ATI Med Surgical Proctored Exam Nursing

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ATI Med Surgical
Proctored Exam

Nursing

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ATI Med Surg Proctored Exam
Questions & Answers
Spring 2023-2024|
Graded A+

A nurse is caring for a client who experienced a traumatic head injury and has an intraventricular
catheter (Ventriculostomy) for ICP monitoring. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the
following complications related to the ventriculostomy?:



a. Headache

b. Infection

c. Aphasia

d. Hypertension (Correct Answer) - ✅ b. Infection

Monitor for infection and use strict asepsis to avoid life-threatening meningitis.



A nurse is providing education 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."

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d. "You will need to lie flat for 4 hours after 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 activity



A nurse is caring for a client who is postprocedural following a lumbar puncture and reports a throbbing
headache when sitting upright. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? SATA.