ATI End-of-Life Assessment, Exam Questions & Answers

ATI End-of-Life Assessment, Exam Questions & Answers-A nurse is setting goals for a client who has AIDS and is at the end of life. Which of the following are realistic goals? a. The client will verbalize an understanding of the mode of disease transmission. b. The client will experience a weight gain of one to two pounds per week. c. The client will increase attendance at community social activities d. The client will receive medication to minimize episodes of breakthrough pain. - d A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide 40 mg IV. Available is furosemide 10 mg/1 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? - 4 mL A nurse is caring for a client who has metastatic bone cancer. The client states, "I want to go home to die." The family is concerned about meeting the client's care needs at home. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? a. Discuss initiating hospice care with the client and family. b. Write a referral to place the client in a nursing home c. Talk with the provider about extending the client's hospital stay. d. Inform the client's family that they are responsible for providing palliative care. - a A nurse in a dialysis center is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of end-stage kidney disease. When he arrives for his first dialvsis treatment, he tells the nurse, "I decided to come today, but I am not sure if I will need to come back again this week. I am feeling much better since my discharge from the hospital and I think my kidneys are working again." The nurse should identify that this client is demonstrating which of the following Kübler-Ross stages of grieving? a. Bargaining b. Denial c. Depression d. Anger - b A nurse is providing postmortem care for an adult client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply). a. Place the client lying flat on the bed. b. Determine whether the client will have an autopsy. c. Cover the body with a clean sheet and place the arms outside of the sheet. d. If the client had significant trauma, discourage family and friends from viewing the body. e. Give the client's personal belongings to the family. - b, c, e A nurse provides a back massage as a palliative care measure to a client who is unconscious, grimacing, and restless. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as indicating a therapeutic response? (Select all that apply). a. The shoulders droop. b. The facial muscles relax. c. The respiratory rate increases. d. The pulse is within the expected range. e. The client draws his legs up into a fetal position. - a, b, d