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NGN ATI NUTRITION PROCTORED EXAM 2025
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Question 1: A nurse Is providing dietary teaching about prevention of neural tube
defects in the fetus to a client who is pregnant. Which of the following nutrients
should the nurse recommend?
● Calcium
● Folate
● Vitamin B12
● Magnesium - (ANSWER)● folate
Question 2: A nurse is caring for a client who had a stroke and has manifestations
of dysphagia.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse take?
● Tilt the clients head backward to facilitate swallowing.
● Use liquids to clear food from the client's mouth
● Add a thickening agent to liquids
● Place the client in a semi-Fowler's position. - (ANSWER)● Add a thickening agent
to liquids
Question 3: A nurse is providing discharge teaching to an older adult client who
lives alone.
Which of the following strategies should the nurse include to address the client's
decreased sense
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of taste and smell?
● Maintain consistent food textures at mealtimes.
● Use kosher salt in place of table salt.
● Label and date food in the refrigerator.
● Wait 1 hour after eating to consume fluids. - (ANSWER)● Maintain consistent
food textures at mealtimes
Question 4: A nurse is teaching a client who has a goiter appropriate food choices
related to
dietary needs. Which of the following client statements indicates an
understanding of the
teaching?
● 'I will eat more tuna"
● "I will eat more red meat"
● "I will eat bananas for a snack"
● "I would eat blueberries every morning" - (ANSWER)● 'I will eat more tuna"
Question 5: A nurse is reviewing the laboratory findings of a client who has
Clostridium difficile.
Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the client is
experiencing fluid
volume deficit?
● Potassium 3.5 mEq/L
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● HCT 53%
● Sodium 145 mEq/L
● HbA1c 5% - (ANSWER)● HCT 53%
Question 6: A client in the oliguric phase of acute renal failure had a urinary
output of 420 ml
during the preceding 24-hour period. How much fluid should the nurse plan to
provide the client
over the next 24 hr?
● 2,550 ml
● 1,530 ml
● 920 ml
● 2,040 ml - (ANSWER)● 920 ml
Question 7: A nurse is teaching a client ways to manage anorexia while receiving
radiation
therapy. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the
teaching?
● "Limit High-kilocalorie supplements to between meals."
● "Eat hot food rather than cold foods."
● "Avoid overeating during "good" days."
● "Consume nutrition-dense foods first." - (ANSWER)● "Consume nutrition-dense
foods first."
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Question 8: A nurse is teaching a client who is receiving bolus feeding through a
nasogastric tube
about dumping syndrome. The nurse should instruct the client to report which of
the following
manifestations?
● Constipation
● Bradycardia
● Drowsiness
● Dizziness - (ANSWER)●Bradycardia
Question 9: A client is receiving a thiazide diuretic for treatment of hypertension.
Which of the
following foods selected by the client reflects understanding of the nurses
teaching regarding this
medication?
● Navy beans and ham
● Baked potato
● Cheddar cheese
● Beef broth - (ANSWER)● Baked potato
Question 10: A nurse is teaching about nutrition to a client who has a new
diagnosis of chronic
NGN ATI NUTRITION PROCTORED EXAM 2025
(QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) DOWNLOAD TO SCORE
A+ GRADE
Question 1: A nurse Is providing dietary teaching about prevention of neural tube
defects in the fetus to a client who is pregnant. Which of the following nutrients
should the nurse recommend?
● Calcium
● Folate
● Vitamin B12
● Magnesium - (ANSWER)● folate
Question 2: A nurse is caring for a client who had a stroke and has manifestations
of dysphagia.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse take?
● Tilt the clients head backward to facilitate swallowing.
● Use liquids to clear food from the client's mouth
● Add a thickening agent to liquids
● Place the client in a semi-Fowler's position. - (ANSWER)● Add a thickening agent
to liquids
Question 3: A nurse is providing discharge teaching to an older adult client who
lives alone.
Which of the following strategies should the nurse include to address the client's
decreased sense
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of taste and smell?
● Maintain consistent food textures at mealtimes.
● Use kosher salt in place of table salt.
● Label and date food in the refrigerator.
● Wait 1 hour after eating to consume fluids. - (ANSWER)● Maintain consistent
food textures at mealtimes
Question 4: A nurse is teaching a client who has a goiter appropriate food choices
related to
dietary needs. Which of the following client statements indicates an
understanding of the
teaching?
● 'I will eat more tuna"
● "I will eat more red meat"
● "I will eat bananas for a snack"
● "I would eat blueberries every morning" - (ANSWER)● 'I will eat more tuna"
Question 5: A nurse is reviewing the laboratory findings of a client who has
Clostridium difficile.
Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the client is
experiencing fluid
volume deficit?
● Potassium 3.5 mEq/L
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● HCT 53%
● Sodium 145 mEq/L
● HbA1c 5% - (ANSWER)● HCT 53%
Question 6: A client in the oliguric phase of acute renal failure had a urinary
output of 420 ml
during the preceding 24-hour period. How much fluid should the nurse plan to
provide the client
over the next 24 hr?
● 2,550 ml
● 1,530 ml
● 920 ml
● 2,040 ml - (ANSWER)● 920 ml
Question 7: A nurse is teaching a client ways to manage anorexia while receiving
radiation
therapy. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the
teaching?
● "Limit High-kilocalorie supplements to between meals."
● "Eat hot food rather than cold foods."
● "Avoid overeating during "good" days."
● "Consume nutrition-dense foods first." - (ANSWER)● "Consume nutrition-dense
foods first."
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Question 8: A nurse is teaching a client who is receiving bolus feeding through a
nasogastric tube
about dumping syndrome. The nurse should instruct the client to report which of
the following
manifestations?
● Constipation
● Bradycardia
● Drowsiness
● Dizziness - (ANSWER)●Bradycardia
Question 9: A client is receiving a thiazide diuretic for treatment of hypertension.
Which of the
following foods selected by the client reflects understanding of the nurses
teaching regarding this
medication?
● Navy beans and ham
● Baked potato
● Cheddar cheese
● Beef broth - (ANSWER)● Baked potato
Question 10: A nurse is teaching about nutrition to a client who has a new
diagnosis of chronic
