ATI Fundamentals Comprehensive Exam
Comprehensive Questions (Frequently
Tested) with Verified Answers Graded
A+
The nurse observes that the patient is distracted and tense. This behavior suggests a common
reaction to hospitalization which is _______ - Answer: fear of the unknown
During the admissions procedures, what nursing intervention would help reduce anxiety? -
Answer: greet the patient by name
What is the essential part of the admission procedure performed by the RN is to? - Answer:
obtain a health history
Discharge planning should begin when? - Answer: shortly after admission
To help a patient find a source of financial aid to meet medical expenses, the nurse can make a
referral to? - Answer: social services
Upon admission, your patient has a billfold full of cash and no family present. Where should the
nurse suggest the money be placed? - Answer: hospital safe
A patient has an order for an interagency transfer. The nurse explains that the patient will be
moved from _____ - Answer: one facility to another
, Before the actual discharge, the nurse must ensure that the patient understands what? -
Answer: the discharge
How can the nurse help reduce the stress of hospital admission? Select all that apply (3) -
Answer: show patient the room, involve in care, give simple instructions
When assessing a patient, the nurse recognizes that pain is __________ - Answer: subjective
Most acute pain is intense and of short duration. How long will it usually last? - Answer: less
than 6 months
Continuous or intermittent pain that doesn't serve as a warning of tissue damage is - Answer:
chronic pain
On assessment, what can have a synergistic relationship with pain? - Answer: fatigue
Information about the site, severity, and duration of pain is considered what type of data? -
Answer: subjective
A patient with a pacemaker is not a candidate for what type of alternative therapy? - Answer:
magnet therapy/tens unit
What is the major advantage of PCA? - Answer: allows the patient to self administer analgesics
whenever needed
Dimming the lights and decreasing the noise levels are examples of nursing interventions
designed to do what? - Answer: decrease environment stimuli
Comprehensive Questions (Frequently
Tested) with Verified Answers Graded
A+
The nurse observes that the patient is distracted and tense. This behavior suggests a common
reaction to hospitalization which is _______ - Answer: fear of the unknown
During the admissions procedures, what nursing intervention would help reduce anxiety? -
Answer: greet the patient by name
What is the essential part of the admission procedure performed by the RN is to? - Answer:
obtain a health history
Discharge planning should begin when? - Answer: shortly after admission
To help a patient find a source of financial aid to meet medical expenses, the nurse can make a
referral to? - Answer: social services
Upon admission, your patient has a billfold full of cash and no family present. Where should the
nurse suggest the money be placed? - Answer: hospital safe
A patient has an order for an interagency transfer. The nurse explains that the patient will be
moved from _____ - Answer: one facility to another
, Before the actual discharge, the nurse must ensure that the patient understands what? -
Answer: the discharge
How can the nurse help reduce the stress of hospital admission? Select all that apply (3) -
Answer: show patient the room, involve in care, give simple instructions
When assessing a patient, the nurse recognizes that pain is __________ - Answer: subjective
Most acute pain is intense and of short duration. How long will it usually last? - Answer: less
than 6 months
Continuous or intermittent pain that doesn't serve as a warning of tissue damage is - Answer:
chronic pain
On assessment, what can have a synergistic relationship with pain? - Answer: fatigue
Information about the site, severity, and duration of pain is considered what type of data? -
Answer: subjective
A patient with a pacemaker is not a candidate for what type of alternative therapy? - Answer:
magnet therapy/tens unit
What is the major advantage of PCA? - Answer: allows the patient to self administer analgesics
whenever needed
Dimming the lights and decreasing the noise levels are examples of nursing interventions
designed to do what? - Answer: decrease environment stimuli
