Exit exam Spring 2024/2025 - ATI style questions to
help prepare you for the LPN Exit Exam/ ATI LPN Exit
Exam with All Questions and Answers Updated
Version Licensed Practical Nurse (Lincoln Technical
Institute)
,A nurse is collecting data from the caregiver of a client who
has Alzheimer's disease. The
caregiver reports the client has difficulty sleeping at night and
wanders throughout the house.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse
recommend?
a. Give the client barbiturate bedtime
b. Encourage client to take frequent walk
c. Allow the client to nap for at least 1 hr. during the day
d. Put simple lock on the bedroom
b. Encourage client to take frequent walk
A nurse is collecting data from a client who reports difficult
sleeping at night. Which
of the following client comments indicates an understanding of
sleep promotion?
"I am going to bed at the same time every night."
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has new
prescription for propranolol. The
nurse should include which of the followings a potential adverse
effect of this medication?
a. Decreased heart rate
b. Increased urinary output
c. White patches on the tongue
d. Sudden weight loss
a. Decreased heart rate
A nurse is caring for a client who is taking warfarin and has
an INR of 5.5 The nurse should
expect which of the following instruction from the provider?
a. Change medication to heparin IV
,b. Obtain an aPTT level
c. Reduce the dosage of the medication
d. Administer protamine sulfate
c. Reduce the dosage of the medication
A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who
has angina and a new
prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin. Which of the following
information should the
nurse include in the teaching?
- You should carry one nitroglycerin tablet in a small plastic bag
at all times."
- "You will feel a tingling sensation in your mouth when taking
a nitroglycerin tablet."
- "Take nitroglycerin immediately following heavy physical
activity."
- 'Contact your provider if you get a headache after taking
nitroglycerin."
"You will feel a tingling sensation in your mouth when taking
a nitroglycerin tablet."
A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who
has angina and a
prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin tablets. Which of the
following statements by the
client indicates an understanding of the teaching?
- "I will swallow the tablet for faster absorption."
- "I should expect pain relief in 1 to 3 minutes."
- "I should stop taking the medication if I get a headache."
- "I will wait 15 minutes before taking a second tablet."
- "I should expect pain relief in 1 to 3 minutes."
, A nurse is caring for a client who has chlamydial infection
and a new prescription for
doxycycline. The client reports nausea and vomiting after
starting the medication. Which
of the following recommendations should the nurse make?
- Take the medication with an antacid.
- Take the medication with crackers.
- Take the medication with calcium fortified orange juice.
- Take the medication and then lay down for 30 min.
Take the medication with crackers.
A nurse is caring for a client who is 1 day postoperative
following a total hip
arthroplasty and is receiving heparin subcutaneously. Which of
the following adverse
effects of the medication should the nurse report to the provider?
- weight gain'
- Anorexia
- Epistaxis
- Bradycardia
- Epistaxis
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has new
prescription for ciprofloxacin.
Which of the following information should the nurse include in
the teaching?
a. "Take an antacid if the medication causes gastrointestinal
upset."
b. "This medication can increase your risk for sunburn."
c. "Restrict your daily fluid intake while taking this medication."
d. "Expect to experience diarrhea while taking this medication."
d. "Expect to experience diarrhea while taking this medication."
help prepare you for the LPN Exit Exam/ ATI LPN Exit
Exam with All Questions and Answers Updated
Version Licensed Practical Nurse (Lincoln Technical
Institute)
,A nurse is collecting data from the caregiver of a client who
has Alzheimer's disease. The
caregiver reports the client has difficulty sleeping at night and
wanders throughout the house.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse
recommend?
a. Give the client barbiturate bedtime
b. Encourage client to take frequent walk
c. Allow the client to nap for at least 1 hr. during the day
d. Put simple lock on the bedroom
b. Encourage client to take frequent walk
A nurse is collecting data from a client who reports difficult
sleeping at night. Which
of the following client comments indicates an understanding of
sleep promotion?
"I am going to bed at the same time every night."
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has new
prescription for propranolol. The
nurse should include which of the followings a potential adverse
effect of this medication?
a. Decreased heart rate
b. Increased urinary output
c. White patches on the tongue
d. Sudden weight loss
a. Decreased heart rate
A nurse is caring for a client who is taking warfarin and has
an INR of 5.5 The nurse should
expect which of the following instruction from the provider?
a. Change medication to heparin IV
,b. Obtain an aPTT level
c. Reduce the dosage of the medication
d. Administer protamine sulfate
c. Reduce the dosage of the medication
A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who
has angina and a new
prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin. Which of the following
information should the
nurse include in the teaching?
- You should carry one nitroglycerin tablet in a small plastic bag
at all times."
- "You will feel a tingling sensation in your mouth when taking
a nitroglycerin tablet."
- "Take nitroglycerin immediately following heavy physical
activity."
- 'Contact your provider if you get a headache after taking
nitroglycerin."
"You will feel a tingling sensation in your mouth when taking
a nitroglycerin tablet."
A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who
has angina and a
prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin tablets. Which of the
following statements by the
client indicates an understanding of the teaching?
- "I will swallow the tablet for faster absorption."
- "I should expect pain relief in 1 to 3 minutes."
- "I should stop taking the medication if I get a headache."
- "I will wait 15 minutes before taking a second tablet."
- "I should expect pain relief in 1 to 3 minutes."
, A nurse is caring for a client who has chlamydial infection
and a new prescription for
doxycycline. The client reports nausea and vomiting after
starting the medication. Which
of the following recommendations should the nurse make?
- Take the medication with an antacid.
- Take the medication with crackers.
- Take the medication with calcium fortified orange juice.
- Take the medication and then lay down for 30 min.
Take the medication with crackers.
A nurse is caring for a client who is 1 day postoperative
following a total hip
arthroplasty and is receiving heparin subcutaneously. Which of
the following adverse
effects of the medication should the nurse report to the provider?
- weight gain'
- Anorexia
- Epistaxis
- Bradycardia
- Epistaxis
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has new
prescription for ciprofloxacin.
Which of the following information should the nurse include in
the teaching?
a. "Take an antacid if the medication causes gastrointestinal
upset."
b. "This medication can increase your risk for sunburn."
c. "Restrict your daily fluid intake while taking this medication."
d. "Expect to experience diarrhea while taking this medication."
d. "Expect to experience diarrhea while taking this medication."
