ATI 2026 RN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR STUDY GUIDE |
FROM QUESTION TO PERFECTION| STUDY WITH
CONFIDENCE!
Course Code:
Course Title:
Programme:
Academic Year: 2026/2027
Duration: 2 Hours
Total Marks: 70%
Candidate Instructions:
1) Write your Registration Number on every answer booklet used.
2) Answer ALL questions in Section A and ANY TWO (2) questions in Section B.
3) Read each question carefully before answering.
4) Begin each question on a new page.
5) The marks for each question are indicated in brackets.
6) This paper consists of several printed pages, including this page.
7) Ensure your copy is complete before the examination begins.
8) Unauthorized materials and communication with other candidates are not permitted.
Turn Over.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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, Testing for TB Answer: - A Mantoux skin test is the most accurate and valuable screening tool
available for TB. A positive result means only that the client has been exposed to TB; it does not
meant that the client has active TB.
Testing for TB continue Answer: - A sputum culture for acid fast bacillus (AFB) is used to
confirm the diagnosis of pulmonary TB after a screening test and chest x-ray come back
positive.
Teaching instructions for the use of a cane: Answer: (1) The cane is moved forward about 12
inches.
(2) Then, the weak leg is moved even with the cane.
(3) Finally, the strong leg is brought forward and ahead of the cane and weak leg.
- Cane is held on stronger side.
- The gripper of the cane should be level with the trochanter of the femur.
Meningococcal vaccine Answer: - Recommended that this vaccine be given to children who are
11 through 12 years of age and then given a booster dose at age 16.
When should the single dose of Herpes zoster vaccine be given? Answer: - To adults 60 years
or older whether or not they report a previous episode of herpes zoster.
Rotavirus should be given at what age? Answer: - During the child's first year of life.
Alendronate (Fosamax) Answer: - This medication is used to prevent and treat postmenopausal
osteoporosis and Paget's Disease.
- Alendronate-taken in morning on an empty stomach.
- The patient must be instructed to wait at least 30 minutes after taking Alendronate before
eating, drinking, or taking other medications.
What to expect with a patient having a chest tube? Answer: - Continuous gentle bubbling in the
suction control chamber.
- Crepitus (with a pneumothorax, this will persist for several hours depending)
- Oscillations-tidaling in the water seal chamber upon respiration are expected.
What is a potential complication of a thyroidectomy? Answer: - Hypocalcemia: numbness and
tingling in the hands, soles of the feet and around the lips.
What is Chvostek's sign? And how is it done? Answer: Tap on the pt's face at a point just
anterior to the ear and just below the zygomatic bone. A positive response would be twitching of
the ipsilateral (same side only) facial muscles, suggestive of neuromuscular excitability caused
by hypocalcemia.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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FROM QUESTION TO PERFECTION| STUDY WITH
CONFIDENCE!
Course Code:
Course Title:
Programme:
Academic Year: 2026/2027
Duration: 2 Hours
Total Marks: 70%
Candidate Instructions:
1) Write your Registration Number on every answer booklet used.
2) Answer ALL questions in Section A and ANY TWO (2) questions in Section B.
3) Read each question carefully before answering.
4) Begin each question on a new page.
5) The marks for each question are indicated in brackets.
6) This paper consists of several printed pages, including this page.
7) Ensure your copy is complete before the examination begins.
8) Unauthorized materials and communication with other candidates are not permitted.
Turn Over.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
1
, Testing for TB Answer: - A Mantoux skin test is the most accurate and valuable screening tool
available for TB. A positive result means only that the client has been exposed to TB; it does not
meant that the client has active TB.
Testing for TB continue Answer: - A sputum culture for acid fast bacillus (AFB) is used to
confirm the diagnosis of pulmonary TB after a screening test and chest x-ray come back
positive.
Teaching instructions for the use of a cane: Answer: (1) The cane is moved forward about 12
inches.
(2) Then, the weak leg is moved even with the cane.
(3) Finally, the strong leg is brought forward and ahead of the cane and weak leg.
- Cane is held on stronger side.
- The gripper of the cane should be level with the trochanter of the femur.
Meningococcal vaccine Answer: - Recommended that this vaccine be given to children who are
11 through 12 years of age and then given a booster dose at age 16.
When should the single dose of Herpes zoster vaccine be given? Answer: - To adults 60 years
or older whether or not they report a previous episode of herpes zoster.
Rotavirus should be given at what age? Answer: - During the child's first year of life.
Alendronate (Fosamax) Answer: - This medication is used to prevent and treat postmenopausal
osteoporosis and Paget's Disease.
- Alendronate-taken in morning on an empty stomach.
- The patient must be instructed to wait at least 30 minutes after taking Alendronate before
eating, drinking, or taking other medications.
What to expect with a patient having a chest tube? Answer: - Continuous gentle bubbling in the
suction control chamber.
- Crepitus (with a pneumothorax, this will persist for several hours depending)
- Oscillations-tidaling in the water seal chamber upon respiration are expected.
What is a potential complication of a thyroidectomy? Answer: - Hypocalcemia: numbness and
tingling in the hands, soles of the feet and around the lips.
What is Chvostek's sign? And how is it done? Answer: Tap on the pt's face at a point just
anterior to the ear and just below the zygomatic bone. A positive response would be twitching of
the ipsilateral (same side only) facial muscles, suggestive of neuromuscular excitability caused
by hypocalcemia.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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