VATI Comprehensive Predictor NCLEX
Questions and answers.
Low-residue diet - (correct answer) - Dairy products & eggs, such as custard and yogurt
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(Rat) A low- cx cx
residue diet consists of foods that are low in fiber and are easy to digest such as eggs, custard, yogurt an
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d ripe bananas -
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NOTE Legumes such as lentils and black beans are high in fiber and are not considered low in residue.
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A RN is caring for a patient who weighs 80 kg and is 5 ft 3 in tall. Calculate the BMI and determine if the
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patients BMI indicates a healthy weight, underweight, overweight, or obese. - (correct answer) -
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Use the formula (wt. in lbs)/(ht in in^2) multiply by 703 to get the BMI.
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BMI is 31 (obese) cx cx cx
(Rat) A BMI greater than 30 indicates obesity. A BMI of 25-29.9 indicates overweight. A BMI of 18.5-
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24.9 is a normal/healthy BMI. A BMI <18.5 indicates underweight.
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A RN admits a female patient who weighs 246 lbs with a height of 5 ft 4 in. Calculate the BMI of the fem
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ale patient. - (correct answer) - Use the formula (lbs)/(in^2) multiply by 703
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BMI 42 indicates the patient is obese
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A RN is reviewing discharge instructions regarding car seat safety to the parent of a newborn. Which of t
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he following instructions will the nurse include in the discharge teaching (SATA)
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A. Position the infant rear-facing in the backseat.
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,B. Be sure the car seat is at a 90 degree angle
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C. Be sure the care seat is at a 45 degree angle
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D. Position the car seat behind the passenger or drivers seat
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E. Position the care seat in the middle of the back seat
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F. Keep infants in rear-facing car seats until age 6 months
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G. Keep infants in rear-
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facing car seat until 2 yr old or until the child reaches the maximum ht and wt for the seat. -
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(correct answer) - (A, C, E, G)
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A. Position the infant rear-facing in the backseat -
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(RAT) the car seat should never be in the front seat of a car due to the increased risk for injury from the
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air bags during a MVA.
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C. Be sure the care seat is at a 45 degree angle - (RAT) the car seat should be at a 45 degree angle.
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E. Position the care seat in the middle of the back seat -
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(RAT) the car seat should be in the middle away from air bags and side impact.
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G. Keep infants in rear-facing car seat until 2 yr - (RAT) keep the child in the rear-
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facing car seat until the child reaches 2yo or until the child reaches the maximum ht and wt for the seat.
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A RN is caring for a patient who fell at a nursing home. The patient is oriented x 3 (person, place & time)
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and can follow directions. Which of the following actions should the RN take to decrease the risk of ano
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ther fall? (SATA) cx cx
,A. Place a belt restraint on the patient when they are sitting on the bedside commode
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B. Keep the bed in its lowest position with all side rails up
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C. Make sure that the patient's call light is within reach
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D. Provide the patient with nonskid footwear
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E. Complete a fall-risk assessment - (correct answer) - (C,D,E)
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C. Make sure that the patient's call light is within reach
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D. Provide the patient with nonskid footwear
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E. Complete a fall-risk assessment
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Note- You do not put all the side rails up in the bed because this is considered a restraint.
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A RN is caring for a patient who has a Hx of falls. Which of the following actions is the RNs priority?
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A. Complete a fall-risk assessment
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B. Educate the patient and family about fall risks
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C. Eliminate safety hazards from the patients environment
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, D. Make sure the patient uses assistive aids in their possession - (correct answer) - A. Complete a fall-
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risk assessment cx
(Rat) this is a priority nursing question therefore the question should direct you to the nursing process. T
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he first action the nurse should take using the nursing process is to assess or collect data from the patie
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nt.
A RN discovers a small paper fire in a trash in a patients bathroom. The patient has been taken to safety
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and the alarm has been activated. Which of the following actions should the RN take?
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A. Open the windows in the patients room to allow smoke to escape
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B. Obtain a class C fire extinguisher to extinguish the fire
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C. Remove all electrical equipment from the patient room
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D. Place wet towels along the base of the door to the patients room - (correct answer) -
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D. Place wet towels along the base of the door to the patients room -
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(RAT) to contain the fire and smoke in the room.
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Note - cx
do not obtain a class C fire extinguisher but instead obtain a class A fire extinguisher which is used for o
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rdinary combustibles such as cloth and paper.
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A nurse manager is completing an in-
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service on a group of new nurses in the transition to practice program. The nurse manager asks one nur
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se student to define the acronym the RACE. Please indicate what each letter in the acronym means. -
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(correct answer) - R -
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Rescue and protect the patients who are at or near the fire. Patients who can walk are able to do so on
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command to a safe location. cx cx cx cx cx
A - Activate the alarm
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Questions and answers.
Low-residue diet - (correct answer) - Dairy products & eggs, such as custard and yogurt
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(Rat) A low- cx cx
residue diet consists of foods that are low in fiber and are easy to digest such as eggs, custard, yogurt an
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d ripe bananas -
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NOTE Legumes such as lentils and black beans are high in fiber and are not considered low in residue.
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A RN is caring for a patient who weighs 80 kg and is 5 ft 3 in tall. Calculate the BMI and determine if the
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patients BMI indicates a healthy weight, underweight, overweight, or obese. - (correct answer) -
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Use the formula (wt. in lbs)/(ht in in^2) multiply by 703 to get the BMI.
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BMI is 31 (obese) cx cx cx
(Rat) A BMI greater than 30 indicates obesity. A BMI of 25-29.9 indicates overweight. A BMI of 18.5-
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24.9 is a normal/healthy BMI. A BMI <18.5 indicates underweight.
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A RN admits a female patient who weighs 246 lbs with a height of 5 ft 4 in. Calculate the BMI of the fem
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ale patient. - (correct answer) - Use the formula (lbs)/(in^2) multiply by 703
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BMI 42 indicates the patient is obese
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A RN is reviewing discharge instructions regarding car seat safety to the parent of a newborn. Which of t
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he following instructions will the nurse include in the discharge teaching (SATA)
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A. Position the infant rear-facing in the backseat.
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,B. Be sure the car seat is at a 90 degree angle
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C. Be sure the care seat is at a 45 degree angle
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D. Position the car seat behind the passenger or drivers seat
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E. Position the care seat in the middle of the back seat
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F. Keep infants in rear-facing car seats until age 6 months
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G. Keep infants in rear-
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facing car seat until 2 yr old or until the child reaches the maximum ht and wt for the seat. -
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(correct answer) - (A, C, E, G)
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A. Position the infant rear-facing in the backseat -
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(RAT) the car seat should never be in the front seat of a car due to the increased risk for injury from the
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air bags during a MVA.
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C. Be sure the care seat is at a 45 degree angle - (RAT) the car seat should be at a 45 degree angle.
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E. Position the care seat in the middle of the back seat -
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(RAT) the car seat should be in the middle away from air bags and side impact.
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G. Keep infants in rear-facing car seat until 2 yr - (RAT) keep the child in the rear-
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facing car seat until the child reaches 2yo or until the child reaches the maximum ht and wt for the seat.
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A RN is caring for a patient who fell at a nursing home. The patient is oriented x 3 (person, place & time)
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and can follow directions. Which of the following actions should the RN take to decrease the risk of ano
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ther fall? (SATA) cx cx
,A. Place a belt restraint on the patient when they are sitting on the bedside commode
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B. Keep the bed in its lowest position with all side rails up
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C. Make sure that the patient's call light is within reach
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D. Provide the patient with nonskid footwear
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E. Complete a fall-risk assessment - (correct answer) - (C,D,E)
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C. Make sure that the patient's call light is within reach
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D. Provide the patient with nonskid footwear
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E. Complete a fall-risk assessment
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Note- You do not put all the side rails up in the bed because this is considered a restraint.
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A RN is caring for a patient who has a Hx of falls. Which of the following actions is the RNs priority?
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A. Complete a fall-risk assessment
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B. Educate the patient and family about fall risks
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C. Eliminate safety hazards from the patients environment
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, D. Make sure the patient uses assistive aids in their possession - (correct answer) - A. Complete a fall-
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risk assessment cx
(Rat) this is a priority nursing question therefore the question should direct you to the nursing process. T
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he first action the nurse should take using the nursing process is to assess or collect data from the patie
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nt.
A RN discovers a small paper fire in a trash in a patients bathroom. The patient has been taken to safety
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and the alarm has been activated. Which of the following actions should the RN take?
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A. Open the windows in the patients room to allow smoke to escape
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B. Obtain a class C fire extinguisher to extinguish the fire
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C. Remove all electrical equipment from the patient room
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D. Place wet towels along the base of the door to the patients room - (correct answer) -
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D. Place wet towels along the base of the door to the patients room -
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(RAT) to contain the fire and smoke in the room.
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Note - cx
do not obtain a class C fire extinguisher but instead obtain a class A fire extinguisher which is used for o
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rdinary combustibles such as cloth and paper.
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A nurse manager is completing an in-
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service on a group of new nurses in the transition to practice program. The nurse manager asks one nur
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se student to define the acronym the RACE. Please indicate what each letter in the acronym means. -
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(correct answer) - R -
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Rescue and protect the patients who are at or near the fire. Patients who can walk are able to do so on
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command to a safe location. cx cx cx cx cx
A - Activate the alarm
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