MEDICAL SURGICAL ATI EXAMINATION
STUDY SHEET 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉Provide and exit route for air, blood, and bile as well as help
prevent deep infections and abscess formation during healing.
Answer: Drains
◉The first dressing on a patient post surgery is always changed by
who? Answer: The surgeon
◉1. Acute pain can activate what?
2. When that happens what are symptoms of the patient? Answer: 1.
SNS
2. Restlessness, increased HR, BP, RR, dilated pupils and sweating.
◉Name three interventions for hypoxemia. Answer: 1. Maintain
airway patency and breathing pattern.
2. Prevention of hypothermia.
3. Maintenance of oxygen therapy as prescribed.
,◉Is under treatment of pain a serious health care problem?
Answer: Yes
◉Name the 3 types of pain. Answer: 1. Acute pain
2. Chronic CA pain
3. Chronic non-cancer pain
◉Name the 3 sources of pain. Answer: 1. Somatic-tissue
2. Visceral-organ pain like an MI
3. Neuropathic-pain from the CNS
◉Which pain is the hardest to treat? Answer: Nerve pain
◉Is a state of adaptation in which exposure to a drug induces
changes in its effect over time. Answer: Tolerance
◉Is the adaptation manifested by a drug class specific with drawl
syndrome. Answer: Physical dependence
◉Results when dependent use of opioids ceases abruptly. Answer:
Withdrawal symptoms
◉This is a chronic neurobiologic disease characterized by:
, impaired control over drug use
compulsive drug use
continued use despite harm
craving
occurs over time, not a result of one hospital stay Answer: Addiction
◉Measures the quality of pain Answer: the scale 1-10
◉During an assessment you ask what questions about the location
of the pain. Answer: Is it
localized, projected, radiating, or referred
◉Name the three types of analgesics that are for relieving pain.
Answer: 1. Non-opioids
2. Opioids
3. Adjuvants
◉Acetylsalicylic acid, acetaminophen, and non-steroidal anti-
imflammatory drug (NSAIDS) like motrin, aleve, tramadol.
These are examples of what type of drug? Answer: Non-opioid
analgesics
STUDY SHEET 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉Provide and exit route for air, blood, and bile as well as help
prevent deep infections and abscess formation during healing.
Answer: Drains
◉The first dressing on a patient post surgery is always changed by
who? Answer: The surgeon
◉1. Acute pain can activate what?
2. When that happens what are symptoms of the patient? Answer: 1.
SNS
2. Restlessness, increased HR, BP, RR, dilated pupils and sweating.
◉Name three interventions for hypoxemia. Answer: 1. Maintain
airway patency and breathing pattern.
2. Prevention of hypothermia.
3. Maintenance of oxygen therapy as prescribed.
,◉Is under treatment of pain a serious health care problem?
Answer: Yes
◉Name the 3 types of pain. Answer: 1. Acute pain
2. Chronic CA pain
3. Chronic non-cancer pain
◉Name the 3 sources of pain. Answer: 1. Somatic-tissue
2. Visceral-organ pain like an MI
3. Neuropathic-pain from the CNS
◉Which pain is the hardest to treat? Answer: Nerve pain
◉Is a state of adaptation in which exposure to a drug induces
changes in its effect over time. Answer: Tolerance
◉Is the adaptation manifested by a drug class specific with drawl
syndrome. Answer: Physical dependence
◉Results when dependent use of opioids ceases abruptly. Answer:
Withdrawal symptoms
◉This is a chronic neurobiologic disease characterized by:
, impaired control over drug use
compulsive drug use
continued use despite harm
craving
occurs over time, not a result of one hospital stay Answer: Addiction
◉Measures the quality of pain Answer: the scale 1-10
◉During an assessment you ask what questions about the location
of the pain. Answer: Is it
localized, projected, radiating, or referred
◉Name the three types of analgesics that are for relieving pain.
Answer: 1. Non-opioids
2. Opioids
3. Adjuvants
◉Acetylsalicylic acid, acetaminophen, and non-steroidal anti-
imflammatory drug (NSAIDS) like motrin, aleve, tramadol.
These are examples of what type of drug? Answer: Non-opioid
analgesics
