ATI Custom: Unit 2 Practice Quiz
A nurse is reviewing laboratory values for a client who has systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). which of the following values should give the nurse the best indication of the clients renal function?
Serum Creatinine
A nurse enters a client's room and finds the client on the floor having a seizure. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Place the client on his side
A nurse is caring for a client who has Parkinson's disease and is taking diphenhydramine 25 mg PO TID. Which of the following therapeutic outcomes should the nurse expect to see?
Decreased tumors
A nurse is teaching a female client who has a new diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The nurse should recognize the need for further teaching when the client identifies which of the following as a factor that can exacerbate SLE?
Exercise
A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who had a seizure and became unresponsive after starting she had a sudden, severe headache and vomiting. The client's vital signs are as follows: blood pressure of 198/110 mm Hg, pulse of 82/min, respirations of 24/min, and a temperature of 38.2 C (100.8 F). Which of the following neurologic disorders should the nurse suspect?
Hemorrhagic Stroke
A nurse is caring for a client who has had a stroke involving the right hemisphere. Which of the following alterations in function should the nurse expect?
Inability to recognize his family members
A nurse is caring for a client who reports a throbbing headache after a lumbar puncture. Which of the following actions is most likely to facilitate resolution of the headache?
Increase fluid intake.
A nurse is assessing a client who has fluid overload. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? (Select all that apply)
Increased heart rate. Increased blood pressure. Increased respiratory rate.
A nurse is providing teaching to the family of a client who has Parkinson's disease. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?
Provide client supervision.
A nurse is teaching about risk factors of developing a stroke with a group of older adult clients. Which of the following nonmodifiable risk factors should the nurse include in the teaching?
Race
A nurse is caring for a client who has traumatic brain injury. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an indication of increased intracranial pressure (ICP)?
Restlessness
A nurse suspects that a client admitted for treatment of bacterial meningitis is experiencing increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Which of the following assessment findings by the nurse supports this suspicion?
Restlessness
A nurse is caring for a client's room when the client begins having a tonic-clonic seizure. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
Turn the client's head to the side.
A nurse is caring for a client who has expressive aphasia following a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Which of the following parameters should the nurse use first in order to assess the clients pain level?
a self-report pain rating scale
