ATI Elmination Module Assessment Questions and Answers 100%
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A nurse if planning care for a client who reports blood in their stool. Which of the following tests should
the nurse anticipate the provider ordering?
1. Fecal occult blood test
2. Stool culture
3. Flexible sigmoidoscopy
4. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) correct answer 1. Fecal occult blood test
A nurse is assessing a client who has an indwelling urinary catheter and determines that the catheter is
in place and functioning properly. The nurse should expect which of the following findings?
1. Dark yellow, cloudy urine
2. Pale yellow, clear urine
3. Urine with a strong odor
4. Urine with a slight red tint correct answer 2. Pale yellow, clear urine
A nurse is assessing a client who has stress incontinence. Which of the following findings should the
nurse expect with this client?
1. Urine leakage prior to reaching the toilet
2. Urine leakage following coughing
3. Urine leakage as a result of nerve damage
4. Urine leakage due to not reaching the toilet in time from a physical impairment correct answer 2.
Urine leakage following coughing
A nurse is caring for a client who has a colostomy and does not wear a colostomy pouch. Which of the
following actions should the nurse anticipate performing on this client to maintain expected bowel
function?
, 1. Administer an enema.
2. Administer a laxative.
3. Perform colostomy irrigation.
4. Insert a rectal tube. correct answer 3. Perform colostomy irrigation.
A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of irritable bowel syndrome and reports that their last
bowel movement was 5 days ago. The nurse should identify this as which of the following types of
altered elimination pattern?
1. Encopresis
2. Diarrhea
3. Fecal incontinence
4. Constipation correct answer 4. Constipation
A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for a vitamin K injection. The nurse should identify
that vitamin K is naturally produced in which of the following locations in the body?
1. The small intestine
2. The large intestine
3. The esophagus
4. The stomach correct answer 2. The large intestine
A nurse is caring for a client who has a stone in the right ureter that is obstructing the flow of urine.
Which of the following urinary diversions should the nurse anticipate the client will need?
1. Urostomy
2. Continent cutaneous reservoir
3. Ureteral stent
4. Neobladder correct answer 3. Ureteral stent
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A nurse if planning care for a client who reports blood in their stool. Which of the following tests should
the nurse anticipate the provider ordering?
1. Fecal occult blood test
2. Stool culture
3. Flexible sigmoidoscopy
4. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) correct answer 1. Fecal occult blood test
A nurse is assessing a client who has an indwelling urinary catheter and determines that the catheter is
in place and functioning properly. The nurse should expect which of the following findings?
1. Dark yellow, cloudy urine
2. Pale yellow, clear urine
3. Urine with a strong odor
4. Urine with a slight red tint correct answer 2. Pale yellow, clear urine
A nurse is assessing a client who has stress incontinence. Which of the following findings should the
nurse expect with this client?
1. Urine leakage prior to reaching the toilet
2. Urine leakage following coughing
3. Urine leakage as a result of nerve damage
4. Urine leakage due to not reaching the toilet in time from a physical impairment correct answer 2.
Urine leakage following coughing
A nurse is caring for a client who has a colostomy and does not wear a colostomy pouch. Which of the
following actions should the nurse anticipate performing on this client to maintain expected bowel
function?
, 1. Administer an enema.
2. Administer a laxative.
3. Perform colostomy irrigation.
4. Insert a rectal tube. correct answer 3. Perform colostomy irrigation.
A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of irritable bowel syndrome and reports that their last
bowel movement was 5 days ago. The nurse should identify this as which of the following types of
altered elimination pattern?
1. Encopresis
2. Diarrhea
3. Fecal incontinence
4. Constipation correct answer 4. Constipation
A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for a vitamin K injection. The nurse should identify
that vitamin K is naturally produced in which of the following locations in the body?
1. The small intestine
2. The large intestine
3. The esophagus
4. The stomach correct answer 2. The large intestine
A nurse is caring for a client who has a stone in the right ureter that is obstructing the flow of urine.
Which of the following urinary diversions should the nurse anticipate the client will need?
1. Urostomy
2. Continent cutaneous reservoir
3. Ureteral stent
4. Neobladder correct answer 3. Ureteral stent
