ATI COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS %
VERIFIED.
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
*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 end face position
b) Asking the father to change the newborn's diaper
c) Requesting the nurse take the newborn nursery so she can rest
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d) Viewing the newborn's actions to be uncooperative Answer >>>>d)
Viewing the newborn's actions to be uncooperative
A nurse is caring for client who is taking levothyroxine. Which of the
following findings should indicate that?
the medication is effective?
a) Weight loss
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)
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
b) Clean the base of the cord with hydrogen peroxide daily
c) Keep the cord dry until it falls off
d) The cord stump will fall off in five days Answer >>>>c) Keep the cord
dry until it falls off
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)
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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
A nurse is assessing a client in the PACU. Which of the following
findings indicates decreased cardiac?
output?
a) Shivering
b) Oliguria
c) Bradypnea
d) Constricted pupil Answer >>>>b) Oliguria
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
A nurse is a receiving report on four clients. Which of the following
clients should the nurse assess first?
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a) A client who has illegal conduit and mucus in the pouch
b) Client pleasant arteriovenous additional vibration palpated
c) A client whose chronic kidney disease with cloudy dialysate 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 dialysate outflow
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 client’s oxygen saturation level
c) Provide standby assist with the client from bed
d) Encourage foods high in potassium Answer >>>>c) Provide standby
assist with the client from bed
A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor and his seat is receiving
electronic fetal monitoring. The
nurse is reviewing the monitor tracing and notes early decelerations.
Which the following should the nurse
expect?
a) Feta hypoxia
b) Abrupt placentae
c) Post maturity