ATI Med Surg Practice Exam B 2024/2025 questions and answers. A+ graded with verified answers 100%.

ATI Med Surg Practice Exam B 2024/2025 Respiratory alkalosis s/s • Lethargy • Lightheadedness • Confusion • Tachycardia • Dysrhythmias related to hypokalemia • Nausea • Vomiting • Epigastric pain • Numbness and tingling of the extremities • Hyperventilation (tachypnea) A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for an older adult client who is at risk for osteoporosis. Which intervention should the nurse include to prevent bone loss? • Encourage weight-bearing exercises (such as walking because it can help maintain bone mass by reducing bone demineralization, thus helping to prevent osteoporosis.) A nurse is caring for a client who has meningococcal pneumonia. Which of the following personal protective equipment should the nurse use? • Mask (this disease requires droplet precautions) A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is taking insulin glargine. What information should the nurse include in the teaching? • This type of insulin should be given at the same time every day. (it is released over a 24-hour period.) A home health nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client about preventing complications of peripheral vascular disease. What statement by the client indicates that they are adhering to the nurse's instructions? • "i don't cross my legs anymore." A nurse is caring for a client who has a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) infection in a surgical wound. What information should the nurse plan to share with visitors? • Visitors must don a gown and gloves prior to entering the client's room. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has heart failure and a new prescription for hydrochlorothiazide. What should the client report to the provider? • Onset of nausea A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who has hearing loss. What action should the nurse take when communicating with the client? • Rephrase client instructions when not understood. A nurse is caring for a client who is 1 day postoperative following a hip arthroplasty. The client is exhibiting hypotension, tachycardia, and tachypnea. The nurse should recognize these findings as what complication? • Pulmonary embolism A nurse is monitoring a client who recently had a cast placed on the right lower extremity for a bone fracture. What finding should the nurse recognize as abnormal? • Lack of sensation between the first and second toes A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) and is to begin taking methylprednisolone orally. What should the nurse include in the teaching? • Limit contact with large groups of people A nurse is caring for a client who is 24 hours postoperative following abdominal surgery and has an ng tube. What action should the nurse plan to take to decrease the risk of postoperative complications? • Encourage the client to use an incentive spirometer every hour while awake A nurse is collecting data from a client who has chronic kidney disease with hyperkalemia. What finding should the nurse expect related to hyperkalemia? • Bradycardia A nurse is assisting in the care of a client who has manifestations of sepsis. What provider prescription should the nurse implement first? • Initiate oxygen at 4 l/min via nasal cannula A nurse is caring for a client who has terminal pancreatic cancer. The client states, "i don't think i can go on any longer." what response should the nurse make? • "tell me more about the way you are feeling." A nurse is collecting data from a client who has hypokalemia. What finding should the nurse identify as the priority? • Dysrhythmia