2023 ATI PN COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE FORM A,B AND C QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST 2024/2025| AGRADE

2023 ATI PN COMPREHENSIVE
PRACTICE FORM A,B AND C
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST 2024/2025| AGRADE
A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who
has schizophrenia and is taking clozapine. Which of the
following findings should the nurse identify as a
contraindication to the administration of clozapine?
A. HR 58
B. Fasting blood glucose 100
C. Hgb 14
D. WBC 2900 - ANS ✔✔✔D. WBC 2900
A nurse is developing an in service about personality
disorders. Which of the following information should the
nurse include when discussing borderline personality
disorder?
A. The clients exhibits impulse behavior
B. The client might act seductively
C. The client is exceptionally clingy to others
D. The client is overly concerned about minor details -
ANS ✔✔✔A. The clients exhibits impulse behavior
Intra-dermal Injections areas.
A. Buttocks
B. Upper back
C. Hamstring - ANS ✔✔✔B. Upper back
A nurse is caring for a client who has experienced a righthemispheric stroke. Which of the following are expected
findings? SATA
A. Impulse control difficulty
B. Left Hemiplegia
C. Loss of depth perception
D. Aphasia
E. Lack of situational awareness - ANS ✔✔✔A. Impulse
control difficulty
B. Left Hemiplegia
C. Loss of depth perception
E. Lack of situational awareness
A nurse is caring for a client who has global aphasia (both
receptive and expressive.). Which of the following should
the nurse include in the client's plan of care? SATA
A. Speak to the client at a slower rate
B. Assist the client to use flash card with pictures
C. Speak to the client in a loud voice.
D. Complete sentences that the client cannot finish.
E. Give instructions one step at a time - ANS ✔✔✔A.
Speak to the client at a slower rate
B. Assist the client to use flash card with pictures
E. Give instructions one step at a time
A nurse is assessing a client who has experienced a lefthemispheric stroke. Which of the following is an expected
finding?
A. Impulse control difficulty
B. Poor judgement
C. Inability to recognize familiar objects
D. Loss of depth perception - ANS ✔✔✔C. Inability to
recognize familiar objects
A nurse is reviewing ABG laboratory results of a client
who is in respiratory distress. The results are pH 7.47,
PaCo2 32 mm Hg. HCO3 22 mm Hg. The nurse should
recognize that the client is experiencing which of the
following acid-base imbalances?
A. Respiratory acidosis
B. Respiratory alkalosis
C. Metabolic acidosis
D. Metabolic alkalosis - ANS ✔✔✔B. Respiratory
alkalosis
A nurse is caring for a client following a thoracentesis.
Which of the following manifestations should the nurse
recognize as risks for complications? SATA
A. Dyspnea
B. Localized bloody drainage on the dressing
C. Fever
D. Hypotension
E. Report of pain at the puncture site - ANS ✔✔✔A.
Dyspnea
C. Fever
D. Hypotension
A nurse is preparing to care for a client following chest
tube placement. Which of the following items should be
available in the client's room? SATA
A. Oxygen
B. Sterile water
C. Enclosed hemostat clamps
D. Indwelling urinary catheter
E. Occlusive dressing - ANS ✔✔✔A. Oxygen
B. Sterile water
C. Enclosed hemostat clamps
E. Occlusive dressing
A nurse is assessing a client who has a chest tube and
drainage system in place. Which of the following are
expected findings? SATA
A. Gentle Constant bubbling in the suction control
chamber
B. Rise and fall in the level of water in the water seal
chamber with inspiration and expiration
C. Exposed sutures without dressing.
D. Drainage system upright at chest level - ANS ✔✔✔A.
Gentle Constant bubbling in the suction control chamber
B. Rise and fall in the level of water in the water seal
chamber with inspiration and expiration
A nurse is planning care for a client following the insertion
of a chest tube and drainage system. Which of the
following should be included in the plan of care? SATA
A. Encourage the client to cough every 2 hours
B. Check the continuous bubbling in th suction chamber
C. Strip the drainage tubing every 4 hours.
D. Clamp the tube once a day.
E. Obtain a chest x-ray - ANS ✔✔✔A. Encourage the
client to cough every 2 hours
B. Check the continuous bubbling in th suction chamber
E. Obtain a chest x-ray