ATI MEDICAL SURGICAL PROCTORED EXAM A
PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Cardiac Emergencies Answer: If V fib or ventricular tachycardia
you would initiate:
1) Basic life support ( BLS) and CPR
2) Establish IV access
3) Epinephrine is used to get the heart up and moving.
◉ Alpha 1 receptors Answer: Activation Causes the skin , mucus
membranes and veins to vasoconstrict.
Help with:
1) Congestion
2) Superficial bleeding
3) In general help raise blood pressure by constricting the veins.
DRUG:
Epinephrine:Triggers the Alpha 1 receptors
,Causing vasoconstriction and increase blood pressure.
◉ Epinephrine side effects Answer: Increases blood pressure
1) Hypertensive crisis
2) Dysrhythmia
3) Angina
◉ Dopamine side effects Answer: 1) Dysrhythmia
2) Angina
◉ Dobutamine side effects Answer: Increased heart rate
◉ Beta 1 receptors Answer: Help stimulate the heart
Beta I - You have 1 heart
Stimulate the heart and increase the heart rate
Used for treating:
1) AV block
2) Cardiac arrest
,DRUG:
Epinephrine:Triggers the Beta 1 receptors
Cause increase heart rate
◉ Beta II receptors Answer: Help stimulate the heart and lungs
Beta II You have 2 Lungs
Causes:
1) Bronchodilation in the lungs
2) Causes uterine smooth muscle to relax
3) Asthma situation
DRUG:
Epinephrine:Triggers the Beta II receptors
Cause bronchodilation and treat Asthma
◉ Dopamine Answer: Causes renal blood vessels to dilate.
, DRUG:
Epinephrine: Dopamine receptors and if given a little more Beta I
Helps with:
1) Shock
2) Heart failure
◉ A nurse is monitoring a client who recently had a cast placed on
his lower extremity for a bone fracture. Which of the following
findings should the nurse recognize as abnormal?
1) Report a dull, throbbing pain
2) Lack of sensation between the first and second toes.
3) Capillary refill of three seconds in the nails of the toes.
4) Extremities that are cool bilaterally Answer: 2) Lack of sensation
between the first and second toes.
- Lack of sensation between the toes indicates peripheral nerve
impairment and is an abnormal finding that can indicate the client
PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Cardiac Emergencies Answer: If V fib or ventricular tachycardia
you would initiate:
1) Basic life support ( BLS) and CPR
2) Establish IV access
3) Epinephrine is used to get the heart up and moving.
◉ Alpha 1 receptors Answer: Activation Causes the skin , mucus
membranes and veins to vasoconstrict.
Help with:
1) Congestion
2) Superficial bleeding
3) In general help raise blood pressure by constricting the veins.
DRUG:
Epinephrine:Triggers the Alpha 1 receptors
,Causing vasoconstriction and increase blood pressure.
◉ Epinephrine side effects Answer: Increases blood pressure
1) Hypertensive crisis
2) Dysrhythmia
3) Angina
◉ Dopamine side effects Answer: 1) Dysrhythmia
2) Angina
◉ Dobutamine side effects Answer: Increased heart rate
◉ Beta 1 receptors Answer: Help stimulate the heart
Beta I - You have 1 heart
Stimulate the heart and increase the heart rate
Used for treating:
1) AV block
2) Cardiac arrest
,DRUG:
Epinephrine:Triggers the Beta 1 receptors
Cause increase heart rate
◉ Beta II receptors Answer: Help stimulate the heart and lungs
Beta II You have 2 Lungs
Causes:
1) Bronchodilation in the lungs
2) Causes uterine smooth muscle to relax
3) Asthma situation
DRUG:
Epinephrine:Triggers the Beta II receptors
Cause bronchodilation and treat Asthma
◉ Dopamine Answer: Causes renal blood vessels to dilate.
, DRUG:
Epinephrine: Dopamine receptors and if given a little more Beta I
Helps with:
1) Shock
2) Heart failure
◉ A nurse is monitoring a client who recently had a cast placed on
his lower extremity for a bone fracture. Which of the following
findings should the nurse recognize as abnormal?
1) Report a dull, throbbing pain
2) Lack of sensation between the first and second toes.
3) Capillary refill of three seconds in the nails of the toes.
4) Extremities that are cool bilaterally Answer: 2) Lack of sensation
between the first and second toes.
- Lack of sensation between the toes indicates peripheral nerve
impairment and is an abnormal finding that can indicate the client
