ATI COMP PREDICTOR-STUDY
GUIDE WITH UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026/2027
Do not delegate - Answer-What you can EAT E-evaluate A-assess T-teach
Addison's & Cushings - Answer-Addison's = down down down up down
Cushings= up up up down up
hypo/hypernatremia, hypo/hypertension, blood volume, hypo/hyperkalemia, hypo/hyperglycemia
Better peripheral perfusion? - Answer-EleVate Veins, DAngle Arteries
APGAR - Answer-Appearance (all pink, pink and blue, blue (pale)
Pulse (>100, <100, absent)
Grimace (cough, grimace, no response)
Activity (flexed, flaccid, limp)
Respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent)
Airborne precautions - Answer-My chicken hez tb (measles, chickenpox (varicella) Herpes
zoster/shingles TB
Airborne precautions protective equip - Answer-private room, neg pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr
mask N95 for TB
,Droplet precautions - Answer-spiderman! sepsis, scarlet fever, streptococcal pharyngitis, parvovirus,
pneumonia, pertussis,
influenza,
diptheria,
epiglottitis,
rubella,
mumps, meningitis, mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia, adeNovirus (Private room or cohort mask!)
Contact precaution - Answer-MRS WEE
Multidrug resistant organism
Rresiratory infection
Skin infection
Wound infection
Enteric infection (C diff)
Eye infection (conjunctivitis)
Skin infection - Answer-VCHIPS
Varicella zoster
Cutaneous diptheria
Herpes simplez
Impetigo
Peduculosis
Scabies
Air or Pulmonary Embolism - Answer-S/S chest pain, dyspnea, tachycardia, pale/cyanotic, sense of
impending doom. (turn pt to LEFT side and LOWER the head of bed.)
, Woman in labor (un-reassuring FHR) - Answer-(late decels, decreased variability, fetal bradycardia, etc)
Turn pt on Left side, give O2, stop pitocin, Increase IV fluids!
Tube feeding with decreased LOC - Answer-Pt on Right side (promotes emptying of the stomach) Head
of bed elevated (prevent aspiration)
After lumbar puncture and oil based myelogram - Answer-pt is flat SUPINE (prevent headache and
leaking of CSF)
Pt with heat stroke - Answer-flat with legs elevated
during Continuous Bladder Irrigation (CBI) - Answer-catheter is taped to the thigh. leg must be kept
straight.
After Myringotomy - Answer-position on the side of AFFECTED ear, allows drainage.
After Cateract surgery - Answer-pt sleep on UNAFFECTED side with a night shield for 1-4 weeks
after Thyroidectomy - Answer-low or semi-fowler's position, support head, neck and shoulders.
Infant with Spina Bifida - Answer-Prone so that sac does not rupture
Buck's Traction (skin) - Answer-elevate foot of bed for counter traction
After total hip replacement - Answer-don't sleep on side of surgery, don't flex hip more than 45-60
degress, don't elevate Head Of Bed more than 45 degrees. Maintain hip abduction by separating thighs
with pillows.
GUIDE WITH UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026/2027
Do not delegate - Answer-What you can EAT E-evaluate A-assess T-teach
Addison's & Cushings - Answer-Addison's = down down down up down
Cushings= up up up down up
hypo/hypernatremia, hypo/hypertension, blood volume, hypo/hyperkalemia, hypo/hyperglycemia
Better peripheral perfusion? - Answer-EleVate Veins, DAngle Arteries
APGAR - Answer-Appearance (all pink, pink and blue, blue (pale)
Pulse (>100, <100, absent)
Grimace (cough, grimace, no response)
Activity (flexed, flaccid, limp)
Respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent)
Airborne precautions - Answer-My chicken hez tb (measles, chickenpox (varicella) Herpes
zoster/shingles TB
Airborne precautions protective equip - Answer-private room, neg pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr
mask N95 for TB
,Droplet precautions - Answer-spiderman! sepsis, scarlet fever, streptococcal pharyngitis, parvovirus,
pneumonia, pertussis,
influenza,
diptheria,
epiglottitis,
rubella,
mumps, meningitis, mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia, adeNovirus (Private room or cohort mask!)
Contact precaution - Answer-MRS WEE
Multidrug resistant organism
Rresiratory infection
Skin infection
Wound infection
Enteric infection (C diff)
Eye infection (conjunctivitis)
Skin infection - Answer-VCHIPS
Varicella zoster
Cutaneous diptheria
Herpes simplez
Impetigo
Peduculosis
Scabies
Air or Pulmonary Embolism - Answer-S/S chest pain, dyspnea, tachycardia, pale/cyanotic, sense of
impending doom. (turn pt to LEFT side and LOWER the head of bed.)
, Woman in labor (un-reassuring FHR) - Answer-(late decels, decreased variability, fetal bradycardia, etc)
Turn pt on Left side, give O2, stop pitocin, Increase IV fluids!
Tube feeding with decreased LOC - Answer-Pt on Right side (promotes emptying of the stomach) Head
of bed elevated (prevent aspiration)
After lumbar puncture and oil based myelogram - Answer-pt is flat SUPINE (prevent headache and
leaking of CSF)
Pt with heat stroke - Answer-flat with legs elevated
during Continuous Bladder Irrigation (CBI) - Answer-catheter is taped to the thigh. leg must be kept
straight.
After Myringotomy - Answer-position on the side of AFFECTED ear, allows drainage.
After Cateract surgery - Answer-pt sleep on UNAFFECTED side with a night shield for 1-4 weeks
after Thyroidectomy - Answer-low or semi-fowler's position, support head, neck and shoulders.
Infant with Spina Bifida - Answer-Prone so that sac does not rupture
Buck's Traction (skin) - Answer-elevate foot of bed for counter traction
After total hip replacement - Answer-don't sleep on side of surgery, don't flex hip more than 45-60
degress, don't elevate Head Of Bed more than 45 degrees. Maintain hip abduction by separating thighs
with pillows.
