ATI Comprehensive Predictor-Study Guide
2026 Questions and Answer
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.
Prolapsed cord - ANSWER💫✔️-Knee to chest or Trendelenburg
Cleft Lip - ANSWER💫✔️-position on back or in infant seat to prevent trauma to the suture line. while
feeding hold in upright position.
To prevent dumping syndrome - ANSWER💫✔️-(post operative ulcer/stomach surgeries) eat in
reclining position. Lie down after meals for 20-30 min. also restrict fluids during meals, low CHO and
fiber diet. small, frequent meals.
2026 Questions and Answer
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.
Prolapsed cord - ANSWER💫✔️-Knee to chest or Trendelenburg
Cleft Lip - ANSWER💫✔️-position on back or in infant seat to prevent trauma to the suture line. while
feeding hold in upright position.
To prevent dumping syndrome - ANSWER💫✔️-(post operative ulcer/stomach surgeries) eat in
reclining position. Lie down after meals for 20-30 min. also restrict fluids during meals, low CHO and
fiber diet. small, frequent meals.
