ATI COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS
2025/2026
NCLEX answer tips ANSWER - >choose assessment first! (assess, collect,
auscultate, monitor, palpate) only choose intervention in an emergency or stress
situation. If the answer has an absolute, discard it. Give priority to the answers
that deal with the patient's body, not machines, or equipment.
Bulimia Nervosa ANSWER - >Binge eating Tooth decay
vomiting, purging, laxatives
body image disturbance
Anorexia Nervosa ANSWER - >Don't eat
severe self body image issues malnutrition
ARDS and DIC ANSWER - >are always secondary to another disease or trauma
In an emergency ANSWER - >patients with a greater chance to live are treated
first
Cardinal sign of ARDS ANSWER - >hypoxemia
Edema is located ANSWER - >in the interstitial space, not the cardiovascular
space (outside of the circulatory system)
the best indicator of dehydration? ANSWER - >weight---and skin turgor
heat/cold ANSWER - >hot for chronic pain; cold for accute pain (sprain
etc)
pneumonia ANSWER - >fever and chills are usually present. For the
,elderly confusion is often present.
before IV antibiotics? ANSWER - >check allergies (esp. penicillin) make
sure cultures and sensitivity has been done before first dose.
COPD and O2 ANSWER - >with COPD baroreceptors that detect CO2 level are
destroyed, therefore, O2 must be low because high O2 concentration takes away
the pt's stimulation to breathe.
Prednisone toxicity ANSWER - >Cushings (buffalo hump, moon face, high blood
sugar, HTN)
Neutropenic pts ANSWER - >no fresh fruits or flowers
Chest tubes are placed ANSWER - >in the pleural space
Preload/Afterload ANSWER - >Preload affects the amount of blood going into
Right ventricle. Afterload is the systemic resistance after leaving the heart.
CABG ANSWER - >Great Saphenous vein in leg is taken and turned inside out
(because of valves inside) . Used for bypass surgery of the heart.
Unstable Angina ANSWER - >not relieved by nitro
PVC's ANSWER - >can turn into V fib.
1 kg ANSWER - >2.2 lbs
centigrade to Fahrenheit conversion ANSWER - >F= C+40 multiply 5/9 and
subtract 40
C=F+40 multiply 9/5 and subtract 40
Angiotenson II ANSWER - >In the lungs...potent vasodialator aldosterone attracts
sodium.
,Iron toxicity reversal ANSWER - >deferoxamine
S3 sound ANSWER - >normal in CHF. Not normal in MI
After endoscopy ANSWER - >check gag reflex
TPN given in ANSWER - >subclavian line PICC line
Central line
pain with diverticulitis ANSWER - >located in LLQ. Diverticulitis is
inflammation or infection in the small pouches of the digestive tract appendicitis
pain ANSWER - >located in RLQ (McBurney's sign)
Trousseau and Chvostek's signs observed in ANSWER - >Hypocalcemia
never give K+ in ANSWER - >IV push
DKA is rare ANSWER - >in DM II (there is enough insulin to prevent fat
breakdown)
Hyperosmolar dehydration ANSWER - >complication of diabetes mellitus in which
high blood sugar results in high osmolarity without significant ketoacidosis.
Symptoms include signs of dehydration, weakness, legs cramps, trouble seeing,
and an altered level of consciousness.
Glaucoma patients lose ANSWER - >peripheral vision.
Autonomic dysreflexia ANSWER - >patients with spinal cord injuries are at risk for
developing autonomic dyreflexia (T-7 or above)
Spinal shock occurs ANSWER - >immediately after injury
, multiple sclerosis ANSWER - >myelin sheath destruction. disruptions in nerve
impulse conduction
Myasthenia gravis ANSWER - >decrease in receptor sites for acetylcholine.
weakness observed in muscles, eyes mastication and pharyngeal musles. watch
for aspiration.
Gullian -Barre syndrome ANSWER - >ascending paralysis. watch for respiratory
problems.
TIA ANSWER - >transient ischemic attack....mini stroke, no dead tissue.
CVA (stroke) ANSWER - >cerebriovascular accident. brain tissue dies.
Hodgkin's disease ANSWER - >cancer of the lymph. very curable in early stages
burns rule of Nines ANSWER - >head and neck 9% each upper
ext 9% each lower ext 9% front trunk
18% back trunk 18% genitalia 1%
birth weight ANSWER - >doubles by 6 months triples
by 1 year
if HR is <100 (children)
Adults Apical <60 ANSWER - >Hold Digoxin
early sign of cystic fibrosis ANSWER - >meconium in ileus at birth
Meningitis--check for ANSWER - >Kernig's/ brudinski's signs nuchal rigidity
wilm's tumor ANSWER - >encapsulated above kidneys...causes flank
pain...never palpate
hemophilia is x linked ANSWER - >passed from mother to son
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS
2025/2026
NCLEX answer tips ANSWER - >choose assessment first! (assess, collect,
auscultate, monitor, palpate) only choose intervention in an emergency or stress
situation. If the answer has an absolute, discard it. Give priority to the answers
that deal with the patient's body, not machines, or equipment.
Bulimia Nervosa ANSWER - >Binge eating Tooth decay
vomiting, purging, laxatives
body image disturbance
Anorexia Nervosa ANSWER - >Don't eat
severe self body image issues malnutrition
ARDS and DIC ANSWER - >are always secondary to another disease or trauma
In an emergency ANSWER - >patients with a greater chance to live are treated
first
Cardinal sign of ARDS ANSWER - >hypoxemia
Edema is located ANSWER - >in the interstitial space, not the cardiovascular
space (outside of the circulatory system)
the best indicator of dehydration? ANSWER - >weight---and skin turgor
heat/cold ANSWER - >hot for chronic pain; cold for accute pain (sprain
etc)
pneumonia ANSWER - >fever and chills are usually present. For the
,elderly confusion is often present.
before IV antibiotics? ANSWER - >check allergies (esp. penicillin) make
sure cultures and sensitivity has been done before first dose.
COPD and O2 ANSWER - >with COPD baroreceptors that detect CO2 level are
destroyed, therefore, O2 must be low because high O2 concentration takes away
the pt's stimulation to breathe.
Prednisone toxicity ANSWER - >Cushings (buffalo hump, moon face, high blood
sugar, HTN)
Neutropenic pts ANSWER - >no fresh fruits or flowers
Chest tubes are placed ANSWER - >in the pleural space
Preload/Afterload ANSWER - >Preload affects the amount of blood going into
Right ventricle. Afterload is the systemic resistance after leaving the heart.
CABG ANSWER - >Great Saphenous vein in leg is taken and turned inside out
(because of valves inside) . Used for bypass surgery of the heart.
Unstable Angina ANSWER - >not relieved by nitro
PVC's ANSWER - >can turn into V fib.
1 kg ANSWER - >2.2 lbs
centigrade to Fahrenheit conversion ANSWER - >F= C+40 multiply 5/9 and
subtract 40
C=F+40 multiply 9/5 and subtract 40
Angiotenson II ANSWER - >In the lungs...potent vasodialator aldosterone attracts
sodium.
,Iron toxicity reversal ANSWER - >deferoxamine
S3 sound ANSWER - >normal in CHF. Not normal in MI
After endoscopy ANSWER - >check gag reflex
TPN given in ANSWER - >subclavian line PICC line
Central line
pain with diverticulitis ANSWER - >located in LLQ. Diverticulitis is
inflammation or infection in the small pouches of the digestive tract appendicitis
pain ANSWER - >located in RLQ (McBurney's sign)
Trousseau and Chvostek's signs observed in ANSWER - >Hypocalcemia
never give K+ in ANSWER - >IV push
DKA is rare ANSWER - >in DM II (there is enough insulin to prevent fat
breakdown)
Hyperosmolar dehydration ANSWER - >complication of diabetes mellitus in which
high blood sugar results in high osmolarity without significant ketoacidosis.
Symptoms include signs of dehydration, weakness, legs cramps, trouble seeing,
and an altered level of consciousness.
Glaucoma patients lose ANSWER - >peripheral vision.
Autonomic dysreflexia ANSWER - >patients with spinal cord injuries are at risk for
developing autonomic dyreflexia (T-7 or above)
Spinal shock occurs ANSWER - >immediately after injury
, multiple sclerosis ANSWER - >myelin sheath destruction. disruptions in nerve
impulse conduction
Myasthenia gravis ANSWER - >decrease in receptor sites for acetylcholine.
weakness observed in muscles, eyes mastication and pharyngeal musles. watch
for aspiration.
Gullian -Barre syndrome ANSWER - >ascending paralysis. watch for respiratory
problems.
TIA ANSWER - >transient ischemic attack....mini stroke, no dead tissue.
CVA (stroke) ANSWER - >cerebriovascular accident. brain tissue dies.
Hodgkin's disease ANSWER - >cancer of the lymph. very curable in early stages
burns rule of Nines ANSWER - >head and neck 9% each upper
ext 9% each lower ext 9% front trunk
18% back trunk 18% genitalia 1%
birth weight ANSWER - >doubles by 6 months triples
by 1 year
if HR is <100 (children)
Adults Apical <60 ANSWER - >Hold Digoxin
early sign of cystic fibrosis ANSWER - >meconium in ileus at birth
Meningitis--check for ANSWER - >Kernig's/ brudinski's signs nuchal rigidity
wilm's tumor ANSWER - >encapsulated above kidneys...causes flank
pain...never palpate
hemophilia is x linked ANSWER - >passed from mother to son
