Understand ATI RN Comprehensive
Predictor 2026 Exit Exam with NGN 100%
Verified 120 Answers Questions
**1. A charge nurse is assigning rooms for four clients. Which client
requires a private room based on infection control needs?**
A. Client with pneumonia
B. Client with MRSA
C. Client with diabetic foot ulcer
D. Client with COPD
**Answer: B.** MRSA requires contact isolation to prevent
transmission; a private room is the standard of care for contact
precautions .
**2. A charge nurse assigns a float RN from the postpartum unit to a
medical-surgical floor. Which client is most appropriate for this
nurse?**
A. Client in DKA
B. Client post-appendectomy day 2, stable
C. Client with a chest tube
D. Client on a heparin drip
,**Answer: B.** A stable, low-acuity post-op client is safest for a float
nurse from a different specialty; unstable or high-risk patients (chest
tubes, titratable drips) require experienced staff .
**3. A nurse is delegating to an AP. Which task is appropriate?**
A. Assess a post-op incision
B. Teach use of an incentive spirometer
C. Obtain a capillary blood glucose
D. Evaluate pain level
**Answer: C.** UAPs may perform capillary blood glucose testing;
assessment, teaching, and evaluation require licensed nursing
judgment .
**4. A nurse is supervising a new grad on a mental health unit.
Which action requires intervention?**
A. Sets boundaries with a manipulative client
B. Documents medication refusals
C. Tells a client he will lose privileges if he doesn't take medication
D. Uses therapeutic communication
**Answer: C.** Threatening loss of privileges as a consequence for
refusing medication is coercive and violates client autonomy; it
damages the therapeutic relationship .
,**5. An assistive personnel tells the charge nurse that her
assignment is too demanding. She angrily tells the nurse to reassign
one of her tasks to another AP. Which of the following actions should
the nurse take to resolve the conflict?**
A. Ask the AP to discuss the issue in a private area
B. Tell the AP to complete the assignment as given
C. Reassign the task to another AP immediately
D. Report the AP to the nursing supervisor
**Answer: A.** The nurse should address conflict in a private area to
discuss the issue calmly and professionally .
**6. A charge nurse on a mental health unit is supervising a newly
licensed nurse. For which of the following actions by the newly
licensed nurse should the supervising nurse intervene?**
A. Tells a client he will lose his phone privileges if he does not take
his medication
B. Sets boundaries with a manipulative client
C. Documents medication refusals
D. Uses therapeutic communication
**Answer: A.** Threatening loss of privileges as a consequence for
refusing medication is coercive and violates client autonomy; it
damages the therapeutic relationship .
, **7. A nurse is reviewing information about advance directives with
a newly admitted client. Which of the following statements by the
client indicates an understanding of the information?**
A. "Advance directives include a living will"
B. "Once signed, I cannot change my mind."
C. "My family can override my advance directives."
D. "Advance directives are only for older adults."
**Answer: A.** A living will is a legal document specifying end-of-life
treatment wishes and is a type of advance directive .
**8. A nurse is caring for a client who has terminal cancer. Which of
the following actions should the nurse take to promote the client's
autonomy?**
A. Allow the client to choose treatment times
B. Encourage the client to follow the provider's recommendations
C. Make decisions for the client to reduce stress
D. Limit the client's visitors to immediate family
**Answer: A.** Allowing the client to choose treatment times
promotes autonomy and respects the client's preferences .
**9. A client is requesting information from a nurse regarding the
appointment of a health care proxy. Which of the following
responses by the nurse is appropriate?**
Predictor 2026 Exit Exam with NGN 100%
Verified 120 Answers Questions
**1. A charge nurse is assigning rooms for four clients. Which client
requires a private room based on infection control needs?**
A. Client with pneumonia
B. Client with MRSA
C. Client with diabetic foot ulcer
D. Client with COPD
**Answer: B.** MRSA requires contact isolation to prevent
transmission; a private room is the standard of care for contact
precautions .
**2. A charge nurse assigns a float RN from the postpartum unit to a
medical-surgical floor. Which client is most appropriate for this
nurse?**
A. Client in DKA
B. Client post-appendectomy day 2, stable
C. Client with a chest tube
D. Client on a heparin drip
,**Answer: B.** A stable, low-acuity post-op client is safest for a float
nurse from a different specialty; unstable or high-risk patients (chest
tubes, titratable drips) require experienced staff .
**3. A nurse is delegating to an AP. Which task is appropriate?**
A. Assess a post-op incision
B. Teach use of an incentive spirometer
C. Obtain a capillary blood glucose
D. Evaluate pain level
**Answer: C.** UAPs may perform capillary blood glucose testing;
assessment, teaching, and evaluation require licensed nursing
judgment .
**4. A nurse is supervising a new grad on a mental health unit.
Which action requires intervention?**
A. Sets boundaries with a manipulative client
B. Documents medication refusals
C. Tells a client he will lose privileges if he doesn't take medication
D. Uses therapeutic communication
**Answer: C.** Threatening loss of privileges as a consequence for
refusing medication is coercive and violates client autonomy; it
damages the therapeutic relationship .
,**5. An assistive personnel tells the charge nurse that her
assignment is too demanding. She angrily tells the nurse to reassign
one of her tasks to another AP. Which of the following actions should
the nurse take to resolve the conflict?**
A. Ask the AP to discuss the issue in a private area
B. Tell the AP to complete the assignment as given
C. Reassign the task to another AP immediately
D. Report the AP to the nursing supervisor
**Answer: A.** The nurse should address conflict in a private area to
discuss the issue calmly and professionally .
**6. A charge nurse on a mental health unit is supervising a newly
licensed nurse. For which of the following actions by the newly
licensed nurse should the supervising nurse intervene?**
A. Tells a client he will lose his phone privileges if he does not take
his medication
B. Sets boundaries with a manipulative client
C. Documents medication refusals
D. Uses therapeutic communication
**Answer: A.** Threatening loss of privileges as a consequence for
refusing medication is coercive and violates client autonomy; it
damages the therapeutic relationship .
, **7. A nurse is reviewing information about advance directives with
a newly admitted client. Which of the following statements by the
client indicates an understanding of the information?**
A. "Advance directives include a living will"
B. "Once signed, I cannot change my mind."
C. "My family can override my advance directives."
D. "Advance directives are only for older adults."
**Answer: A.** A living will is a legal document specifying end-of-life
treatment wishes and is a type of advance directive .
**8. A nurse is caring for a client who has terminal cancer. Which of
the following actions should the nurse take to promote the client's
autonomy?**
A. Allow the client to choose treatment times
B. Encourage the client to follow the provider's recommendations
C. Make decisions for the client to reduce stress
D. Limit the client's visitors to immediate family
**Answer: A.** Allowing the client to choose treatment times
promotes autonomy and respects the client's preferences .
**9. A client is requesting information from a nurse regarding the
appointment of a health care proxy. Which of the following
responses by the nurse is appropriate?**
