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ATI Med-Surg Proctored Exam 2026 | Practice Questions &
Verified Answers | Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing Review
1. 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.
2. A nurse is providing education to a client who is to
undergo an EEG the next day. Which of the followinginfo
should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. "Do not wash your hair the morning of the procedure."
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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 stayawake most of the night
prior to the procedure."
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Tell the client to remain awake to provide cranial stress and
increase the possibility of abnormal electrical activity
3. A nurse is caring for a client who is postprocedural
following a lumbar puncture and reports a throbbingheadache
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
4. A nurse is caring for a client who has continuous
bladder irrigation following a transurethral resection ofthe
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
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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
5.
hypocalcemia. Which of the following findings shouldthe
nurse expect?
a. Flattened T waves
b. Prolonged QT intervals
c. Shortened QT intervals
ATI Med-Surg Proctored Exam 2026 | Practice Questions &
Verified Answers | Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing Review
1. 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.
2. A nurse is providing education to a client who is to
undergo an EEG the next day. Which of the followinginfo
should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. "Do not wash your hair the morning of the procedure."
, lOMoAR cPSD| 11700591
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 stayawake most of the night
prior to the procedure."
, lOMoAR cPSD| 11700591
Tell the client to remain awake to provide cranial stress and
increase the possibility of abnormal electrical activity
3. A nurse is caring for a client who is postprocedural
following a lumbar puncture and reports a throbbingheadache
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
4. A nurse is caring for a client who has continuous
bladder irrigation following a transurethral resection ofthe
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
, lOMoAR cPSD| 11700591
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
5.
hypocalcemia. Which of the following findings shouldthe
nurse expect?
a. Flattened T waves
b. Prolonged QT intervals
c. Shortened QT intervals
