RN ATI CAPSTONE PROCTORED COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENT EXAM #3 2024 ALL QUESTIONS AND
WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
|LATEST UPDATED VERSION 2025/2026
RATED
MULTIPLE CHOICES
1. A home health nurse is conducting an initial home visit for a client who has terminal breast cancer. The client
has two school-age children and a limited support system. Which of the following is the priority nursing action?
A. Inform the client of available community resources
B. Assist the client in finding child care options
C. Agree upon short-term goals for the client
D. Ask the client about their understanding of the diagnosis - Correct Ans ✓✓ Inform the client of available
community resources
2. A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who has a nasal fracture. Which of the following
findings should cause the nurse to suspect a skull fracture?
A. Clear fluid drainage from the nares
B. Report of pain around the eyes
C. Dried blood in the mouth
D. Mandibular asymmetry - Correct Ans ✓✓ Clear fluid drainage from the nares
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,3. A nurse in an urgent care clinic is collecting admission history from a client who is at 16 weeks of gestation
and has bacterial vaginosis. The nurse should recognize that which of the following clinical findings are
associated with this infection?
A. Profuse milky white discharge
B. Frequency and dysuria
C. Low-grade fever
D. Hematuria - Correct Ans ✓✓ Profuse milky white discharge
4. A nurse is discussing the z-track administration of hydroxyzine with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the
following statements indicates the newly licensed nurse understands the purpose of the technique?
A. This technique prevents injury to the sciatic nerve
B. This technique decreases the risk of subcutaneous infiltration
C. This technique allows a larger amount of medication to be injected
D. This technique increases the absorption rate of the drug - Correct Ans ✓✓ This technique decreases the risk
of subcutaneous infiltration
10. A nurse is caring for a full-term newborn immediately following birth. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take first?
A. Instill erythromycin ophthalmic ointment in the newborn's eyes
B. Weigh the newborn
C. Place identification bracelets on the newborn
D. Dry the newborn - Correct Ans ✓✓ Dry the newborn
11. A nurse is planning to provide community education about viral hepatitis. Which of the following should the
nurse plan to include in the teaching?
A. A series of four hepatitis vaccines is recommended to prevent viral hepatitis
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,B. Hepatitis B is transmitted by contaminated food
C. Chronic hepatitis can lead to renal cell cancer
D. Clients who have a history of viral hepatitis are unable to donate blood - Correct Ans ✓✓ Clients who have a
history of viral hepatitis are unable to donate blood
12. A nurse in a residential mental health facility is planning care for a new client who has obsessive compulsive
disorder. Which of the following is appropriate for the nurse to include in the plan of care?
A. Work with the client to create a flexible daily schedule
B. Gradually decrease the time allowed for ritualistic behavior
C. Offer solutions to assist in problem solving
D. Teach the client to meditate about obsessive thoughts - Correct Ans ✓✓ Work with the client to create a
flexible daily schedule
13. A nurse is assessing an adult male who has a BMI of 20. The nurse should identify that the client's BMI falls
within which of the following categories?
A. Healthy weight
B. Malnutrition
C. Overweight
D. Obesity - Correct Ans ✓✓ Malnutrition
14. A nurse is caring for a client who is nulliparous and in the first stage of labor. The last internal assessment
revealed 100% cervical effacement with 5 cm of dilation. At the end of the last contraction, the nurse observes a
large gush of fluid coming out of the client's perineal area. Which of the following is a priority action by the
nurse?
A. Perform another internal exam
B. Notify the client's provider
C. Check the FHR
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, D. Obtain a pH test of the fluid - Correct Ans ✓✓ Check the FHR
15. A nurse is creating a plan of care for a client who has anorexia nervosa. Which of the following interventions
should the nurse include in the plan?
A. Encourage the client to gain 2.3 kg per week
B. Weigh the client once per week throughout hospitalization
C. Monitor the client for 1 hr after meals
D. Allow the client to choose meal times - Correct Ans ✓✓ I think its D
16. A nurse is performing a skin assessment on a client who has risk factors for development of skin cancer. The
nurse should understand that a suspicious lesion is
A. Asymmetric, with variegated coloring
B. Scaly and red
C. Brown, with a wart-like texture
D. Firm and rubbery - Correct Ans ✓✓ Asymmetric, with variegated coloring
17. A nurse is assessing a client's internal eye structures with an ophthalmoscope. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A. Position the examination light toward the client's face
B. Stand on the right side of the client when examining the left eye
C. Dim the lights in the room prior to the examination
D. Place the ophthalmoscope directly against the client's forehead - Correct Ans ✓✓ Dim the lights in the room
prior to the examination
18. A nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse irrigate a client's wound. Which of the following actions should
the nurse identify as an indication that the newly licensed nurse understands wound irrigation?
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ASSESSMENT EXAM #3 2024 ALL QUESTIONS AND
WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
|LATEST UPDATED VERSION 2025/2026
RATED
MULTIPLE CHOICES
1. A home health nurse is conducting an initial home visit for a client who has terminal breast cancer. The client
has two school-age children and a limited support system. Which of the following is the priority nursing action?
A. Inform the client of available community resources
B. Assist the client in finding child care options
C. Agree upon short-term goals for the client
D. Ask the client about their understanding of the diagnosis - Correct Ans ✓✓ Inform the client of available
community resources
2. A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who has a nasal fracture. Which of the following
findings should cause the nurse to suspect a skull fracture?
A. Clear fluid drainage from the nares
B. Report of pain around the eyes
C. Dried blood in the mouth
D. Mandibular asymmetry - Correct Ans ✓✓ Clear fluid drainage from the nares
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,3. A nurse in an urgent care clinic is collecting admission history from a client who is at 16 weeks of gestation
and has bacterial vaginosis. The nurse should recognize that which of the following clinical findings are
associated with this infection?
A. Profuse milky white discharge
B. Frequency and dysuria
C. Low-grade fever
D. Hematuria - Correct Ans ✓✓ Profuse milky white discharge
4. A nurse is discussing the z-track administration of hydroxyzine with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the
following statements indicates the newly licensed nurse understands the purpose of the technique?
A. This technique prevents injury to the sciatic nerve
B. This technique decreases the risk of subcutaneous infiltration
C. This technique allows a larger amount of medication to be injected
D. This technique increases the absorption rate of the drug - Correct Ans ✓✓ This technique decreases the risk
of subcutaneous infiltration
10. A nurse is caring for a full-term newborn immediately following birth. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take first?
A. Instill erythromycin ophthalmic ointment in the newborn's eyes
B. Weigh the newborn
C. Place identification bracelets on the newborn
D. Dry the newborn - Correct Ans ✓✓ Dry the newborn
11. A nurse is planning to provide community education about viral hepatitis. Which of the following should the
nurse plan to include in the teaching?
A. A series of four hepatitis vaccines is recommended to prevent viral hepatitis
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,B. Hepatitis B is transmitted by contaminated food
C. Chronic hepatitis can lead to renal cell cancer
D. Clients who have a history of viral hepatitis are unable to donate blood - Correct Ans ✓✓ Clients who have a
history of viral hepatitis are unable to donate blood
12. A nurse in a residential mental health facility is planning care for a new client who has obsessive compulsive
disorder. Which of the following is appropriate for the nurse to include in the plan of care?
A. Work with the client to create a flexible daily schedule
B. Gradually decrease the time allowed for ritualistic behavior
C. Offer solutions to assist in problem solving
D. Teach the client to meditate about obsessive thoughts - Correct Ans ✓✓ Work with the client to create a
flexible daily schedule
13. A nurse is assessing an adult male who has a BMI of 20. The nurse should identify that the client's BMI falls
within which of the following categories?
A. Healthy weight
B. Malnutrition
C. Overweight
D. Obesity - Correct Ans ✓✓ Malnutrition
14. A nurse is caring for a client who is nulliparous and in the first stage of labor. The last internal assessment
revealed 100% cervical effacement with 5 cm of dilation. At the end of the last contraction, the nurse observes a
large gush of fluid coming out of the client's perineal area. Which of the following is a priority action by the
nurse?
A. Perform another internal exam
B. Notify the client's provider
C. Check the FHR
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, D. Obtain a pH test of the fluid - Correct Ans ✓✓ Check the FHR
15. A nurse is creating a plan of care for a client who has anorexia nervosa. Which of the following interventions
should the nurse include in the plan?
A. Encourage the client to gain 2.3 kg per week
B. Weigh the client once per week throughout hospitalization
C. Monitor the client for 1 hr after meals
D. Allow the client to choose meal times - Correct Ans ✓✓ I think its D
16. A nurse is performing a skin assessment on a client who has risk factors for development of skin cancer. The
nurse should understand that a suspicious lesion is
A. Asymmetric, with variegated coloring
B. Scaly and red
C. Brown, with a wart-like texture
D. Firm and rubbery - Correct Ans ✓✓ Asymmetric, with variegated coloring
17. A nurse is assessing a client's internal eye structures with an ophthalmoscope. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A. Position the examination light toward the client's face
B. Stand on the right side of the client when examining the left eye
C. Dim the lights in the room prior to the examination
D. Place the ophthalmoscope directly against the client's forehead - Correct Ans ✓✓ Dim the lights in the room
prior to the examination
18. A nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse irrigate a client's wound. Which of the following actions should
the nurse identify as an indication that the newly licensed nurse understands wound irrigation?
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