ATI COMPREHENSIVE EXIT EXAM
180 NGN QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
WELL GRADED, BEST ATI COMPREHENSIVE
1. A nurse in an emergency department completes an assessment on an
adolescent client that has conduct disorder. The client threatened suicide to a teacher
at school. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the
assessment?
a)Tell me about your siblings?
B)Tell me what kind of music you like?
c) Tell me how often do you drink alcohol?
d) Tell me about your school schedule?
Ans>> Tell me how often do you drink alcohol
, 2. A nurse is observing bonding to the client her newborn. Which of the
following actions by the client requires the nurse to intervene?
A- Holding the new born in an en face position
b- asking the father to change the newborns diaper
c- requesting the nurse to take the newborn nursery so she can rest
d- Viewing the newborns actions to be uncooperative
Ans>> Viewing the newborns actions to be uncooperative
3. A nurse is caring for a client who is taking levothyroxine. Which of the
following findings should indicate that the medication is effective?
A- Weight loss
b- Asking the father to change the newborns diaper c-
absence of seizures
e- Decrease inflammation
Ans>> Weightloss this drug acts as T4 and will normalize the effects of hypothyroidism
, 4. A nurse is planning discharge teaching for cord care for the parent of a
newborn. Which instructions would you include in the teaching?
A- contact the provider if the cord still turns black
b- clean the base of the cord with hydrogen peroxide daily c- Keep
the cord dry unitl it falls off
d- The cord stump will fall off in five days
Ans>> Keep the cord dry until it falls off (cord should be kept clean and dry to prevent
infection, it will turn black, clean with neutral ph cleanser, cord falls off in 10-14 days)
5. A nurse is assessing a client in PACU. Which of the following findings
indicates decreased cardiac output?
A- Shivering b-
oliguria
c- Bradypnea
d- Constricted pupils
Ans>> Oliguria
,6. A nurse is assisting with mass casualty triage, explosion at a local factory. Which of
the following client should the nurse identify as the priority?
, A- A client that has massive head trauma
B- A client has full thickness burns to face and trunk C- A
client with indications of hypovolemic shock
C- A client with open fracture of the lower extremity
Ans>> A client with indications of hypovolemic shock
7. A nurse is receiving report on four clients. Which of the following clients should
the nurse asses first?
A- a client who has illegal conduit and mucus in the pouch
b- Client pleasant arteriovenous additional vibration palpated
c- Client whose chronic kidney disease with cloudy diasylate outflow
D- A client was transurethral resection of the prostate with red tinged urine in the bag
Ans>> A client whose chronic kidney disease with cloudy diasylate outflow
8. A nurse is caring for a client just received the first dose of lisinopril. The
following is an appropriate nursing intervention?
a- place's cardiac monitoring
b- monitor the clients oxygen saturation level
, c- provide standby assist with the client from bed
d- encourage foods high in potassium
Ans>> Provide standby assist with the client from bed
9. A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor and his seat is recieving electronic
fetal monitoring. The nurse is reviewing the monitor tracing and notes early
decelerations. Which of the following should the nurse expect?
a-Feta hypoxia
b- abrupto placentae
c- post maturity
c-head compressions
Ans>> head compressions
10. A nurse is caring for a client who has chronic kidney disease. The nurse should
identify which of the following laboratory values as an indication for hemodialysis?
a- Glomerular filtration rate of 14 ml/minute b-
,BUN 16 ml/dl
c- serum magnesium 1.8 mg mg/dl
d- serum phosphorus 4.0 m mg/dl
Ans>> glomerular filtraion rate of 14 ml/minute
11. A nurse is caring for an infant who has a prescription for continuous pulse
oximetry. The following is an appropriate action for the nurse to take?
a- placed infant under radiant warmer
,b- move the probe site every 3 hrs
c- heat the skin one minute prior to placing the program
d- placed a sensor on the index finger
Ans>> Heat the skin one minute prior to placing the program.
12. A nurse in a mental health facility receives a change to shift report on for clients.
Which of the following clients should the nurse plan to asses first?
a- A client placed in restraints to the aggressive behavior
b- a new limited client pleasures history 4.5 kg weight loss in the past two
months
c- client is receiving prn dose of health heard all two hours ago for increased anxiety
d- Applied he'll be receiving his first ect treatment today
Ans>> Cliet placed in re- straints to the aggressive behavior
13. A nurse is working at the clinic is teaching a group of clients who are pregnant on
the use of nonpharmacological pain management. Which of the following
statements by the nurse is an appropriate description of the use of hypnosis during
, labor?
a- Hypnosis focuses on biofeedback as a relaxation technique
b- hypnosis promoted increased control of her pain perception during con-
tractions
c- hypnosis uses therpeutic touch to reduce anxiety during labor
d- hynosis provides instructions to minimize pain
Ans>> Hypnosis promotes in- creased control of her pain perception during
contractions.
14. A nurse is a county jail health clinic is leading group therapy sessions. A client
who has incarcerated for theft is addressing the group. Which of the following is an
example of reaction formation? (reaction formation is when using opposite feelings,
being super nice to someone you dislike)
a- I steal things because it is the only way i can keep my mind off my bad
marriage
b- i can't believe i was accused of something i didn't do
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