NURSING ATI RN
COMPREHENSIVE EXIT EXAM
OVER 500 QUESTIONS ,2025
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,:
1. Original diet for chronic renal failure: low protein & potassium.
2. DM patient teaching: change shoes, wash feet with soap & water.
3. Pulse pressure: subtract systolic value from diastolic value.
4. Lantus: never mix, long lasting, no peak.
5. Rhogam: given at 28 weeks & 72 hours post-delivery when mom is negative & baby
positive.
6. Indication of baby dehydration improving: smooth fontanel.
7. Patient with orthostatic hypotension: put near nursing station.
8. Cleaning a wound: clean to dirty, use bulb syringe.
9. Peripheral arterial disease: cramp in leg while walking, intermittent claudication.
10. Seizure precautions: supine position.
11. 20 weeks gestation, having urinary frequency: U/A & C/S.
12. Report to new nurse at shift change: patient at x-ray.
13. Signs/symptoms of hemolytic blood transfusion: flank pain.
14. ER rape victim priority: assess anxiety.
15. Nutrition: carbs 45%, protein 10-15%.
16. Latex allergy: tape up cords.
17. First ingredient on a food label: most content.
18. Thoracentesis, & painful with breathing: put patient on unaffected side for 1 hour or
longer.
19. Patient with IV sedation: check LOC if not responsive.
20. Help older brother get used to baby: get a gift for the big brother.
21. Early decelerations: head compressions.
22. Methergine contraindication: hypertension.
23. Delegate to AP: I & O.
24. HF monitoring: weights.
25. Location for peripheral line: radial.
,26. Prioritizing care for multiple patients: low flank pain.
27. Ativan: for seizures.
28. Medication for diabetes insipidus: desmopressin.
29. Radiation tattoo: use mild soap & water.
30. Uric acid stones: eat low-fat yogurt.
31. Antigout medication decreases uric acid level: allopurinol.
32. Non-pharmacological relaxation technique for pain management in labor: hypnosis.
33. Psychotic disorder assessment finding: flat affect.
34. Newborn withdrawal from heroin (opioids): hypertonicity.
35. Mitral valve location: 5th intercostal.
36. Amniocentesis: go pee before the procedure.
37. Total gastrectomy: lack B12; takes 30-60 minutes to eat a meal.
38. Stoma color: pink or red is normal.
39. MAOI's diet: no pepperoni, no tyramine, cottage cheese okay.
40. Give iron with: OJ.
41. Statins contraindication: grapefruit juice.
42. Haldol: lip smacking.
43. Mag sulfate: decreased urine output, decreased respirations, decreased pulmonary
edema.
44. Antidote for mag sulfate: calcium gluconate.
45. Clozaril interventions: monitor WBC.
46. Valproic acid: liver function.
47. Thyroid medication effectiveness: weight loss.
48. Diuretics: don't skip doses.
49. Dig adverse effects: N/V & HA.
50. Prednisone: take with milk.
51. Hemo/peritoneal dialysis patient teaching: medical asepsis.
52. Cranial nerve 11: shoulder.
, 53. Peripheral catheter insertion: advance catheter when you see flashback of blood
return.
54. Dispose of insulin needles at home: in coffee container.
55. Confirmation of NG placement: x-ray.
56. Swallowing difficulty referral: speech therapy.
57. Acarbose: skip a meal, skip a dose, give with first bite of food.
58. Sprains & strains: RICE.
59. Patient DNR-CC & family asking questions related to: therapeutic communication;
therapeutic response: What did the doctor tell you?
60. Delegating to AP about skeletal traction: needs more teaching; AP places weight on
bed.
61. Daughter feeling guilty about admitting parent into long-term facility: therapeutic
response; rephrase what daughter is feeling.
62. How a good nurse plans her day: rechecks her priorities halfway through her shift.
63. A good nurse sets these when she works: goals.
64. Patient gets bad diagnosis, & asks you not to tell her spouse: your response; you
have a right to privacy.
65. Delegate to AP: CPR.
66. Baby in contact precautions in a private room, what would you do to save hospital
$? bring formula prn.
67. How does a nurse properly manage her time mid-shift? reevaluates goals.
68. Which psych patient would you see first? hallucinations.
69. Dementia patient at ER, with marks on coccyx & wrist, suspected abuse. What do
you do? ask patient; interview him.
70. Psych patient yelling in front of group, very agitated, what do you do? isolate patient.
71. Charge nurse scheduling resolution between nurses: nurse listens to both sides.
72. Respite care: gives family a break.
73. Patient in seclusion documentation: what happened prior to seclusion that caused
for seclusion?
74. Parkinson's: patient teaching: nutrition- thicken liquids.
COMPREHENSIVE EXIT EXAM
OVER 500 QUESTIONS ,2025
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,:
1. Original diet for chronic renal failure: low protein & potassium.
2. DM patient teaching: change shoes, wash feet with soap & water.
3. Pulse pressure: subtract systolic value from diastolic value.
4. Lantus: never mix, long lasting, no peak.
5. Rhogam: given at 28 weeks & 72 hours post-delivery when mom is negative & baby
positive.
6. Indication of baby dehydration improving: smooth fontanel.
7. Patient with orthostatic hypotension: put near nursing station.
8. Cleaning a wound: clean to dirty, use bulb syringe.
9. Peripheral arterial disease: cramp in leg while walking, intermittent claudication.
10. Seizure precautions: supine position.
11. 20 weeks gestation, having urinary frequency: U/A & C/S.
12. Report to new nurse at shift change: patient at x-ray.
13. Signs/symptoms of hemolytic blood transfusion: flank pain.
14. ER rape victim priority: assess anxiety.
15. Nutrition: carbs 45%, protein 10-15%.
16. Latex allergy: tape up cords.
17. First ingredient on a food label: most content.
18. Thoracentesis, & painful with breathing: put patient on unaffected side for 1 hour or
longer.
19. Patient with IV sedation: check LOC if not responsive.
20. Help older brother get used to baby: get a gift for the big brother.
21. Early decelerations: head compressions.
22. Methergine contraindication: hypertension.
23. Delegate to AP: I & O.
24. HF monitoring: weights.
25. Location for peripheral line: radial.
,26. Prioritizing care for multiple patients: low flank pain.
27. Ativan: for seizures.
28. Medication for diabetes insipidus: desmopressin.
29. Radiation tattoo: use mild soap & water.
30. Uric acid stones: eat low-fat yogurt.
31. Antigout medication decreases uric acid level: allopurinol.
32. Non-pharmacological relaxation technique for pain management in labor: hypnosis.
33. Psychotic disorder assessment finding: flat affect.
34. Newborn withdrawal from heroin (opioids): hypertonicity.
35. Mitral valve location: 5th intercostal.
36. Amniocentesis: go pee before the procedure.
37. Total gastrectomy: lack B12; takes 30-60 minutes to eat a meal.
38. Stoma color: pink or red is normal.
39. MAOI's diet: no pepperoni, no tyramine, cottage cheese okay.
40. Give iron with: OJ.
41. Statins contraindication: grapefruit juice.
42. Haldol: lip smacking.
43. Mag sulfate: decreased urine output, decreased respirations, decreased pulmonary
edema.
44. Antidote for mag sulfate: calcium gluconate.
45. Clozaril interventions: monitor WBC.
46. Valproic acid: liver function.
47. Thyroid medication effectiveness: weight loss.
48. Diuretics: don't skip doses.
49. Dig adverse effects: N/V & HA.
50. Prednisone: take with milk.
51. Hemo/peritoneal dialysis patient teaching: medical asepsis.
52. Cranial nerve 11: shoulder.
, 53. Peripheral catheter insertion: advance catheter when you see flashback of blood
return.
54. Dispose of insulin needles at home: in coffee container.
55. Confirmation of NG placement: x-ray.
56. Swallowing difficulty referral: speech therapy.
57. Acarbose: skip a meal, skip a dose, give with first bite of food.
58. Sprains & strains: RICE.
59. Patient DNR-CC & family asking questions related to: therapeutic communication;
therapeutic response: What did the doctor tell you?
60. Delegating to AP about skeletal traction: needs more teaching; AP places weight on
bed.
61. Daughter feeling guilty about admitting parent into long-term facility: therapeutic
response; rephrase what daughter is feeling.
62. How a good nurse plans her day: rechecks her priorities halfway through her shift.
63. A good nurse sets these when she works: goals.
64. Patient gets bad diagnosis, & asks you not to tell her spouse: your response; you
have a right to privacy.
65. Delegate to AP: CPR.
66. Baby in contact precautions in a private room, what would you do to save hospital
$? bring formula prn.
67. How does a nurse properly manage her time mid-shift? reevaluates goals.
68. Which psych patient would you see first? hallucinations.
69. Dementia patient at ER, with marks on coccyx & wrist, suspected abuse. What do
you do? ask patient; interview him.
70. Psych patient yelling in front of group, very agitated, what do you do? isolate patient.
71. Charge nurse scheduling resolution between nurses: nurse listens to both sides.
72. Respite care: gives family a break.
73. Patient in seclusion documentation: what happened prior to seclusion that caused
for seclusion?
74. Parkinson's: patient teaching: nutrition- thicken liquids.
