ATI Med Surg Gastrointestinal Detailed Answer Key / Adult Medical Surgical Pre-Assessment Quiz
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ATI Med Surg Gastrointestinal Detailed Answer Key / Adult Medical Surgical Pre-Assessment Quiz
A client is diagnosed with left homonymous hemianopsia following a stroke. Which of the following actions should the nurse take when caring for this client?
Teach the client to scan to the right to see ...
ATI Med Surg Gastrointestinal
Detailed Answer Key / Adult
Medical Surgical Pre-
Assessment Quiz
A client is diagnosed with left homonymous hemianopsia following a stroke.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take when caring for this client?
Teach the client to scan to the right to see objects on the right side of her body.
Place the client's bedside table on the right side of the bed.
Orient the client to the food on her plate using the clock method.
,Place the client's wheelchair on her left side. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Place the client's
bedside table on the right side of the bed.
A client who has left homonymous hemianopsia has lost the left visual field of
both eyes. She is unable to visualize anything to the left of midline of her body.
Placing the client's bedside table on the right side of her bed will allow her to
easily visualize items on the table. Scanning to the right will decrease the client's
field of vision, the clock method of food placement will be ineffective since only
half of the plate can be seen, and the wheelchair should be placed on the right or
unaffected side of the client.
A client is experiencing shortness of breath, fatigue, and jugular vein distention.
The nurse auscultates a third heart sound (S3). What should the nurse anticipate as
the cause of these signs and symptoms?
Coronary Artery Disease
Heart Failure
Hypertension
Valvular Heart Disease - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Heart Failure
Shortness of breath, fatigue, jugular vein distention, and an S3 are signs/symptoms
of heart failure resulting from the decreased pumping ability of the heart and
increased fluid volume.
, A nurse at an outpatient surgery center is providing discharge teaching to a client
and his spouse following surgical removal of a cataract. Which of the following
should the nurse include in the teaching?
Take ibuprofen for eye discomfort.
Creamy white drainage is an indication of infection.
Notify the provider immediately if the operative eye itches.
The client should wear dark glasses while outdoors. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-The client
should wear dark glasses while outdoors.
The nurse should instruct the client and his spouse that he should wear dark glasses
when outside or in bright light until pupil reaction returns.
A nurse in a burn treatment center is caring for a client who is admitted with severe
burns to both lower extremities and is scheduled for an escharotomy. The client's
spouse asks the nurse what the procedure entails. Which of the following nursing
statements is appropriate?
"Large incisions will be made in the eschar to improve circulation."
"This procedure involves placing the client into a shower and removing the dead
tissue."
"A piece of healthy skin will be removed from an unburned area and grafted over
the burned area."
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