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ATI NURSING EDUCATION MEDICAL-SURGICAL (NGN) WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, AND RATIONALES DERIVED FROM
SCREENSHOT 2026 VERSION EXAM SAMPLE
1. The nurse is caring for a 6-year-old patient in the emergency
department who just had a full left leg cast placed for a fracture. As the
nurse is reviewing the discharge instructions with the patient's mother,
she states, "You don't have to go over those—I'll read them at home."
What should the nurse do?
a. Contact the physician immediately.
b. Consider the possibility of health literacy limitations and assess
further.
c. Stop the teaching, because the mother obviously has taken care of
casts before.
d. Explain to the mother that reading the instructions with her is
required. - ANSWER-b. Consider the possibility of health literacy
limitations and assess further.
2. A 58-year-old man is admitted for a small-bowel obstruction late
Saturday night. The nurse obtains admitting orders, which include the
need to place a nasogastric (NG) tube to low intermittent suction.
During the assessment, the nurse determines that the patient does not
speak English. Which action(s) should the nurse do before placing the
NG tube?
a. Take two additional staff members into the room when placing the
, tube so the patient can be restrained if needed.
b. Request an interpreter per facility protocol.
ATI NURSING EDUCATION MEDICAL-SURGICAL (NGN) WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, AND RATIONALES DERIVED FROM
SCREENSHOT 2026 VERSION EXAM SAMPLE
1. The nurse is caring for a 6-year-old patient in the emergency
department who just had a full left leg cast placed for a fracture. As the
nurse is reviewing the discharge instructions with the patient's mother,
she states, "You don't have to go over those—I'll read them at home."
What should the nurse do?
a. Contact the physician immediately.
b. Consider the possibility of health literacy limitations and assess
further.
c. Stop the teaching, because the mother obviously has taken care of
casts before.
d. Explain to the mother that reading the instructions with her is
required. - ANSWER-b. Consider the possibility of health literacy
limitations and assess further.
2. A 58-year-old man is admitted for a small-bowel obstruction late
Saturday night. The nurse obtains admitting orders, which include the
need to place a nasogastric (NG) tube to low intermittent suction.
During the assessment, the nurse determines that the patient does not
speak English. Which action(s) should the nurse do before placing the
NG tube?
a. Take two additional staff members into the room when placing the
, tube so the patient can be restrained if needed.
b. Request an interpreter per facility protocol.
