Test Bank ATI Med-Surg Proctored
Exam 2026 Questions and Answers
A nurse is planning care for a client who has a full-thickness burns on the lower
extremities. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include?
a) Limit visitation time for client's children to 40 minutes per day
b) clean the equipment in the client's room once per week
c) provide a diet of fresh fruits and vegetable for the client
d) apply new gloves when alternating between wound care sites - Correct answer-
d) apply new gloves when alternating between wound care sites
A nurse is caring for a client who has cancer. The client tells the nurse, "I would
prefer to try vitamins and minerals instead of chemotherapy" which of the
following responses should the nurse make?
a) I have never heard of any holistic treatment that is effective
b) you should ask your provider about your plan
c) the best way to treat your cancer is chemotherapy
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,d) tell me what you know about chemotherapy - Correct answer-d) tell me what
you know about chemotherapy
A nurse is planning to teach a client whose provider has prescribed a low purine
diet. The nurse should plan to instruct the client that he can include which of the
following Foods in his diet (select all that apply)
a) Sardines
b) Nuts
c) Apricots
d) liver
e) scallops - Correct answer-b) Nuts
c) Apricots
Nurse is caring for a client following a total knee arthroplasty. The client reports a
pain level of 6 on a paint scale of 0 to 10. Which of the following interventions
should the nurse take?
a) Place pillowsl under the clients knee
b) gently massage the area around the clients incision
c) apply an ice pack to the clients knee
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,d) perform range of motion exercises to the clients knee - Correct answer-c) apply
an ice pack to the clients knee
A nurse is caring for a client who has lower extremity fracture and a prescription
for crutches. Which of the following client statements indicates that the client is
adapting to their role change? a) I will need to have my partner take over shopping
for groceries and cooking the meals for us
b) Its going to be difficult to tell my parents I can't take them to their appointments
anymore
c) I feel bad that I have to ask my partner to keep the house clean
d) These crutches will make it impossible to care for my child - Correct answer-a) I
will need to have my partner take over shopping for groceries and cooking the
meals for us
A nurse is assessing a client who is preoperative and reports an allergy to bananas.
The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk for an allergic cross-reactivity
to which of the following substances?
a) adhesive tape
b) Latex
c) Anesthetics
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, d) povidone iodine - Correct answer-b) Latex
A nurse on a medical unit is planning care for a group of clients. Which of the
following clients should the nurse attend to First?
a) A client who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in oxygen saturation of
89%
b) a client who has left-sided paralysis and slurred speech from a prior stroke
c) a client who has thrombocytopenia and reports a nosebleed
d) a client who has multiple sclerosis and reports Ataxia and vertigo - Correct
answer-c) a client who has thrombocytopenia and reports a nosebleed
A nurse is monitoring a client who is receiving two units packed RBC's. Which of
the following manifestation indicates a hemolytic transfusion reaction?
a) back pain
b) Hypertension
c) Chills
d) bradycardia - Correct answer-a) back pain
A nurse is teaching a client who has diabetes mellitus about foot care. Which of the
following instruction should the nurse include?
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Exam 2026 Questions and Answers
A nurse is planning care for a client who has a full-thickness burns on the lower
extremities. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include?
a) Limit visitation time for client's children to 40 minutes per day
b) clean the equipment in the client's room once per week
c) provide a diet of fresh fruits and vegetable for the client
d) apply new gloves when alternating between wound care sites - Correct answer-
d) apply new gloves when alternating between wound care sites
A nurse is caring for a client who has cancer. The client tells the nurse, "I would
prefer to try vitamins and minerals instead of chemotherapy" which of the
following responses should the nurse make?
a) I have never heard of any holistic treatment that is effective
b) you should ask your provider about your plan
c) the best way to treat your cancer is chemotherapy
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,d) tell me what you know about chemotherapy - Correct answer-d) tell me what
you know about chemotherapy
A nurse is planning to teach a client whose provider has prescribed a low purine
diet. The nurse should plan to instruct the client that he can include which of the
following Foods in his diet (select all that apply)
a) Sardines
b) Nuts
c) Apricots
d) liver
e) scallops - Correct answer-b) Nuts
c) Apricots
Nurse is caring for a client following a total knee arthroplasty. The client reports a
pain level of 6 on a paint scale of 0 to 10. Which of the following interventions
should the nurse take?
a) Place pillowsl under the clients knee
b) gently massage the area around the clients incision
c) apply an ice pack to the clients knee
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,d) perform range of motion exercises to the clients knee - Correct answer-c) apply
an ice pack to the clients knee
A nurse is caring for a client who has lower extremity fracture and a prescription
for crutches. Which of the following client statements indicates that the client is
adapting to their role change? a) I will need to have my partner take over shopping
for groceries and cooking the meals for us
b) Its going to be difficult to tell my parents I can't take them to their appointments
anymore
c) I feel bad that I have to ask my partner to keep the house clean
d) These crutches will make it impossible to care for my child - Correct answer-a) I
will need to have my partner take over shopping for groceries and cooking the
meals for us
A nurse is assessing a client who is preoperative and reports an allergy to bananas.
The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk for an allergic cross-reactivity
to which of the following substances?
a) adhesive tape
b) Latex
c) Anesthetics
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, d) povidone iodine - Correct answer-b) Latex
A nurse on a medical unit is planning care for a group of clients. Which of the
following clients should the nurse attend to First?
a) A client who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in oxygen saturation of
89%
b) a client who has left-sided paralysis and slurred speech from a prior stroke
c) a client who has thrombocytopenia and reports a nosebleed
d) a client who has multiple sclerosis and reports Ataxia and vertigo - Correct
answer-c) a client who has thrombocytopenia and reports a nosebleed
A nurse is monitoring a client who is receiving two units packed RBC's. Which of
the following manifestation indicates a hemolytic transfusion reaction?
a) back pain
b) Hypertension
c) Chills
d) bradycardia - Correct answer-a) back pain
A nurse is teaching a client who has diabetes mellitus about foot care. Which of the
following instruction should the nurse include?
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