.
b. Perform synchronized cardioversion.
c. Begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
d. Administer lidocaine IV bolus.
b. Perform synchronized cardioversion.
The nurse should perform synchronized cardioversion for a client who has
supraventricular tachycardia.
What rhythms are shockable? (defibrillation)
ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycarida
What dysrhythmia are amiodarone and lidocaine indicated for?
ventricular arrhythmias
The nurse should initiate CPR for a client who what?
is pulseless or not breathing
A nurse is preparing a client who has supraventricular tachycardia for elective
cardioversion. Which of the following medications should the nurse instruct the
client to withhold for 48 hr prior to cardioversion?
A. Enoxaparin
B. Metformin
C. Diazepam
D. Digoxin
D. digoxin
