ATI COMP PREDICTOR EXAM QUESITONS AND ANSWERS

ATI COMP PREDICTOR EXAM
QUESITONS AND ANSWERS
An9NURSEn9ISn9PROVIDINGn9D/Cn9INSTRUCTIONSn9TOn9An9PTn9WHOn9HASn9TBn
9ANDn9ISn9BEGINNINGn9TXn9W/n9MULTIDRUGn9THERAPY.n9WHICHn9OFn9THEn9F
OLLOWINGn9PTn9STATEMENTSn9INDSn9ANn9UNDERSTANDINGn9OFn9THEn9TEA
CHING?n9-n9ANSWERS---
3n9consecutiven9negativen9sputumn9testsn9willn9indn9thatn9then9ptn9isn9non9longern9con
tagious.n9BUTn9Mantouxn9testn9willn9alwaysn9ben9+.
-ptsn9whon9haven9takenn9medsn9ton9txn9TBn9forn92-
3n9consecutiven9weeksn9aren9non9longern9contagious.n9BUT,n9ptsn9willn9needn9ton9co
ntinuen9medn9therapyn9forn9atn9leastn96mos.
-medsn9forn9TBn9cann9damagen9liver.n9avoidn9consumingn9alc.
-regn9follow-upn9visitsn9neededn9w/n9TB.

An9NURSEn9ISn9CARINGn9FORn9An9PTn9WHOn9HASn9An9CLOSED-
HEADn9INJn9ANDn9ISn9ONn9SEIZUREn9PRECAUTIONS.n9WHICHn9OFn9THEn9FOLL
OWINGn9ACTIONSn9SHOULDn9THEn9NURSEn9TAKE?n9-n9ANSWERS---
non9paddedn9tonguen9bladen9(riskn9ofn9aspn9andn9damagen9ton9teeth).
-non9siden9railsn9raised
-setn9upn9suctionn9equipmentn9atn9bedside.

An9NURSEn9ISn9DISCUSSINGn9SECURITYn9MEASURESn9W/n9An9PTn9FOLLOWIN
Gn9DELIVn9OFn9ANn9INFANT.n9WHICHn9OFn9THEn9FOLLOWINGn9STATEMENTSn9
SHOULDn9THEn9NURSEn9MAKE?n9-n9ANSWERS---
ifn9ptn9orn9othern9responsiblen9partyn9mustn9leaven9then9roomn9forn9anyn9reason,n9then
9newbornn9shouldn9ben9transportedn9ton9then9newbornn9nursery.
-securityn9sensorn9isn'tn9removedn9untiln9d/cn9fromn9facility.
-2n9plasticn9IDn9braceletsn9neededn9-
n9onen9onn9armn9andn9onen9onn9leg.n9IDn9#,n9name,n9date,n9timen9ofn9birth,n9andn9sex
n9aren9included.n9replacen9immediatelyn9ifn9offn9orn9missing.
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askn9forn9hospitaln9IDn9priorn9ton9allowingn9anyonen9ton9transportn9theirn9newbornn9(d
on'tn9gon9byn9coloredn9scrubs).

An9NURSEn9ISn9CONDUCTINGn9An9PRENATALn9CLASSn9ABTn9CARn9SEATn9SAF
ETY.n9WHICHn9OFn9THEn9FOLLOWINGn9STATEMENTSn9BYn9An9PTn9INDICATESn
9ANn9UNDERSTANDINGn9OFn9TEACHING?n9-n9ANSWERS---
infantsn9shouldn9remainn9inn9then9rear-
facingn9positionn9untiln9they'ren9atn9leastn92yrsn9oldn9ton9ensuren9safety.
-securen9then9retainern9clipn9atn9lvln9ofn9baby'sn9armpits.n9
-carn9seatn9atn945n9degn9angle.
-
extran9blanketsn9orn9paddingn9shouldn9notn9ben9addedn9ton9carn9seatn9(couldn9createn
9extran9airn9btwnn9infantn9andn9seatn9=n9injn9duringn9MVC).

,An9NURSEn9ISn9PERFORMINGn9TRIAGEn9FOLLOWINGn9An9MASSn9CASUALTYn9
EVENT.n9WHICHn9OFn9THEn9FOLLOWINGn9PTSn9SHOULDn9THEn9NURSEn9RECn9
BEn9TRANSPORTEDn9FIRSTn9TOn9An9HCF?n9-n9ANSWERS---
an9middlen9adultn9ptn9whon9hasn9an9suckingn9chestn9woundn9
-
an9childn9whosen9thighn9isn9impaledn9w/n9glassn9andn9hasn92+n9pedaln9pulsesn9hasn9g
oodn9peripheraln9circn9and,n9therefore,n9cann9wait.
-adn9paralyzedn9fromn9waistn9downn9-
n9lown9SCI,n9notn9ann9immediaten9threatn9andn9cann9wait.
-OAn9w/n9agonaln9breathingn9-
n9nearn9endn9ofn9life.n9notn9transportedn9firstn9r/tn9minn9chancen9ofn9survival.


An9HHNn9ISn9PLANNINGn9CAREn9FORn9ANn9OAn9PTn9WHOn9HASn9IMPAIREDn9VI
SION.n9WHICHn9INTERVENTIONSn9SHOULDn9THEn9NURSEn9INCLUDEn9INn9THEn
9PLANn9TOn9PREVENTn9INJn9INn9THEn9HOME?n9-n9ANSWERS---
securen9anyn9arean9rugsn9w/n9an9non-
slipn9padn9orn9adhesiven9stripsn9ton9securen9ton9then9floorn9ton9preventn9sliding.
-extensionn9cordsn9aren9removedn9fromn9high-
trafficn9areasn9inn9then9homen9andn9placedn9alongn9then9edgesn9ofn9walls.n9
-haven9adequaten9lightingn9-
n9usen9ofn9lightn9fixturesn9thatn9usen9bulbsn9>40n9wattsn9ton9optimizen9visibility.
-markn9edgesn9ofn9stairsn9w/n9paintn9orn9coloredn9tapen9forn9contrast.

An9NURSEn9ISn9DELEGATINGn9MEASUREMENTn9ANDn9DOCn9OFn9An9PT'Sn9CAP
ILLARYn9BLOODn9GLUCOSEn9LVLn9BEFOREn9LUNCHn9TOn9An9LPN.n9WHICHn9A
CTIONSn9SHOULDn9THEn9NURSEn9TAKEn9TOn9EVALn9THEn9COMPLETIONn9OFn9
THISn9TASK?n9-n9ANSWERS---
ensuren9thatn9then9glucosen9lvln9appearsn9inn9then9pt'sn9medn9recordn9-
n9taskn9completion!!


An9NURSEn9ISn9PLANNINGn9CAREn9FORn9An9GRPn9OFn9PTS.n9IDENTIFYn9THATn
9WHICHn9OFn9THEn9FOLLOWINGn9TASKSn9ISn9OUTSIDEn9ANn9RN'Sn9SCOPEn9O
Fn9PRACTICE?n9-n9ANSWERS---
insertingn9an9nonn9tunneledn9percutaneousn9centraln9venousn9catheter.

An9NURSEn9ISn9CARINGn9FORn9An9PTn9WHOn9ISn9HIV+n9ANDn9HASn9PNEUMONI
A.n9An9FAMn9MEMBERn9ASKSn9THEn9NURSE,n9"WHATn9ISn9CAUSINGn9MYn9SIST
ER'Sn9PNEUMONIA?"n9WHICHn9OFn9THEn9FOLLOWINGn9RESPONSESn9SHOULD
n9THEn9NURSEn9MAKE?n9-n9ANSWERS---
"yourn9sistern9mustn9given9permissionn9forn9men9ton9discussn9hern9conditionn9w/n9you.
"

An9NURSEn9MANAGERn9ISn9PREPPINGn9An9STAFFn9EDn9PROGRAMn9ABTn9CON
FIDENTIALITY.n9WHICHn9OFn9THEn9FOLLOWINGn9ACTIONSn9SHOULDn9THEn9N
URSEn9TAKEn9FIRST?n9-n9ANSWERS---
determinen9then9staff'sn9currentn9knowledgen9ofn9confidentialityn9requirements.

An9NURSEn9ISn9CARINGn9FORn9An9NEWBORNn9WHOSEn9GUARDIANn9HASn9REF
USEDn9THEn9ROUTINEn9ADMINn9OFn9ERYTHROMYCINn9OINTMENTn9TOn9THEn9
NEWBORN'Sn9EYES.n9WHICHn9ACTIONSn9SHOULDn9THEn9NURSEn9TAKE?n9-

,n9ANSWERS---
haven9then9guardiann9signn9then9facility'sn9refusaln9formn9andn9docn9completionn9ofn9t
hen9form.
-
don9NOTn9obtainn9an9culturen9ofn9then9newborn'sn9eyen9secretionsn9forn9gonorrhean9(
asn9erythromycinn9isn9usedn9asn9an9prophylacticn9txn9forn9gonorrhean9forn9then9preve
ntionn9ofn9ophthalmian9neonatorum.n9-
n9then9culturesn9aren9notn9partn9ofn9standardn9practicen9forn9providingn9caren9ton9an9n
ewborn).

An9NURSEn9ISn9DELEGATINGn9CAREn9FORn9An9GRPn9OFn9PTS.n9DELEGATEn9T
On9THEn9AP?n9-n9ANSWERS---performn9postmortemn9care
(cannotn9checkn9placementn9ofn9enteraln9feedingn9tube).

An9NURSEn9ISn9CARINGn9FORn9ANn9ANTEPARTUMn9PTn9WHOn9HASn9JUSTn9BE
ENn9INFORMEDn9THATn9THEIRn9FETUSn9HASn9ANENCEPHALY.n9THEn9PTn9ASK
Sn9THEn9NURSE,n9"DOn9YOUn9THINKn9In9SHOULDn9TERMINATEn9MYn9PREG?"n9
WHATn9SHOULDn9THEn9NURSEn9SAY?n9-n9ANSWERS--
"Let'sn9talkn9abtn9whatn9YOUn9thinkn9youn9shouldn9do."

An9NURSEn9ISn9PREPPINGn9TOn9ADMINn9An9MIXTUREn9OFn9HALDOLn95mg/mln9A
NDn9DIPHENHYDRAMINEn950mg/mln9IMn9TOn9An9PTn9WHOn9ISn9AGITATED.n9NU
RSINGn9ACTION?n9-n9ANSWERS---
avoidn9adminn9>1mln9ofn9medn9inton9then9deltoidn9site.n9bothn9haloperidoln9andn9diph
enhydraminen9shouldn9ben9adminn9deepn9inton9an9largen9musclen9mass,n9suchn9asn9t
hen9VGn9muscle!!
-usen9an92-inn9needlen9forn9ann9IMn9injectionn9ofn9thisn9combon9ofn9then92n9meds.
-
injectn9airn9inton9bothn9vialsn9priorn9ton9withdrawingn9then9meds.n9thisn9actionn9ensure
sn9thatn9then9nursen9cann9easilyn9withdrawn9then9medn9whenn9neededn9andn9thatn9the
n9medn9inn9then9syringen9isn'tn9pulledn9backn9inton9then9vialsn9duen9ton9negativen9pres
suren9beingn9formed.
-
then9nursen9shouldn9usen9an9filtern9needlen9ton9withdrawn9medn9fromn9ann9ampule;n9h
owever,n9then9filtern9needlen9isn9removedn9andn9replacedn9w/n9an9regn9needlen9priorn9
ton9admin.n9thesen9medsn9forn9adminn9aren9beingn9withdrawnn9fromn9vials,n9notn9amp
ules.

An9NURSEn9ISn9TEACHINGn9An9PTn9WHOn9HASn9An9NEW n9RXn9FORn9HALDOL.n9I
NSTRUCTIONSn9INCLUDEDn9INn9THEn9TEACHING?n9-n9ANSWERS---
rinsen9yourn9mouthn9freqn9throughoutn9then9dayn9-
n9Haldoln9hasn9antichn9s/en9liken9dryn9mouth.n9
-tapern9Haldoln9slowlyn9ton9avoidn9EPSn9-
n9don'tn9stopn9abruptly/immediatelyn9forn9sed!!
-regn9eyen9examsn9(notn9ear)n9w/n9Haldol.
-
usen9sunscreenn9productsn9orn9protectiven9clothingn9ton9minn9unprotectedn9exposure
n9ton9sunlightn9b/cn9Haldoln9cann9causen9photosensitivity.

, An9NURSEn9ISn9PROVIDINGn9D/Cn9TEACHINGn9TOn9An9PTn9WHOn9HASn9An9NEW
n9RXn9FORn9CODEINEn9PRNn9FORn9PAIN.n9UNDERSTANDINGn9OFn9THEn9TEAC
HING?n9-n9ANSWERS--"In9shouldn9taken9an9stooln9softenern9w/n9thisn9med"n9-
n9a/en9ofn9opioidn9analgesicsn9isn9constip!!!
-mayn9haven9urinaryn9retentionn9w/n9codeine.

An9NURSEn9ISn9CARINGn9FORn9An9PTn9WHOn9ISn9TAKINGn9VERAPAMILn9ANDn9S
TATES,n9"In9TAKEn9MYn9MEDn9W/n9An9GLASSn9OFn9GFJn9EVERYn9AM."n9WHICHn9
FINDINGn9INDSn9An9POSSn9MED-FOODn9INTERACTION?n9-n9ANSWERS---
drowsiness,n9hypotensionn9(GFJn9inhibitsn9metabn9ofn9thisn9medn9-
n9highern9lvln9ofn9verapamiln9inn9then9bloodn9--
>n9hypotension).n9+n9urinaryn9frequencyn9&n9wtn9gain.

An9NURSEn9ISn9CARINGn9FORn9An9PTn9WHOn9ISn9RECEIVINGn90.9%n9SODIUMn9
CHLORIDEn9VIAn9CONTINUOUSn9IVn9INFUSIONn9THROUGHn9An9PERIPHERALn9I
Vn9SITE.n9THEn9PTn9HASn9An9NEW n9RXn9FORn9CEFAZOLINn91gn9VIAn9INTERMITT
ENTn9IVn9BOLUSn9TOn9INFUSEn9OVERn930n9MINS.n9WHICHn9ACTIONSn9SHOULD
n9THEn9NURSEn9TAKEn9WHENn9INFUSINGn9THEn9CEFAZOLIN?n9-n9ANSWERS---
infusen9then9cefn9thrun9secondaryn9tubingn9CCn9w/n9then90.9%n9NaCln9infusionn9(pigg
ybackn9itn9AFTERn9ensuringn9solutionsn9aren9compatible).
-abxn9aren9time-critn9medsn9(son9don9notn9waitn9ton9adminn9it).

An9NURSEn9ISn9MONITORINGn9An9PTn9WHOn9RECEIVEDn9ALTEPLASEn9DURING
n9CORONARYn9ANGIOGRAPHY.n9ADVERSEn9EFFECTn9OFn9THEn9MED?n9-
n9ANSWERS---
bleedingn9aroundn9IVn9site,n9hematuria,n9orn9ALTn9LOCn9(ICn9BLEED!!!!).

An9NURSEn9ISn9CARINGn9FORn9An9SCHOOL-
AGEn9CHILDn9WHOn9ISn9EXPERIENCINGn9STATUSn9EPILEPTICUS.n9WHICHn9ME
Dn9SHOULDn9THEn9NURSEn9EXPECTn9TOn9ADMIN?n9-n9ANSWERS--lorazepam!!
-
gabapentin,n9carbamazepine,n9andn9valproicn9acidn9aren9forn9LTn9mgmtn9ofn9seizures

HERBALn9SUPPLEMENTSn9ANDn9WHATn9THEY'REn9SPECIFICALLYn9USEDn9FO
R:n9-n9ANSWERS--(1)n9GINGER:n9n/v,n9motionn9sickness.
(2)n9GINKGOn9BILOBA:n9incsn9bloodn9flown9ton9then9brainn9andn9improvesn9memory.
(3)n9SAW n9PALMETTO:n9txsn9urinaryn9cmn9causedn9byn9BPH
(4)n9GARLIC:n9txsn9HTNn9andn9elevatedn9cholesteroln9lvls.

An9NURSEn9ISn9TAKINGn9An9HXn9FORn9An9PTn9WHOn9DESIRESn9TOn9OBTAINn9O
RALn9CONTRACEPTIVESn9FORn9BIRTHn9CTRL.n9CONTRAn9TOn9USEn9OFn9ORAL
n9CONTRACEPTIVES?n9-n9ANSWERS--
hxn9ofn9thrombophlebitisn9(oraln9contraceptivesn9incn9riskn9ofn9thrombosis).
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oraln9contraceptivesn9cann9ben9usedn9ton9txn9an9ptn9whon9hasn9an9hxn9ofn9menorrhagi
a.
-
non9prevn9pressn9andn9STIn9presencen9aren9bothn9notn9contrasn9forn9then9usen9ofn9O
Cs.