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ATI RN MEDICAL SURGICAL NGN BRAND NEW VERSION
PROCTORED LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
The nurse is assessing a middle-aged male client for risk factors
related to chronic illness. Which finding should the nurse assess
further?
a. increase fluid intake
b. monitor sodium chloride intake
c. assist the client in coping with hot flashes
d. encourage milk products to increase calcium intake -
ANSWERS-c. assist the client in coping with hot flashes
The nurse is assessing a middle-aged male client for risk factors
related to chronic illness. Which finding should the nurse assess
further?
a. Thinning hair and dry scalp
b. Increase in appetite and taste-bud acuity
c. Increase in muscle tone but decreased muscle strength
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d. Increase in abdominal fat deposits - ANSWERS-d. Increase in
abdominal fat deposits
A client in the preoperative holding area receives a prescription
for midazolam (Versed) IV. The nurse determines that the surgical
consent form needs to be signed by the client. Which action
should the nurse implement?
a. Give the drug and allow the client to read and sign the consent
form
b. Counter-sign the client's initials on the consent form after giving
the drug
c. Withhold the drug until the client validates understanding of the
surgical procedure and signs the consent form
d. Call the healthcare provider to explain the surgical procedure
before the client signs the consent - ANSWERS-c. Withhold the
drug until the client validates understanding of the surgical
procedure and signs the consent form
The healthcare provider prescribes high-protein, high-fat, low-
carbohydrate diet with limited fluids during meals for a client
recovering from gastric surgery. The client asks the nurse what
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the purpose is for this type of diet. Which rationale should be
included in the nurse's explanation to this client?
a. It is quickly digested
b. It does not cause diarrhea
c. It does not dilate the stomach
d. It is slow to leave the stomach d. It is slow to leave the stomach
- ANSWERS-d. It is slow to leave the stomach
Three weeks after discharge for an acute myocardial infarction
(MI), a client returns to the cardiac center for follow-up. When the
nurse asks about sleep patterns, the client tells the nurse that he
sleeps fine but that his wife moved into the spare bedroom to
sleep when he returned home. He states, "I guess we will never
have sex again after this." Which response is best for the nurse to
provide?
a. Sexual intercourse can be strenuous on your heart, but
closeness and intimacy, such as holding and cuddling, can be
maintained with your wife.
b. Sexual activity can be resumed whenever you and your wife
feel like it because the sexual response is more emotional rather
than physical
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c. You should discuss your questions about your sexual activity
with your healthcare provider because sexual activity may be
limited by your heart damage.
d. Sexual activity is similar in cardiac workload and energy
expenditure as climbing t - ANSWERS-d. Sexual activity is similar
in cardiac workload and energy expenditure as climbing two
flights of stairs and may be resumed like other activities
A young adult female reports that she is experiencing a lack of
appetite, hypersomnia, stress incontinence, and heart
palpitations. Which symptom is characteristic of premenstrual
syndrome?
a. Heart palpitations
b. anorexia
c. hypersomnia
d. stress incontinence - ANSWERS-a. Heart palpitations
The nurse is caring for a client with multiple trauma after a motor
vehicle collision. The nurse learns that the client has a secondary
syphilis. What precaution should the nurse implement?
ATI RN MEDICAL SURGICAL NGN BRAND NEW VERSION
PROCTORED LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
The nurse is assessing a middle-aged male client for risk factors
related to chronic illness. Which finding should the nurse assess
further?
a. increase fluid intake
b. monitor sodium chloride intake
c. assist the client in coping with hot flashes
d. encourage milk products to increase calcium intake -
ANSWERS-c. assist the client in coping with hot flashes
The nurse is assessing a middle-aged male client for risk factors
related to chronic illness. Which finding should the nurse assess
further?
a. Thinning hair and dry scalp
b. Increase in appetite and taste-bud acuity
c. Increase in muscle tone but decreased muscle strength
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d. Increase in abdominal fat deposits - ANSWERS-d. Increase in
abdominal fat deposits
A client in the preoperative holding area receives a prescription
for midazolam (Versed) IV. The nurse determines that the surgical
consent form needs to be signed by the client. Which action
should the nurse implement?
a. Give the drug and allow the client to read and sign the consent
form
b. Counter-sign the client's initials on the consent form after giving
the drug
c. Withhold the drug until the client validates understanding of the
surgical procedure and signs the consent form
d. Call the healthcare provider to explain the surgical procedure
before the client signs the consent - ANSWERS-c. Withhold the
drug until the client validates understanding of the surgical
procedure and signs the consent form
The healthcare provider prescribes high-protein, high-fat, low-
carbohydrate diet with limited fluids during meals for a client
recovering from gastric surgery. The client asks the nurse what
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the purpose is for this type of diet. Which rationale should be
included in the nurse's explanation to this client?
a. It is quickly digested
b. It does not cause diarrhea
c. It does not dilate the stomach
d. It is slow to leave the stomach d. It is slow to leave the stomach
- ANSWERS-d. It is slow to leave the stomach
Three weeks after discharge for an acute myocardial infarction
(MI), a client returns to the cardiac center for follow-up. When the
nurse asks about sleep patterns, the client tells the nurse that he
sleeps fine but that his wife moved into the spare bedroom to
sleep when he returned home. He states, "I guess we will never
have sex again after this." Which response is best for the nurse to
provide?
a. Sexual intercourse can be strenuous on your heart, but
closeness and intimacy, such as holding and cuddling, can be
maintained with your wife.
b. Sexual activity can be resumed whenever you and your wife
feel like it because the sexual response is more emotional rather
than physical
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c. You should discuss your questions about your sexual activity
with your healthcare provider because sexual activity may be
limited by your heart damage.
d. Sexual activity is similar in cardiac workload and energy
expenditure as climbing t - ANSWERS-d. Sexual activity is similar
in cardiac workload and energy expenditure as climbing two
flights of stairs and may be resumed like other activities
A young adult female reports that she is experiencing a lack of
appetite, hypersomnia, stress incontinence, and heart
palpitations. Which symptom is characteristic of premenstrual
syndrome?
a. Heart palpitations
b. anorexia
c. hypersomnia
d. stress incontinence - ANSWERS-a. Heart palpitations
The nurse is caring for a client with multiple trauma after a motor
vehicle collision. The nurse learns that the client has a secondary
syphilis. What precaution should the nurse implement?
