ATI Med-Surg Final Exam Practice Questions and Correct Answers 2025/2026

ATI Med-Surg Final Exam Practice Questions and Correct Answers 2025/2026 A nurse is caring for a client who has metastatic bone cancer. The Client states, " I want to go home to die." The Family is concerned about meeting the client's care needs at home. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? 1. Discuss initiating hospice care with the client and family 2. Write a referral to place the client in a nursing home 3. Talk with the provider about extending the client's hospital stay. 4. Inform the client's family that they are responsible for providing palliative care. - Answer -Discuss initiating hospice care with the client and family A client is teaching a client who has a new prescription for hydrochlorothiazide for management of hypertension. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? 1. "take this medication before bedtime."2. "monitor for leg cramps" 3. " avoid grapefruit juice" 4. " reduce intake of potassium-rich foods" - Answer -monitor for leg cramps A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has dementia and handles anxiety by confabulating. The nurse should recognize confabulation when the client.... 1. displays compulsive and ritualistic behaviors. 2. reminisces about the past 3. makes up stories when he is unable to remember actual events. 4. refuses to leave home to see a provider - Answer -makes up stories when he is unable to remember actual events. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client has a new prescription for a metered dose inhaler (MDI). Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? 1. Shake the inhaler for 3-5 seconds 2. Rinse the mouth with mouthwash after inhaling the medication 3. Wait 2 min between inhalations 4. Press down twice on the MDI canister - Answer -shake the inhaler for 3-5 secondsA nurse is preparing a client for a catheter for total parental nutrition. Which of the following access sites should the nurse plan to prepare for catheter insertion? 1. Left antecubital vein 2. right subclavian vein 3. right femoral artery