ATI RN NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN
PROCTORED EXAM 7 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS UPDATED REVIEW SET
◉ A newly licensed nurse is preparing to administer medications to
a client. The nurse notes that the provider has prescribed a
medication that is unfamiliar to him. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take?
A) Consult the medication reference book available on the unit
B) Ask a more experienced nurse for information about the
medication
C) Call the clients provider and verify the prescription
D) Ask the client if she takes this medication at home.
Answer: A) Consult the medication reference book available on the
unit
◉ A nurse in a providers office is assessing a client who has heart
failure. The client has gained weight since her last, and her an,les are
edematous. Which of the following findings is another clinical
manifestation of fluid volume excess
A) Sunken eyeball
B) Hypotension
,C) Poor skin turgor
D) Bounding pulse.
Answer: D) Bounding pulse
◉ A nurse in an oncology clinic is assessing a client who is
undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer. Which of the following
statements by the client indicates she is experiencing psychological
distress?
A) "My parents are retired, and they have come to help with our
children
B) "I am going to ask my husband to go to counseling with me"
C) "I keep having nightmares about my upcoming surgery"
D) "My girlfriends bought me a nice wig".
Answer: C) "I keep having night,ares about my upcoming surgery"
◉ A nurse is assessing a client who has a sudden onset of severe
back pain of unknown origin. Which of the following questions
should the nurse ask to encourage discussion with the client?
A) "Does the medication you're taking relieve the pain?"
B) "Can you point to where the pain is the worst?"
C) "What do you think caused the onset of your pain?"
D) "Changing positions makes your pain worse, right?".
Answer: C) "What do you think caused the onset of your pain?"
,◉ A nurse is caring for a client who has acute renal failure. Which of
the following assessments provides the most accurate measure of
the clients fluid status?
A) Daily weight
B) Blood pressure
C) specific gravity
D) Intake and output.
Answer: A) Daily weight
◉ A nurse is caring for a client who is unstable and has vital sign
measured every 15 minutes by an electronic blood pressure
machine. The nurse notices the machine begins to measure the
blood pressure at varied intervals, and the readings are inconsistent.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A) Turn on the machine every 15 min to measure the clients blood
pressure
B) Record only the blood pressure reading needed for 15 min
intervals
C) Obtain manual and automatic readings and compare them
D) Disconnect the machine and measure the blood pressure
manually every 15 min.
Answer: D) Disconnect the machine and measure the blood pressure
manually every 15 min
, ◉ A nurse is caring for a client who has a temperature of 38.7 C
(101.7 F). Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A) Apply an alcohol-water solution to the clients skin
B) Keel the clients bed linens dry
C) Apply ice packs to the groin
D) Limit the clients fluid intake to 1183 mL (40 oz) of fluid per day.
Answer: B) Keep the clients bed linens dry
◉ A nurse is supervising a newly licensed nurse who is
administering a controlled substance. Which of the following actions
by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the
procedure?
A) Placing an unused portion of the medication in a sharps box
B) Asking another nurse to observe the disposal of an unused
portion of the medication
C) Counting the inventory of the available narcotic after
administering the medication
D) Ensuring that another nurse signs the control inventory form
after disposal of an unused portion of medication.
Answer: B) Asking another nurse to observe the disposal of an
unused portion of the medication
PROCTORED EXAM 7 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS UPDATED REVIEW SET
◉ A newly licensed nurse is preparing to administer medications to
a client. The nurse notes that the provider has prescribed a
medication that is unfamiliar to him. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take?
A) Consult the medication reference book available on the unit
B) Ask a more experienced nurse for information about the
medication
C) Call the clients provider and verify the prescription
D) Ask the client if she takes this medication at home.
Answer: A) Consult the medication reference book available on the
unit
◉ A nurse in a providers office is assessing a client who has heart
failure. The client has gained weight since her last, and her an,les are
edematous. Which of the following findings is another clinical
manifestation of fluid volume excess
A) Sunken eyeball
B) Hypotension
,C) Poor skin turgor
D) Bounding pulse.
Answer: D) Bounding pulse
◉ A nurse in an oncology clinic is assessing a client who is
undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer. Which of the following
statements by the client indicates she is experiencing psychological
distress?
A) "My parents are retired, and they have come to help with our
children
B) "I am going to ask my husband to go to counseling with me"
C) "I keep having nightmares about my upcoming surgery"
D) "My girlfriends bought me a nice wig".
Answer: C) "I keep having night,ares about my upcoming surgery"
◉ A nurse is assessing a client who has a sudden onset of severe
back pain of unknown origin. Which of the following questions
should the nurse ask to encourage discussion with the client?
A) "Does the medication you're taking relieve the pain?"
B) "Can you point to where the pain is the worst?"
C) "What do you think caused the onset of your pain?"
D) "Changing positions makes your pain worse, right?".
Answer: C) "What do you think caused the onset of your pain?"
,◉ A nurse is caring for a client who has acute renal failure. Which of
the following assessments provides the most accurate measure of
the clients fluid status?
A) Daily weight
B) Blood pressure
C) specific gravity
D) Intake and output.
Answer: A) Daily weight
◉ A nurse is caring for a client who is unstable and has vital sign
measured every 15 minutes by an electronic blood pressure
machine. The nurse notices the machine begins to measure the
blood pressure at varied intervals, and the readings are inconsistent.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A) Turn on the machine every 15 min to measure the clients blood
pressure
B) Record only the blood pressure reading needed for 15 min
intervals
C) Obtain manual and automatic readings and compare them
D) Disconnect the machine and measure the blood pressure
manually every 15 min.
Answer: D) Disconnect the machine and measure the blood pressure
manually every 15 min
, ◉ A nurse is caring for a client who has a temperature of 38.7 C
(101.7 F). Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A) Apply an alcohol-water solution to the clients skin
B) Keel the clients bed linens dry
C) Apply ice packs to the groin
D) Limit the clients fluid intake to 1183 mL (40 oz) of fluid per day.
Answer: B) Keep the clients bed linens dry
◉ A nurse is supervising a newly licensed nurse who is
administering a controlled substance. Which of the following actions
by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the
procedure?
A) Placing an unused portion of the medication in a sharps box
B) Asking another nurse to observe the disposal of an unused
portion of the medication
C) Counting the inventory of the available narcotic after
administering the medication
D) Ensuring that another nurse signs the control inventory form
after disposal of an unused portion of medication.
Answer: B) Asking another nurse to observe the disposal of an
unused portion of the medication
