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ATI RN MED SURG FINAL EXAM LATEST VERSIONS
WITH 250 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS/LATEST 2025-2026
|ALREADY GRADED A+ (WITH NGN)


VERSION 1

A caregiver is completing a preoperative teaching plan for a patient who is to

have a total hip arthroplasty. Which of the following should the caregiver

include in the teaching plan? Select all that apply

Select one or more:

a. Having the patient roll onto the operative hip

b. Possible use of an abductor device or pillow between the legs when
turning

c. Sitting in a low reclining chair

d. Performing isometric exercises - ...CORRECT ANSWERB - possible use of
an abductor device or pillow between the legs when turning, D - performing

isometric exercises



A caregiver is presenting g information to patients at a health fair on measures

to reduce the risk of amputation. Which of the following information should

the caregiver provide

Select one or more:

a. Unplug electrical equipment when having repairs
b. encourage patients who have diabetes mellitus to maintain blood glucose

,within the reference ranges

c. Encourage patients who smoke to consider smoking cessation
programs.

d. Advise patients to wait 2 hrs after taking pin medication before driving -
...CORRECT ANSWERB - encourage patients who have




diabetes mellitus to maintain blood glucose within the reference ranges, C -

encourage patients who smoke to consider smoking cessation programs



A patient who had an above the knee amputation reports having sharp, stabbing

type of phantom pain. Which of the following is an appropriate action by the

caregiver. ?

Select one:

a. Facilitate counseling services
b. Administer an antiepileptic medication

c. Question rather the pain is real
d. Encourage cold therapy treatments - ...CORRECT ANSWERB -
administer antiepileptic medication



A caregiver is assessing a patient who has a casted compound fracture of the

right forearm Which of the following finds is an early indication of

neurovascular compromise?

Select one:

,a. Pallor

b. Pulselessness
c. Paralysis

d. Paresthesia - ...CORRECT ANSWERD - paresthesia


A caregiver is caring for a patient who has a laboratory finding of serum

potassium of 5.4 mEq/L, The caregiver should assess for which of the following

clinical manifestations?

Select one:

a. Constipation
b. EKG changes

c. Hypotension

d. Polyuria - ...CORRECT ANSWERB - EKG changes


The caregiver is caring for a patient who has a peripheral IV in place for fluid

replacement. When caring for the patient's IV site, the caregiver should

Select one:

a. ensure that the tubing is firmly anchored to the patient's skin.

b. ensure that anticoagulants are placed on hold for the duration of IV
therapy

c. periodically remove hair from 2 cm around the IV site.

d. replace the IV dressing with a new, clean dressing if it is soiled. -

, ...CORRECT ANSWERA - ensure that the tubing is firmly anchored to the

patients skin



When planning the care of a patient with a fluid imbalance, the caregiver

understands that in the human body, water and electrolytes move from the

arterial capillary bed to the interstitial fluid. What causes this to occur?

Select one:

a. Hydrostatic pressure resulting from the pumping action of the heart
b. Pressure of the blood in the renal capillaries

c. Active transport of hydrogen ions across the capillary walls

d. Action of the dissolved particles contained in a unit of blood -
...CORRECT ANSWERA - hydrostatic pressure resulting from the pumping

action of the heart


The caregiver is caring for a patient who is being treated on the oncology unit

with a diagnosis of lung cancer with bone metastases. The patient reports a new

onset of weakness with abdominal pain and further assessment suggests that the

patient likely has a fluid volume deficit. The caregiver should recognize that

this patient may be experiencing what electrolyte imbalance?

Select one:

a. Hypomagnesemia

b. Hypomagnesemia
c. Hypercalcemia

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