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RN ATI CAPSTONE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT
TEST BANK LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||SURE PASS|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
Electrolyte Imbalances: Identifying Manifestations of a
Calcium Imbalance - Answer-Hypocalcemia:
- Level: <9 mg/dL
- Risk factors: Calcium deficit, diarrhea, end-stage kidney
disease, wound drainage; alkalosis, acute pancreatitis,
immobility, parathyroid removal/damage
- S&S: Tetany (most common manifestation), paresthesia
of the fingers and lips, muscle twitches,
seizure, muscle spasms, hyperactive DTRs, positive
Chvostek's sign (facial twitching), positive Trousseau's
sign (hand/finger spasms with BP cuff inflation),
cardiovascular irregularities, diarrhea, abdominal cramps
- Tx: Vitamin D supplements
- Complications: Cardiac arrest
Associated manifestation of Hypocalcemia - Answer-
Positive Trousseau's sign
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Associated manifestation of Hyperkalemia - Answer-ECG
with tall, peaked t-waves
Associated manifestation of Hyponatremia - Answer-
Bounding pulse
Associated manifestation of Hypokalemia - Answer-
Hypoactive bowel sounds
The nurse is assessing the client for Chvostek's sign.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
a. Apply a BP cuff to the client's arm
b. Place a stethoscope bell over the client's carotid artery
c. Ask the client to lower their chin to their chest
d. Tap lightly on the client's cheek - Answer-d. Tap lightly
on the client's cheek
Tap over the facial nerve just below and anterior to the ear
to elicit Chvostek's sign.
A positive sign = Facial twitching on the side of the face
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The nurse is assessing the client who reports nausea,
vomiting, and weakness. Which of the following findings
are manifestations of hypocalcemia? SATA
a. Tingling in fingers
b. Poor skin turgor
c. Abdominal pain
d. Elevated temperature
e. Muscle twitching - Answer-a, c, e
Numbness and tingling in fingers and toes, abdominal
cramps and diarrhea, and muscle twitching are
manifestations of hypocalcemia.
Respiratory Diagnostic Procedures: Planning Care for a
Client Who Is Scheduled for a Thoracentesis - Answer-
Preprocedure:
- Percussion, auscultation, radiography, or sonography is
used to locate the effusion and needle insertion site.
- Assist the older client to maintain still for the procedure
- Position the client sitting upright with arms and shoulders
raised and supported on pillows and/or an overbed table
and with feet and legs well-supported.
RN ATI CAPSTONE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT
TEST BANK LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||SURE PASS|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
Electrolyte Imbalances: Identifying Manifestations of a
Calcium Imbalance - Answer-Hypocalcemia:
- Level: <9 mg/dL
- Risk factors: Calcium deficit, diarrhea, end-stage kidney
disease, wound drainage; alkalosis, acute pancreatitis,
immobility, parathyroid removal/damage
- S&S: Tetany (most common manifestation), paresthesia
of the fingers and lips, muscle twitches,
seizure, muscle spasms, hyperactive DTRs, positive
Chvostek's sign (facial twitching), positive Trousseau's
sign (hand/finger spasms with BP cuff inflation),
cardiovascular irregularities, diarrhea, abdominal cramps
- Tx: Vitamin D supplements
- Complications: Cardiac arrest
Associated manifestation of Hypocalcemia - Answer-
Positive Trousseau's sign
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Associated manifestation of Hyperkalemia - Answer-ECG
with tall, peaked t-waves
Associated manifestation of Hyponatremia - Answer-
Bounding pulse
Associated manifestation of Hypokalemia - Answer-
Hypoactive bowel sounds
The nurse is assessing the client for Chvostek's sign.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
a. Apply a BP cuff to the client's arm
b. Place a stethoscope bell over the client's carotid artery
c. Ask the client to lower their chin to their chest
d. Tap lightly on the client's cheek - Answer-d. Tap lightly
on the client's cheek
Tap over the facial nerve just below and anterior to the ear
to elicit Chvostek's sign.
A positive sign = Facial twitching on the side of the face
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The nurse is assessing the client who reports nausea,
vomiting, and weakness. Which of the following findings
are manifestations of hypocalcemia? SATA
a. Tingling in fingers
b. Poor skin turgor
c. Abdominal pain
d. Elevated temperature
e. Muscle twitching - Answer-a, c, e
Numbness and tingling in fingers and toes, abdominal
cramps and diarrhea, and muscle twitching are
manifestations of hypocalcemia.
Respiratory Diagnostic Procedures: Planning Care for a
Client Who Is Scheduled for a Thoracentesis - Answer-
Preprocedure:
- Percussion, auscultation, radiography, or sonography is
used to locate the effusion and needle insertion site.
- Assist the older client to maintain still for the procedure
- Position the client sitting upright with arms and shoulders
raised and supported on pillows and/or an overbed table
and with feet and legs well-supported.
