ATI Elimination Exam – (30 Questions
and Answers)
A nurse is teaching a client about diagnostic urinary testing. Which of the
following should the nurse include in the teaching about cystometric testing?
a. cystometric testing measures bladder capacity, pressure, and final
capacity when the urge to urinate begins
b. cystometric testing measures urine speed and volume
c. cystometric testing measures bladder pressure when urinary leakage
occurs
d. cystometric testing measures electrical activity of the muscles and nerves
of the bladder and sphincters - -a. cystometric testing measures bladder
capacity, pressure, and final capacity when the urge to urinate begins
-A nurse is caring for a client who has a stone in the right ureter that is
obstructing the flow of urine. Which of the following urinary diversions should
the nurse anticipate the client will need?
a. urostomy
b. continent cutaneous reservoir
c. ureteral stent
d. neobladder - -c. ureteral stent
-A nurse is caring for a client with suspected dehydration. For which of the
following findings should the nurse monitor this client?
a. oral temperature of 36.4 degrees C (97.5 degrees F)
b. light yellow urine
c. dry mucous membranes
d. diaphoresis - -c. dry mucous membranes
-A nurse is planning care for a client who reports blood in their stool. Which
of the following tests should the nurse anticipate the provider ordering?
a. fecal occult blood test
b. stool culture
c. flexible sigmoidoscopy
d. endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) - -a. fecal occult
blood test
-A nurse is educating a client who has paraplegia about urinary catheter
use. Which of the following catheter types should the nurse include in the
teaching to help facilitate urinary elimination for this client?
a. suprapubic catheter
b. indwelling catheter
c. condom catheter
d. intermittent catheter - -d. intermittent catheter
, -A nurse is caring for a group of clients who are at risk for an alteration in
urinary elimination. Which of the following groups should the nurse identify
as being at an increased risk? (select all that apply)
a. uncircumcised infants
b. school-aged children
c. middle adults
d. older adults
e. young adults - -a. uncircumcised infants
b. school-aged children
d. older adults
-A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for vitamin K injection.
The nurse should identify that vitamin K is naturally produced in which of the
following locations of the body?
a. small intestine
b. large intestine
c. esophagus
d. stomach - -b. large intestine
-A nurse is caring for a client who has constipation and required and enema.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take when administering the
enema solution?
a. instruct the client to lie on their right side with their left leg pulled up to
their chest
b. instruct the client to lie on their left side with their right leg pulled up to
their chest
c. instruct the client to like on their left side with their right leg pulled up to
their chest
d. instruct the client to like on their right side with both legs pulled up to
their chest - -b. instruct the client to lie on their left side with their right leg
pulled up to their chest
-A nurse is reviewing the primary function of the urinary tract with a group
of newly licensed nurses. Which of the following information should the nurse
include?
a. the urinary tract regulates the production of red blood cells
b. the urinary tract produces hormones for blood pressure regulation
c. the urinary tract keeps the bones strong
d. the urinary tract eliminates waste and excess fluid from the body - -d. the
urinary tract eliminates waste and excess fluid from the body
-A nurse is planning care for a client who has a are colostomy. Which of the
following complications should the nurse plan to monitor for?
a. hernia
b. gastroespohegeal reflux disease
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