ATI Test Taking Strategies

A nurse is collecting data from clients following a mass casualty event. Which of the following clients are the nurse recommend for priority treatment?

A client who has an open femur fracture

A nurse is assigned to provide care for a group of clients. Which of the following action should the nurse plan to complete first?

Administer an anti-diarrheal medication for a client who has had multiple watery stools

A nurse is preparing to collect physical assessment data from an older adult client who has a cute confusion which of the following assessment should the nurse perform first?

Auscultate lung sounds

A nurse is caring for a female client who is prescribed an indwelling catheter. Which of the following action should the nurse take first?

Determine if the client has any physical limitations

A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has left-sided weakness due to a stroke. Which of the following intervention should the nurse identify as a priority?

Determining whether the client is able to feed himself

A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client on an acute care unit which of the following actions by the nurse is appropriate?

Elevate the clients lower extremities on a pillow

And nurse is preparing to collect physical assessment data from clients following a natural disaster in the community. The nurse should first collect data from clients in which of the following triage categories

Emergent

A nurse is caring for an older adult client hose receiving hospice care. Which of the following action should be the nurses priority

Ensure the client pain is controlled

A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for an older adult client who has impaired vision and lower extremity weakness due to diabetes Molite us. Which of the following interventions is the nurses priority?

Ensure the clients call light is within reach

A nurse is reviewing the plan of care for several clients at the beginning of the shift which of the following Tasha the nurse plan to delegate to a CNA

Feeding a client who had a stroke two years ago. Performing a bed bath for a client who is paraplegic

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client reports having leg cramps and due to hypokalemia. The nurse recommend one cup servings of which of the following foods for this client?

Fresh avocado, canned apricots, Brazil nuts

A nurse is talking with an older adult client during a home visit which of the following statements by the client should the nurse identify as a priority?

I don't know if my smoke alarms work

A nurse is preparing to administer a cleansing enema to a client. Which of the following action should the nurse plan to take?

Insert the tubing into the clients rectum toward the umbilicus. Fill the enema bag at 7:50 mil of warm solution

A nurse is collecting data from a client who is 4 days postop following abdominal surgery. The client reports feeling his incision pop and the nurses the clients organs protruding through the abdominal wall which of the following action should the nurse take?

Monitor the client for manifestations of shock. Assist the client to lie down. Instruct the client to bend his knees.

A nurse is assisting with the admission of a client who is postoperative following laparoscopic abdominal surgery. Which of the following assessment should the nurse identify as priority?

Observe the clients breathing pattern

A nurse at a long-term care facility is talking with a group of clients at breakfast. One client reports not having a bowel movement in the previous day. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

Offered to help the client to the toilet after meal time

A nurse is caring for an older adult client who is agitated and attempting to pull out the peripheral IV catheter which of the following action should the nurse take first?

Place a stockinette dressing over the clients IV

A nurse is caring for a client immediately following lumbar puncture. Which of the following action should the nurse plan to take first

Place the bed flat with a pillow under the client head

A nurse is caring for a client reports a latex allergy and is scheduled for surgery the following day. When implementing latex allergy precautions which of the following Tasha the nurse assigned to an assistive personnel?

Placing the latex free car outside of the clients door

A nurse enters a clients room and find the client lying on the floor at the bedside. The client states I fell because no one would help me to the bathroom but I think I can get up OK. Which of the following actions by the nurse is appropriate?

Push the clients call button and request assistance

A nurse at a long-term care facility discovers a wastebasket fire in the room of two residents. Identify the sequence of actions the nurse should follow

Rescue alarm confine extinguish

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving internal nutrition. The nurse should plan to monitor the client for which of the following early indications of aspiration?

Restlessness, behavioral changes, tachypnea

A nurse Kalax nutritional data from a client and determines that the client is underweight and needs to increase daily caloric intake. Which of the following action should the nurse take first?

Set a goal with the client for wet gane

A nurse is preparing to collect data for an adult client after receiving change of shift report. Which of the following client issues should the nurse address first?

The client who has orthostatic hypotension

A nurse is preparing to administer medication's to a client who begins having a seizure which of the following action should the nurse take first

Turn the client on her side

A nurse is providing instructions for a client who has urinary frequency and is scheduled for a bladder ultrasound the following day. Which of the following information should the nurse include?

You may be asked to drink water before the test

A nurse is performing blood pressure screenings. For one client the nurse last palpates the radial pulse at 120. How much should the nurse and flight the cuff in order to also take the clients blood pressure?

150

A nurse and a providers office has completed preliminary screaning at four clients. Which of the following clients are the nurse recommend first for treatment

A client who has audible inspiratory stridor

A nurse is collecting data from a client who is having repeated episodes of emesis. Which of the following findings as a priority for the nurse to report to the provider

Decreased level of consciousness

A nurse is caring for a client who has orthopnea and is confused. The nurse is preparing to apply restraints to prevent the client from removing the oxygen device. Which of the following images indicates an action the nurse should plan to take?

The nurse should secure the clients restraints in a manner that will prevent harm to the client. The nurse should be able to place two fingers between the restraint and the clients risk. This ensures the restraint and secure enough to stay in place and loose enough to maintain adequate tissue circulation