1128: ATI Perfusion Quiz
The nurse recognizes a client with impaired perfusion. Which other concept may also be impaired?
Gas Exchange
A nurse is obtaining vital signs from a 2-month-old infant. The infants heart rate is 190/min and his temperature is 40*C (104*F). The father asks the nurse why the infants heart is beating so fast. Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?
"The fever is causing an increase in your baby's heart rate."
The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for the local community center. The nurse recognizes that population at greatest risk for impaired perfusion includes which of the following?
African Americans
A nurse is preparing to measure an infants vital signs. The nurse should use which of the following sites to assess a heart rate?
Apex of the heart.
The nurse reviews positive outcomes that occur to proper functioning of patients perfusion. Which is a positive outcome?
Appropriate Organ Function
Defining characteristics of patients perfusion are assessed by the nurse. Which is one of the defining characteristics?
Blood pressure WNL.
A nurse is teaching a client about following a low-cholesterol diet after coronary artery bypass grafting. Which of the following client food choices reflects the clients understanding of these dietary instructions?
Beans
A nurse is caring for an older adult client. The nurse informs the client that straining while defecating can cause which of the following?
Dysrhythmias
The nurse is teaching a client with hypertension about modifiable risk factors for impaired perfusion. Which risk factors would the nurse include in her teaching plan? (Select all that apply)
Smoking Sedentary Life Style High Fat/ Cholesterol Diet
A nurse is monitoring a client who is on telemetry. Which of the following findings on the ECG strip should the nurse recognize as normal sinus rhythm?
The P wave falls before the QRS complex.
