ATI MED SURG PROCTORED
EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS |GUARANTEED PASS
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
EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS |GUARANTEED PASS
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
