ATI MEDSURG EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
Question 1: Which type of vaccine uses the client's own cancer
cells, which are killed and prepared for injection back into the
client?
Answer:
Autologous - Autologous vaccines are made from the client's own cancer
cells.
Question 2: A client has just received stem cell transplantation as
treatment for leukemia. What are the post procedural nursing
interventions for clients receiving any form of stem cell
transplantation?
Answer:
Closely monitor the client for at least 3 months. - After stem cell
transplantation, the nurse closely monitors the client for at least 3
months.
Question 3: The nurse is conducting a community education
program using the American Cancer Society's colorectal screening
and prevention guidelines. The nurse determines that the
participants understand the teaching when they identify that people
over the age of 50 should have which screening test every 10
years?
Answer:
Colonoscopy - Recommendations for screening for colorectal cancer
include a screening colonoscopy every 10 years.
, Question 4: The nurse is caring for a client with a benign breast
tumor. The tumor may have which characteristic?
Answer:
Slow rate of growth - Benign tumors have a slow rate of growth and
well-differentiated cells.
Question 5: A client undergoes a biopsy of a suspicious lesion. The
biopsy report classifies the lesion according to the TNM staging
system as follows: TIS, N0, M0. What does this classification
mean?
Answer:
Carcinoma in situ, no abnormal regional lymph nodes, and no evidence of
distant metastasis - TIS, N0, M0 denotes carcinoma in situ.
Question 6: A 16-year-old female patient experiences alopecia
resulting from chemotherapy, prompting the nursing diagnoses of
disturbed body image and situational low self-esteem. What action
by the patient would best indicate that she is meeting the goal of
improved body image and self-esteem?
Answer:
The patient requests that her family bring her makeup and wig. -
Requesting her wig and makeup indicates improved body image.
Question 7: What does the nurse understand is the rationale for
administering allopurinol for a patient receiving chemotherapy?
Answer:
It lowers serum and uric acid levels. - Adequate hydration, diuresis,
alkalinization, and allopurinol may be used to prevent renal toxicity.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
Question 1: Which type of vaccine uses the client's own cancer
cells, which are killed and prepared for injection back into the
client?
Answer:
Autologous - Autologous vaccines are made from the client's own cancer
cells.
Question 2: A client has just received stem cell transplantation as
treatment for leukemia. What are the post procedural nursing
interventions for clients receiving any form of stem cell
transplantation?
Answer:
Closely monitor the client for at least 3 months. - After stem cell
transplantation, the nurse closely monitors the client for at least 3
months.
Question 3: The nurse is conducting a community education
program using the American Cancer Society's colorectal screening
and prevention guidelines. The nurse determines that the
participants understand the teaching when they identify that people
over the age of 50 should have which screening test every 10
years?
Answer:
Colonoscopy - Recommendations for screening for colorectal cancer
include a screening colonoscopy every 10 years.
, Question 4: The nurse is caring for a client with a benign breast
tumor. The tumor may have which characteristic?
Answer:
Slow rate of growth - Benign tumors have a slow rate of growth and
well-differentiated cells.
Question 5: A client undergoes a biopsy of a suspicious lesion. The
biopsy report classifies the lesion according to the TNM staging
system as follows: TIS, N0, M0. What does this classification
mean?
Answer:
Carcinoma in situ, no abnormal regional lymph nodes, and no evidence of
distant metastasis - TIS, N0, M0 denotes carcinoma in situ.
Question 6: A 16-year-old female patient experiences alopecia
resulting from chemotherapy, prompting the nursing diagnoses of
disturbed body image and situational low self-esteem. What action
by the patient would best indicate that she is meeting the goal of
improved body image and self-esteem?
Answer:
The patient requests that her family bring her makeup and wig. -
Requesting her wig and makeup indicates improved body image.
Question 7: What does the nurse understand is the rationale for
administering allopurinol for a patient receiving chemotherapy?
Answer:
It lowers serum and uric acid levels. - Adequate hydration, diuresis,
alkalinization, and allopurinol may be used to prevent renal toxicity.
