MEDSURG VATI ASSESSMENTSTUDY EXAM GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the most appropriate equipment to use when delivering precise oxygen
concentration? - ✔✔Venturi mask
✔✔Breast exams are best performed when? - ✔✔The week after menstruation
✔✔What is common in diabetes insipidus? - ✔✔Decreased urine specific gravity and
osmolarity
✔✔What STD causes paralysis, blindness, and dementia if left untreated? - ✔✔Syphilis
✔✔What is included in the psychosocial component of a comprehensive assessment? -
✔✔amount of sleep, personal habits, and recreational activities
✔✔What is the purpose of a fenestrated trach tube? - ✔✔it allows air to pass over the
vocal cords to enable the client to talk with the trach in place
✔✔What is a Katz ADL index? - ✔✔Tool that ranks a client's abilities to perform ADLs
✔✔How long can troponin levels remain elevated? - ✔✔10-14 days
✔✔How long can CKMB remain elevated? - ✔✔3-6 hours
✔✔What should a patient do when a physician is removing a central line? - ✔✔Take a
deep breath and hold it (decreases the chances of an air embolism)
✔✔Why are Montgomery straps used? - ✔✔When dressing must be changed frequently
therefore protecting the skin because it is necessary to remove the tape for each
dressing change.
✔✔What cardiac arrhythmia is a complete AV dissociation? - ✔✔Third-degree heart
block
✔✔What is the first step when a patient complains of pain from a DVT? - ✔✔elevate the
foot of the bed to prevent stasis
✔✔What test is best used to determine the presence of Hep C? - ✔✔HCV RNA testing
✔✔How does myasthenia gravis increase the risk for respiratory infection? -
✔✔Ineffective coughing
, ✔✔What can cause U waves? - ✔✔hypokalemia
✔✔What is contraindicated with the varicella immunization? - ✔✔Pregnancy
✔✔What is intractable pain? - ✔✔When the cause of the pain cannot be Tx or relieved
✔✔Who is most at risk for developing hypo parathyroidism? - ✔✔Females and those
over the age of sixty
✔✔What is a prescription commonly used with chronic pancreatitis? - ✔✔Enzymatic
therapy
✔✔What is a common risk factor for A-fib? - ✔✔hyperthyroidism
✔✔What can commonly occur with diarrhea? - ✔✔Metabolic alkalosis due to the
wasting of bicarbonate
✔✔What is a sign of organ system failure with sepsis? - ✔✔Increased creatine
✔✔How long is someone monitored after pacemaker placement? - ✔✔Usually
discharged the next day as long as there are no complications
✔✔What is the most important vital sign to monitor after a MI with exercise? - ✔✔pulse
rate
✔✔What is suxamethonium? - ✔✔A depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant also known
as succinylcholine
✔✔What is the priority manifestations the nurse should report on with Cushing's
disease? - ✔✔Peripheral edema because it can lead to heart failure
✔✔What indicated a positive TB test? - ✔✔induration that measures greater than 5 mm
✔✔Cardia of the stomach - ✔✔
✔✔Fundus of the stomach - ✔✔
✔✔What is the purpose of bone marrow biopsies? - ✔✔To identify the cause of anemia
✔✔What is a common saying for using crutches when using stairs? - ✔✔Go up with the
good and down with the bad
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the most appropriate equipment to use when delivering precise oxygen
concentration? - ✔✔Venturi mask
✔✔Breast exams are best performed when? - ✔✔The week after menstruation
✔✔What is common in diabetes insipidus? - ✔✔Decreased urine specific gravity and
osmolarity
✔✔What STD causes paralysis, blindness, and dementia if left untreated? - ✔✔Syphilis
✔✔What is included in the psychosocial component of a comprehensive assessment? -
✔✔amount of sleep, personal habits, and recreational activities
✔✔What is the purpose of a fenestrated trach tube? - ✔✔it allows air to pass over the
vocal cords to enable the client to talk with the trach in place
✔✔What is a Katz ADL index? - ✔✔Tool that ranks a client's abilities to perform ADLs
✔✔How long can troponin levels remain elevated? - ✔✔10-14 days
✔✔How long can CKMB remain elevated? - ✔✔3-6 hours
✔✔What should a patient do when a physician is removing a central line? - ✔✔Take a
deep breath and hold it (decreases the chances of an air embolism)
✔✔Why are Montgomery straps used? - ✔✔When dressing must be changed frequently
therefore protecting the skin because it is necessary to remove the tape for each
dressing change.
✔✔What cardiac arrhythmia is a complete AV dissociation? - ✔✔Third-degree heart
block
✔✔What is the first step when a patient complains of pain from a DVT? - ✔✔elevate the
foot of the bed to prevent stasis
✔✔What test is best used to determine the presence of Hep C? - ✔✔HCV RNA testing
✔✔How does myasthenia gravis increase the risk for respiratory infection? -
✔✔Ineffective coughing
, ✔✔What can cause U waves? - ✔✔hypokalemia
✔✔What is contraindicated with the varicella immunization? - ✔✔Pregnancy
✔✔What is intractable pain? - ✔✔When the cause of the pain cannot be Tx or relieved
✔✔Who is most at risk for developing hypo parathyroidism? - ✔✔Females and those
over the age of sixty
✔✔What is a prescription commonly used with chronic pancreatitis? - ✔✔Enzymatic
therapy
✔✔What is a common risk factor for A-fib? - ✔✔hyperthyroidism
✔✔What can commonly occur with diarrhea? - ✔✔Metabolic alkalosis due to the
wasting of bicarbonate
✔✔What is a sign of organ system failure with sepsis? - ✔✔Increased creatine
✔✔How long is someone monitored after pacemaker placement? - ✔✔Usually
discharged the next day as long as there are no complications
✔✔What is the most important vital sign to monitor after a MI with exercise? - ✔✔pulse
rate
✔✔What is suxamethonium? - ✔✔A depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant also known
as succinylcholine
✔✔What is the priority manifestations the nurse should report on with Cushing's
disease? - ✔✔Peripheral edema because it can lead to heart failure
✔✔What indicated a positive TB test? - ✔✔induration that measures greater than 5 mm
✔✔Cardia of the stomach - ✔✔
✔✔Fundus of the stomach - ✔✔
✔✔What is the purpose of bone marrow biopsies? - ✔✔To identify the cause of anemia
✔✔What is a common saying for using crutches when using stairs? - ✔✔Go up with the
good and down with the bad
