ATI Comprehensive Predictor EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST 2026-
2027 NEW VERSION
The nurses reviewing clients admission laboratory results. Which of the findings
required further
evaluation?
a) Sodium 138
b) Creatinine 1.8
c) Hemoglobin 15
d) Potassium 4.2 - answer>>>b) Creatinine 1.8
A nurse is providing teaching for a client has a new prescription for methadone.
Which of the phone
following client statements indicates need for further teaching?
a) I understand the methadone tends to slow my breathing
b) I understand the methadone may cause me to have difficulty sleeping
c) I will avoid alcohol while I'm taking this medication
d) I'll change positions gradually especially from lying down to standing -
answer>>>b) I understand the methadone may cause me to have difficulty sleeping
Which of the following client is appropriate for the nurse to refer to speech therapy
for swallowing
evaluation?
a) Premature infant with a poor suck reflex and failure to thrive
b) An older adults who has difficulty taking in fluids
c) Adolescent who anorexia who is cachectic
d) A middle aged adults was gastroesophageal reflux disease - answer>>>b) An older
adults who has difficulty taking in fluids
, -
A nurse is caring for a group of clients. Which of the following client should nurse
assess first?
a) A client whose benign prostatic hyperplasia and is unable to urinate
b) The client was heart failure and report shortness of breath while ambulating
c) A client who is open cholecystectomy and has green drainage from the T-tube
d) A client whose abdominal pain and is vomiting coffee ground emesis -
answer>>>d) A client whose abdominal pain and is vomiting coffee ground emesis
A nurse is taking a medication history from client was type II diabetes mellitus is
scheduled for an
arteriogram. Which of the following medications to the nurses instruct the client to
discontinue 48 hrs
prior to the procedure?
a) Atorvastatin
b) Digoxin
c) Nifedipine
d) Metformin - answer>>>d) Metformin
The nurses assessing client with posttraumatic stress disorder. Which of the
following findings to the
nurse expect to find?
a) Dependence on family and friends
b) Loss of interest in usual activities
c) Ritualistic behavior
d) Passive aggressive behavior - answer>>>b) Loss of interest in usual activities
A nurse working in a long-term care facility is caring for an older adult client has
dementia. The clients
,often agitated and frequently wanders the halls. Which of the following intervention
should the nurse
include in the plan of care?
a) Give the client several choices when scheduling activities.
b) Confront the client regarding unacceptable behavior
c) Maintain Nutritional requirements by offering finger foods
d) Stimulate the client by leaving the television on throughout the day - answer>>>c)
Maintain Nutritional requirements by offering finger foods
A nurse on a mental health unit receives report on four clients. Which of the
following client should the
nurse attend to first?
a) A client who has begun to demonstrate catatonic behavior
b) The client was compulsive behavior and is frequently drinking from the water
fountain
c) Client was having auditory hallucinations is becoming agitated
d) A client was making sexual comments to clients of the opposite sex - answer>>>c)
Client was having auditory hallucinations is becoming agitated
A nurse is caring for the full term newborn immediately following birth. Which of the
following actions
should the nurse take first?
a) Instill erythromycin ophthalmic ointment and the newborn's eyes.
b) Place identification bracelets on the newborn.
c) Weigh the newborn.
d) Dry the newborn - answer>>>d) Dry the newborn
A nurse receives report on a group of clients. Which of the following client should
the nurse attend to first?
a) A client who was admitted with asthma and has an SaO2 of 92% long receiving
oxygen at 1 L per
, -
minute via nasal cannula
b) A client was admitted with angina and reports left arm pain of 4 on a scale of 0 to
10
c) The client was type II diabetes mellitus in his blood with glucose level is at 80
mg/dL
d) A client who had a gastric endoscopy and whose nasogastric tube is draining 30
mL per hour of green
fluid - answer>>>b) A client was admitted with angina and reports left arm pain of 4
on a scale of 0 to 10
A client at 38 weeks of gestation enters the emergency department. The nurse
should recognize that which
of the following indicates that the client is in the latent phase of labor?
a) The client reports the urge to push
b) The cervix is dilated 2 cm
c) Contractions are 2 to 3 minutes apart
d) The client reports nausea and vomiting - answer>>>b) The cervix is dilated 2 cm
The charge nurse for medical surgical units discovers client care assignments that
should be reassigned.
Which of the following delegated tasks should be reassigned?
a) An AP is to calculate intake and output every two hours for client in acute renal
failure.
b) An AP is to collect vital signs every 30 minutes for client who had a
cholecystectomy
c) A licensed practical nurse is to check nasogastric tube placement for client list had
a bowel resection.
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST 2026-
2027 NEW VERSION
The nurses reviewing clients admission laboratory results. Which of the findings
required further
evaluation?
a) Sodium 138
b) Creatinine 1.8
c) Hemoglobin 15
d) Potassium 4.2 - answer>>>b) Creatinine 1.8
A nurse is providing teaching for a client has a new prescription for methadone.
Which of the phone
following client statements indicates need for further teaching?
a) I understand the methadone tends to slow my breathing
b) I understand the methadone may cause me to have difficulty sleeping
c) I will avoid alcohol while I'm taking this medication
d) I'll change positions gradually especially from lying down to standing -
answer>>>b) I understand the methadone may cause me to have difficulty sleeping
Which of the following client is appropriate for the nurse to refer to speech therapy
for swallowing
evaluation?
a) Premature infant with a poor suck reflex and failure to thrive
b) An older adults who has difficulty taking in fluids
c) Adolescent who anorexia who is cachectic
d) A middle aged adults was gastroesophageal reflux disease - answer>>>b) An older
adults who has difficulty taking in fluids
, -
A nurse is caring for a group of clients. Which of the following client should nurse
assess first?
a) A client whose benign prostatic hyperplasia and is unable to urinate
b) The client was heart failure and report shortness of breath while ambulating
c) A client who is open cholecystectomy and has green drainage from the T-tube
d) A client whose abdominal pain and is vomiting coffee ground emesis -
answer>>>d) A client whose abdominal pain and is vomiting coffee ground emesis
A nurse is taking a medication history from client was type II diabetes mellitus is
scheduled for an
arteriogram. Which of the following medications to the nurses instruct the client to
discontinue 48 hrs
prior to the procedure?
a) Atorvastatin
b) Digoxin
c) Nifedipine
d) Metformin - answer>>>d) Metformin
The nurses assessing client with posttraumatic stress disorder. Which of the
following findings to the
nurse expect to find?
a) Dependence on family and friends
b) Loss of interest in usual activities
c) Ritualistic behavior
d) Passive aggressive behavior - answer>>>b) Loss of interest in usual activities
A nurse working in a long-term care facility is caring for an older adult client has
dementia. The clients
,often agitated and frequently wanders the halls. Which of the following intervention
should the nurse
include in the plan of care?
a) Give the client several choices when scheduling activities.
b) Confront the client regarding unacceptable behavior
c) Maintain Nutritional requirements by offering finger foods
d) Stimulate the client by leaving the television on throughout the day - answer>>>c)
Maintain Nutritional requirements by offering finger foods
A nurse on a mental health unit receives report on four clients. Which of the
following client should the
nurse attend to first?
a) A client who has begun to demonstrate catatonic behavior
b) The client was compulsive behavior and is frequently drinking from the water
fountain
c) Client was having auditory hallucinations is becoming agitated
d) A client was making sexual comments to clients of the opposite sex - answer>>>c)
Client was having auditory hallucinations is becoming agitated
A nurse is caring for the full term newborn immediately following birth. Which of the
following actions
should the nurse take first?
a) Instill erythromycin ophthalmic ointment and the newborn's eyes.
b) Place identification bracelets on the newborn.
c) Weigh the newborn.
d) Dry the newborn - answer>>>d) Dry the newborn
A nurse receives report on a group of clients. Which of the following client should
the nurse attend to first?
a) A client who was admitted with asthma and has an SaO2 of 92% long receiving
oxygen at 1 L per
, -
minute via nasal cannula
b) A client was admitted with angina and reports left arm pain of 4 on a scale of 0 to
10
c) The client was type II diabetes mellitus in his blood with glucose level is at 80
mg/dL
d) A client who had a gastric endoscopy and whose nasogastric tube is draining 30
mL per hour of green
fluid - answer>>>b) A client was admitted with angina and reports left arm pain of 4
on a scale of 0 to 10
A client at 38 weeks of gestation enters the emergency department. The nurse
should recognize that which
of the following indicates that the client is in the latent phase of labor?
a) The client reports the urge to push
b) The cervix is dilated 2 cm
c) Contractions are 2 to 3 minutes apart
d) The client reports nausea and vomiting - answer>>>b) The cervix is dilated 2 cm
The charge nurse for medical surgical units discovers client care assignments that
should be reassigned.
Which of the following delegated tasks should be reassigned?
a) An AP is to calculate intake and output every two hours for client in acute renal
failure.
b) An AP is to collect vital signs every 30 minutes for client who had a
cholecystectomy
c) A licensed practical nurse is to check nasogastric tube placement for client list had
a bowel resection.
