ATI COMP PREDICTOR EXAM QUESITONS AND ANSWERS

ATI COMP PREDICTOR EXAM
QUESITONS AND ANSWERS
An8NURSEn8ISn8PROVIDINGn8D/Cn8INSTRUCTIONSn8TOn8An8PTn8WHOn8HASn8TBn
8ANDn8ISn8BEGINNINGn8TXn8W/n8MULTIDRUGn8THERAPY.n8WHICHn8OFn8THEn8F
OLLOWINGn8PTn8STATEMENTSn8INDSn8ANn8UNDERSTANDINGn8OFn8THEn8TEA
CHING?n8-n8ANSWERS---
3n8consecutiven8negativen8sputumn8testsn8willn8indn8thatn8then8ptn8isn8non8longern8con
tagious.n8BUTn8Mantouxn8testn8willn8alwaysn8ben8+.
-ptsn8whon8haven8takenn8medsn8ton8txn8TBn8forn82-
3n8consecutiven8weeksn8aren8non8longern8contagious.n8BUT,n8ptsn8willn8needn8ton8co
ntinuen8medn8therapyn8forn8atn8leastn86mos.
-medsn8forn8TBn8cann8damagen8liver.n8avoidn8consumingn8alc.
-regn8follow-upn8visitsn8neededn8w/n8TB.

An8NURSEn8ISn8CARINGn8FORn8An8PTn8WHOn8HASn8An8CLOSED-
HEADn8INJn8ANDn8ISn8ONn8SEIZUREn8PRECAUTIONS.n8WHICHn8OFn8THEn8FOLL
OWINGn8ACTIONSn8SHOULDn8THEn8NURSEn8TAKE?n8-n8ANSWERS---
non8paddedn8tonguen8bladen8(riskn8ofn8aspn8andn8damagen8ton8teeth).
-non8siden8railsn8raised
-setn8upn8suctionn8equipmentn8atn8bedside.

An8NURSEn8ISn8DISCUSSINGn8SECURITYn8MEASURESn8W/n8An8PTn8FOLLOWIN
Gn8DELIVn8OFn8ANn8INFANT.n8WHICHn8OFn8THEn8FOLLOWINGn8STATEMENTSn8
SHOULDn8THEn8NURSEn8MAKE?n8-n8ANSWERS---
ifn8ptn8orn8othern8responsiblen8partyn8mustn8leaven8then8roomn8forn8anyn8reason,n8then
8newbornn8shouldn8ben8transportedn8ton8then8newbornn8nursery.
-securityn8sensorn8isn'tn8removedn8untiln8d/cn8fromn8facility.
-2n8plasticn8IDn8braceletsn8neededn8-
n8onen8onn8armn8andn8onen8onn8leg.n8IDn8#,n8name,n8date,n8timen8ofn8birth,n8andn8sex
n8aren8included.n8replacen8immediatelyn8ifn8offn8orn8missing.
-
askn8forn8hospitaln8IDn8priorn8ton8allowingn8anyonen8ton8transportn8theirn8newbornn8(d
on'tn8gon8byn8coloredn8scrubs).

An8NURSEn8ISn8CONDUCTINGn8An8PRENATALn8CLASSn8ABTn8CARn8SEATn8SAF
ETY.n8WHICHn8OFn8THEn8FOLLOWINGn8STATEMENTSn8BYn8An8PTn8INDICATESn
8ANn8UNDERSTANDINGn8OFn8TEACHING?n8-n8ANSWERS---
infantsn8shouldn8remainn8inn8then8rear-
facingn8positionn8untiln8they'ren8atn8leastn82yrsn8oldn8ton8ensuren8safety.
-securen8then8retainern8clipn8atn8lvln8ofn8baby'sn8armpits.n8
-carn8seatn8atn845n8degn8angle.
-
extran8blanketsn8orn8paddingn8shouldn8notn8ben8addedn8ton8carn8seatn8(couldn8createn
8extran8airn8btwnn8infantn8andn8seatn8=n8injn8duringn8MVC).


An8NURSEn8ISn8PERFORMINGn8TRIAGEn8FOLLOWINGn8An8MASSn8CASUALTYn8
EVENT.n8WHICHn8OFn8THEn8FOLLOWINGn8PTSn8SHOULDn8THEn8NURSEn8RECn8

,BEn8TRANSPORTEDn8FIRSTn8TOn8An8HCF?n8-n8ANSWERS---
an8middlen8adultn8ptn8whon8hasn8an8suckingn8chestn8woundn8
-
an8childn8whosen8thighn8isn8impaledn8w/n8glassn8andn8hasn82+n8pedaln8pulsesn8hasn8g
oodn8peripheraln8circn8and,n8therefore,n8cann8wait.
-adn8paralyzedn8fromn8waistn8downn8-
n8lown8SCI,n8notn8ann8immediaten8threatn8andn8cann8wait.
-OAn8w/n8agonaln8breathingn8-
n8nearn8endn8ofn8life.n8notn8transportedn8firstn8r/tn8minn8chancen8ofn8survival.


An8HHNn8ISn8PLANNINGn8CAREn8FORn8ANn8OAn8PTn8WHOn8HASn8IMPAIREDn8VI
SION.n8WHICHn8INTERVENTIONSn8SHOULDn8THEn8NURSEn8INCLUDEn8INn8THEn
8PLANn8TOn8PREVENTn8INJn8INn8THEn8HOME?n8-n8ANSWERS---
securen8anyn8arean8rugsn8w/n8an8non-
slipn8padn8orn8adhesiven8stripsn8ton8securen8ton8then8floorn8ton8preventn8sliding.
-extensionn8cordsn8aren8removedn8fromn8high-
trafficn8areasn8inn8then8homen8andn8placedn8alongn8then8edgesn8ofn8walls.n8
-haven8adequaten8lightingn8-
n8usen8ofn8lightn8fixturesn8thatn8usen8bulbsn8>40n8wattsn8ton8optimizen8visibility.
-markn8edgesn8ofn8stairsn8w/n8paintn8orn8coloredn8tapen8forn8contrast.

An8NURSEn8ISn8DELEGATINGn8MEASUREMENTn8ANDn8DOCn8OFn8An8PT'Sn8CAP
ILLARYn8BLOODn8GLUCOSEn8LVLn8BEFOREn8LUNCHn8TOn8An8LPN.n8WHICHn8A
CTIONSn8SHOULDn8THEn8NURSEn8TAKEn8TOn8EVALn8THEn8COMPLETIONn8OFn8
THISn8TASK?n8-n8ANSWERS---
ensuren8thatn8then8glucosen8lvln8appearsn8inn8then8pt'sn8medn8recordn8-
n8taskn8completion!!


An8NURSEn8ISn8PLANNINGn8CAREn8FORn8An8GRPn8OFn8PTS.n8IDENTIFYn8THATn
8WHICHn8OFn8THEn8FOLLOWINGn8TASKSn8ISn8OUTSIDEn8ANn8RN'Sn8SCOPEn8O
Fn8PRACTICE?n8-n8ANSWERS---
insertingn8an8nonn8tunneledn8percutaneousn8centraln8venousn8catheter.

An8NURSEn8ISn8CARINGn8FORn8An8PTn8WHOn8ISn8HIV+n8ANDn8HASn8PNEUMONI
A.n8An8FAMn8MEMBERn8ASKSn8THEn8NURSE,n8"WHATn8ISn8CAUSINGn8MYn8SIST
ER'Sn8PNEUMONIA?"n8WHICHn8OFn8THEn8FOLLOWINGn8RESPONSESn8SHOULD
n8THEn8NURSEn8MAKE?n8-n8ANSWERS---
"yourn8sistern8mustn8given8permissionn8forn8men8ton8discussn8hern8conditionn8w/n8you.
"

An8NURSEn8MANAGERn8ISn8PREPPINGn8An8STAFFn8EDn8PROGRAMn8ABTn8CON
FIDENTIALITY.n8WHICHn8OFn8THEn8FOLLOWINGn8ACTIONSn8SHOULDn8THEn8N
URSEn8TAKEn8FIRST?n8-n8ANSWERS---
determinen8then8staff'sn8currentn8knowledgen8ofn8confidentialityn8requirements.

An8NURSEn8ISn8CARINGn8FORn8An8NEWBORNn8WHOSEn8GUARDIANn8HASn8REF
USEDn8THEn8ROUTINEn8ADMINn8OFn8ERYTHROMYCINn8OINTMENTn8TOn8THEn8
NEWBORN'Sn8EYES.n8WHICHn8ACTIONSn8SHOULDn8THEn8NURSEn8TAKE?n8-
n8ANSWERS---

,haven8then8guardiann8signn8then8facility'sn8refusaln8formn8andn8docn8completionn8ofn8t
hen8form.
-
don8NOTn8obtainn8an8culturen8ofn8then8newborn'sn8eyen8secretionsn8forn8gonorrhean8(
asn8erythromycinn8isn8usedn8asn8an8prophylacticn8txn8forn8gonorrhean8forn8then8preve
ntionn8ofn8ophthalmian8neonatorum.n8-
n8then8culturesn8aren8notn8partn8ofn8standardn8practicen8forn8providingn8caren8ton8an8n
ewborn).

An8NURSEn8ISn8DELEGATINGn8CAREn8FORn8An8GRPn8OFn8PTS.n8DELEGATEn8T
On8THEn8AP?n8-n8ANSWERS---performn8postmortemn8care
(cannotn8checkn8placementn8ofn8enteraln8feedingn8tube).

An8NURSEn8ISn8CARINGn8FORn8ANn8ANTEPARTUMn8PTn8WHOn8HASn8JUSTn8BE
ENn8INFORMEDn8THATn8THEIRn8FETUSn8HASn8ANENCEPHALY.n8THEn8PTn8ASK
Sn8THEn8NURSE,n8"DOn8YOUn8THINKn8In8SHOULDn8TERMINATEn8MYn8PREG?"n8
WHATn8SHOULDn8THEn8NURSEn8SAY?n8-n8ANSWERS--
"Let'sn8talkn8abtn8whatn8YOUn8thinkn8youn8shouldn8do."

An8NURSEn8ISn8PREPPINGn8TOn8ADMINn8An8MIXTUREn8OFn8HALDOLn85mg/mln8A
NDn8DIPHENHYDRAMINEn850mg/mln8IMn8TOn8An8PTn8WHOn8ISn8AGITATED.n8NU
RSINGn8ACTION?n8-n8ANSWERS---
avoidn8adminn8>1mln8ofn8medn8inton8then8deltoidn8site.n8bothn8haloperidoln8andn8diph
enhydraminen8shouldn8ben8adminn8deepn8inton8an8largen8musclen8mass,n8suchn8asn8t
hen8VGn8muscle!!
-usen8an82-inn8needlen8forn8ann8IMn8injectionn8ofn8thisn8combon8ofn8then82n8meds.
-
injectn8airn8inton8bothn8vialsn8priorn8ton8withdrawingn8then8meds.n8thisn8actionn8ensure
sn8thatn8then8nursen8cann8easilyn8withdrawn8then8medn8whenn8neededn8andn8thatn8the
n8medn8inn8then8syringen8isn'tn8pulledn8backn8inton8then8vialsn8duen8ton8negativen8pres
suren8beingn8formed.
-
then8nursen8shouldn8usen8an8filtern8needlen8ton8withdrawn8medn8fromn8ann8ampule;n8h
owever,n8then8filtern8needlen8isn8removedn8andn8replacedn8w/n8an8regn8needlen8priorn8
ton8admin.n8thesen8medsn8forn8adminn8aren8beingn8withdrawnn8fromn8vials,n8notn8amp
ules.

An8NURSEn8ISn8TEACHINGn8An8PTn8WHOn8HASn8An8NEW n8RXn8FORn8HALDOL.n8I
NSTRUCTIONSn8INCLUDEDn8INn8THEn8TEACHING?n8-n8ANSWERS---
rinsen8yourn8mouthn8freqn8throughoutn8then8dayn8-
n8Haldoln8hasn8antichn8s/en8liken8dryn8mouth.n8
-tapern8Haldoln8slowlyn8ton8avoidn8EPSn8-
n8don'tn8stopn8abruptly/immediatelyn8forn8sed!!
-regn8eyen8examsn8(notn8ear)n8w/n8Haldol.
-
usen8sunscreenn8productsn8orn8protectiven8clothingn8ton8minn8unprotectedn8exposure
n8ton8sunlightn8b/cn8Haldoln8cann8causen8photosensitivity.


An8NURSEn8ISn8PROVIDINGn8D/Cn8TEACHINGn8TOn8An8PTn8WHOn8HASn8An8NEW
n8RXn8FORn8CODEINEn8PRNn8FORn8PAIN.n8UNDERSTANDINGn8OFn8THEn8TEAC

, HING?n8-n8ANSWERS--"In8shouldn8taken8an8stooln8softenern8w/n8thisn8med"n8-
n8a/en8ofn8opioidn8analgesicsn8isn8constip!!!
-mayn8haven8urinaryn8retentionn8w/n8codeine.

An8NURSEn8ISn8CARINGn8FORn8An8PTn8WHOn8ISn8TAKINGn8VERAPAMILn8ANDn8S
TATES,n8"In8TAKEn8MYn8MEDn8W/n8An8GLASSn8OFn8GFJn8EVERYn8AM."n8WHICHn8
FINDINGn8INDSn8An8POSSn8MED-FOODn8INTERACTION?n8-n8ANSWERS---
drowsiness,n8hypotensionn8(GFJn8inhibitsn8metabn8ofn8thisn8medn8-
n8highern8lvln8ofn8verapamiln8inn8then8bloodn8--
>n8hypotension).n8+n8urinaryn8frequencyn8&n8wtn8gain.

An8NURSEn8ISn8CARINGn8FORn8An8PTn8WHOn8ISn8RECEIVINGn80.9%n8SODIUMn8
CHLORIDEn8VIAn8CONTINUOUSn8IVn8INFUSIONn8THROUGHn8An8PERIPHERALn8I
Vn8SITE.n8THEn8PTn8HASn8An8NEW n8RXn8FORn8CEFAZOLINn81gn8VIAn8INTERMITT
ENTn8IVn8BOLUSn8TOn8INFUSEn8OVERn830n8MINS.n8WHICHn8ACTIONSn8SHOULD
n8THEn8NURSEn8TAKEn8WHENn8INFUSINGn8THEn8CEFAZOLIN?n8-n8ANSWERS---
infusen8then8cefn8thrun8secondaryn8tubingn8CCn8w/n8then80.9%n8NaCln8infusionn8(pigg
ybackn8itn8AFTERn8ensuringn8solutionsn8aren8compatible).
-abxn8aren8time-critn8medsn8(son8don8notn8waitn8ton8adminn8it).

An8NURSEn8ISn8MONITORINGn8An8PTn8WHOn8RECEIVEDn8ALTEPLASEn8DURING
n8CORONARYn8ANGIOGRAPHY.n8ADVERSEn8EFFECTn8OFn8THEn8MED?n8-
n8ANSWERS---
bleedingn8aroundn8IVn8site,n8hematuria,n8orn8ALTn8LOCn8(ICn8BLEED!!!!).

An8NURSEn8ISn8CARINGn8FORn8An8SCHOOL-
AGEn8CHILDn8WHOn8ISn8EXPERIENCINGn8STATUSn8EPILEPTICUS.n8WHICHn8ME
Dn8SHOULDn8THEn8NURSEn8EXPECTn8TOn8ADMIN?n8-n8ANSWERS--lorazepam!!
-
gabapentin,n8carbamazepine,n8andn8valproicn8acidn8aren8forn8LTn8mgmtn8ofn8seizures

HERBALn8SUPPLEMENTSn8ANDn8WHATn8THEY'REn8SPECIFICALLYn8USEDn8FO
R:n8-n8ANSWERS--(1)n8GINGER:n8n/v,n8motionn8sickness.
(2)n8GINKGOn8BILOBA:n8incsn8bloodn8flown8ton8then8brainn8andn8improvesn8memory.
(3)n8SAW n8PALMETTO:n8txsn8urinaryn8cmn8causedn8byn8BPH
(4)n8GARLIC:n8txsn8HTNn8andn8elevatedn8cholesteroln8lvls.

An8NURSEn8ISn8TAKINGn8An8HXn8FORn8An8PTn8WHOn8DESIRESn8TOn8OBTAINn8O
RALn8CONTRACEPTIVESn8FORn8BIRTHn8CTRL.n8CONTRAn8TOn8USEn8OFn8ORAL
n8CONTRACEPTIVES?n8-n8ANSWERS--
hxn8ofn8thrombophlebitisn8(oraln8contraceptivesn8incn8riskn8ofn8thrombosis).
-
oraln8contraceptivesn8cann8ben8usedn8ton8txn8an8ptn8whon8hasn8an8hxn8ofn8menorrhagi
a.
-
non8prevn8pressn8andn8STIn8presencen8aren8bothn8notn8contrasn8forn8then8usen8ofn8O
Cs.

RFsn8FORn8PROSTATEn8CANCERn8-n8ANSWERS---androgenn8therapyn8
-exposuren8ton8arsenic