ATI COMPREHENSIVE EXIT LATEST 2024 -2025
COMPLETE EXAM/ 180 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ GRADED A+ (NEW!!)
A nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with schizophrenia. The nurse asks the client to
interpret the following statement, " When the cats away, the mice will play." The clients
response was "The mice come out when the cat is not around." The nurse should
document this finding which of the following in the clients chart?
a. Echolalia
b. Associative looseness
c. Neologisms
d. Concrete thinking - Correct Answer - Concrete thinking
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving a total parental nutrition. Which of the
following assessment findings required immediate intervention by the nurse?
a. prealbumin level of 20 mg/dL
b. Weight increase of two kg/day
c. Temperature of 37.6°C
d. Blood glucose level of 120 mg/dL - Correct Answer - Weight increase of two kg/day
A nurse in a telemetry unit is recieving the laboratory findings for adult male client
whose been treated for myocardial function. The following is an expected finding for the
client ?
a. Troponin 1 (TNI) 8 ng/ml
b. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) 10 ng/L
c. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT 45 unit/L
d. High density lipoprotein (HDL) 75 mg/dl - Correct Answer - Troponin
pg. 1
,A nurse is caring for a group of clients in a medical surgical unite. Which of the following
situations requires completion of an incident report?
a) A client who is absent gag reflex following a bronchoscopy
b) A client whose IV pump has malfunctioned
c) A client who requires insertion of NG tube due to a bowel obstruction
d) A client who is absent bell sounds following a gastrectomy - Correct Answer - A client
whose IV Pump has malfunctioned
A nurse is caring for a client wh has diabetes insipidus and is receiving desmopressin.
Which of the following should the nurse monitor ?
a) Fasting blood glucose
b) Carbohydrate intake
c) Hematocrit
d) Weight - Correct Answer - weight
The nurse providing discharge instructions about engorgement for a client who has
decided not to breastfeed. Which of the following statements by the client indicates a
need for further instruction by the nurse?
a) I can wear support bra
b) I will play cold compression my breasts
c) I will manually express breastmilk
d) I can take a mild analgesic - Correct Answer - I will manually express breastmilk
A nurses is caring for a client in preterm labor who is receiving magnesium sulfate by
continuous IV infusion. Which of the following findings indicates medication toxicity?
a) Blood glucose of 150 mg/dL
b) Urine output of 20 mL per hour
c) Systolic blood pressure at 140 mm Hg
d) BUN 20 mg/dL - Correct Answer - Urine output 20 ml per hour
pg. 2
,The nurse is completing assessment for a newborn who is 2 years old. Which of the
following findings are indicative of cold stress?
a) Respiratory rate of 60 per minute
b) Jitteriness of the hands
c) Diaphoretic
d) Bounding peripheral pulses in all extremities - Correct Answer - Jitteriness of hands
A nurse is planning care for four clients. Which of the following clients is the highest
priority?
a. A client who is dry, black eschar on the heel
c. A client who is wearing an arm cast and reports numb fingers
d. The client was reddened skin area with blanching around the coccyx
e. The client who has frequent incontinence - Correct Answer - A client who is wearing
an arm cast and reports numb fingers
A nurse is caring for a male adolescent client who has heart failure. Based o the clients
chart finds. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
a. Withholds spiranolactone
b. Administer ferrous sulfate
c. Administer furosemide
d. Withhold digoxin (0.8-2.0) - Correct Answer - Withold digoxin 0.8-2.0
The nurses assessing client plus blood glucose level of 250 mg/dl. Which of the
following clinical manifestations are associated with this finding?
a. Confusion (hypoglycemia)
b. Thirst
c. Diaphoresis (hypoglycemia)
d. Shakiness (hypoglycemia) - Correct Answer - Thirst
pg. 3
, A nurse is assessing for allergies before administering propofol to a client placed on the
mechanical ventilator. Which of the following allergies is a contraindication to the
medication?
a. Eggs
b. Milk
c. Shrimp
d. Peanuts - Correct Answer - Eggs
A nurse is reviewing the results of an ABG performed on a client with chronic
emphysema. Which of the following results suggests the need for further treatment?
a. paO2 level of 89 mm Hg
b. PaCO2 level of 55 mm Hg
c. HCO2 level of 25 mEq/L
d. pH level of 7.37 - Correct Answer - PaCO2 level of 55mm Hg
A nuse is teaching a client about nutritional intake. The nurse should include which of
the following in the teaching?
a. "Carbohydrates should be at least 45% of your caloric intake."
b. "Protein should be at least 55% of your calorie intake."
c. "Carbohydrates should be at least 30% of your caloric intake."
d. "Protein should be at least 60% of your caloric intake." - Correct Answer -
Carbohydtrates should be at least 45% of your caloric intake
A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for vancomycin 1 g IV every 12 hr.
The client is scheduled to have the morning dose at 0700. The nurse should schedule
the trough level to be drawn at which of the following times?
a. 2100
b. 0900
c. 1300
pg. 4
COMPLETE EXAM/ 180 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ GRADED A+ (NEW!!)
A nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with schizophrenia. The nurse asks the client to
interpret the following statement, " When the cats away, the mice will play." The clients
response was "The mice come out when the cat is not around." The nurse should
document this finding which of the following in the clients chart?
a. Echolalia
b. Associative looseness
c. Neologisms
d. Concrete thinking - Correct Answer - Concrete thinking
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving a total parental nutrition. Which of the
following assessment findings required immediate intervention by the nurse?
a. prealbumin level of 20 mg/dL
b. Weight increase of two kg/day
c. Temperature of 37.6°C
d. Blood glucose level of 120 mg/dL - Correct Answer - Weight increase of two kg/day
A nurse in a telemetry unit is recieving the laboratory findings for adult male client
whose been treated for myocardial function. The following is an expected finding for the
client ?
a. Troponin 1 (TNI) 8 ng/ml
b. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) 10 ng/L
c. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT 45 unit/L
d. High density lipoprotein (HDL) 75 mg/dl - Correct Answer - Troponin
pg. 1
,A nurse is caring for a group of clients in a medical surgical unite. Which of the following
situations requires completion of an incident report?
a) A client who is absent gag reflex following a bronchoscopy
b) A client whose IV pump has malfunctioned
c) A client who requires insertion of NG tube due to a bowel obstruction
d) A client who is absent bell sounds following a gastrectomy - Correct Answer - A client
whose IV Pump has malfunctioned
A nurse is caring for a client wh has diabetes insipidus and is receiving desmopressin.
Which of the following should the nurse monitor ?
a) Fasting blood glucose
b) Carbohydrate intake
c) Hematocrit
d) Weight - Correct Answer - weight
The nurse providing discharge instructions about engorgement for a client who has
decided not to breastfeed. Which of the following statements by the client indicates a
need for further instruction by the nurse?
a) I can wear support bra
b) I will play cold compression my breasts
c) I will manually express breastmilk
d) I can take a mild analgesic - Correct Answer - I will manually express breastmilk
A nurses is caring for a client in preterm labor who is receiving magnesium sulfate by
continuous IV infusion. Which of the following findings indicates medication toxicity?
a) Blood glucose of 150 mg/dL
b) Urine output of 20 mL per hour
c) Systolic blood pressure at 140 mm Hg
d) BUN 20 mg/dL - Correct Answer - Urine output 20 ml per hour
pg. 2
,The nurse is completing assessment for a newborn who is 2 years old. Which of the
following findings are indicative of cold stress?
a) Respiratory rate of 60 per minute
b) Jitteriness of the hands
c) Diaphoretic
d) Bounding peripheral pulses in all extremities - Correct Answer - Jitteriness of hands
A nurse is planning care for four clients. Which of the following clients is the highest
priority?
a. A client who is dry, black eschar on the heel
c. A client who is wearing an arm cast and reports numb fingers
d. The client was reddened skin area with blanching around the coccyx
e. The client who has frequent incontinence - Correct Answer - A client who is wearing
an arm cast and reports numb fingers
A nurse is caring for a male adolescent client who has heart failure. Based o the clients
chart finds. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
a. Withholds spiranolactone
b. Administer ferrous sulfate
c. Administer furosemide
d. Withhold digoxin (0.8-2.0) - Correct Answer - Withold digoxin 0.8-2.0
The nurses assessing client plus blood glucose level of 250 mg/dl. Which of the
following clinical manifestations are associated with this finding?
a. Confusion (hypoglycemia)
b. Thirst
c. Diaphoresis (hypoglycemia)
d. Shakiness (hypoglycemia) - Correct Answer - Thirst
pg. 3
, A nurse is assessing for allergies before administering propofol to a client placed on the
mechanical ventilator. Which of the following allergies is a contraindication to the
medication?
a. Eggs
b. Milk
c. Shrimp
d. Peanuts - Correct Answer - Eggs
A nurse is reviewing the results of an ABG performed on a client with chronic
emphysema. Which of the following results suggests the need for further treatment?
a. paO2 level of 89 mm Hg
b. PaCO2 level of 55 mm Hg
c. HCO2 level of 25 mEq/L
d. pH level of 7.37 - Correct Answer - PaCO2 level of 55mm Hg
A nuse is teaching a client about nutritional intake. The nurse should include which of
the following in the teaching?
a. "Carbohydrates should be at least 45% of your caloric intake."
b. "Protein should be at least 55% of your calorie intake."
c. "Carbohydrates should be at least 30% of your caloric intake."
d. "Protein should be at least 60% of your caloric intake." - Correct Answer -
Carbohydtrates should be at least 45% of your caloric intake
A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for vancomycin 1 g IV every 12 hr.
The client is scheduled to have the morning dose at 0700. The nurse should schedule
the trough level to be drawn at which of the following times?
a. 2100
b. 0900
c. 1300
pg. 4
