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Practice questions
Nur Med Surg (Galen College of Nursing)
, lOMoARcPSD|11700591
ATI Med Surg Proctored Exam Ques6ons
& Answers LATEST Graded A+
Nursing (Chamberlain University)
1. A nurse is caring for a client who experienced a trauma8c head injury and has an intraventricular
catheter (Ventriculostomy) for ICP monitoring. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the
following complica8ons related to the ventriculostomy?:
a. Headache
b. Infec8on
c. Aphasia
d. Hypertension (Correct Answer)
- ✅ b. Infec8on
Monitor for infec8on and use strict asepsis to avoid life-threatening meningi8s.
2. A nurse is providing educa8on to a client who is to undergo an EEG the next day. Which of the following
info should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. "Do not wash your hair the morning of the procedure."
, b. "Try and stay awake most of the night prior to the procedure."
c. "The procedure will take approximately 15 mins."
d. "You will need to lie flat for 4 hours aTer the procedure."
(Correct Answer) - ✅ b. "Try and stay awake most of the night prior to the procedure."
Tell the client to remain awake to provide cranial stress and increase the possibility of abnormal electrical
ac8vity
3. A nurse is caring for a client who is postprocedural following a lumbar puncture and reports a
throbbing headache when siVng upright. Which of the following ac8ons should the nurse take? SATA.
a. Use the GCS scale to assess the client
b. Assist the client into a supine posi8on
c. Administer an opioid analgesic
d. Encourage the client to increase PO fluid intake
e. Instruct the client to perform coughing and deep breathing
(Correct Answer) - ✅ B, D
4. A nurse is caring for a client who has con8nuous bladder irriga8on following a transurethral
resec8on of the prostate (TURP). Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the
provider?
a Output equal to the ins8lled irrigate
b. Client reports bladder spasms
c. Viscous urinary output with clots
d. Reports of strong urge to urinate
, (Correct Answer) - ✅ c. Viscous urinary output with clots
Urine that is bright red with clots is an indica8on of arterial bleeding.
5. A nurse is monitoring the ECG of a client who has hypocalcemia. Which of the following findings should
the nurse expect?
a. Fla`ened T waves
b. Prolonged QT intervals
c. Shortened QT intervals
d Widened QRS complexes
(Correct Answer) - ✅ b. Prolonged QT intervals
Manifesta8ons of hypocalcemia include 8ngling, numbness, tetany, seizures, prolonged QT intervals, and
laryngospasm.
6. A nurse is preparing a client who has a brain tumor for a CT scan. Which of the following factors
affects the manner in which the nurse will prepare the client for the scan?
a. No food or fluids consumed for 4 hours
b. Difficulty recalling recent events
c. Development of hives while ea8ng shrimp
d. Paresthesia in both hands
(Correct Answer) - ✅ c. Development of hives while ea8ng shrimp
Shellfish allergy is contraindica8on of use of contrast media during a CT scan.
7. A nurse is preparing an in-service program about the stages of acute kidney injury. Which of the
following pieces of info should the nurse include about prerenal azotemia?
Practice questions
Nur Med Surg (Galen College of Nursing)
, lOMoARcPSD|11700591
ATI Med Surg Proctored Exam Ques6ons
& Answers LATEST Graded A+
Nursing (Chamberlain University)
1. A nurse is caring for a client who experienced a trauma8c head injury and has an intraventricular
catheter (Ventriculostomy) for ICP monitoring. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the
following complica8ons related to the ventriculostomy?:
a. Headache
b. Infec8on
c. Aphasia
d. Hypertension (Correct Answer)
- ✅ b. Infec8on
Monitor for infec8on and use strict asepsis to avoid life-threatening meningi8s.
2. A nurse is providing educa8on to a client who is to undergo an EEG the next day. Which of the following
info should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. "Do not wash your hair the morning of the procedure."
, b. "Try and stay awake most of the night prior to the procedure."
c. "The procedure will take approximately 15 mins."
d. "You will need to lie flat for 4 hours aTer the procedure."
(Correct Answer) - ✅ b. "Try and stay awake most of the night prior to the procedure."
Tell the client to remain awake to provide cranial stress and increase the possibility of abnormal electrical
ac8vity
3. A nurse is caring for a client who is postprocedural following a lumbar puncture and reports a
throbbing headache when siVng upright. Which of the following ac8ons should the nurse take? SATA.
a. Use the GCS scale to assess the client
b. Assist the client into a supine posi8on
c. Administer an opioid analgesic
d. Encourage the client to increase PO fluid intake
e. Instruct the client to perform coughing and deep breathing
(Correct Answer) - ✅ B, D
4. A nurse is caring for a client who has con8nuous bladder irriga8on following a transurethral
resec8on of the prostate (TURP). Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the
provider?
a Output equal to the ins8lled irrigate
b. Client reports bladder spasms
c. Viscous urinary output with clots
d. Reports of strong urge to urinate
, (Correct Answer) - ✅ c. Viscous urinary output with clots
Urine that is bright red with clots is an indica8on of arterial bleeding.
5. A nurse is monitoring the ECG of a client who has hypocalcemia. Which of the following findings should
the nurse expect?
a. Fla`ened T waves
b. Prolonged QT intervals
c. Shortened QT intervals
d Widened QRS complexes
(Correct Answer) - ✅ b. Prolonged QT intervals
Manifesta8ons of hypocalcemia include 8ngling, numbness, tetany, seizures, prolonged QT intervals, and
laryngospasm.
6. A nurse is preparing a client who has a brain tumor for a CT scan. Which of the following factors
affects the manner in which the nurse will prepare the client for the scan?
a. No food or fluids consumed for 4 hours
b. Difficulty recalling recent events
c. Development of hives while ea8ng shrimp
d. Paresthesia in both hands
(Correct Answer) - ✅ c. Development of hives while ea8ng shrimp
Shellfish allergy is contraindica8on of use of contrast media during a CT scan.
7. A nurse is preparing an in-service program about the stages of acute kidney injury. Which of the
following pieces of info should the nurse include about prerenal azotemia?
