VIRTUAL ATI FUNDAMENTALS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Virtual ATI Fundamentals Review
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
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1. When should you implement <135 mEq/L or >145 mEq/L
seizure precautions in relation
to Na+ changes?
2. When mixing insulins, which Intermediate. Then rapid-acting. That way your insulin
type would be drawn into the doesn't dip quickly and suddenly. Better to have it be delayed
syringe first? and gradually lower (if they even mixed in the vials)
3. What is a positive Chvostek's Contraction of facial muscle after the nurse taps the client's
sign and what does it indicate? facial nerve.
Indicates hypocalcemia or hypomagnesemia
4. Why shouldn't client roll from Prevent bony fragments from moving against each other.
side to side in buck's traction? Client may only shift slightly with assistance
5. A client with an ileostomy Apply moist towels to abdomen (facilitate drainage), abdom-
calls the clinic reporting stomal inal massage (same), Hot tea (same)
swelling along with decreased
drainage of ileostomy contents.
The nurse instructs the client to
do what?
6. When can bariatric clients con- One hour before or after meals
sume liquids to prevent dump-
ing syndrome?
7. How should a client with dump- Lying down (NOT SITTING UP). Sitting up speeds the move-
ing syndrome be positioned af- ment of gastric contents into duodenum and may trigger S/S
ter eating? of dumping syndrome (so flat in order to slow it)
8. Buck's traction A device for applying traction for a femoral injury. Adhesive
tape on skin pulls leg into traction with a weight tugging on
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a pulley. Promotes proper healing after a fracture so muscles
don't pull broken bones inappropriately
9. What types of foods are recom- Tender, ground, well-cooked meat, eggs, fish, poultry, refined
mended for clients with Crohn's pasta and cereal, white rice and bread, canned or cooked
disease? vegetables without skin or seeds and juices without pulp
10. What types of foods irritate the Foods that don't digest completely, leaving fiber and residue.
digestive tract of clients with These include raw vegetables, dried fruits, wild rice, rice/ce-
Crohn's disease? real/pasta made with whole wheat/bran/oats/flax/buck-
wheat
11. Colparrhaphy? a minimally invasive surgical procedure that repairs and
strengthens the vaginal wall after a pelvic organ prolapse
(POP). A pelvic organ prolapse occurs when one of the organs
in the pelvic floor region slips out of its normal location in the
body
12. A nurse is completing a di- Fluid restriction, reduced to 24 hour output plus 500ml
etary evaluation for a client di-
agnosed with acute glomeru-
lonephritis. What restriction is
necessary?
13. A client reports awaking from Have you noticed any bloody show or fluid coming from your
sleep by contractions that vagina?
are occurring every five min-
utes and lasting 30-40 sec- *False labor is characterized by painless, irregular, and inter-
onds. What question should the mittent contractions that decrease in frequency, duration, and
nurse ask to assess for true la- intensity with walking or position changes
bor versus false labor?
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Virtual ATI Fundamentals Review
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_8fi0d1
1. When should you implement <135 mEq/L or >145 mEq/L
seizure precautions in relation
to Na+ changes?
2. When mixing insulins, which Intermediate. Then rapid-acting. That way your insulin
type would be drawn into the doesn't dip quickly and suddenly. Better to have it be delayed
syringe first? and gradually lower (if they even mixed in the vials)
3. What is a positive Chvostek's Contraction of facial muscle after the nurse taps the client's
sign and what does it indicate? facial nerve.
Indicates hypocalcemia or hypomagnesemia
4. Why shouldn't client roll from Prevent bony fragments from moving against each other.
side to side in buck's traction? Client may only shift slightly with assistance
5. A client with an ileostomy Apply moist towels to abdomen (facilitate drainage), abdom-
calls the clinic reporting stomal inal massage (same), Hot tea (same)
swelling along with decreased
drainage of ileostomy contents.
The nurse instructs the client to
do what?
6. When can bariatric clients con- One hour before or after meals
sume liquids to prevent dump-
ing syndrome?
7. How should a client with dump- Lying down (NOT SITTING UP). Sitting up speeds the move-
ing syndrome be positioned af- ment of gastric contents into duodenum and may trigger S/S
ter eating? of dumping syndrome (so flat in order to slow it)
8. Buck's traction A device for applying traction for a femoral injury. Adhesive
tape on skin pulls leg into traction with a weight tugging on
1/6
, Virtual ATI Fundamentals Review
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_8fi0d1
a pulley. Promotes proper healing after a fracture so muscles
don't pull broken bones inappropriately
9. What types of foods are recom- Tender, ground, well-cooked meat, eggs, fish, poultry, refined
mended for clients with Crohn's pasta and cereal, white rice and bread, canned or cooked
disease? vegetables without skin or seeds and juices without pulp
10. What types of foods irritate the Foods that don't digest completely, leaving fiber and residue.
digestive tract of clients with These include raw vegetables, dried fruits, wild rice, rice/ce-
Crohn's disease? real/pasta made with whole wheat/bran/oats/flax/buck-
wheat
11. Colparrhaphy? a minimally invasive surgical procedure that repairs and
strengthens the vaginal wall after a pelvic organ prolapse
(POP). A pelvic organ prolapse occurs when one of the organs
in the pelvic floor region slips out of its normal location in the
body
12. A nurse is completing a di- Fluid restriction, reduced to 24 hour output plus 500ml
etary evaluation for a client di-
agnosed with acute glomeru-
lonephritis. What restriction is
necessary?
13. A client reports awaking from Have you noticed any bloody show or fluid coming from your
sleep by contractions that vagina?
are occurring every five min-
utes and lasting 30-40 sec- *False labor is characterized by painless, irregular, and inter-
onds. What question should the mittent contractions that decrease in frequency, duration, and
nurse ask to assess for true la- intensity with walking or position changes
bor versus false labor?
14.
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