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ATI COMPREHENSIVE EXAM Questions and Answers 100% Solved How do you walk up stairs with crutches? - Use railing if there is one; lead with good leg, using crutches for support of bad leg What are signs of compartment syndrome? - MEDICAL EMERGENCY! tingling, numbness, worsening pain, edema, pai...

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©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED, 2024.
ATI COMPREHENSIVE EXAM

Questions and Answers 100% Solved


How do you walk up stairs with crutches? - ✔✔Use railing if there is one;

lead with good leg, using crutches for support of bad leg

What are signs of compartment syndrome? - ✔✔MEDICAL

EMERGENCY! tingling, numbness, worsening pain, edema, pain on

passive movement, unequal pulses

What should you do for suspected compartment syndrome? - ✔✔Call

doctor immediately, loosen dressings, and prepare to assist with

fasciotomy

What interventions do you do for suspected enterocolitis? - ✔✔Assess

and measure abdominal girth, monitor/manage fluid, electrolyte, and blood

replacement, monitor for sepsis/peritonitis/shock, and give antibiotics

What are some signs and symptoms of Hirschsprung's disease? -

✔✔Newborn: failure to pass meconium in 24-48 hours, vomiting bile,

refusing to eat, abdominal distention; infant: FTT, vomiting, constipation;

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child: undernourished, anemic appearance, abdominal distention, visible

peristalsis, palpable fecal mass, constipation

What should you advise your patient of who has peripheral vascular

disease? - ✔✔Sleep with legs in a dependent position (hanging off the

bed) to reduce swelling and discomfort of legs; avoid crossing legs, avoid

restrictive clothing, and elevate legs but not above heart level; exercise and

eat low fat diet

What is intermittent claudication? - ✔✔Burning, cramping, and pain in

the legs during exercise; present in peripheral vascular disease

What are some expected findings of Peripheral Vascular Disease? -

✔✔bruit over femoral/aortic arteries, decreased capillary refill,

diminished pulses, loss of hair on ankle/calf/foot, dry/scaly/mottled skin,

thick toe nails, RUBOR!, cold/cyanotic extremity, and ulcers/gangrene of

toes

What is a cardiac stress test? - ✔✔Measures the patient's heart ability to

respond to external stress in a controlled clinical environment; patient will

exercise for 10-15 minutes; doctor will use an EKG, BP, HR and O2 level;

shows pumping ability; used in PVD

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What are expected findings of pulmonary edema? - ✔✔Crackles in

lungs, edema, cough with pink/frothy sputum, cyanosis, confusion/stupor,

tachycardia, tachypnea/dyspnea/orthopnea, anxiety, inability to sleep,

hypoxemia, decreased urine output

What would you advise a patient with pulmonary edema? - ✔✔Fluid

restriction and low sodium diet, high fowler's position, daily weights at same

time of day, effective breathing techniques, report SOB, swelling and

angina; stay compliant with meds even if patient starts to feel better!

Nursing interventions for pulmonary edema? - ✔✔High fowlers, vitals

q15 min, hourly urine output, monitor ABGs and electrolytes, monitor I & O,

hemodynamic status

Why might someone have pulmonary edema? - ✔✔Most common cause

is cardiogenic! Patient will have increased pulmonary vascular pressure;

patient may also be in opiate OD, inhaled irritants, too rapid of IV fluids,

head injury

What are some expected findings of cataracts? - ✔✔Blurry vision!

decreased visual acuity, diplopia (double vision), ABSENT RED REFLEX;

visual opacity; cloudy pupils

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