ATI RN Concept-Based Assessment Level 3 Study Guide Most
Recent exam COMPLETE (2026) EXAM Questions and Answers
(Verified Answers) (Latest Update 2026) Graded A+
orthostatic hypotension - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ caused by
DEHYDRATION from fluid loos and electrolyte imbalance
gross motor skills - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ physical abilities
involving large body movements, such as walking and jumping
-EX: 9 month-old infant SHOULD be able to sit UNSUPPORTED for up to 10
MIN
Biofeedback - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ technique that uses audio
and visual signals that allow client to reduce muscle tension by gaining control
over autonomic physiologic functions.
How should phenytoin be administered? Why? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔✔✔✔ -administered IV bolus at a rate no greater than 50mg/min.
-to prevent HYPOTENSION and BRADYCARDIA
Manifestations of Parkinson's Disease - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔
tremor, rigidity, BRADYKINESIA, postural instability, depression and other
psychiatric changes, dementia, autonomic symptoms, sleep disturbances
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,Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ spreads
ERRATICALLY through the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM to other organs. It also
manifest in PAINLESS, swollen lymph nodes found in the CERVICAL,
AXILLLARY, INGUINAL, & FEMORAL areas.
Hodgkin's lymphoma - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ spreads
SYSTEMICALLY from one group of lymph nodes to the next group of nodes.
Important teachings for client with new prescription of a DIAPHRAGM. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -should remain in place for 6HR
FOLLOWING INTERCOURSE
-should remove diaphragm NO MORE THAN 24HRS following intercourse
-insert diaphragm NO MORE THAN 6HR PRIOR to intercourse
-apply about 10ml (2tsp) of SPERMICIDE inside diaphragm prior to intercourse
-replace every 2 yrs.
-client should be refitted if their weight FLUCTUATE BY 20%
-client should be refitted following a ABDOMINAL SURGERY, PELVIC
SURGERY, & after each pregnancy
A client with fibrocystic breast condition will... - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔✔✔✔ have BREAST PAIN and tenderness as well ass LUMPS usually in
the UPPER OUTER QUADRANT of the breast.
Expected findings of INTRADUCTAL PAPILLOMA BREAST disorder? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ finding will include:
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-mass in duct and NIPPLE DISCHARGE
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,Expected findings of DUCTAL EXTASIS BREAST DISORDER? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Enlarged axillary nodes and Nipple discharge.
Client with COPD will experience... - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔
DIGITAL CLUBBING, which DECREASES arterial O2 levels.
tophi with chronic gout - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ hard, painless
nodule on first toe, collection of NA urate crystals due to chronic gout, sometimes
bursts with chalky discharge
Swan neck deformity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -hyperextension of
PIP joint and flexion of DIP joint
-late manifestation of RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA)
scleroderma - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ chronic progressive disease
of the skin and internal organs with hardening and shrinking of connective tissue
-EXPECT flexion or contracture of joints. (late manifestation)
Preferred meal plan for a patient with DIVERTICULITIS - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -advance to high-fiber diet. Best source of fiber is a
BANANA which yields 3.1g of FIBER.
Diverticulitis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ inflammation of the
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, What type of medication can increase a patient's risk for a stroke? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -oral contraceptives B/C this will INCREASE the risk
for developing a THROMBOEMBOLISM.
A client with HYPOPITUITARISM places the them at risk for developing what
type of condition? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -osteoporosis
How does light to moderate drinking, (150ml or 5oz of wine each day) affect the
client's risk for having a stroke? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ it
doesn't increase, it actually DECREASES the risk for stroke.
What is Ewing Sarcoma? What are expected manifestations of this disease? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -rare malignant tumor arising in bone;
most often occurring in children
-client will experience pain in the UPPER THIGH as well as LOCALIZED
PAIN, SWELLING, & PALPABLE MASS.
What are expected findings of Multiple Sclerosis (MS)? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -decrease visual acuity, diplopia, changes in peripheral
vision, & nystagmus (repeat of uncontrolled movements).
What are expected finding of Amyotrophic Later Sclerosis (ALS)? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -fascifulcations of the face, twitching of the face or
tongue.
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Recent exam COMPLETE (2026) EXAM Questions and Answers
(Verified Answers) (Latest Update 2026) Graded A+
orthostatic hypotension - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ caused by
DEHYDRATION from fluid loos and electrolyte imbalance
gross motor skills - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ physical abilities
involving large body movements, such as walking and jumping
-EX: 9 month-old infant SHOULD be able to sit UNSUPPORTED for up to 10
MIN
Biofeedback - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ technique that uses audio
and visual signals that allow client to reduce muscle tension by gaining control
over autonomic physiologic functions.
How should phenytoin be administered? Why? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔✔✔✔ -administered IV bolus at a rate no greater than 50mg/min.
-to prevent HYPOTENSION and BRADYCARDIA
Manifestations of Parkinson's Disease - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔
tremor, rigidity, BRADYKINESIA, postural instability, depression and other
psychiatric changes, dementia, autonomic symptoms, sleep disturbances
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,Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ spreads
ERRATICALLY through the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM to other organs. It also
manifest in PAINLESS, swollen lymph nodes found in the CERVICAL,
AXILLLARY, INGUINAL, & FEMORAL areas.
Hodgkin's lymphoma - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ spreads
SYSTEMICALLY from one group of lymph nodes to the next group of nodes.
Important teachings for client with new prescription of a DIAPHRAGM. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -should remain in place for 6HR
FOLLOWING INTERCOURSE
-should remove diaphragm NO MORE THAN 24HRS following intercourse
-insert diaphragm NO MORE THAN 6HR PRIOR to intercourse
-apply about 10ml (2tsp) of SPERMICIDE inside diaphragm prior to intercourse
-replace every 2 yrs.
-client should be refitted if their weight FLUCTUATE BY 20%
-client should be refitted following a ABDOMINAL SURGERY, PELVIC
SURGERY, & after each pregnancy
A client with fibrocystic breast condition will... - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔✔✔✔ have BREAST PAIN and tenderness as well ass LUMPS usually in
the UPPER OUTER QUADRANT of the breast.
Expected findings of INTRADUCTAL PAPILLOMA BREAST disorder? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ finding will include:
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-mass in duct and NIPPLE DISCHARGE
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,Expected findings of DUCTAL EXTASIS BREAST DISORDER? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ Enlarged axillary nodes and Nipple discharge.
Client with COPD will experience... - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔
DIGITAL CLUBBING, which DECREASES arterial O2 levels.
tophi with chronic gout - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ hard, painless
nodule on first toe, collection of NA urate crystals due to chronic gout, sometimes
bursts with chalky discharge
Swan neck deformity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -hyperextension of
PIP joint and flexion of DIP joint
-late manifestation of RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA)
scleroderma - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ chronic progressive disease
of the skin and internal organs with hardening and shrinking of connective tissue
-EXPECT flexion or contracture of joints. (late manifestation)
Preferred meal plan for a patient with DIVERTICULITIS - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -advance to high-fiber diet. Best source of fiber is a
BANANA which yields 3.1g of FIBER.
Diverticulitis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ inflammation of the
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diverticula
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, What type of medication can increase a patient's risk for a stroke? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -oral contraceptives B/C this will INCREASE the risk
for developing a THROMBOEMBOLISM.
A client with HYPOPITUITARISM places the them at risk for developing what
type of condition? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -osteoporosis
How does light to moderate drinking, (150ml or 5oz of wine each day) affect the
client's risk for having a stroke? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ it
doesn't increase, it actually DECREASES the risk for stroke.
What is Ewing Sarcoma? What are expected manifestations of this disease? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -rare malignant tumor arising in bone;
most often occurring in children
-client will experience pain in the UPPER THIGH as well as LOCALIZED
PAIN, SWELLING, & PALPABLE MASS.
What are expected findings of Multiple Sclerosis (MS)? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -decrease visual acuity, diplopia, changes in peripheral
vision, & nystagmus (repeat of uncontrolled movements).
What are expected finding of Amyotrophic Later Sclerosis (ALS)? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ -fascifulcations of the face, twitching of the face or
tongue.
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