ATI Comprehensive A & B Best Rated Guide| Questions and Answers| Latest 2023/2024

ATI Comprehensive A & B Best Rated Guide| Questions and Answers| Latest 2023/2024 1. what can visual disturbances indicate? ~ Answer: preeclampsia 2. what is expected 24 hrs after surgery? ~ Answer: hypo active bowel sounds ~ pain 3. what is an abnormal finding 24 hrs after surgery? ~ Answer: low HGB 4. what must be done in bucks traction? ~ Answer: the pt must be in proper alignment ~ boots are secured by 3 straps, around pt leg ~ weights must hang freely ~ footplate is resting 15.24 cm (6inches) from the footboard 5. what does pts with delirium demonstrate? ~ Answer: a fluctuating LOC often at night or in am 6. pt with dementia demonstrate? ~ Answer: difficulty finding correct words to use 7. pt with anxiety disorders demonstrate? ~ Answer: obsessive behavior 8. how would the nurse determine progression of ascites? ~ Answer: abdominal girth should be measured daily 9. what is a food high in potassium? ~ Answer: cantaloupe 10. what is an indication of peripheral venous disease? ~ Answer: brown pigmentation around ankles 11. what is indication of peripheral arterial disease? ~ Answer: intermittent, leg muscle pain 12. what is some skin care for pts on radiation therapy? ~ Answer: pat area when drying ~ use hand to wash ~ do not use sunscreen 13. what can hydromorpone cause? ~ Answer: urinary retention 14. what does bethanechol (urecholine) causes? ~ Answer: it stimulates urinary out put 15. how is nystatin best absorb? ~ Answer: if given 1 hour before or after a feeding 16. what is a sign that a newborn has finished eating? ~ Answer: a slowed suck/swallow pattern is a sign that the newborn is finished eating 17. what not to do when breastfeeding? ~ Answer: is not necessary for the entire areola be in the mouth ~ each feeding should start at the opposite breast ~ do not push back of newborns head-toward the nipple 18. what should be included in a stool specimen? ~ Answer: visible blood, pus, or mucus 19. what is the first action in an infiltrated IV? ~ Answer: to d/c the saline lock 20. what is the first action when preparing to do a dressing change? ~ Answer: to determine the pts level of pain 21. what should a with hemonymous hemionopsia with right visual field, what will help pt eat better? ~ Answer: the pt should turn head to the right to see all food on tray 22. what are some side effect for theophylline (theo-dur)? ~ Answer: is used to prevent wheezing,sob, chest tightness in asthma ~ irregular pulse and dysrhythmias ~ seizures ~ anxiety ~ urinary frequency ~ anorexia ~ n/v ~ diarrhea 23. what should you do when given enoxaparin (lovenox)? ~ Answer: it should be injected SUBQ ~ do not aspirate ~ do not massage ~ do not inject in same area 24. what is the babinski reflex? ~ Answer: stroke sole of the foot upward, toward the great toe 25. what is the moro reflex? ~ Answer: startle the infant by clapping hands` 26. what is the stepping reflex? ~ Answer: hold infant upright and allow one foot to touch tables surface 27. what is the palmer grasp reflex? ~ Answer: place an object in the palm of infant hand 28. what should you do when catheterizing a male pt? ~ Answer: pt should be place in supine position ~ penis should be at 90 degree angle ~ retract the foreskin and clean the glans prior to catherization 29. what color is the meconium? ~ Answer: it is the first stool passed and it is dark green and viscous