ATI MED SURGE PROCTORED EXAM/ ATI MED-
SURGE PROCTORED EXAM 2025/2026 ACTUAL
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A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who reports right
shoulder pain following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Which of
the following statements should the nurse make? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > "The pain will dissipate if you ambulate frequently."
A nurse in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a client
who has anemia and has been taking ferrous gluconate for
several weeks. Which of the following instructions should the
nurse include? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Take this medication between
meals
A nurse in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a client
who has anemia and has been taking ferrous gluconate for
several weeks. Which of the following instructions should the
nurse include? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Take this medication between
meals.
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A nurse is reviewing the plan of care for a client who has
cellulitis of the leg. Which of the following interventions should
the nurse recommend? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Wash daily with an
antibacterial soap.
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is postoperative
after having an ileostomy established. Which of the following
instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Avoid medications in capsule or enteric form.
A nurse is caring for a client with severe burns to both lower
extremities. The client is scheduled for an escharotomy and
wants to know what the procedure involves. Which of the
following statements is appropriate for the nurse to make? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > "Large incisions will be made in the burned tissue
to improve circulation."
A nurse is collecting data from a client who has a possible
cataract. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse
expect the client to report? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Decreased color
perception
A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has an
intestinal obstruction and is receiving continuous
gastrointestinal decompression using a nasogastric tube. Which
of the following interventions should the nurse include in the
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plan of care? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Maintain the client in Fowler's
position.
A nurse is caring for a client who has Cushing's syndrome. Which
of the following clinical manifestations should the nurse expect
to observe? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1) Buffalo
hump 2) Purple striations 3) Moon face
A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who has a femur
fracture and is in skeletal traction. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Ensure the client's
weights are hanging freely from the bed.
A nurse is caring for a client who is in the oliguric phase of acute
kidney injury. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Monitor intake and output hourly
A nurse is reinforcing teaching about an
esophagogastroduodenoscopy with a client who has upper
gastric pain. Which of the following statements should the nurse
include in the teaching? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "You will remain NPO
for 8 hours before the procedure."
A nurse is caring for a client who is difficult to arouse and very
sleepy for several hours following a generalized tonic-clonic
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seizure. Which of the following descriptions should the nurse use
when documenting this finding in the medical record? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Postictal phase
A nurse is checking the suction control chamber of a client's
chest tube and notes that there is no bubbling in the suction
control chamber. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Verify that the suction regulator is on.
A nurse is assisting with the care of a client immediately
following a lumbar puncture. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Encourage fluid intake. 2) Monitor the puncture site for
hematoma.
A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who is postoperative
following surgical repair of a fractured mandible. The client's jaw
is wired shut to repair and stabilize the fracture. The nurse
should recognize which of the following is the priority action? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Prevent aspiration.
A nurse is collecting data from a client who has scleroderma.
Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Hardened skin