RN ATI CONCEPT BASED ASSESSMENT
LEVEL 3 EXAM 3 VERSION A B AND C
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS SET VERIFIED
RESPONSES AND DETAILED RATIONALES
GRADED A+
⩥ What intervention should a nurse practitioner include in the care plan
to decrease the risk of bowel perforation for a client in the acute phase of
diverticulitis?
Answer: Instruct the client to avoid coughing.
⩥ Which food is recognized as the best source of fiber for a client who is
advancing to a high-fiber diet after resolving diverticulitis?
Answer: One medium banana.
⩥ What dietary advice should a nurse practitioner give to a client at 10
weeks of gestation with hyperemesis gravidarum?
Answer: The client should eat at least every 2 hours.
⩥ What important information should a nurse practitioner include when
teaching a client about acute glomerulonephritis?
Answer: Restrict fluid intake based on the previous day's urine output.
,⩥ What key instruction should a nurse practitioner provide to a client
managing Parkinson's disease?
Answer: Take medications at the same time each day.
⩥ What should a nurse practitioner inform a client with gestational
hypertension regarding the condition's resolution?
Answer: Gestational hypertension usually resolves during the first
postpartum week.
⩥ What advice should a nurse practitioner give to a client with pelvic
inflammatory disease (PID) starting oral antibiotic therapy?
Answer: Avoid sexual activity until antibiotic therapy is complete.
⩥ What symptom should a nurse practitioner expect when assessing an
adolescent client with Ewing sarcoma?
Answer: The client reports pain in the upper thigh.
⩥ What action should a nurse practitioner take if a client receiving IV
oxytocin for labor induction shows multiple variable decelerations in
fetal heart rate tracing?
Answer: Reposition the client.
⩥ What manifestations should a nurse practitioner expect in a newly
admitted client with major depressive disorder?
, Answer: The answer is not provided in the notes.
⩥ What are common findings in a client with post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD)?
Answer: Hypervigilance.
⩥ What behavior indicates a gambling disorder in a client?
Answer: The client asks others for money to compensate for gambling
losses.
⩥ What are positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
Answer: Magical thinking, clang association, and auditory
hallucinations.
⩥ What is a late manifestation of end-stage COPD?
Answer: Clubbing fingernails.
⩥ What is a manifestation of acute cocaine toxicity?
Answer: Agitation.
⩥ What position should a client with preeclampsia use when resting?
Answer: Use a side-lying position when resting in bed or on the couch.
LEVEL 3 EXAM 3 VERSION A B AND C
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS SET VERIFIED
RESPONSES AND DETAILED RATIONALES
GRADED A+
⩥ What intervention should a nurse practitioner include in the care plan
to decrease the risk of bowel perforation for a client in the acute phase of
diverticulitis?
Answer: Instruct the client to avoid coughing.
⩥ Which food is recognized as the best source of fiber for a client who is
advancing to a high-fiber diet after resolving diverticulitis?
Answer: One medium banana.
⩥ What dietary advice should a nurse practitioner give to a client at 10
weeks of gestation with hyperemesis gravidarum?
Answer: The client should eat at least every 2 hours.
⩥ What important information should a nurse practitioner include when
teaching a client about acute glomerulonephritis?
Answer: Restrict fluid intake based on the previous day's urine output.
,⩥ What key instruction should a nurse practitioner provide to a client
managing Parkinson's disease?
Answer: Take medications at the same time each day.
⩥ What should a nurse practitioner inform a client with gestational
hypertension regarding the condition's resolution?
Answer: Gestational hypertension usually resolves during the first
postpartum week.
⩥ What advice should a nurse practitioner give to a client with pelvic
inflammatory disease (PID) starting oral antibiotic therapy?
Answer: Avoid sexual activity until antibiotic therapy is complete.
⩥ What symptom should a nurse practitioner expect when assessing an
adolescent client with Ewing sarcoma?
Answer: The client reports pain in the upper thigh.
⩥ What action should a nurse practitioner take if a client receiving IV
oxytocin for labor induction shows multiple variable decelerations in
fetal heart rate tracing?
Answer: Reposition the client.
⩥ What manifestations should a nurse practitioner expect in a newly
admitted client with major depressive disorder?
, Answer: The answer is not provided in the notes.
⩥ What are common findings in a client with post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD)?
Answer: Hypervigilance.
⩥ What behavior indicates a gambling disorder in a client?
Answer: The client asks others for money to compensate for gambling
losses.
⩥ What are positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
Answer: Magical thinking, clang association, and auditory
hallucinations.
⩥ What is a late manifestation of end-stage COPD?
Answer: Clubbing fingernails.
⩥ What is a manifestation of acute cocaine toxicity?
Answer: Agitation.
⩥ What position should a client with preeclampsia use when resting?
Answer: Use a side-lying position when resting in bed or on the couch.
