ATI COMPREHENSIVE A RN VATI EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
9. A client who has a diagnosis of complete placenta previa is admitted to
the laborsuite
delivery and at 36 weeks gestation with contractions 5 min in frequency
and 1 minWhich
duration. in of the following actions should the
nurse
A. Rupture
take?the amniotic
sac
B. Medicate the client for
C. Prepare the client for a cesarean
pain
section
D. Perform a vaginal exam ( Correct answers ) Prepare the client for a
sectio
cesarean
n
177. A nurse enters a client's room and finds the client lying on the floor in
a puddle
water. of of the following statements should the nurse document in
Which
an incident
report
?
A. Client fell out of bed because an assistive personnel left the rails of the
bed
B. Client's
down roommate thinks the client is confused and fell when getting
outClient
C. of bed appears to have slipped in water but reports no
D. Client found lying on the floor near the bedside table ( Correct
injuries
answers
found ) Client
lying on the floor near the
bedside table
178. A charge nurse on a pediatric unit is making assignments for a float
nurse from
medical unit.
theWhich of the following clients is appropriate to assign to the
float
A. nurse?
A 10-year-old client who has pneumonia and is receiving respiratory
B. A 4-year-old client who has a Wilms tumor and is receiving
treatments
chemotherapy
C. An 8-month-old client who is scheduled for a surgical repair of a
ventricular septal
defect
tomorrow
D. A 14-year-old client who is scheduled for discharge today following
placement of
Herrington roda ( Correct answers ) A 10-year-old client who has
pneumonia
receiving and is
respiratory
treatments
179. A nurse is preparing to administer vancomycin to a client who has
an infected
wound. The nurse should plan to monitor for which of the following adverse
reactions?
A.
B.
Hepatotoxicity
Ototoxicity
C.
Hypercalcemia
D. Hypertension ( Correct answers )
Ototoxicity
180. A nurse is assessing an infant who has water intoxication. Which of
the following
findings should the nurse
A. Generalized
expect?
edema
,B. Elevated urine specific
C. Thready
gravity
pulse
D. Increased hematocrit ( Correct answers )
Thready pulse
1. A home health nurse is conducting an initial home visit for a client who
has terminal
breast cancer. The client has two school-age children and a limited
supportofsystem.
Which the following is the priority nursing
A. Inform the client of available community
action?
resources
B. Assist the client in finding child care
C. Agree upon short-term goals for the
options
client
D. Ask the client about their understanding of the diagnosis ( Correct
answers
the client) ofInform
available community
resources
2. A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who has a
nasal fracture.
Which of the following findings should cause the nurse to suspect a
skull
A. Clear
fracture?
fluid drainage from the
nares
B. Report of pain around the
C. Dried blood in the
eyes
mouth
D. Mandibular asymmetry ( Correct answers ) Clear fluid drainage from
the nares
3. A nurse in an urgent care clinic is collecting admission history from a
client
16 weeks
whoof is gestation
at and has bacterial vaginosis. The nurse should
recognize
which that
of the following clinical findings are associated with this
A. Profuse milky white
infection?
discharge
B. Frequency and
C. Low-grade
dysuria
fever
D. Hematuria ( Correct answers ) Profuse milky white
discharge
4. A nurse is discussing the z-track administration of hydroxyzine with a
newly licensed
nurse. Which of the following statements indicates the newly
licensed nurse
understands the purpose of the
A. This technique prevents injury to the
technique?
sciatic
B. This nerve
technique decreases the risk of subcutaneous
C. This technique allows a larger amount of medication to be
infiltration
injected
D. This technique increases the absorption rate of the drug ( Correct
answers ) decreases
technique This the risk of subcutaneous
infiltration
10. A nurse is caring for a full-term newborn immediately following birth.
Which of the
following actions should the nurse take
A. Instill erythromycin ophthalmic ointment in the
first?
newborn's
B. Weigh the eyes
newborn
C. Place identification bracelets on the
newborn
D. Dry the newborn ( Correct answers ) Dry the
newborn
11. A nurse is planning to provide community education about viral
hepatitis.
the following
Which should
of the nurse plan to include in the
teaching?
,A. A series of four hepatitis vaccines is recommended to prevent
viral
B. Hepatitis
hepatitis B is transmitted by
contaminated
C. food can lead to renal cell
Chronic hepatitis
D. Clients who have a history of viral hepatitis are unable to donate
cancer
blood ( Correct
answers ) Clients who have a history of viral hepatitis are unable to
donate blood
12. A nurse in a residential mental health facility is planning care for a
newobsessive
has client whocompulsive disorder. Which of the following is appropriate for
theinclude
to nurse in the plan of
A. Work with the client to create a flexible daily
care?
schedule
B. Gradually decrease the time allowed for ritualistic
C. Offer solutions to assist in problem
behavior
solving
D. Teach the client to meditate about obsessive thoughts ( Correct answers )
Work
the client
with to create a flexible daily
schedule
13. A nurse is assessing an adult male who has a BMI of 20. The nurse
should
that theidentify
client's BMI falls within which of the following
A. Healthy
categories?
weight
B.
C.
Malnutrition
Overweight
D. Obesity ( Correct answers )
Malnutrition
14. A nurse is caring for a client who is nulliparous and in the first stage of
labor.
last internal
The assessment revealed 100% cervical effacement with 5 cm of
dilation.
end Atlast
of the the contraction, the nurse observes a large gush of fluid
coming perineal
client's out of the area. Which of the following is a priority action by
thePerform
A. nurse? another internal
B. Notify the client's
exam
provider
C. Check the
D. Obtain a pH test of the fluid ( Correct answers ) Check
FHR
the FHR
15. A nurse is creating a plan of care for a client who has anorexia
nervosa.
the Which
following of
interventions should the nurse include in
theEncourage
A. plan? the client to gain 2.3 kg per
week
B. Weigh the client once per week throughout
C. Monitor the client for 1 hr after
hospitalization
meals
D. Allow the client to choose meal times ( Correct answers ) Monitor the
client for 1 hr
after
meals
16. A nurse is performing a skin assessment on a client who has risk
factors for
development of skin cancer. The nurse should understand that a
suspicious
A. Asymmetric,lesion is variegated
with
coloring
B. Scaly and
C. Brown, with a wart-like
red
texture
D. Firm and rubbery ( Correct answers ) Asymmetric, with
variegated coloring
, 17. A nurse is assessing a client's internal eye structures with an
Which of the following actions should the
ophthalmoscope.
nurse
A. take?the examination light toward the
Position
client's
B. Standface
on the right side of the client when examining
theDim
C. left the
eyelights in the room prior to the
D. Place the ophthalmoscope directly against the client's forehead ( Correct
examination
answers
Dim )
the lights in the room prior to the
examination
18. A nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse irrigate a client's wound.
Which of the
following actions should the nurse identify as an indication that the newly
licensed nurse
understands wound
A. Cleanses the wound with povidone-iodine with
irrigation?
cotton
B. balls
Administers PO analgesia 20 min prior to
C. Warms the irrigation solution in the microwave oven prior to
irrigation
application
D. Irrigates the wound from the top to the bottom ( Correct answers )
Administers
analgesia 20POminutes prior to
irrigation
19. A nurse is planning care for a child who has increased intracranial
pressure with
decrease a of consciousness. Which of the following interventions
in level
shouldinclude
nurse the in the plan of
care?
A. Perform active range-of-motion
B. Maintain the head at a midline
exercises
position
C. Suction the airway
D. Perform neurological checks every 4 hrs ( Correct answers ) Maintain the
frequently
head at a
midline
position
20. A nurse notices smoke coming from a client's room and discovers a
fire in the
wastebasket. After moving the client to safety, which of the followings is
the priority
action
A. Notify the facility
?
operator
B. Close the fire doors on the
C. Turn off oxygen
unit
sources
D. Put out the fire with the appropriate extinguisher ( Correct answers )
Closeon
door thethefire
unit
21. A nurse is talking with an adult child of a client who was involuntarily
admitted to an health facility. Which of the following statements
inpatient mental
should the nurse
make
?
A. The provider will notify your patient's employer about admission to
B.
theYour parent will have to take the medication that the doctor
facility
prescribes
C. Your parent might have electroconvulsive therapy without
providing
D. consent
The provider can prescribe restraints if your parent tries to harm
others ( Correct
answers ) The provider can prescribe restraints if your parent tries to
harm others
22. A nurse is assessing a client who has delirium due to a febrile illness.
Which of the
following findings should the nurse
expect?
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
9. A client who has a diagnosis of complete placenta previa is admitted to
the laborsuite
delivery and at 36 weeks gestation with contractions 5 min in frequency
and 1 minWhich
duration. in of the following actions should the
nurse
A. Rupture
take?the amniotic
sac
B. Medicate the client for
C. Prepare the client for a cesarean
pain
section
D. Perform a vaginal exam ( Correct answers ) Prepare the client for a
sectio
cesarean
n
177. A nurse enters a client's room and finds the client lying on the floor in
a puddle
water. of of the following statements should the nurse document in
Which
an incident
report
?
A. Client fell out of bed because an assistive personnel left the rails of the
bed
B. Client's
down roommate thinks the client is confused and fell when getting
outClient
C. of bed appears to have slipped in water but reports no
D. Client found lying on the floor near the bedside table ( Correct
injuries
answers
found ) Client
lying on the floor near the
bedside table
178. A charge nurse on a pediatric unit is making assignments for a float
nurse from
medical unit.
theWhich of the following clients is appropriate to assign to the
float
A. nurse?
A 10-year-old client who has pneumonia and is receiving respiratory
B. A 4-year-old client who has a Wilms tumor and is receiving
treatments
chemotherapy
C. An 8-month-old client who is scheduled for a surgical repair of a
ventricular septal
defect
tomorrow
D. A 14-year-old client who is scheduled for discharge today following
placement of
Herrington roda ( Correct answers ) A 10-year-old client who has
pneumonia
receiving and is
respiratory
treatments
179. A nurse is preparing to administer vancomycin to a client who has
an infected
wound. The nurse should plan to monitor for which of the following adverse
reactions?
A.
B.
Hepatotoxicity
Ototoxicity
C.
Hypercalcemia
D. Hypertension ( Correct answers )
Ototoxicity
180. A nurse is assessing an infant who has water intoxication. Which of
the following
findings should the nurse
A. Generalized
expect?
edema
,B. Elevated urine specific
C. Thready
gravity
pulse
D. Increased hematocrit ( Correct answers )
Thready pulse
1. A home health nurse is conducting an initial home visit for a client who
has terminal
breast cancer. The client has two school-age children and a limited
supportofsystem.
Which the following is the priority nursing
A. Inform the client of available community
action?
resources
B. Assist the client in finding child care
C. Agree upon short-term goals for the
options
client
D. Ask the client about their understanding of the diagnosis ( Correct
answers
the client) ofInform
available community
resources
2. A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who has a
nasal fracture.
Which of the following findings should cause the nurse to suspect a
skull
A. Clear
fracture?
fluid drainage from the
nares
B. Report of pain around the
C. Dried blood in the
eyes
mouth
D. Mandibular asymmetry ( Correct answers ) Clear fluid drainage from
the nares
3. A nurse in an urgent care clinic is collecting admission history from a
client
16 weeks
whoof is gestation
at and has bacterial vaginosis. The nurse should
recognize
which that
of the following clinical findings are associated with this
A. Profuse milky white
infection?
discharge
B. Frequency and
C. Low-grade
dysuria
fever
D. Hematuria ( Correct answers ) Profuse milky white
discharge
4. A nurse is discussing the z-track administration of hydroxyzine with a
newly licensed
nurse. Which of the following statements indicates the newly
licensed nurse
understands the purpose of the
A. This technique prevents injury to the
technique?
sciatic
B. This nerve
technique decreases the risk of subcutaneous
C. This technique allows a larger amount of medication to be
infiltration
injected
D. This technique increases the absorption rate of the drug ( Correct
answers ) decreases
technique This the risk of subcutaneous
infiltration
10. A nurse is caring for a full-term newborn immediately following birth.
Which of the
following actions should the nurse take
A. Instill erythromycin ophthalmic ointment in the
first?
newborn's
B. Weigh the eyes
newborn
C. Place identification bracelets on the
newborn
D. Dry the newborn ( Correct answers ) Dry the
newborn
11. A nurse is planning to provide community education about viral
hepatitis.
the following
Which should
of the nurse plan to include in the
teaching?
,A. A series of four hepatitis vaccines is recommended to prevent
viral
B. Hepatitis
hepatitis B is transmitted by
contaminated
C. food can lead to renal cell
Chronic hepatitis
D. Clients who have a history of viral hepatitis are unable to donate
cancer
blood ( Correct
answers ) Clients who have a history of viral hepatitis are unable to
donate blood
12. A nurse in a residential mental health facility is planning care for a
newobsessive
has client whocompulsive disorder. Which of the following is appropriate for
theinclude
to nurse in the plan of
A. Work with the client to create a flexible daily
care?
schedule
B. Gradually decrease the time allowed for ritualistic
C. Offer solutions to assist in problem
behavior
solving
D. Teach the client to meditate about obsessive thoughts ( Correct answers )
Work
the client
with to create a flexible daily
schedule
13. A nurse is assessing an adult male who has a BMI of 20. The nurse
should
that theidentify
client's BMI falls within which of the following
A. Healthy
categories?
weight
B.
C.
Malnutrition
Overweight
D. Obesity ( Correct answers )
Malnutrition
14. A nurse is caring for a client who is nulliparous and in the first stage of
labor.
last internal
The assessment revealed 100% cervical effacement with 5 cm of
dilation.
end Atlast
of the the contraction, the nurse observes a large gush of fluid
coming perineal
client's out of the area. Which of the following is a priority action by
thePerform
A. nurse? another internal
B. Notify the client's
exam
provider
C. Check the
D. Obtain a pH test of the fluid ( Correct answers ) Check
FHR
the FHR
15. A nurse is creating a plan of care for a client who has anorexia
nervosa.
the Which
following of
interventions should the nurse include in
theEncourage
A. plan? the client to gain 2.3 kg per
week
B. Weigh the client once per week throughout
C. Monitor the client for 1 hr after
hospitalization
meals
D. Allow the client to choose meal times ( Correct answers ) Monitor the
client for 1 hr
after
meals
16. A nurse is performing a skin assessment on a client who has risk
factors for
development of skin cancer. The nurse should understand that a
suspicious
A. Asymmetric,lesion is variegated
with
coloring
B. Scaly and
C. Brown, with a wart-like
red
texture
D. Firm and rubbery ( Correct answers ) Asymmetric, with
variegated coloring
, 17. A nurse is assessing a client's internal eye structures with an
Which of the following actions should the
ophthalmoscope.
nurse
A. take?the examination light toward the
Position
client's
B. Standface
on the right side of the client when examining
theDim
C. left the
eyelights in the room prior to the
D. Place the ophthalmoscope directly against the client's forehead ( Correct
examination
answers
Dim )
the lights in the room prior to the
examination
18. A nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse irrigate a client's wound.
Which of the
following actions should the nurse identify as an indication that the newly
licensed nurse
understands wound
A. Cleanses the wound with povidone-iodine with
irrigation?
cotton
B. balls
Administers PO analgesia 20 min prior to
C. Warms the irrigation solution in the microwave oven prior to
irrigation
application
D. Irrigates the wound from the top to the bottom ( Correct answers )
Administers
analgesia 20POminutes prior to
irrigation
19. A nurse is planning care for a child who has increased intracranial
pressure with
decrease a of consciousness. Which of the following interventions
in level
shouldinclude
nurse the in the plan of
care?
A. Perform active range-of-motion
B. Maintain the head at a midline
exercises
position
C. Suction the airway
D. Perform neurological checks every 4 hrs ( Correct answers ) Maintain the
frequently
head at a
midline
position
20. A nurse notices smoke coming from a client's room and discovers a
fire in the
wastebasket. After moving the client to safety, which of the followings is
the priority
action
A. Notify the facility
?
operator
B. Close the fire doors on the
C. Turn off oxygen
unit
sources
D. Put out the fire with the appropriate extinguisher ( Correct answers )
Closeon
door thethefire
unit
21. A nurse is talking with an adult child of a client who was involuntarily
admitted to an health facility. Which of the following statements
inpatient mental
should the nurse
make
?
A. The provider will notify your patient's employer about admission to
B.
theYour parent will have to take the medication that the doctor
facility
prescribes
C. Your parent might have electroconvulsive therapy without
providing
D. consent
The provider can prescribe restraints if your parent tries to harm
others ( Correct
answers ) The provider can prescribe restraints if your parent tries to
harm others
22. A nurse is assessing a client who has delirium due to a febrile illness.
Which of the
following findings should the nurse
expect?
