ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review
2019
1.The dose: A nurse is reviewing a client's medication prescription,
which reads, "digoxin 0.25 by mouth every day." Which of the
following components of the prescription should the nurse question?
2.Observe the rate, depth, and character of the client's respirations.: A
client who reports shortness of breath requests her nurse's help in
changing positions. After repositioning the client, which of the following
actions should the nurse take next?
3.Lower the client to the floor and place a pad under the client's head.: A
nurse is caring for a client who, while sitting in a chair, starts to
experience a seizure. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take?
4.Educating clients about the recommended immunization schedule for
adults: A home health nurse is planning to provide health promotion
activities for a group of clients in the community. Which of the following
activities is an example of the nurse promoting primary prevention?
5.Assessment: A nurse is using the I-SBAR communication tool to
provide the client's provider with information about the client. The
nurse should convey the client's pain status in which portion of the
report?
6.Edema at the infusion site: A nurse is caring for a client who is
receiving IV therapy via a peripheral catheter. The nurse should identify
that which of the following findings is an indication of infiltration?
7.Washing dishes: A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client
who is recovering from lung cancer. The provider instructed the client
that he could resume lower-intensity activities of daily living. Which of
the following activities should the nurse recommend to the client?
8.Daily weight: A nurse is caring for a client who has acute renal failure.
Which of the following assessments provides the most accurate
measure of the client's fluid status?
9.Inspection: A nurse is planning to assess the abdomen of a client
who reports feeling bloated for several weeks. Which of the following
methods of assessment should the nurse use first?
10.A client who has a prescription for a transfusion of packed red blood
cells: A nurse is explaining the use of written consent forms to a
newly-licensed nurse. The nurse should ensure that a written consent
form has been signed by which of the following clients?
11."It must be difficult to care for someone who is confined to bed.": A
nurse in a long-term care facility is admitting a client who is incontinent
and smells strongly of urine. His partner, who has been caring for him at
, ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review
2019
home, is embarrassed and apologizes for the smell. Which of the
following responses should the nurse make?
, ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review
2019
12.Bounding pulse: A nurse in a provider's office is assessing a client
who has heart failure. The client has gained weight since her last visit
and her ankles
are edematous. Which of the following findings by the nurse is another
clinical manifestation of fluid volume excess?
13.Cover the incision with a moist sterile dressing.: A nurse is caring for a
client who is postoperative following abdominal surgery. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take first after discovering that the
client's wound has eviscerated?
14."Bear weight on both of your legs.": A nurse is teaching a client who
has lower extremity weakness how to use a four-point crutch gait.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the
teaching?
15.Liver Damage: A nurse in a provider's office is collecting information
from an older adult client who reports that he has been taking
acetaminophen 500 mg/day for severe joint pain. The nurse should
instruct the client that large doses of acetaminophen could cause
which of the following adverse effects?
16.PC for after meals: A nurse is planning to document care provided for
a client. Which of the following abbreviations should the nurse use?
17.A 10-month-old infant can pull up to a standing position.: A nurse is re-
sponding to a parent's question about his infant's expected physical
development during the first year of life. Which of the following
information should the nurse include?
18.The AP hangs the collection bag at the level of the bladder.: An assistive
personnel (AP) is assisting a nurse with the care of a female client who
has an indwelling urinary catheter. Which of the following actions by the
AP indicates a need for further teaching?
19.Consult the medication reference book available on the unit.: 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 her. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
20.Place the client in a lateral position with the head turned to the side
before beginning the procedure.: A nurse is providing oral care for a client
who is unconscious. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take?
21.Repeat each joint motion five times during each session.: A nurse is
plan- ning to perform passive range-of-motion exercises for a client.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
, ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review
2019
22.Cough deeply after each use.: A nurse is teaching a client who is
postoperative how to use a flow-oriented incentive spirometer. Which of
the following instructions should the nurse include?
23.Have the client demonstrates the procedure.: A nurse is teaching a
client how to self-administer insulin. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take
2019
1.The dose: A nurse is reviewing a client's medication prescription,
which reads, "digoxin 0.25 by mouth every day." Which of the
following components of the prescription should the nurse question?
2.Observe the rate, depth, and character of the client's respirations.: A
client who reports shortness of breath requests her nurse's help in
changing positions. After repositioning the client, which of the following
actions should the nurse take next?
3.Lower the client to the floor and place a pad under the client's head.: A
nurse is caring for a client who, while sitting in a chair, starts to
experience a seizure. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take?
4.Educating clients about the recommended immunization schedule for
adults: A home health nurse is planning to provide health promotion
activities for a group of clients in the community. Which of the following
activities is an example of the nurse promoting primary prevention?
5.Assessment: A nurse is using the I-SBAR communication tool to
provide the client's provider with information about the client. The
nurse should convey the client's pain status in which portion of the
report?
6.Edema at the infusion site: A nurse is caring for a client who is
receiving IV therapy via a peripheral catheter. The nurse should identify
that which of the following findings is an indication of infiltration?
7.Washing dishes: A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client
who is recovering from lung cancer. The provider instructed the client
that he could resume lower-intensity activities of daily living. Which of
the following activities should the nurse recommend to the client?
8.Daily weight: A nurse is caring for a client who has acute renal failure.
Which of the following assessments provides the most accurate
measure of the client's fluid status?
9.Inspection: A nurse is planning to assess the abdomen of a client
who reports feeling bloated for several weeks. Which of the following
methods of assessment should the nurse use first?
10.A client who has a prescription for a transfusion of packed red blood
cells: A nurse is explaining the use of written consent forms to a
newly-licensed nurse. The nurse should ensure that a written consent
form has been signed by which of the following clients?
11."It must be difficult to care for someone who is confined to bed.": A
nurse in a long-term care facility is admitting a client who is incontinent
and smells strongly of urine. His partner, who has been caring for him at
, ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review
2019
home, is embarrassed and apologizes for the smell. Which of the
following responses should the nurse make?
, ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review
2019
12.Bounding pulse: A nurse in a provider's office is assessing a client
who has heart failure. The client has gained weight since her last visit
and her ankles
are edematous. Which of the following findings by the nurse is another
clinical manifestation of fluid volume excess?
13.Cover the incision with a moist sterile dressing.: A nurse is caring for a
client who is postoperative following abdominal surgery. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take first after discovering that the
client's wound has eviscerated?
14."Bear weight on both of your legs.": A nurse is teaching a client who
has lower extremity weakness how to use a four-point crutch gait.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the
teaching?
15.Liver Damage: A nurse in a provider's office is collecting information
from an older adult client who reports that he has been taking
acetaminophen 500 mg/day for severe joint pain. The nurse should
instruct the client that large doses of acetaminophen could cause
which of the following adverse effects?
16.PC for after meals: A nurse is planning to document care provided for
a client. Which of the following abbreviations should the nurse use?
17.A 10-month-old infant can pull up to a standing position.: A nurse is re-
sponding to a parent's question about his infant's expected physical
development during the first year of life. Which of the following
information should the nurse include?
18.The AP hangs the collection bag at the level of the bladder.: An assistive
personnel (AP) is assisting a nurse with the care of a female client who
has an indwelling urinary catheter. Which of the following actions by the
AP indicates a need for further teaching?
19.Consult the medication reference book available on the unit.: 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 her. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
20.Place the client in a lateral position with the head turned to the side
before beginning the procedure.: A nurse is providing oral care for a client
who is unconscious. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take?
21.Repeat each joint motion five times during each session.: A nurse is
plan- ning to perform passive range-of-motion exercises for a client.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
, ATI Fundamentals Practice A, B, & Final, ATI Fundamentals Review
2019
22.Cough deeply after each use.: A nurse is teaching a client who is
postoperative how to use a flow-oriented incentive spirometer. Which of
the following instructions should the nurse include?
23.Have the client demonstrates the procedure.: A nurse is teaching a
client how to self-administer insulin. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take
