ATI Med Surg Practice Exam Answered|2025
A nurse is caring for a client who experienced a traumatic
head injury and has an intraventricular catheter
(Ventriculostomy) for ICP monitoring. The nurse should
monitor the client for which of the following complications
related to the ventriculostomy?:
a. Headache
b. Infection
c. Aphasia
d. Hypertension - Correct Answer ✅b. Infection
Monitor for infection and use strict asepsis to avoid life-
threatening meningitis.
A nurse is providing education to a client who is to undergo
an EEG the next day. Which of the following info should the
nurse include in the teaching?
a. "Do not wash your hair the morning of the procedure."
b. "Try and stay awake most of the night prior to the
procedure."
,c. "The procedure will take approximately 15 mins."
d. "You will need to lie flat for 4 hours after the procedure." -
Correct Answer ✅b. "Try and stay awake most of the night
prior to the procedure."
Tell the client to remain awake to provide cranial stress and
increase the possibility of abnormal electrical activity
A nurse is caring for a client who is postprocedural following a
lumbar puncture and reports a throbbing headache when
sitting upright. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take? SATA.
a. Use the GCS scale to assess the client
b. Assist the client into a supine position
c. Administer an opioid analgesic
d. Encourage the client to increase PO fluid intake
e. Instruct the client to perform coughing and deep breathing
- Correct Answer ✅B, D
,A nurse is caring for a client who has continuous bladder
irrigation following a transurethral resection of the prostate
(TURP). Which of the following findings should the nurse
report to the provider?
a Output equal to the instilled irrigate
b. Client reports bladder spasms
c. Viscous urinary output with clots
d. Reports of strong urge to urinate - Correct Answer ✅c.
Viscous urinary output with clots
Urine that is bright red with clots is an indication of arterial
bleeding.
A nurse is monitoring the ECG of a client who has
hypocalcemia. Which of the following findings should the
nurse expect?
a. Flattened T waves
b. Prolonged QT intervals
, c. Shortened QT intervals
d Widened QRS complexes - Correct Answer ✅b. Prolonged
QT intervals
Manifestations of hypocalcemia include tingling, numbness,
tetany, seizures, prolonged QT intervals, and laryngospasm.
A nurse is preparing a client who has a brain tumor for a CT
scan. Which of the following factors affects the manner in
which the nurse will prepare the client for the scan?
a. No food or fluids consumed for 4 hours
b. Difficulty recalling recent events
c. Development of hives while eating shrimp
d. Paresthesia in both hands - Correct Answer ✅c.
Development of hives while eating shrimp
Shellfish allergy is contraindication of use of contrast media
during a CT scan.
A nurse is caring for a client who experienced a traumatic
head injury and has an intraventricular catheter
(Ventriculostomy) for ICP monitoring. The nurse should
monitor the client for which of the following complications
related to the ventriculostomy?:
a. Headache
b. Infection
c. Aphasia
d. Hypertension - Correct Answer ✅b. Infection
Monitor for infection and use strict asepsis to avoid life-
threatening meningitis.
A nurse is providing education to a client who is to undergo
an EEG the next day. Which of the following info should the
nurse include in the teaching?
a. "Do not wash your hair the morning of the procedure."
b. "Try and stay awake most of the night prior to the
procedure."
,c. "The procedure will take approximately 15 mins."
d. "You will need to lie flat for 4 hours after the procedure." -
Correct Answer ✅b. "Try and stay awake most of the night
prior to the procedure."
Tell the client to remain awake to provide cranial stress and
increase the possibility of abnormal electrical activity
A nurse is caring for a client who is postprocedural following a
lumbar puncture and reports a throbbing headache when
sitting upright. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take? SATA.
a. Use the GCS scale to assess the client
b. Assist the client into a supine position
c. Administer an opioid analgesic
d. Encourage the client to increase PO fluid intake
e. Instruct the client to perform coughing and deep breathing
- Correct Answer ✅B, D
,A nurse is caring for a client who has continuous bladder
irrigation following a transurethral resection of the prostate
(TURP). Which of the following findings should the nurse
report to the provider?
a Output equal to the instilled irrigate
b. Client reports bladder spasms
c. Viscous urinary output with clots
d. Reports of strong urge to urinate - Correct Answer ✅c.
Viscous urinary output with clots
Urine that is bright red with clots is an indication of arterial
bleeding.
A nurse is monitoring the ECG of a client who has
hypocalcemia. Which of the following findings should the
nurse expect?
a. Flattened T waves
b. Prolonged QT intervals
, c. Shortened QT intervals
d Widened QRS complexes - Correct Answer ✅b. Prolonged
QT intervals
Manifestations of hypocalcemia include tingling, numbness,
tetany, seizures, prolonged QT intervals, and laryngospasm.
A nurse is preparing a client who has a brain tumor for a CT
scan. Which of the following factors affects the manner in
which the nurse will prepare the client for the scan?
a. No food or fluids consumed for 4 hours
b. Difficulty recalling recent events
c. Development of hives while eating shrimp
d. Paresthesia in both hands - Correct Answer ✅c.
Development of hives while eating shrimp
Shellfish allergy is contraindication of use of contrast media
during a CT scan.
