ATI RN Medical-Surgical
Proctored 2026 Exam All
Answers and Illustrations Given
Endoscopy (EGD) positioning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔left side lying
Before an Endoscopy (EGD): - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-NPO 6-8 hr
-remove dentures
Gastroenteritis care plan: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-restrict dairy, caffeine, milk
-eat foods high in potassium
-increase fluid intake
,-contact precautions
In what order do you open the sterile package? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔flap
furthest from body, side flaps, then closest
A nurse has removed a sterile pack from its outside cover and place it on a
clean work surface in preparation for an invasive procedure. Which of the
following flaps should the nurse unfold first:
A. closest to body
B. right side
C. left side
D. farthest from body - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D
A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in prep for performing a sterile procedure.
Which of the following objects can the nurse touch without breaking sterile
technique (Select all that apply)
A. bottle containing sterile solution
B. edge of sterile drape at the base of the field
,C. inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
D. irrigation syringe on the sterile field
E. one gloved hand with the other gloved hand - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C, D, E
A nurse has prepared a sterile field for assisting a provider with a chest
tube insertion. Which of the following events should the nurse recognize as
contaminating the field (Select all that apply)
A. provider drops a sterile instrument onto the near side of the sterile field
B. nurse moistens a cotton ball with sterile normal saline and places it on
sterile field
C. procedure is delayed 1hr because the provider receives an emergency
call
D. nurse turns to speak to someone who enters through the door behind
the nurse
E. clients hand brushes against the outer edge of the sterile field - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔B, C, D
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, TB is suspected, what precautionary actions to do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-
negative airflow room, airborne precautions
-nurses wear N95 mask, client wears if going out of the room
-admin heat & humidified O2 therapy as prescribed
TB interventions: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-family members should be screened
-4 meds taken for 6-12 months
-not contagious when they have 3 negative sputum cultures
What to watch for when on Isoniazid: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔numb/tingling in the
hands & feet
What to watch for when on Rifampin: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-orange secretions
normal
-watch for jaundice
-interferes with birth control
What to watch for when on Ethambutol: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔vision changes
Client teaching for genital herpes: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-can be transmitted
with or w/out blisters
Proctored 2026 Exam All
Answers and Illustrations Given
Endoscopy (EGD) positioning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔left side lying
Before an Endoscopy (EGD): - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-NPO 6-8 hr
-remove dentures
Gastroenteritis care plan: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-restrict dairy, caffeine, milk
-eat foods high in potassium
-increase fluid intake
,-contact precautions
In what order do you open the sterile package? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔flap
furthest from body, side flaps, then closest
A nurse has removed a sterile pack from its outside cover and place it on a
clean work surface in preparation for an invasive procedure. Which of the
following flaps should the nurse unfold first:
A. closest to body
B. right side
C. left side
D. farthest from body - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D
A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in prep for performing a sterile procedure.
Which of the following objects can the nurse touch without breaking sterile
technique (Select all that apply)
A. bottle containing sterile solution
B. edge of sterile drape at the base of the field
,C. inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
D. irrigation syringe on the sterile field
E. one gloved hand with the other gloved hand - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C, D, E
A nurse has prepared a sterile field for assisting a provider with a chest
tube insertion. Which of the following events should the nurse recognize as
contaminating the field (Select all that apply)
A. provider drops a sterile instrument onto the near side of the sterile field
B. nurse moistens a cotton ball with sterile normal saline and places it on
sterile field
C. procedure is delayed 1hr because the provider receives an emergency
call
D. nurse turns to speak to someone who enters through the door behind
the nurse
E. clients hand brushes against the outer edge of the sterile field - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔B, C, D
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, TB is suspected, what precautionary actions to do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-
negative airflow room, airborne precautions
-nurses wear N95 mask, client wears if going out of the room
-admin heat & humidified O2 therapy as prescribed
TB interventions: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-family members should be screened
-4 meds taken for 6-12 months
-not contagious when they have 3 negative sputum cultures
What to watch for when on Isoniazid: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔numb/tingling in the
hands & feet
What to watch for when on Rifampin: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-orange secretions
normal
-watch for jaundice
-interferes with birth control
What to watch for when on Ethambutol: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔vision changes
Client teaching for genital herpes: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-can be transmitted
with or w/out blisters
