ATI NURSING EDUCATION MEDICAL-SURGICAL
(NGN) TEST
BANK 2026 – COMPLETE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, AND
RATIONALES FOR NURSING STUDENTS
1. The nurse is caring for a 6-year-old patient in the emergency
Department who just had a full left leg cast placed for a fracture. As
The nurse is reviewing the discharge instructions with the patient's
mother, she states, "you don't have to go over those—i'll read them at
home." what should the nurse do? A. Contact the physician
immediately.
b. Consider the possibility of health literacy limitations and assess further.
c. Stop the teaching, because the mother obviously has taken care of casts
before.
d. Explain to the mother that reading the instructions with her is required. -
answer-b. Consider the possibility of health literacy limitations and
assess further.
2. A 58-year-old man is admitted for a small-bowel obstruction late
Saturday night. The nurse obtains admitting orders, which include the need
to place a nasogastric (ng) tube to low intermittent suction.
During the assessment, the nurse determines that the patient does not
speak english. Which action(s) should the nurse do before placing the ng
tube?
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A. Take two additional staff members into the room when placing the
tube so the patient can be restrained if needed. B. Request an
interpreter per facility protocol.
c. Do not place the ng tube because the physician would not want to
frighten the patient.
d. Document the inability to place the ng tube due to lack of ability to
communicate. - answer-b. Request an interpreter per facility protocol.
3. Which nursing diagnoses are used in developing a patient teaching
plan? (select all that apply.) A. Moral distress
b. Ready to learn
c. Difficulty coping
d. Literacy problem
e. Anxiety - answer-b, d
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(NGN) TEST
BANK 2026 – COMPLETE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, AND
RATIONALES FOR NURSING STUDENTS
1. The nurse is caring for a 6-year-old patient in the emergency
Department who just had a full left leg cast placed for a fracture. As
The nurse is reviewing the discharge instructions with the patient's
mother, she states, "you don't have to go over those—i'll read them at
home." what should the nurse do? A. Contact the physician
immediately.
b. Consider the possibility of health literacy limitations and assess further.
c. Stop the teaching, because the mother obviously has taken care of casts
before.
d. Explain to the mother that reading the instructions with her is required. -
answer-b. Consider the possibility of health literacy limitations and
assess further.
2. A 58-year-old man is admitted for a small-bowel obstruction late
Saturday night. The nurse obtains admitting orders, which include the need
to place a nasogastric (ng) tube to low intermittent suction.
During the assessment, the nurse determines that the patient does not
speak english. Which action(s) should the nurse do before placing the ng
tube?
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A. Take two additional staff members into the room when placing the
tube so the patient can be restrained if needed. B. Request an
interpreter per facility protocol.
c. Do not place the ng tube because the physician would not want to
frighten the patient.
d. Document the inability to place the ng tube due to lack of ability to
communicate. - answer-b. Request an interpreter per facility protocol.
3. Which nursing diagnoses are used in developing a patient teaching
plan? (select all that apply.) A. Moral distress
b. Ready to learn
c. Difficulty coping
d. Literacy problem
e. Anxiety - answer-b, d
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