ATI Med Surg 2019 Questions and Answers
(Updated 2025 Version)
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A nurse in an emergency d. Perform the irrigation with sterile water for
department is preparing irrigation
to perform an ocular
irrigation for a client.
Which of the following
actions should the nurse
plan to take?
a. Assess the client's visual
acuity prior to irrigation
b. Have the client turn
their head toward the
unaffected eye
c. Hold the irrigator
syringe 3.81 cm (1.5 in)
above the eye
d. Perform the irrigation
with sterile water for
irrigation
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A nurse is preparing to 33 gtt/min
administer lactated
ringer's via continuous IV
infusion at 200 ml/hr. The
IV tubing has a drop factor
of 10 drops/ml. How many
gtt/min should the nurse
set the IV pump to
administer? Round to near
whole number
A nurse is providing b. I should lie down when I take this medication
discharge teaching to a
client who has a new
prescription for sublingual
nitroglycerin. Which of the
following client
statements indicates an
understanding of the
teaching?
a. I can keep my
medications for 1 year
before replacing it
b. I should lie down when
I take this medication
c. I should discontinue this
medication if I develop a
headache
d. I can take up to five
tablets in 15 minutes
before seeking medical
attention
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A nurse is providing d. Install a raised toilet seat in your bathroom
discharge teaching to an
older adult client
following a left total hip
arthroplasty. Which of the
following instructions
should the nurse include
in the teaching?
a. Clean the incision daily
with hydrogen peroxide
b. You can cross your legs
the ankles when sitting
down
c. You should use an
incentive spirometer every
8 hours
d. Install a raised toilet
seat in your bathroom
A nurse is planning care c. Maintain the client's affected extremity in extension
for a client following a
cardiac catheterization.
Which of the following
actions should the nurse
take?
a. Keep the client on bed
rest for 24 hours
b. Limit the client's fluid
intake to 1 l per day
c. Maintain the client's
affected extremity in
extension
d. Change the client's
dressing every 8 hour
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A nurse is caring for a a. I will need to have my partner take over shopping
client who has a lower for groceries and cooking the meals for us
extremity fracture and a
prescription for crutches.
Which of the following
client statements indicates
that the client is adapting
to their role change?
a. I will need to have my
partner take over
shopping for groceries
and cooking the meals for
us
b. These crutches will
make it impossible to care
for my child
c. I feel bad that I have to
ask my partner to keep the
house clean
d. Its going to be difficult
to tell my parents I cant
take them to their
appointments anymore
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