ATI PN FUNDAMENTALS PROCTORED 2023 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
1. A nurse is planning care for a group of clients. Which of the following tasks should the
nurse delegate to an assistive personnel? d. Providing postmortem care to a client
2. A nurse is conducting a health assessment for a client who takes herbal
supplements. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an
understanding of the use of the supplements? C. I use ginger when I get car sick
3. A nurse is caring for a client who has influenza and isolation precautions in place.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take to prevent the spread of infection?
A. Wear a mask when working within 3 feet of the client
4. A nurse obtains a prescription for wrist restraints for a client who is trying to pull out
his NG tube. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
C. Allow room for two fingers to fit between the clients skin and the restraints
5. A nurse is admitting a client who has tuberculosis. Which of the following types of
transmission precautions should the nurse plan to initiate?
A. Droplet
6. A nurse in a well-child clinic receives a telephone call from a parent who states
that their child accidentally swallowed paint thinner. The child is awake and alert.
Which of the following responses should the nurse make? A. Have your child drink
one large glass of water.
7. A nurse is documenting a client's medical record. Which of the following
entries should the nurse record. B. Administered pain medication
8. A nurse is providing oral care for a client who is unconscious. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take?
A. Place the client in a side-lying position.
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9. A nurse is collaborating with a risk management team about potential legal issues
involving client care. The nurse should identify which of the following situations is an
example of negligence?
C. A nurse begins a blood transfusion without obtaining consent.
10. A nurse is collecting a sputum specimen for culture from a client who has a
respiratory infection. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? B. Offer
the client oral hygiene after the collection
11. A nurse is assessing an older client. Which of the following findings should
the nurse expect?
a. Decreased sense of balanced
12. A nurse is completing discharge teaching about ostomy care with a client who has a
new stoma. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
(select all that apply)
a. "Cut the opening of the pouch 1⁄8 of an inch larger than the stoma " YES
b. "Place a piece a gauze over the stoma while changing the pouch" YES
c. "Use povidone-iodine to clean around the stoma" YES
d. "Empty the ostomy pouch when it becomes one-third full of contents" YES
e. expect the stoma to turn a purple-blue color as its heals"
13. A nurse is preparing to obtain informed consent from a client who speaks a
different language than the nurse. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take? c. "Offer written information in the client's language"
14. A nurse is teaching a client about home care equipment. Which of the
following information should the nurse include in the teaching? (select all that apply)
d. "Keep the oxygen delivery system 0.6 m (2 feet) from any heat source"
e. "Lay the oxygen tank flat when storing"
a. "Avoid using wool blankets when receiving oxyge n"
b. check the O2 delivery rate at least once a day
c. align the middle of the ball in the flow meter with the line of the prescribed flow rate
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15. A nurse is planning care for a client who reports insomnia. Which of the
following actions should the nurse perform shortly before bedtime? a. Provide a late
supper.
16. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is receiving a change-of-shift report for four
clients. Which of the following clients should the nurse see first?
c. A client who has new onset of dyspnea 24hr after a total hip arthroplasty
17. A nurse is reviewing a client's intake and output and notes the following: 0.9%
sodium chloride 600mL IV infusion, cefazolin 250 mg in dextrose 5% in water 100mL
intermittent IV bolus, 200mL emesis, 40mL voided urine, and 20mL urine from straight
catheterization. The nurse should record the client's net fluid intake as how many mL?
(Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not
use a trailing zero.) 700 mL
18. A nurse is discussing incident reports with a group of newly licensed nurses. The
nurse should include that which if the following requires the completion of an incident
report?
a. A client's prescribed laboratory testing was not obtained
19. A nurse is caring for a client who has a new prescription for negative-pressure
therapy for a chronic wound. The nurse is unfamiliar with the procedure. Which of the
following resources should the nurse consult to learn more about the intervention. d.
The policy and procedure manual
20. A nurse is performing postural drainage with percussion and vibration for a
client who has cystic fibrosis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? d.
Perform percussion over the lower back
21. A nurse is preparing to administer diphenhydramine 20 mg orally to a 6-year-old
child who has difficulty swallowing pills. Available is diphenhydramine 12.5mg/5ml oral
syrup. Which of the following images indicates the correct number of mL the nurse
should administer? (round answer to the nearest whole number.)
8ml
22. A nurse is admitting a client who is malnourished. The client states, "My
wedding ring is loose and I'm worried I will lose it if it falls off."Which of the following is
an appropriate response by the nurse?
d. I can put it in a locked storage unit for you
23. A charge nurse is teaching a group of newly licensed nurses about the use of
restraints. In which of the following clinical situations should the nurse apply restraints?
d. When the client poses a threat to self
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