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ATI Med Surg practice questionsA nurse is assessing a client who reports vision loss. The client describes the loss as beginning
with a flash of light followed by a curtain across the field of vision. The nurse should identify that
these manifestations indicate which of the following eye disorders?
A. Glaucoma
B. Retinal detachment
C. Macular degeneration
D. Cataracts
B. Retinal detachment
A flash of light and sudden loss of vision are manifestations of retinal detachment.
Clients report the even of vision loss as sudden and painless.
A nurse is assessing a client who has a complete intestinal obstruction. Which of the following
findings should the nurse expect?
A. Absence of bowel sounds in all 4 quadrants
B. Passage of blood-tinged liquid stool
C. Presence of flatus
D. Hyperactive bowel sounds above the obstruction
D. Hyperactive bowel sounds above the obstruction
Because the intestinal peristalsis above the obstruction attempts to push the obstruction through
the intestines. There will be no bowel sounds below the obstruction
A nurse is preparing a client for a thoracentesis. In which position should the nurse place the
client?
Sitting while leaning forward over the bedside table.
This position maximizes the space between the client's ribs and allows aspiration of
accumulated fluid and air.
A nurse is caring for a client who has a cerebral lesion and develops hyperthermia. Which of the
following areas of the client's brain is affected?
A. Wernicke's area
B. Cerebral cortex
, C. Basal ganglia
D. Hypothalamus
D. Hypothalamus
-Wernicke's area is responsible for language and speech comprehension
-The cerebral cortex is involved in complex thought processes and higher functions of the brain
-The basal ganglia are involved in a variety of functions, including motor control and learning.
A nurse is caring for a client who is scheduled to undergo a liver biopsy for a suspected
malignancy. Which of the following lab findings should the nurse monitor prior to the procedure?
A. Prothrombin time
B. Serum lipase
C. Bilirubin
D. Calcium
A. Prothrombin time
A major complication following a liver biopsy is hemorrhage. Many clients who have liver
disease have clotting defects and are at risk of bleeding. In addition to PT, aPTT and platelet
count should be monitored.
Liver dysfunction causes the production of blood clotting factors to be reduced, which leads to
an increased incidence of bleeding (GI bleeding). This is due to a deficient absorption of vitamin
K from the GI tract caused by the inability of liver cells to use vit K to make prothrombin.
-Serum lipase is for pancreatic disease
-Bilirubin is for biliary obstruction
-Calcium is for kidney failure or pancreatitis
A nurse in the PACU is assessing a newly admitted client and observes intercostal retractions
and a high pitched inspiratory sound. The nurse should identify these findings as manifestations
of which of the following complications?
A. Pulmonary edema
B. Tension pneumothorax
C. Flail chest
D. Respiratory obstruction
D. Respiratory obstruction
Intercostal retractions and a high-pitched inspiratory noise (stridor) are manifestations of an
airway obstruction caused by laryngospasm and edema. The nurse should notify the rapid
response team and plan to admin racemic epinephrine.
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