ATI PN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR EXAM

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ATI PN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR EXAM

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1. A nurse in a long term care facility notices a client who has alzheimers disease standing at

the exit doors at the end of the hallway. The clients appears to be anxious and agitated. Which of the following

actions should the nurse take?

Escort the client to a quiet area on the nursing unit

2. A nurse is assisting with the plan of care for a client who has a continent urinary division. Which of the

following interventions should the nurse plan to implement to facilitate urinary elimination?

Use intermittent urinary catheterization for a client at regular intervals

3. A nurse is assisting with a educational program about car restraint safety for a group of parents. Which of the

following statements by a parent indicates an understanding of the instructions?

My 12 year old child should place the shoulder lap belt low across his hips

4. A nurse is reinforcing teaching about strategies to promote eating with a client who has COPD. Which of the

following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

Drink high protein and high calorie nutritional supplements

5. A nurse is supervising an assistive personnel who is preparing to remove her personal protective equipment

after providing direct care to a client who requires airborne and contact precautions. The nurse should recognize

that the AP understands the procedure when she removes which of the following PPE first?

Gloves

6. A nurse is caring for a client who is crying and states that his provider informed him that he has a tumor and

will need a biopsy. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

What have you done in the past to help yourself get through stressful situations before?

7. A nurse is inspecting the skin of a newborn. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the

provider 

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Generalized petechiae

8. A nurse is contributing to a teaching plan for a group of male adolescents about the adverse effects of

anabolic steroid use. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse include

Reduced height potential

9. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with an older adult client who has a severe left sided heart failure. Which of

the following statements should the nurse make

Rest 15 minutes between activities

10. A nurse in a long term care facility is documenting the care of an older client. Which of the following

information should the nurse include in the weekly nursing care summary

Hydration status

11. A nurse is caring for a client who has a head injury. Using the gasgow coma scale collection data, the nurse

should obtain which of the following information

Motor response

12. A home health nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client about the use of elastic stockings to decrease

peripheral edema. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

Apply stockings in the morning

13. A nurse in a providers office is obtaining a health history from a client who is scheduled to undergo a

cardiac catheterization in 2 days. Which of the following questions is the

Do you know if your allergic to iodine

14. A nurse is planning to administer nystatin oral suspension to a client who has oral candiasis. Which of the

following instructions should the nurse give to the client

Hold the medication in your mouth for several minutes prior to swallowing

15. A nurse is preparing to care for the assigned clients on her upcoming shift. Which of the following time

management strategies should the nurse plan to use?

Prepare a priority list of client needs for the shift

16. A nurse is preparing to witness a client who is scheduled for surgery sign a informed consent. Which of the

following actions should the nurse take?

Ask the client if he understands the procedure

17. A nurse in an inpatient mental health clinic is caring for a newly admitted client who has alcohol use

disorder. During a therapy session, the client asks about alcoholics anonymous. Which of the following

responses should the nurse make? 

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What is your current understanding about the purpose of AA

18. A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who is 2 days postop following a total knee arthroplasty. Which

of the following tasks should the nurse assign to an assistive personnel?

Reapply antiembolic stockings to the client following a shower

19. A client in a mental health facility unjustly accuses a nurse of stealing money from his room. Which of the

following therapeutic responses should the nurse make?

Tell me how you decided who took your money

20. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is receiving radiation therapy for cancer of the larynx.

Which of the following statements made by the client indicates understanding of the teaching?

I will wear a soft scarf around my neck when I am outside

21. A nurse is using the FLACC scale to determine the level of pain for an 11 month old infant who is postop.

Which of the following factors should the nurse consider when using this pain scale

Level of activity

22. A nurse is reviewing the techniques for transferring a client from bed to chair with a group of assistive

personnel. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include

Use lower body strength

23. A nurse is reinforcing taching with a client who is to self administer epoetin alfa. Which of the following

instructions should the nurse include

Administer the medication subcutaneously

24. A nurse is collecting data from a 5 year old child at a well child visit. The parents reports that the child is

having frequent nightmares. Which of the following statements by the parent indicates to the nurse that the

child is experiencing sleep terrors rather than nightmares

My child goes back to sleep right away

25. A nurse assisting with the care of a school age child immediately following surgery. The child weighs

21.8kg and has a chest tube applied to suction. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the

provider

250ml of sanguineous drainage over the last 3hr

26. A nurse is reinforcing teaching about advanced directives with a client. Which of the following statements

by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching

I can change my health care decisions even if I have advanced directives

27. A nurse is assisting with the admission of a client who has rubeola. Which of the following transmissionbased precautions should the nurse plan to initiate for this client 

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Airbourne

28. A nurse is administering morning medications to clients on the unit. A client questions the nurse regarding a

medication that she does not recognize. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first

Verify the prescription in the clients medical record

29. A nurse in an urgent care clinic is collecting data from four clients. Which of the following clients should

the nurse recommend for treatment

A client who is experiencing shortness of breath after taking amoxicillin

30. A nurse enters a clients room and sees smoke coming from a wastebasket next to the bed. Which of the

following actions should the nurse take first

Assist the client to a nearby waiting area

31. A nurse is caring for a client who is in the final stages of cancer. Which of the following situations should

the nurse identify as an ethical dilemma

The client asks the nurse to help her die peacefully in her sleep

32. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with an older adult client who has osteoarthritis. Which of the following

instructions should the nurse includes

Apply capsaicin cream 4 times daily

33. A nurse in a urgent care clinic is caring for a child who has a minor burn on his palm after touching the

burner on a hot stove. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

 1. clean the burn with soap and tepid water 2. Remove any embedded debris 3.

Apply an antimicrobial ointment 4. Wrap the hand in a gauze dressing 5.

Inform the parent of dressing change schedule

34. A nurse on a medical unit is reviewing a clients medical record. Which of the following procedures should

the nurse identify requires the client to sign a separate informed consent

Lumbar puncture

35. A nurse is reinforcing teaching about managing manifestations of anxiety with a client who has generalized

anxiety disorder. Which of the following information should the nurse include

Say the word stop when upsetting thoughts occur

36. A nurse is performing a dressing change for a client who is 3 days postop. Which of the following findings

should the nurse report to the provider

Yellow green drainage at the incision line

37. A nurse ina long term care facility is collecting data from a client who has been receiving betaxolol to treat

glaucoma. Which of the following findings in an adverse effect of this medication