ATI practice test 1

A nurse is preparing a client who is scheduled for a hysterectomy for transport to the operating room with the client states she no longer wants to have the surgery. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Notify the provider about the clients decision

A charge nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse perform tracheostomy care for a client. Which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse requires intervention?

Obtaining cotton balls for the tracheostomy care

A nurse in an oncology clinic is assessing a client who is undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer. Which of the following statements by the client indicates she is experiencing psychological distress?

"I keep having nightmares about my upcoming surgery."

A nurse is providing teaching to an older adult client who has constipation. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

"Sit on the toilet 30 minutes after eating a meal."

A nurse is caring for a child who is postoperative following a tonsillectomy. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Administe analgesics to the child on a routine schedule throughout the day and night.

A nurse is planning weight loss strategies for a group of clients who are obese. Which of the following actions by the nurse will improve the clients commitment to a long-term goal of weight loss?

Attempt to increase the client's self-motivation

A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who reports diarrhea and decreased urination for four days. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to assess the client skin turgor?

Grasp a skinfold on the chest under the clavicle, release it, and note whether it's springs back

A charge nurse is teaching adult CPR to a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of the following actions should the charge nurse teach as the first response in CPR?

Confirm unresponsiveness

A nurse on a medical surgical unit is caring for a client. Which of the following action should the nurse take first when using the nursing process?

Obtain client info

A nurse is measuring vital signs for a client and notices in irregularity in the polls. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Count the apical pulse rate for 1 full minute, and describe the rhythm in the chart

A nurse is caring for a client who is unstable and has vital signs measured every 15 minutes by an electronic blood pressure machine. The nurse notices the machine begins to measure the blood pressure varied intervals in the readings are inconsistent. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Disconnect the machine, and measure the blood pressure manually every 15 minutes

A nurse is providing preoperative, teaching to a client who is scheduled for a referral plasty in the next month that might require a blood transfusion. The client expresses concern about the risk of acquiring an infection from the blood transfusion. Which of the following statements should the nurse make to the client?

Donate autologous blood before the surgery

A nurse is caring for a client who requires a chest x-ray. Prior to the client being transported for the procedure, which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

Identify the client using two identifiers

A nurse is preparing to provide tracheostomy care for a client. Which of the following action should the nurse take first

Perform hand hygiene

A nurse is caring for an older adult client who is violent and attempting to disconnect her IVs. The provider prescribes, soft, wrist restraints. Which of the following action should the nurse take while the client is in restraints?

Remove the restraints one at a time

A community health nurse is preparing a campaign about seasonal influenza. Which of the following plans should the nurse include as a secondary prevention?

Screening groups of older adults in nursing care facilities for early influenza manifestations

A nurse at a screen in clinic is assessing a client who reports a history of a heart murmur related to aortic valve stenosis. At which of the following anatomical areas to the nurse, place, the stethoscope to auscultate the aortic valve?

Second intercostal space to the right of the sternum

A nurse is caring for a client who is in the terminal stage of cancer. Which of the following action should the nurse take when she observes the client crying

Sit and hold the clients hand

A nurse is demonstrating post, operative, deep, breathing and coughing exercises to a client who will have emergency surgery for appendicitis. Which of the following statements indicates a lack of readiness to learn by the client?

The client reports severe pain

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has heart failure about how to reduce his daily intake of sodium. Which of the following factors is most important in determining the clients ability to learn new dietary habits?

The involvement of the client in planning the change

A nurse is witnessing a client signed an informed consent form for surgery. Which of the following describes what the nurse is affirming by this action?

The signature on the preoperative consent form is the clients

A nurse is teaching an assistive personnel about proper hand hygiene. Which of the following statements by the AP indicates an understanding of the teaching?

There are times I should use soap and water rather than an alcohol-based hand rub to clean my hands

A nurse observes, an assistive personnel, preparing to obtain blood pressure with a regular size cough for a client who is obese. Which of the following explanations to the nurse give the AP?

Using a cuff that is too small will result in an inaccurately high reading

A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative and has paralytic ileus. Which of the following abdominal assessments should the nurse expect?

absent bowel sounds with distention

A nurse on a medical surgical unit is admitting a client. Which of the following information should the nurse document in the clients record first?

assessment

A nurse on a rehabilitation unit is preparing to transfer a client who is unable to walk from a bed to wheelchair. Which of the following techniques should the nurse use?

Place the wheelchair at a 45 degree angle to the bed

A nurse is preparing to perform mouth care for an unresponsive client. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?

Raise the level of the bed

A nurse is teaching a group of older adults about expected changes of aging. Which of the following statements by a group member indicates that the teaching has been effective?

"I should expect my heart rate to take longer to return to normal after exercise as I get older."

A nurse is caring for an older adult client who becomes agitated when the nurse request that the clients dentures be removed prior to surgery. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

"What worries you about being without your teeth?"

A nurse is inserting an IV catheter for a client that results in a blood spill on her gloved hand. The client has no documented bloodstream infection. Which of the following action should the nurse take?

Carefully remove the gloves and follow with hand hygiene

A nurse is caring for a client who has a terminal illness. The client asks several questions about the nurses, religious beliefs related to death and dying. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Encourage the client to express his thoughts about death and dying

A nurse is admitting a client who has decreased circulation in his left leg which of the following actions should the nurse take first

Evaluate pedal pulses

A nurse is performing in an abdominal assessment for an older client. Identify the correct sequence of steps for this assessment.

Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation

A nurse is receiving a client from the PACU who is postoperative following abdominal surgery. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to transfer the client from the stretcher to the bed?

Lock the wheels on the bed and stretcher

A nurse is assessing the heart sounds of a client who has developed chest pain that becomes worse With inspiration. The nurse auscultates a high-pitched scratching sound during both systole and diastole with the diaphragm of the stethoscope position at the left sternal border. Which of the following Heartsounds should the nurse document?

Pericardial friction rub

A nurse is obtaining the blood pressure in a clients lower extremity. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Place the bladder of the cuff over the posterior aspect of the thigh

A nurse is caring for a client who has type one diabetes and is resistant to learning self injection of insulin. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

Tell me what I can do to help you overcoming your fear of giving yourself injections

A nurse is planning to obtain the vital signs of a two-year-old child who is experiencing diarrhea and who might have a right ear infection. Which of the following routes should the nurse use to obtain the temperature?

Temporal

A nurse on a medical surgical unit is washing her hands prior to assisting with a surgical procedure. Which of the following actions by the nurse demonstrates proper surgical handwashing technique?

The nurse holds her hands higher than her elbows while washing

A nurse is planning care for a client who reports abdominal pain. An assessment by the nurse reveals the client has a temperature of 102.6 degrees F, HR of 105/min, a soft nontender abdomen, and menses overdue by 2 days. Which of the following findings should be the nurses priority?

temp