ATI Fundamentals Review
A nurse is reviewing a client's medication prescription, which reads, "digoxin 0.25 by
mouth every day." Which of the following components of the prescription should the
nurse question? - ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review
The dose
A client who reports shortness of breath requests her nurse's help in changing positions.
After repositioning the client, which of the following actions should the nurse take next?
- ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review Observe the rate,
depth, and character of the client's respirations.
A nurse is caring for a client who, while sitting in a chair, starts to experience a seizure.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B,
& Final, ATI Fundamentals Review Lower the client to the floor and place a pad under
the client's head.
A home health nurse is planning to provide health promotion activities for a group of
clients in the community. Which of the following activities is an example of the nurse
promoting primary prevention? - ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI
,Fundamentals Review Educating clients about the recommended immunization
schedule for adults
A nurse is using the I-SBAR communication tool to provide the client's provider with
information about the client. The nurse should convey the client's pain status in which
portion of the report? - ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals
Review Assessment
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving IV therapy via a peripheral catheter. The
nurse should identify that which of the following findings is an indication of infiltration? -
ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review Edema at the
infusion site
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who is recovering from lung cancer.
The provider instructed the client that he could resume lower-intensity activities of daily
living. Which of the following activities should the nurse recommend to the client? - ATI
Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review Washing dishes
A nurse is caring for a client who has acute renal failure. Which of the following
assessments provides the most accurate measure of the client's fluid status? - ATI
Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review Daily weight
,A nurse is planning to assess the abdomen of a client who reports feeling bloated for
several weeks. Which of the following methods of assessment should the nurse use
first? - ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review Inspection
A nurse is explaining the use of written consent forms to a newly-licensed nurse. The
nurse should ensure that a written consent form has been signed by which of the
following clients? - ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review
client who has a prescription for a transfusion of packed red blood cells
A nurse in a long-term care facility is admitting a client who is incontinent and smells
strongly of urine. His partner, who has been caring for him at home, is embarrassed and
apologizes for the smell. Which of the following responses should the nurse make? -
ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review “It must be difficult
to care for someone who is confined to bed."
A nurse in a provider's office is assessing a client who has heart failure. The client has
gained weight since her last visit and her ankles are edematous. Which of the following
findings by the nurse is another clinical manifestation of fluid volume excess? - ATI
Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review Bounding pulse
A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following abdominal surgery. Which of
the following actions should the nurse take first after discovering that the client's wound
, has eviscerated? - ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review
Cover the incision with a moist sterile dressing.
A nurse is teaching a client who has lower extremity weakness how to use a four-point
crutch gait. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
- ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review “Bear weight on
both of your legs."
A nurse in a provider's office is collecting information from an older adult client who
reports that he has been taking acetaminophen 500 mg/day for severe joint pain. The
nurse should instruct the client that large doses of acetaminophen could cause which of
the following adverse effects? - ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI
Fundamentals Review Liver Damage
A nurse is planning to document care provided for a client. Which of the following
abbreviations should the nurse use? - ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI
Fundamentals Review for after meals
A nurse is responding to a parent's question about his infant's expected physical
development during the first year of life. Which of the following information should the
nurse include? - ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review A
10-month-old infant can pull up to a standing position.