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This document contains 145+ comprehensive ATI Exit Exam practice questions with answers covering the major nursing concepts tested on the ATI Comprehensive Exit Examination and NCLEX-style assessments. The material includes detailed question-and-answer content across multiple nursing specialties, including Medical-Surgical Nursing, Pharmacology, Maternal-Newborn Nursing, Pediatrics, Mental Health Nursing, Leadership and Management, Community Health, Critical Care, and Fundamentals of Nursing. Organized in an exam-preparation format, this resource is designed to strengthen clinical judgment, prioritization, delegation, patient safety, and evidence-based nursing practice while preparing students for ATI testing and nursing licensure examinations. A major portion of the document focuses on Medical-Surgical Nursing and adult health concepts. Students review priority interventions for clients experiencing myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, deep vein thrombosis, pericarditis, diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, respiratory conditions, gastrointestinal disorders, postoperative complications, wound management, and fluid-electrolyte imbalances. Topics include cardiac rehabilitation, hemodialysis indicators, anticoagulant therapy, acute kidney injury, compartment syndrome, dysrhythmia management, oxygenation, and emergency response priorities. The material emphasizes clinical decision-making and patient prioritization commonly tested on ATI and NCLEX examinations. The guide provides extensive coverage of Pharmacology and medication administration principles. Students learn nursing considerations associated with medications such as levothyroxine, lisinopril, enoxaparin, methadone, clozapine, allopurinol, sertraline, montelukast, desmopressin, magnesium sulfate, propranolol, haloperidol, vancomycin, digoxin, oxytocin, and methylergonovine. Topics include therapeutic effects, adverse reactions, contraindications, medication toxicity, laboratory monitoring, administration techniques, patient education, and medication-safety principles. The content reinforces pharmacologic concepts essential for nursing practice and licensure examinations. A substantial section examines Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Obstetric Care. 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The material strengthens pediatric clinical reasoning and intervention-selection skills. Another major section focuses on Mental Health Nursing and Psychiatric Disorders. Topics include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicide-risk assessment, defense mechanisms, Alzheimer's disease, dementia care, conduct disorder, therapeutic communication, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and psychiatric prioritization. Students learn how to assess risk, implement therapeutic interventions, recognize psychiatric symptoms, and apply mental-health nursing principles in both inpatient and community settings. The guide provides extensive coverage of Leadership, Delegation, Ethics, and Legal Responsibilities. 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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 - ANSWER ✔✔C) tell me how

often do you drink alcohol

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 - ANSWER

✔✔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 - ANSWER ✔✔a) Weight loss (this drug

acts as T4 and will normalize the effects of hypothyroidism)

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) -

ANSWER ✔✔c) Keep the cord dry until it falls off (cord should be

kept clean and dry to prevent infection)

5) A nurse is assessing a client in the PACU. Which of the following

findings indicates decreased cardiac output?

a) Shivering

b) Oliguria

c) Bradypnea




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, d) Constricted pupils - ANSWER ✔✔b) Oliguria


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 - ANSWER ✔✔c)

A client with indications of hypovolemic shock

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 - ANSWER ✔✔c) A client whose chronic kidney

disease with cloudy diasylate outflow

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