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ATI RN CONCEPT BASED ASSESSMENT LEVEL 3 PRACTICE
EXAM NEWEST VERSION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED
Question: the nurse is assessing a client who has end stage COPD. which of the following images
should the nurse identify as a late manifestation of this terminal illness?
a. flexion or contraction of the joints.
b. swan neck deformation.
c. tophi, related to chronic gout.
d. digital clubbing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔digital clubbing
Question: the nurse should identify digital clubbing when assessing a client who has this
disorder. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔late manifestation of COPD
Question: evidence of decreased arterial oxygen levels, which occurs over time and is evident
as a late manifestation of COPD. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔digital clubbing
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Question: a nurse in an ED is assessing a newly admitted client. the nurse should identify that
which of the following findings is a manifestation of acute cocaine toxicity?
a. hypotension.
b. pinpoint pupils.
c. agitation.
d. hypothermia. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔agitation
Question: agitation, dizziness, and tremor. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔acute cocaine toxicity s/s
Question: can cause convulsions and myocardial infarction. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔severe
cocaine toxicity
Question: a CNS stimulant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔cocaine
Question: a nurse is providing teaching to a client who has preeclampsia without severe
symptoms. which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
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a. monitor temperature twice each day.
b. restrict fluid intake to four 245 mL glasses a day.
c. maintain a dark, quiet environment as much as possible.
d. use a side lying position when resting in bed or on the couch. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔use a
side lying position when resting in bed or on the couch.
Q:a nurse in a mental health clinic is assessing a client who states, "I don't think my gambling is
as big of a problem as my friends think it is." which of the following findings should the nurse
identify as meeting the diagnostic criteria of gambling disorder?
a. the client makes no attempts to stop gambling.
b. the client gambles when feeling happy or enthusiastic.
c. the client gambles the same amount of money each week.
d. the client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔the client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses.
Question: one of the diagnostic criteria for this is a reliance on others to provide money to help
with negative financial situations that are a direct result of gambling losses. according to the
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american psychiatric association, a diagnosis of this requires that the client's behavior meets
four of the defined criteria over the period of the past 12 months. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔gambling disorder
Question: a nurse is assessing a client who has schizophrenia. which of the following
manifestations should the nurse identify as positive symptoms of schizophrenia? select all that
apply.
a. magical thinking.
b. clang association.
c. auditory hallucinations.
d. flat affect.
e. emotional ambivalence. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔magical thinking.
clang association.
auditory hallucinations.
ATI RN CONCEPT BASED ASSESSMENT LEVEL 3 PRACTICE
EXAM NEWEST VERSION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED
Question: the nurse is assessing a client who has end stage COPD. which of the following images
should the nurse identify as a late manifestation of this terminal illness?
a. flexion or contraction of the joints.
b. swan neck deformation.
c. tophi, related to chronic gout.
d. digital clubbing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔digital clubbing
Question: the nurse should identify digital clubbing when assessing a client who has this
disorder. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔late manifestation of COPD
Question: evidence of decreased arterial oxygen levels, which occurs over time and is evident
as a late manifestation of COPD. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔digital clubbing
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Question: a nurse in an ED is assessing a newly admitted client. the nurse should identify that
which of the following findings is a manifestation of acute cocaine toxicity?
a. hypotension.
b. pinpoint pupils.
c. agitation.
d. hypothermia. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔agitation
Question: agitation, dizziness, and tremor. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔acute cocaine toxicity s/s
Question: can cause convulsions and myocardial infarction. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔severe
cocaine toxicity
Question: a CNS stimulant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔cocaine
Question: a nurse is providing teaching to a client who has preeclampsia without severe
symptoms. which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
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a. monitor temperature twice each day.
b. restrict fluid intake to four 245 mL glasses a day.
c. maintain a dark, quiet environment as much as possible.
d. use a side lying position when resting in bed or on the couch. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔use a
side lying position when resting in bed or on the couch.
Q:a nurse in a mental health clinic is assessing a client who states, "I don't think my gambling is
as big of a problem as my friends think it is." which of the following findings should the nurse
identify as meeting the diagnostic criteria of gambling disorder?
a. the client makes no attempts to stop gambling.
b. the client gambles when feeling happy or enthusiastic.
c. the client gambles the same amount of money each week.
d. the client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔the client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses.
Question: one of the diagnostic criteria for this is a reliance on others to provide money to help
with negative financial situations that are a direct result of gambling losses. according to the
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american psychiatric association, a diagnosis of this requires that the client's behavior meets
four of the defined criteria over the period of the past 12 months. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔gambling disorder
Question: a nurse is assessing a client who has schizophrenia. which of the following
manifestations should the nurse identify as positive symptoms of schizophrenia? select all that
apply.
a. magical thinking.
b. clang association.
c. auditory hallucinations.
d. flat affect.
e. emotional ambivalence. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔magical thinking.
clang association.
auditory hallucinations.
