ATI RN Community Health Nursing 2025 – NGN
Exam Practice Questions TESTBANK
A nurse has received a prescription for dextran to administer to a client. The nurse should
recognize that dextran belongs in which of the following functional classifications
A) Skeletal muscle relaxants
B) Beta-adrenergic blockers
C) Broad-spectrum anti-infective agents
D) Plasma volume expanders
D) Plasma volume expanders
A nurse is providing teaching to a client regarding protein intake. Which of the following foods
should the nurse include as an example of an incomplete protein?
A) Eggs
B) Soybeans
C) Lentils
,D) Yogurt
D) Lentils
A nurse is caring for a client who has cancer and is experiencing pain. The nurse should
implement which of the following interventions to assist the client with pain relief?
A) Encourage the client to listen to soft music
B) Instruct the client to practice tai chi
C) Place a jasmine scented air freshener in the clients room
D) Offer the client ginger tea
A) Encourage the client to listen to soft music
A nurse is assessing a client who has an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Which of the following
manifestations should the nurse expect?
A) Midsternal chest pain
B) Thrill
C) Pitting edema in lower extremities
D) Lower back discomfort
D) Lower back discomfort
A nurse is preparing a plan of care for a client who is postoperative following a modified radical
mastectomy. Which of the following invoice decides should the nurse expect the client to
have?
A) Chest tube
B) Indwelling urinary catheter
C) Nasogastric tube
D) Jackson-Pratt drain
D) Jackson-Pratt drain
A nurse is planning care for a client who has anorexia and nausea due to cancer treatment.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse include.
A) Serve foods at warm or hot temperatures
,B) Offer the client low-density foods
C) Make sure the client lies supine after meals
D) Limit drinking liquids with food
D) Limit drinking liquids with food
A newly licensed nurse is preparing to administer medications to a client. The nurse notes that
the provider has prescribed a medication that is unfamiliar to him. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A) Consult the medication reference book available on the unit
B) Ask a more experienced nurse for information about the medication
C) Call the clients provider and verify the prescription
D) Ask the client if she takes this medication at home
A) Consult the medication reference book available on the unit
A nurse in a providers office is assessing a client who has heart failure. The client has gained
weight since her last, and her an,les are edematous. Which of the following findings is another
clinical manifestation of fluid volume excess
A) Sunken eyeball
B) Hypotension
C) Poor skin turgor
D) Bounding pulse
D) Bounding pulse
A nurse in an oncology clinic is assessing a client who is undergoing treatment for ovarian
cancer. Which of the following statements by the client indicates she is experiencing
psychological distress?
A) "My parents are retired, and they have come to help with our children
B) "I am going to ask my husband to go to counseling with me"
C) "I keep having nightmares about my upcoming surgery"
D) "My girlfriends bought me a nice wig"
C) "I keep having night,ares about my upcoming surgery"
, A nurse is assessing a client who has a sudden onset of severe back pain of unknown origin.
Which of the following questions should the nurse ask to encourage discussion with the client?
A) "Does the medication you're taking relieve the pain?"
B) "Can you point to where the pain is the worst?"
C) "What do you think caused the onset of your pain?"
D) "Changing positions makes your pain worse, right?"
C) "What do you think caused the onset of your pain?"
A nurse is caring for a client who has acute renal failure. Which of the following assessments
provides the most accurate measure of the clients fluid status?
A) Daily weight
B) Blood pressure
C) specific gravity
D) Intake and output
A) Daily weight
A nurse is caring for a client who is unstable and has vital sign measured every 15 minutes by
an electronic blood pressure machine. The nurse notices the machine begins to measure the
blood pressure at varied intervals, and the readings are inconsistent. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A) Turn on the machine every 15 min to measure the clients blood pressure
B) Record only the blood pressure reading needed for 15 min intervals
C) Obtain manual and automatic readings and compare them
D) Disconnect the machine and measure the blood pressure manually every 15 min
D) Disconnect the machine and measure the blood pressure manually every 15 min
A nurse is caring for a client who has a temperature of 38.7 C (101.7 F). Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A) Apply an alcohol-water solution to the clients skin
B) Keel the clients bed linens dry
C) Apply ice packs to the groin
D) Limit the clients fluid intake to 1183 mL (40 oz) of fluid per day
B) Keep the clients bed linens dry
Exam Practice Questions TESTBANK
A nurse has received a prescription for dextran to administer to a client. The nurse should
recognize that dextran belongs in which of the following functional classifications
A) Skeletal muscle relaxants
B) Beta-adrenergic blockers
C) Broad-spectrum anti-infective agents
D) Plasma volume expanders
D) Plasma volume expanders
A nurse is providing teaching to a client regarding protein intake. Which of the following foods
should the nurse include as an example of an incomplete protein?
A) Eggs
B) Soybeans
C) Lentils
,D) Yogurt
D) Lentils
A nurse is caring for a client who has cancer and is experiencing pain. The nurse should
implement which of the following interventions to assist the client with pain relief?
A) Encourage the client to listen to soft music
B) Instruct the client to practice tai chi
C) Place a jasmine scented air freshener in the clients room
D) Offer the client ginger tea
A) Encourage the client to listen to soft music
A nurse is assessing a client who has an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Which of the following
manifestations should the nurse expect?
A) Midsternal chest pain
B) Thrill
C) Pitting edema in lower extremities
D) Lower back discomfort
D) Lower back discomfort
A nurse is preparing a plan of care for a client who is postoperative following a modified radical
mastectomy. Which of the following invoice decides should the nurse expect the client to
have?
A) Chest tube
B) Indwelling urinary catheter
C) Nasogastric tube
D) Jackson-Pratt drain
D) Jackson-Pratt drain
A nurse is planning care for a client who has anorexia and nausea due to cancer treatment.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse include.
A) Serve foods at warm or hot temperatures
,B) Offer the client low-density foods
C) Make sure the client lies supine after meals
D) Limit drinking liquids with food
D) Limit drinking liquids with food
A newly licensed nurse is preparing to administer medications to a client. The nurse notes that
the provider has prescribed a medication that is unfamiliar to him. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A) Consult the medication reference book available on the unit
B) Ask a more experienced nurse for information about the medication
C) Call the clients provider and verify the prescription
D) Ask the client if she takes this medication at home
A) Consult the medication reference book available on the unit
A nurse in a providers office is assessing a client who has heart failure. The client has gained
weight since her last, and her an,les are edematous. Which of the following findings is another
clinical manifestation of fluid volume excess
A) Sunken eyeball
B) Hypotension
C) Poor skin turgor
D) Bounding pulse
D) Bounding pulse
A nurse in an oncology clinic is assessing a client who is undergoing treatment for ovarian
cancer. Which of the following statements by the client indicates she is experiencing
psychological distress?
A) "My parents are retired, and they have come to help with our children
B) "I am going to ask my husband to go to counseling with me"
C) "I keep having nightmares about my upcoming surgery"
D) "My girlfriends bought me a nice wig"
C) "I keep having night,ares about my upcoming surgery"
, A nurse is assessing a client who has a sudden onset of severe back pain of unknown origin.
Which of the following questions should the nurse ask to encourage discussion with the client?
A) "Does the medication you're taking relieve the pain?"
B) "Can you point to where the pain is the worst?"
C) "What do you think caused the onset of your pain?"
D) "Changing positions makes your pain worse, right?"
C) "What do you think caused the onset of your pain?"
A nurse is caring for a client who has acute renal failure. Which of the following assessments
provides the most accurate measure of the clients fluid status?
A) Daily weight
B) Blood pressure
C) specific gravity
D) Intake and output
A) Daily weight
A nurse is caring for a client who is unstable and has vital sign measured every 15 minutes by
an electronic blood pressure machine. The nurse notices the machine begins to measure the
blood pressure at varied intervals, and the readings are inconsistent. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A) Turn on the machine every 15 min to measure the clients blood pressure
B) Record only the blood pressure reading needed for 15 min intervals
C) Obtain manual and automatic readings and compare them
D) Disconnect the machine and measure the blood pressure manually every 15 min
D) Disconnect the machine and measure the blood pressure manually every 15 min
A nurse is caring for a client who has a temperature of 38.7 C (101.7 F). Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A) Apply an alcohol-water solution to the clients skin
B) Keel the clients bed linens dry
C) Apply ice packs to the groin
D) Limit the clients fluid intake to 1183 mL (40 oz) of fluid per day
B) Keep the clients bed linens dry
