ATI COMPREHENSIVE EXIT EXAM QUESTIONS
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2026/STUDY GUIDE FOR GUARANTEED
SUCCESS A+ GRADED
A nurse is working triage in an emergency department during a local disaster. Which of
the following clients should the nurse recommend for discharge?
A client who has cellulitis and is receiving oral antibiotics can safely continue this
treatment at home.
A rural community health nurse is developing a plan to improve health care delivery for
migrant farmworkers. To identify health services data for this minority group, the nurse
should gather information from which of the following sources?
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
A nurse receives a request from a client to review the information in their medical
record. Which of the following responses should the nurse give?
According to HIPAA, the nurse is responsible for following the facility's policy when
providing the client with access to the medical record.
A nurse is interviewing a client who is now without housing due to a natural disaster.
After ensuring the client's safety, which of the following actions should the nurse take
first?
Determine the client's perception of the personal effect of the crisis.
,A nurse at a mental health clinic is caring for four clients. The nurse should recognize
which of the following clients is using dissociation as a defense mechanism?
A client who was abused as a child describes the abuse as if it happened to someone
else
A nurse is providing teaching about improving nutrition for a client who has multiple
sclerosis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
"A speech pathologist will be performing a swallowing study for you."
"You should rest before eating a meal."
"Thicken your beverages before drinking."
A nurse is assessing a client who has decreased visual acuity due to cataracts. The
nurse should identify that which of the following physiological changes is the cause for
the client's visual loss?
Increased opacity of the lens
A charge nurse is planning an educational session for staff nurses about working with
parents whose children have a terminal illness and are candidates for donating their
organs. Which of the following information should the nurse plan to include?
The family can have the child in an open casket without fearing that the organ donation
might disfigure the child's body.
A nurse is assessing a client following a colonoscopy. Which of the following findings
should indicate to the nurse the client is hemorrhaging?
,Rapid decrease in blood pressure.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Which of the
following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
Increase the client's dietary iron intake.
A nurse is completing a home health visit with a client who has hemianopsia. Which of
the following information should the nurse review with the client to promote safety in the
home?
Use scanning technique when ambulating.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has a deficit with cranial nerve (CN) II. Which
of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
Clear objects from the client's walking area.
A charge nurse overhears two staff nurses in the hallway discussing the nutritional
status of a client who has anorexia nervosa. Which of the following actions should the
charge nurse take?
Tell the nurses to stop the discussion.
A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client following a total hip arthroplasty.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
install a raised toilet seat at home.
, During an 8-week postpartum examination, a client reports feeling fatigued, lethargic, no
interest in usual activities, sleeping all the time, and a feeling of worthlessness. Which of
the following questions should the nurse ask the client first?
"Have you had any thoughts about hurting yourself or the baby?"
A nurse is planning teaching about allowable foods for a client who has a history of uric
acid-based urinary calculi formation. Which of the following foods should the nurse
include in the teaching?
Lentils
A nurse is assessing a client following a vaginal delivery and notes heavy lochia and a
boggy fundus. Which of the following medications should the nurse expect to
administer?
oxytocin
A nurse is providing preoperative teaching to a client who is scheduled for insertion of
an implanted port. Which of the following client statements should the nurse recognize
as an indication of understanding the teaching?
My port will be flushed before and after each dose of medication
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)
via mechanical ventilation. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following
adverse effects of PEEP?
tension pneumothorax
& ANSWERS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATED
2026/STUDY GUIDE FOR GUARANTEED
SUCCESS A+ GRADED
A nurse is working triage in an emergency department during a local disaster. Which of
the following clients should the nurse recommend for discharge?
A client who has cellulitis and is receiving oral antibiotics can safely continue this
treatment at home.
A rural community health nurse is developing a plan to improve health care delivery for
migrant farmworkers. To identify health services data for this minority group, the nurse
should gather information from which of the following sources?
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
A nurse receives a request from a client to review the information in their medical
record. Which of the following responses should the nurse give?
According to HIPAA, the nurse is responsible for following the facility's policy when
providing the client with access to the medical record.
A nurse is interviewing a client who is now without housing due to a natural disaster.
After ensuring the client's safety, which of the following actions should the nurse take
first?
Determine the client's perception of the personal effect of the crisis.
,A nurse at a mental health clinic is caring for four clients. The nurse should recognize
which of the following clients is using dissociation as a defense mechanism?
A client who was abused as a child describes the abuse as if it happened to someone
else
A nurse is providing teaching about improving nutrition for a client who has multiple
sclerosis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
"A speech pathologist will be performing a swallowing study for you."
"You should rest before eating a meal."
"Thicken your beverages before drinking."
A nurse is assessing a client who has decreased visual acuity due to cataracts. The
nurse should identify that which of the following physiological changes is the cause for
the client's visual loss?
Increased opacity of the lens
A charge nurse is planning an educational session for staff nurses about working with
parents whose children have a terminal illness and are candidates for donating their
organs. Which of the following information should the nurse plan to include?
The family can have the child in an open casket without fearing that the organ donation
might disfigure the child's body.
A nurse is assessing a client following a colonoscopy. Which of the following findings
should indicate to the nurse the client is hemorrhaging?
,Rapid decrease in blood pressure.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Which of the
following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
Increase the client's dietary iron intake.
A nurse is completing a home health visit with a client who has hemianopsia. Which of
the following information should the nurse review with the client to promote safety in the
home?
Use scanning technique when ambulating.
A nurse is planning care for a client who has a deficit with cranial nerve (CN) II. Which
of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
Clear objects from the client's walking area.
A charge nurse overhears two staff nurses in the hallway discussing the nutritional
status of a client who has anorexia nervosa. Which of the following actions should the
charge nurse take?
Tell the nurses to stop the discussion.
A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client following a total hip arthroplasty.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
install a raised toilet seat at home.
, During an 8-week postpartum examination, a client reports feeling fatigued, lethargic, no
interest in usual activities, sleeping all the time, and a feeling of worthlessness. Which of
the following questions should the nurse ask the client first?
"Have you had any thoughts about hurting yourself or the baby?"
A nurse is planning teaching about allowable foods for a client who has a history of uric
acid-based urinary calculi formation. Which of the following foods should the nurse
include in the teaching?
Lentils
A nurse is assessing a client following a vaginal delivery and notes heavy lochia and a
boggy fundus. Which of the following medications should the nurse expect to
administer?
oxytocin
A nurse is providing preoperative teaching to a client who is scheduled for insertion of
an implanted port. Which of the following client statements should the nurse recognize
as an indication of understanding the teaching?
My port will be flushed before and after each dose of medication
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)
via mechanical ventilation. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following
adverse effects of PEEP?
tension pneumothorax
