ATI MED SURG PROCTORED EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026|GRADED A+

ATI MED SURG PROCTORED EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026|GRADED A+
A nurse is caring for a client who experienced a traumatic head injury and has an intraventricul
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ar catheter (Ventriculostomy) for ICP monitoring. The nurse should monitor the client for whic
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h of the following complications related to the ventriculostomy?:
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a. Headache
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b. Infection
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c. Aphasia
B




d. Hypertension - ANSWER-
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B




Monitor for infection and use strict asepsis to avoid life-threatening meningitis.
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A nurse is providing education to a client who is to undergo an EEG the next day. Which of the f
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ollowing info should the nurse include in the teaching?
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a. "Do not wash your hair the morning of the procedure."
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b. "Try and stay awake most of the night prior to the procedure."
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c. "The procedure will take approximately 15 mins."
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d. "You will need to lie flat for 4 hours after the procedure." - ANSWER-
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b. "Try and stay awake most of the night prior to the procedure."
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Tell the client to remain awake to provide cranial stress and increase the possibility of abnorm
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al electrical activity
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A nurse is caring for a client who is postprocedural following a lumbar puncture and reports a t
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hrobbing headache when sitting upright. Which of the following actions should the nurse take
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? SATA.
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a. Use the GCS scale to assess the client
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,b. Assist the client into a supine position
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c. Administer an opioid analgesic
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d. Encourage the client to increase PO fluid intake
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e. Instruct the client to perform coughing and deep breathing - ANSWER-
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A nurse is caring for a client who has continuous bladder irrigation following a transurethral re
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section of the prostate (TURP). Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the
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provider?



a Output equal to the instilled irrigate
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b. Client reports bladder spasms
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c. Viscous urinary output with clots
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d. Reports of strong urge to urinate - ANSWER-
B B B B B B B B c. Viscous urinary output with clots
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Urine that is bright red with clots is an indication of arterial bleeding.
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A nurse is monitoring the ECG of a client who has hypocalcemia. Which of the following findin
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gs should the nurse expect?
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a. Flattened T waves
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b. Prolonged QT intervals
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c. Shortened QT intervals
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d Widened QRS complexes - ANSWER-
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Manifestations of hypocalcemia include tingling, numbness, tetany, seizures, prolonged QT int
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ervals, and laryngospasm.
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A nurse is preparing a client who has a brain tumor for a CT scan. Which of the following factor
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s affects the manner in which the nurse will prepare the client for the scan?
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, a. No food or fluids consumed for 4 hours
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b. Difficulty recalling recent events
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c. Development of hives while eating shrimp
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d. Paresthesia in both hands - ANSWER-
B B B B B B c. Development of hives while eating shrimp
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Shellfish allergy is contraindication of use of contrast media during a CT scan.
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A nurse is preparing an in-
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service program about the stages of acute kidney injury. Which of the following pieces of info
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should the nurse include about prerenal azotemia?
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a. Prerenal azotemia begins prior to the onset of symptoms
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b. Interference with renal perfusion causes renal azotemia
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c. Prerenal azotemia is irreversible, even in early stages
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d. Infections and tumors cause prerenal azotemia - ANSWER-
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b. Interference with renal perfusion causes prerenal azotemia.
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Prerenal = interference with renal perfusion, such as from heart failure or hypovolemic shock.
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A nurse is teaching a client who has CAD about the difference between angina pectoris and MI
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. Which of the following should the nurse identify as indications of MI? SATA.
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a. N/V B




b. Diaphoresis and dizziness
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c. Chest and left arm pain that subsides with rest
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d. Anxiety and feelings of doom
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e. Bounding pulse and bradypnea - ANSWER-
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A nurse is reviewing the lab results of a lumbar puncture for a client who has manifestations of
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bacterial meningitis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
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