ATI MEDICAL SURGICAL CMS PROCTORED EXAM REAL
EXAM 2026 | ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
| VERIFIED ANSWERS | JUST RELEASED
A nurse is preparing to administer a unit of packed RBCs to a client who
is anemic. Identify the sequence of steps the nurse should follow:
a. verify blood compatibility with another nurse
b. obtain venous access using 19-gauge needle
c. obtain the unit of packed RBCs from blood bank
d. remain with client for the first 15 to 30 minutes of infusion
e. Initiate transfusion of the unit of packed RBCs ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------B, C, A, E, D
A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a client who has mucositis
related to chemotherapy treatment. Which of the following
instructions should the nurse include?
a. "rinse your mouth with hydrogen peroxide"
b. "brush your teeth for 60 seconds twice daily"
c. "wear your dentures only during meals"
d. "floss your teeth following meals" ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------
-----d. "floss your teeth following meals"
,A critical care nurse is assessing a client who has severe head injury. In
response to painful stimuli, the client does not open her eyes, dispays
decerebrate posturing, and makes incomprehensible sounds. Which of
the following Glasgow Coma Scale scores should the nurse assign the
client?
a. 5
b. 2
c. 13
d. 10 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. 5
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has heart failure
and instucts him to limit sodium intake to 2g per day. Which of the
following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the
teaching?
a. I can season my foods with garlic and onion salts
b. I can have mayonnaise on my sandwhiches
c. I can have frozen fruit juice bar for dessert
d. I can drink vegetable juice with a meal ---------CORRECT ANSWER------
-----------c. I can have frozen fruit juice bar for dessert
,A nurse is preparing to perform occular irrigation for a client following
chemical splash to the eye. Which of the following actions should the
nurse plan to take first?
a. Instil 0.9% sodium chloride solution into the affected eye
b. administer proparacaine eyedrops into the affected eye
c. collect information about the irritant that caused the injury ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c. collect information about the irritant
that caused the injury
A nurse is assessing a client following extubation from a ventilator. For
which of the following should the nurse intervene immediately?
a. Rhonchi
b. SaO2 92%
c. Sore throat
d. Stridor ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. Stridor
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory reports of a client who has acute
pancreatitis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
a. elevated serum calcium
b. elevated blood glucose
c. decreased serum amylase
, d. decreased erythrocyte sedimitation rate ---------CORRECT ANSWER----
-------------b. elevated blood glucose
A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has diabetes
insipidus. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
a. hypothermia
b. Urine specific gravity 1.001 (<1.005)
c. Elevated blood pressure
d. BUN 15 mg/dl ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Urine specific
gravity 1.001 (<1.005)
A nurse is planning care for a client who has pulmonary embolism.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse include?
a. initiate a continuous IV heparin infusion
b. instruct the client to massage the lower extremities
c. position the client on the left side
d. measure vital signs every 4 hours ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------------
----a. initiate a continuous IV heparin infusion
EXAM 2026 | ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
| VERIFIED ANSWERS | JUST RELEASED
A nurse is preparing to administer a unit of packed RBCs to a client who
is anemic. Identify the sequence of steps the nurse should follow:
a. verify blood compatibility with another nurse
b. obtain venous access using 19-gauge needle
c. obtain the unit of packed RBCs from blood bank
d. remain with client for the first 15 to 30 minutes of infusion
e. Initiate transfusion of the unit of packed RBCs ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------B, C, A, E, D
A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a client who has mucositis
related to chemotherapy treatment. Which of the following
instructions should the nurse include?
a. "rinse your mouth with hydrogen peroxide"
b. "brush your teeth for 60 seconds twice daily"
c. "wear your dentures only during meals"
d. "floss your teeth following meals" ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------
-----d. "floss your teeth following meals"
,A critical care nurse is assessing a client who has severe head injury. In
response to painful stimuli, the client does not open her eyes, dispays
decerebrate posturing, and makes incomprehensible sounds. Which of
the following Glasgow Coma Scale scores should the nurse assign the
client?
a. 5
b. 2
c. 13
d. 10 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. 5
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has heart failure
and instucts him to limit sodium intake to 2g per day. Which of the
following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the
teaching?
a. I can season my foods with garlic and onion salts
b. I can have mayonnaise on my sandwhiches
c. I can have frozen fruit juice bar for dessert
d. I can drink vegetable juice with a meal ---------CORRECT ANSWER------
-----------c. I can have frozen fruit juice bar for dessert
,A nurse is preparing to perform occular irrigation for a client following
chemical splash to the eye. Which of the following actions should the
nurse plan to take first?
a. Instil 0.9% sodium chloride solution into the affected eye
b. administer proparacaine eyedrops into the affected eye
c. collect information about the irritant that caused the injury ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c. collect information about the irritant
that caused the injury
A nurse is assessing a client following extubation from a ventilator. For
which of the following should the nurse intervene immediately?
a. Rhonchi
b. SaO2 92%
c. Sore throat
d. Stridor ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. Stridor
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory reports of a client who has acute
pancreatitis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
a. elevated serum calcium
b. elevated blood glucose
c. decreased serum amylase
, d. decreased erythrocyte sedimitation rate ---------CORRECT ANSWER----
-------------b. elevated blood glucose
A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has diabetes
insipidus. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
a. hypothermia
b. Urine specific gravity 1.001 (<1.005)
c. Elevated blood pressure
d. BUN 15 mg/dl ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Urine specific
gravity 1.001 (<1.005)
A nurse is planning care for a client who has pulmonary embolism.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse include?
a. initiate a continuous IV heparin infusion
b. instruct the client to massage the lower extremities
c. position the client on the left side
d. measure vital signs every 4 hours ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------------
----a. initiate a continuous IV heparin infusion
