ATI Predictor Comprehensive Assessment 2023 A (VERIFIED)

ATI Predictor Comprehensive Assessment 2023 A (VERIFIED)

1. A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for metformin extended release tablets.

2. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

a. I will avoid crushing this medication

3. A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving enteral feeding via an NG tube. The client has developed hyperosmolar dehydration. Which of the following actions should the nurse take when administering the client’s findings?

a. Switch to a lactose-free formula.

4. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has a new ostomy. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

a. Empty your ostomy pouch when it is half full

5. A nurse is teaching the parents of a school-age child who has sickle cell anemia about managing the disease at home which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

a. Apply cold compresses too painful areas

6. A nurse is teaching about Safe Handling of formula to a client who is postpartum and chooses to bottle feed her newborn. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

a. I should boil tap water for 2 minutes and call it before I mix it with powdered formula

7. A nurse is assessing a child who is post-operative following a tonsillectomy. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as the priority?

a. Frequent swallowing

8. A nurse is teaching a client who is pregnant about non-stress testing. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

a. During this test, I will punch a button if the baby moves

9. A nurse is monitoring a client who is receiving a transfusion of packed RBC's. The client reports chills, headaches, low back pain, and a feeling of tightness in his chest. The nurse should identify that the client has developed which of the following types of transfusion reactions?

a. Acute hemolytic

10. A nurse is caring for a client who is in the latent phase of Labor and reports severe back pain. The vaginal examination reveals that the cervix is dilated two centimeters, 25?facedand -2 station. Which of the following interventions should the nurse implement?

Request the provider prescribe a pudendal nerve block

11. A nurse is teaching about how to suppress lactation with a client who is postpartum and bottle feeding her newborn. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

a. You should wear a snug fitting bra continuously for 72 hours

12. A nurse is preparing to administer medication to a client. What are the following identifiers should the nurse use to identify the client?

a. Room number

13. A nurse is caring for a client who is taking antihypertensive medication and is moving from a supine to a seated position. Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the client is experiencing orthostatic hypotension?

14. While a nurse is caring for a client who is receiving mechanical ventilation via an endotracheal tube, the high-pressure alarm of the ventilator sounds. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

15. A nurse is preparing to insert an indwelling urinary catheter for a client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

16. A nurse is planning to administer packed RBC's to an older adult client who has a low hemoglobin level. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?

17. A new nurse in an acute mental health facility is teaching a client about potential adverse effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation. The nurse tells the client that he might not feel light-headed but that it should not affect his memory. The nurse is demonstrating which of the following ethical principles?

a. Beneficence

18. A nurse is teaching a class about providing care within the legal scope of practice to a group of nurses. The nurse should include that which of the following procedures is outside the legal scope of practice for an RN?

a. Irrigation of the external ear canal

19. A nurse in an acute care facility is caring for a client who has anorexia nervosa. During the first week of care, which of the following actions should the nurse take?

a. Observe the client for 1 hour after meals

20. A nurse is planning care for a client who has sciatica and a prescription for a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit. Which of the following referral should the nurse anticipate for the client?

a. Physical therapist

21. A nurse is teaching a client who has generalized anxiety disorder about ways to help manage stress. Which of the following instructions should the nurse give the client about using Progressive relaxation?

a. Tighten the muscle group, then release tension and move to the next one

22. A nurse is assessing a client who is at 37 weeks of gestation and reports sudden, severe abdominal pain with moderate vaginal bleeding and persistent uterine contraction. The client's blood pressure is 88 over 50 mmhg and her abdomen is rigid. The nurse should identify these findings as indicating which of the following complications?

a. Placenta abruption