ATI RN CONCEPT-BASED ASSESSMENT
LEVEL 3 EXAM 2025 WITH ACTUAL
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS |FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS |ALREADY
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a nurse is teaching about pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy with the client who has
chronic pancreatitis and is starting to take pancrelipase capsules. which of the following
information should the nurse include when teaching about pancrelipase?
a. administer the enzyme capsules after each meal. b. vary the amount of medication taken
based on the amount of food consumed.
c. sprinkle the medication capsule contents on protein rich food.
d. take the medication capsules with calcium carbonate antacids when needed.
vary the amount of medication taken based on the amount of food consumed.
a nurse is assessing a client who has borderline personality disorder. which of the following
characteristics should the nurse expect?
a. arrogance.
b. attention seeking behavior.
c. impulsiveness.
d. suspicion.
impulsiveness
a nurse is planning care for a newborn who was born at 33 weeks of gestation and is 2 days old.
which of the following interventions should the nurse include?
a. bathe the newborn daily with an alkaline based soap.
b. dim the lights in the nursery for 2 hr during each 24 hr period.
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,c. position the newborn side lying or prone while in the nursery.
d. refrain from skin to skin contact until the newborn weighs 6 lb.
position the newborn side lying or prone while in the nursery.
a nurse in a mental health clinic is assessing a client who states, "I don't think my gambling is as
big of a problem as my friends think it is." which of the following findings should the nurse
identify as meeting the diagnostic criteria of gambling disorder?
a. the client makes no attempts to stop gambling.
b. the client gambles when feeling happy or enthusiastic.
c. the client gambles the same amount of money each week.
d. the client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses.
the client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses.
one of the diagnostic criteria for this is a reliance on others to provide money to help with
negative financial situations that are a direct result of gambling losses. according to the
american psychiatric association, a diagnosis of this requires that the client's behavior meets
four of the defined criteria over the period of the past 12 months.
gambling disorder
a nurse is assessing a client who has schizophrenia. which of the following manifestations
should the nurse identify as positive symptoms of schizophrenia? select all that apply.
a. magical thinking.
b. clang association.
c. auditory hallucinations.
d. flat affect.
e. emotional ambivalence.
magical thinking.
clang association.
auditory hallucinations.
the nurse should identify that magical thinking, or the belief that one's thoughts affect others, is
a positive symptom of this disorder.
schizophrenia manifestation
the nurse should identify that clang association, or choosing words based on their sounds, is a
positive symptom of this disorder.
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,schizophrenia manifestation
the nurse should identify that experiencing auditory hallucinations, or hearing voices or sounds
that do not exist, is a positive symptom of this disorder.
schizophrenia manifestation
the nurse is assessing a client who has end stage COPD. which of the following images should
the nurse identify as a late manifestation of this terminal illness?
a. flexion or contraction of the joints.
b. swan neck deformation.
c. tophi, related to chronic gout.
d. digital clubbing.
digital clubbing
the nurse should identify digital clubbing when assessing a client who has this disorder.
late manifestation of COPD
evidence of decreased arterial oxygen levels, which occurs over time and is evident as a late
manifestation of COPD.
digital clubbing
a nurse in an ED is assessing a newly admitted client. the nurse should identify that which of the
following findings is a manifestation of acute cocaine toxicity?
a. hypotension.
b. pinpoint pupils.
c. agitation.
d. hypothermia.
agitation
agitation, dizziness, and tremor.
acute cocaine toxicity s/s
can cause convulsions and myocardial infarction.
severe cocaine toxicity
a CNS stimulant
cocaine
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, a nurse is providing teaching to a client who has preeclampsia without severe symptoms. which
of the following instructions should the nurse include?
a. monitor temperature twice each day.
b. restrict fluid intake to four 245 mL glasses a day.
c. maintain a dark, quiet environment as much as possible.
d. use a side lying position when resting in bed or on the couch.
use a side lying position when resting in bed or on the couch.
increases blood flow to the uterus and placenta optimizing the delivery of nutrients and oxygen
to the fetus.
side lying position
can result in hypotension, which diminishes blood flow to the uterus and placenta.
supine positioning
a nurse is planning care for a client who has a gambling disorder. which of the following
interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
a. recommend joining a self help group.
b. administer antipsychotic medications.
c. begin disulfiram therapy.
d. initiate aversion therapy.
recommend joining a self help group.
self help groups such as gambler's anonymous.
effective treatment for gambling disorder
used as a behavioral modification tool for clients who have sexual paraphilias.
aversion therapy
a medication prescribed to deter drinking in clients who abuse alcohol.
disulfiram
lithium, carbamazepine, naltrexone.
antipsychotic meds
a nurse is caring for a client who has alzheimer's disease (AD). the client's daughter asks the
nurse if she will have AD as well. which of the following responses should the nurse make
regarding the genetic disposition of this disease?
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LEVEL 3 EXAM 2025 WITH ACTUAL
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS |FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS |ALREADY
GRADED A+|BRAND NEW!!|GUARANTEED
PASS|LATEST UPDATE
a nurse is teaching about pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy with the client who has
chronic pancreatitis and is starting to take pancrelipase capsules. which of the following
information should the nurse include when teaching about pancrelipase?
a. administer the enzyme capsules after each meal. b. vary the amount of medication taken
based on the amount of food consumed.
c. sprinkle the medication capsule contents on protein rich food.
d. take the medication capsules with calcium carbonate antacids when needed.
vary the amount of medication taken based on the amount of food consumed.
a nurse is assessing a client who has borderline personality disorder. which of the following
characteristics should the nurse expect?
a. arrogance.
b. attention seeking behavior.
c. impulsiveness.
d. suspicion.
impulsiveness
a nurse is planning care for a newborn who was born at 33 weeks of gestation and is 2 days old.
which of the following interventions should the nurse include?
a. bathe the newborn daily with an alkaline based soap.
b. dim the lights in the nursery for 2 hr during each 24 hr period.
1|Page
,c. position the newborn side lying or prone while in the nursery.
d. refrain from skin to skin contact until the newborn weighs 6 lb.
position the newborn side lying or prone while in the nursery.
a nurse in a mental health clinic is assessing a client who states, "I don't think my gambling is as
big of a problem as my friends think it is." which of the following findings should the nurse
identify as meeting the diagnostic criteria of gambling disorder?
a. the client makes no attempts to stop gambling.
b. the client gambles when feeling happy or enthusiastic.
c. the client gambles the same amount of money each week.
d. the client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses.
the client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses.
one of the diagnostic criteria for this is a reliance on others to provide money to help with
negative financial situations that are a direct result of gambling losses. according to the
american psychiatric association, a diagnosis of this requires that the client's behavior meets
four of the defined criteria over the period of the past 12 months.
gambling disorder
a nurse is assessing a client who has schizophrenia. which of the following manifestations
should the nurse identify as positive symptoms of schizophrenia? select all that apply.
a. magical thinking.
b. clang association.
c. auditory hallucinations.
d. flat affect.
e. emotional ambivalence.
magical thinking.
clang association.
auditory hallucinations.
the nurse should identify that magical thinking, or the belief that one's thoughts affect others, is
a positive symptom of this disorder.
schizophrenia manifestation
the nurse should identify that clang association, or choosing words based on their sounds, is a
positive symptom of this disorder.
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,schizophrenia manifestation
the nurse should identify that experiencing auditory hallucinations, or hearing voices or sounds
that do not exist, is a positive symptom of this disorder.
schizophrenia manifestation
the nurse is assessing a client who has end stage COPD. which of the following images should
the nurse identify as a late manifestation of this terminal illness?
a. flexion or contraction of the joints.
b. swan neck deformation.
c. tophi, related to chronic gout.
d. digital clubbing.
digital clubbing
the nurse should identify digital clubbing when assessing a client who has this disorder.
late manifestation of COPD
evidence of decreased arterial oxygen levels, which occurs over time and is evident as a late
manifestation of COPD.
digital clubbing
a nurse in an ED is assessing a newly admitted client. the nurse should identify that which of the
following findings is a manifestation of acute cocaine toxicity?
a. hypotension.
b. pinpoint pupils.
c. agitation.
d. hypothermia.
agitation
agitation, dizziness, and tremor.
acute cocaine toxicity s/s
can cause convulsions and myocardial infarction.
severe cocaine toxicity
a CNS stimulant
cocaine
3|Page
, a nurse is providing teaching to a client who has preeclampsia without severe symptoms. which
of the following instructions should the nurse include?
a. monitor temperature twice each day.
b. restrict fluid intake to four 245 mL glasses a day.
c. maintain a dark, quiet environment as much as possible.
d. use a side lying position when resting in bed or on the couch.
use a side lying position when resting in bed or on the couch.
increases blood flow to the uterus and placenta optimizing the delivery of nutrients and oxygen
to the fetus.
side lying position
can result in hypotension, which diminishes blood flow to the uterus and placenta.
supine positioning
a nurse is planning care for a client who has a gambling disorder. which of the following
interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
a. recommend joining a self help group.
b. administer antipsychotic medications.
c. begin disulfiram therapy.
d. initiate aversion therapy.
recommend joining a self help group.
self help groups such as gambler's anonymous.
effective treatment for gambling disorder
used as a behavioral modification tool for clients who have sexual paraphilias.
aversion therapy
a medication prescribed to deter drinking in clients who abuse alcohol.
disulfiram
lithium, carbamazepine, naltrexone.
antipsychotic meds
a nurse is caring for a client who has alzheimer's disease (AD). the client's daughter asks the
nurse if she will have AD as well. which of the following responses should the nurse make
regarding the genetic disposition of this disease?
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