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ATI MED SURG CMS 2025 VERSION A /ATI RN
MEDICAL SURGICAL CMS NEWEST VERSION A
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS| A+ GRADED
A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a client who has
mucositis related to chemotherapy treatment. Which of the
following instructions should the nurse include?
a. "rinse your mouth with hydrogen peroxide"
b. "brush your teeth for 60 seconds twice daily"
c. "wear your dentures only during meals"
d. "floss your teeth following meals" - ANSWER-d. "floss your
teeth following meals"
A critical care nurse is assessing a client who has severe head
injury. In response to painful stimuli, the client does not open
her eyes, dispays decerebrate posturing, and makes
incomprehensible sounds. Which of the following Glasgow
Coma Scale scores should the nurse assign the client?
a. 5
b. 2
c. 13
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d. 10 - ANSWER-a. 5
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has heart
failure and instucts him to limit sodium intake to 2g per day.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates an
understanding of the teaching?
a. I can season my foods with garlic and onion salts
b. I can have mayonnaise on my sandwhiches
c. I can have frozen fruit juice bar for dessert
d. I can drink vegetable juice with a meal - ANSWER-c. I can
have frozen fruit juice bar for dessert
A nurse is preparing to perform occular irrigation for a client
following chemical splash to the eye. Which of the following
actions should the nurse plan to take first?
a. Instil 0.9% sodium chloride solution into the affected eye
b. administer proparacaine eyedrops into the affected eye
c. collect information about the irritant that caused the injury -
ANSWER-c. collect information about the irritant that caused
the injury
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A nurse is assessing a client following extubation from a
ventilator. For which of the following should the nurse intervene
immediately?
a. Rhonchi
b. SaO2 92%
c. Sore throat
d. Stridor - ANSWER-d. Stridor
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory reports of a client who has
acute pancreatitis. Which of the following findings should the
nurse expect?
a. elevated serum calcium
b. elevated blood glucose
c. decreased serum amylase
d. decreased erythrocyte sedimitation rate - ANSWER-b.
elevated blood glucose
A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has
diabetes insipidus. Which of the following findings should the
nurse expect?
a. hypothermia
b. Urine specific gravity 1.001 (<1.005)
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c. Elevated blood pressure
d. BUN 15 mg/dl - ANSWER-b. Urine specific gravity 1.001
(<1.005)
A nurse is planning care for a client who has pulmonary
embolism. Which of the following interventions should the
nurse include?
a. initiate a continuous IV heparin infusion
b. instruct the client to massage the lower extremities
c. position the client on the left side
d. measure vital signs every 4 hours - ANSWER-a. initiate a
continuous IV heparin infusion
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who is
recovering from a sickle cell crisis. Which of the following
instructions should the nurse include?
a. Avoid extremely hot or cold temperatures
b. limit fluids to 1.5L per day
c. limit alcohol intake to one drink per day
d. avoid getting a flu vaccination - ANSWER-a. Avoid
extremely hot or cold temperatures
ATI MED SURG CMS 2025 VERSION A /ATI RN
MEDICAL SURGICAL CMS NEWEST VERSION A
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS| A+ GRADED
A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a client who has
mucositis related to chemotherapy treatment. Which of the
following instructions should the nurse include?
a. "rinse your mouth with hydrogen peroxide"
b. "brush your teeth for 60 seconds twice daily"
c. "wear your dentures only during meals"
d. "floss your teeth following meals" - ANSWER-d. "floss your
teeth following meals"
A critical care nurse is assessing a client who has severe head
injury. In response to painful stimuli, the client does not open
her eyes, dispays decerebrate posturing, and makes
incomprehensible sounds. Which of the following Glasgow
Coma Scale scores should the nurse assign the client?
a. 5
b. 2
c. 13
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d. 10 - ANSWER-a. 5
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has heart
failure and instucts him to limit sodium intake to 2g per day.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates an
understanding of the teaching?
a. I can season my foods with garlic and onion salts
b. I can have mayonnaise on my sandwhiches
c. I can have frozen fruit juice bar for dessert
d. I can drink vegetable juice with a meal - ANSWER-c. I can
have frozen fruit juice bar for dessert
A nurse is preparing to perform occular irrigation for a client
following chemical splash to the eye. Which of the following
actions should the nurse plan to take first?
a. Instil 0.9% sodium chloride solution into the affected eye
b. administer proparacaine eyedrops into the affected eye
c. collect information about the irritant that caused the injury -
ANSWER-c. collect information about the irritant that caused
the injury
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A nurse is assessing a client following extubation from a
ventilator. For which of the following should the nurse intervene
immediately?
a. Rhonchi
b. SaO2 92%
c. Sore throat
d. Stridor - ANSWER-d. Stridor
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory reports of a client who has
acute pancreatitis. Which of the following findings should the
nurse expect?
a. elevated serum calcium
b. elevated blood glucose
c. decreased serum amylase
d. decreased erythrocyte sedimitation rate - ANSWER-b.
elevated blood glucose
A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has
diabetes insipidus. Which of the following findings should the
nurse expect?
a. hypothermia
b. Urine specific gravity 1.001 (<1.005)
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c. Elevated blood pressure
d. BUN 15 mg/dl - ANSWER-b. Urine specific gravity 1.001
(<1.005)
A nurse is planning care for a client who has pulmonary
embolism. Which of the following interventions should the
nurse include?
a. initiate a continuous IV heparin infusion
b. instruct the client to massage the lower extremities
c. position the client on the left side
d. measure vital signs every 4 hours - ANSWER-a. initiate a
continuous IV heparin infusion
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who is
recovering from a sickle cell crisis. Which of the following
instructions should the nurse include?
a. Avoid extremely hot or cold temperatures
b. limit fluids to 1.5L per day
c. limit alcohol intake to one drink per day
d. avoid getting a flu vaccination - ANSWER-a. Avoid
extremely hot or cold temperatures
