ATI RN Concept-Based
Assessment Level 3 Study Guide
2026 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers | New Update
orthostatic hypotension - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔caused by DEHYDRATION from
fluid loos and electrolyte imbalance
gross motor skills - 🧠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 - 🧠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? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-
administered IV bolus at a rate no greater than 50mg/min.
-to prevent HYPOTENSION and BRADYCARDIA
Manifestations of Parkinson's Disease - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔tremor, rigidity,
BRADYKINESIA, postural instability, depression and other psychiatric
changes, dementia, autonomic symptoms, sleep disturbances
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - 🧠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 - 🧠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. -
🧠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... - 🧠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? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔finding will include:
-mass in duct and NIPPLE DISCHARGE
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, Expected findings of DUCTAL EXTASIS BREAST DISORDER? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Enlarged axillary nodes and Nipple discharge.
Client with COPD will experience... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DIGITAL CLUBBING,
which DECREASES arterial O2 levels.
tophi with chronic gout - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔hard, painless nodule on first toe,
collection of NA urate crystals due to chronic gout, sometimes bursts with
chalky discharge
Swan neck deformity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-hyperextension of PIP joint and
flexion of DIP joint
-late manifestation of RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA)
scleroderma - 🧠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 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-
advance to high-fiber diet. Best source of fiber is a BANANA which yields
3.1g of FIBER.
Diverticulitis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔inflammation of the diverticula
Assessment Level 3 Study Guide
2026 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers | New Update
orthostatic hypotension - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔caused by DEHYDRATION from
fluid loos and electrolyte imbalance
gross motor skills - 🧠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 - 🧠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? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-
administered IV bolus at a rate no greater than 50mg/min.
-to prevent HYPOTENSION and BRADYCARDIA
Manifestations of Parkinson's Disease - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔tremor, rigidity,
BRADYKINESIA, postural instability, depression and other psychiatric
changes, dementia, autonomic symptoms, sleep disturbances
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - 🧠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 - 🧠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. -
🧠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... - 🧠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? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔finding will include:
-mass in duct and NIPPLE DISCHARGE
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Expected findings of DUCTAL EXTASIS BREAST DISORDER? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Enlarged axillary nodes and Nipple discharge.
Client with COPD will experience... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DIGITAL CLUBBING,
which DECREASES arterial O2 levels.
tophi with chronic gout - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔hard, painless nodule on first toe,
collection of NA urate crystals due to chronic gout, sometimes bursts with
chalky discharge
Swan neck deformity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-hyperextension of PIP joint and
flexion of DIP joint
-late manifestation of RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA)
scleroderma - 🧠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 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-
advance to high-fiber diet. Best source of fiber is a BANANA which yields
3.1g of FIBER.
Diverticulitis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔inflammation of the diverticula
