ATI Comprehensive Exit Exam Questions with
Verified Solutions Graded A+
1) A nurse in an emergency department completes an assessment on
an adolescent client that has conduct disorder. The client
threatened suicide to teacher at school. Which of the following
statements should the nurse include in the assessment?
a) Tell me about your siblings
b) Tell me what kind of music you like
c) Tell me how often do you drink alcohol
d) Tell me about your school schedule
2) *A nurse is observing bonding to the client her newborn. Which of
following actions by the client requires the nurse to intervene?
a) Holding the newborn in an en face position
b) Asking the father to change the newborn's diaper
c) Requesting the nurse take the
newborn nursery so she can rest d)
Viewing the newborn’s actions to
be uncooperative
3) A nurse is caring for client who is taking levothyroxin. Which of the
following findings should indicate that the medication is effective?
a) Weight loss (this drug acts as T4 and will normalize the effects of
hypothyroidism)
b) Decreased blood pressure
c) Absence of seizures
d) Decrease inflammation
4) A nurse is planning discharge teaching for cord care for the parent
of a newborn. Which instructions would you include in the
teaching?
a) Contact provider if the cord still turns black (it’s going to turn black)
b) Clean the base of the cord with hydrogen
peroxide daily (clean with neutral pH cleanser) c)
Keep the cord dry until it falls off (cord should be
kept clean and dry to prevent infection)
d) The cord stump will fall off in five days (cord falls off in 10-14 days)
, 5) A nurse is assessing a client in the PACU. Which of the following
findings indicates decreased cardiac output?
a) Shiv
ering b)
Oliguria
c) Bradypnea
d) Constricted pupils
6) A nurse is assisting with mass casualty triage: explosion at a local
factory. Which of the following client should the nurse identify as
the priority?
a) A client that has massive head trauma
b) A client has full thickness
burns to face and trunk c) A
client with indications of
hypovolemic shock
d) A client with open fracture of the lower extremity
7) A nurse is a receiving report on four clients. Which of the following
clients should the nurse assess first?
a) A client who has illeal conduit and mucus in the pouch
b) Client pleasant arteriovenous additional vibration palpated
c) A client whose chronic kidney disease with cloudy diasylate outflow
d) A client was transurethral resection of the prostate with a red
tinged urine in the bag
8) A nurse is caring for a client just received the first dose of lisinopril.
The following is an appropriate nursing intervention?
a) Place’s cardiac monitoring
b) Monitor the clients oxygen saturation level
Verified Solutions Graded A+
1) A nurse in an emergency department completes an assessment on
an adolescent client that has conduct disorder. The client
threatened suicide to teacher at school. Which of the following
statements should the nurse include in the assessment?
a) Tell me about your siblings
b) Tell me what kind of music you like
c) Tell me how often do you drink alcohol
d) Tell me about your school schedule
2) *A nurse is observing bonding to the client her newborn. Which of
following actions by the client requires the nurse to intervene?
a) Holding the newborn in an en face position
b) Asking the father to change the newborn's diaper
c) Requesting the nurse take the
newborn nursery so she can rest d)
Viewing the newborn’s actions to
be uncooperative
3) A nurse is caring for client who is taking levothyroxin. Which of the
following findings should indicate that the medication is effective?
a) Weight loss (this drug acts as T4 and will normalize the effects of
hypothyroidism)
b) Decreased blood pressure
c) Absence of seizures
d) Decrease inflammation
4) A nurse is planning discharge teaching for cord care for the parent
of a newborn. Which instructions would you include in the
teaching?
a) Contact provider if the cord still turns black (it’s going to turn black)
b) Clean the base of the cord with hydrogen
peroxide daily (clean with neutral pH cleanser) c)
Keep the cord dry until it falls off (cord should be
kept clean and dry to prevent infection)
d) The cord stump will fall off in five days (cord falls off in 10-14 days)
, 5) A nurse is assessing a client in the PACU. Which of the following
findings indicates decreased cardiac output?
a) Shiv
ering b)
Oliguria
c) Bradypnea
d) Constricted pupils
6) A nurse is assisting with mass casualty triage: explosion at a local
factory. Which of the following client should the nurse identify as
the priority?
a) A client that has massive head trauma
b) A client has full thickness
burns to face and trunk c) A
client with indications of
hypovolemic shock
d) A client with open fracture of the lower extremity
7) A nurse is a receiving report on four clients. Which of the following
clients should the nurse assess first?
a) A client who has illeal conduit and mucus in the pouch
b) Client pleasant arteriovenous additional vibration palpated
c) A client whose chronic kidney disease with cloudy diasylate outflow
d) A client was transurethral resection of the prostate with a red
tinged urine in the bag
8) A nurse is caring for a client just received the first dose of lisinopril.
The following is an appropriate nursing intervention?
a) Place’s cardiac monitoring
b) Monitor the clients oxygen saturation level
