ATI COMP EXIT RERAKE EXAM
ATI COMPREHENSIVE EXIT EXAM RETAKE 2025
REVISED WITH STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (RATIONALES PROVIDED)
99% PASS
• A nurse is caring for a client who is at 33 weeks gestation following an
amniocentesis. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following
complications?
a. contractions
b. Hypertention
c. Epigastric pain
d. vomiting
Answer: a. Contraction
Rational: Amniocentesis
-Can't be done before 16 weeks, not enough amniotic fluid.
-maternal risks: hemorrhage, feto maternal hemorrhage, infection, contractions/labor, abruptio
placentae, damage to intestines or bladder, amniotic fluid embolism
-fetal risks: death, hemorrhage, infection, direct injury from the needle, miscarriage, andpreterm,
leakage of amniotic fluid
• A nurse is providing teaching to an older adult client about methods to promote
nighttime sleep. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
a. Stay in bed at least 1 hr if unable to fall asleep.
b. Take a 1 hr nap during the day
c. Perform exercises prior to bedtime
d. Eat a light snack before bedtime
Answer:D. Eat a light snack before bedtime Rational:Consume a
light snack of carbohydrates at bedtime
• A nurse on a telemetry unit is caring for a client who becomes unconscious and whose
monitor displays ventricular tachycardia. Which of the following actions should the nurse first
take determining the client does not have a palpable pulse?
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a. Assess heart sounds
b. Defibrillate
c. Establish IV access
d. Administer Epinephrine
Answer:B. Defibrillate
Rational: The nurse needs to assess the client to determine stability before proceeding with
further interventions. If the client has a pulse and is relatively stable, elective cardioversion or
antidysrhythmic medications may be prescribed. The drug of choice for stable ventricular
tachycardia with a pulse is amiodarone. If the client is pulseless ornonresponsive, the client
is unstable and defibrillation is used
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• A nurse is admitting a client who is one week postpartum and reports excessive vaginal
bleeding. The nurse does not speak the same language as the client the client’spartner and
10-year-old child are accompanying her. Which of the following actions should the nurse take
to gather the client’s admission data?
a. Have the client’s child translate
b. Allow the client’s partner to translate
c. Request a female interpreter through the facility
d. Ask a nursing student who speaks the same language as the client to translate.
Answer: C. Request a female interpreter through the facility
Rational: We been told not to use family members if not facility interpreters
• A nurse is caring for a client who is febrile(fever). To reduce the client’s fever, thenurse
applies cooling. Which of the following indicates the client is having an adverse reaction to
the cooling?
a. Flushing
b. Tachycardia
c. Restlessness
d. Shivering
Answer: D. shivering
Rational: Hypothermia is the adverse reaction of cooling system for a febrile patient
s/s of hypothermia: shivering, slurred speech, weak pulse drowsiness,
confusion, loss of memory
• A nurse is caring for a client who has deep-vein thrombosis of the left lower
extremity. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
The Answer should be: ensure that the lower extremity is elevated.
Rational: DVT causes edema; therefore, the UAP should elevate the extremity topromote
venous return. Dependent positioning is appropriate for a client witharterial insufficiency.
Placing a pillow under the knee would position the foot ina low position, and pressure
behind the knee may obstruct venous flow.
Massaging the extremity could dislodge the thrombus
• A nurse is reviewing assessment data from several clients. For which of the
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following clients should the nurse recommend referral to a dietitian?
a. An older adult client who has BMI of 24
b. A client who has a nonhealing leg ulcer
c. An older adult client who had presbyopia
d. A client who has an albumin level of 3.7 g/dl
ATI COMP EXIT RERAKE EXAM
ATI COMPREHENSIVE EXIT EXAM RETAKE 2025
REVISED WITH STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (RATIONALES PROVIDED)
99% PASS
• A nurse is caring for a client who is at 33 weeks gestation following an
amniocentesis. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following
complications?
a. contractions
b. Hypertention
c. Epigastric pain
d. vomiting
Answer: a. Contraction
Rational: Amniocentesis
-Can't be done before 16 weeks, not enough amniotic fluid.
-maternal risks: hemorrhage, feto maternal hemorrhage, infection, contractions/labor, abruptio
placentae, damage to intestines or bladder, amniotic fluid embolism
-fetal risks: death, hemorrhage, infection, direct injury from the needle, miscarriage, andpreterm,
leakage of amniotic fluid
• A nurse is providing teaching to an older adult client about methods to promote
nighttime sleep. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
a. Stay in bed at least 1 hr if unable to fall asleep.
b. Take a 1 hr nap during the day
c. Perform exercises prior to bedtime
d. Eat a light snack before bedtime
Answer:D. Eat a light snack before bedtime Rational:Consume a
light snack of carbohydrates at bedtime
• A nurse on a telemetry unit is caring for a client who becomes unconscious and whose
monitor displays ventricular tachycardia. Which of the following actions should the nurse first
take determining the client does not have a palpable pulse?
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, ATI COMP EXIT RERAKE EXAM
a. Assess heart sounds
b. Defibrillate
c. Establish IV access
d. Administer Epinephrine
Answer:B. Defibrillate
Rational: The nurse needs to assess the client to determine stability before proceeding with
further interventions. If the client has a pulse and is relatively stable, elective cardioversion or
antidysrhythmic medications may be prescribed. The drug of choice for stable ventricular
tachycardia with a pulse is amiodarone. If the client is pulseless ornonresponsive, the client
is unstable and defibrillation is used
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, ATI COMP EXIT RERAKE EXAM
• A nurse is admitting a client who is one week postpartum and reports excessive vaginal
bleeding. The nurse does not speak the same language as the client the client’spartner and
10-year-old child are accompanying her. Which of the following actions should the nurse take
to gather the client’s admission data?
a. Have the client’s child translate
b. Allow the client’s partner to translate
c. Request a female interpreter through the facility
d. Ask a nursing student who speaks the same language as the client to translate.
Answer: C. Request a female interpreter through the facility
Rational: We been told not to use family members if not facility interpreters
• A nurse is caring for a client who is febrile(fever). To reduce the client’s fever, thenurse
applies cooling. Which of the following indicates the client is having an adverse reaction to
the cooling?
a. Flushing
b. Tachycardia
c. Restlessness
d. Shivering
Answer: D. shivering
Rational: Hypothermia is the adverse reaction of cooling system for a febrile patient
s/s of hypothermia: shivering, slurred speech, weak pulse drowsiness,
confusion, loss of memory
• A nurse is caring for a client who has deep-vein thrombosis of the left lower
extremity. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
The Answer should be: ensure that the lower extremity is elevated.
Rational: DVT causes edema; therefore, the UAP should elevate the extremity topromote
venous return. Dependent positioning is appropriate for a client witharterial insufficiency.
Placing a pillow under the knee would position the foot ina low position, and pressure
behind the knee may obstruct venous flow.
Massaging the extremity could dislodge the thrombus
• A nurse is reviewing assessment data from several clients. For which of the
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, ATI COMP EXIT RERAKE EXAM
following clients should the nurse recommend referral to a dietitian?
a. An older adult client who has BMI of 24
b. A client who has a nonhealing leg ulcer
c. An older adult client who had presbyopia
d. A client who has an albumin level of 3.7 g/dl
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