ATI COMPREHENSIVE RN PREDICTOR EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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1. A nurse is caring for a client with heart failure who has crackles and
dyspnea. Which intervention is the priority?
A. Encourage oral fluids
B. Administer prescribed diuretic
C. Place client in supine position
D. Monitor daily weight
✓ B. Administer prescribed diuretic
Diuretics reduce fluid overload and improve pulmonary congestion,
addressing the most immediate threat to oxygenation.
2. A client with diabetes mellitus reports shakiness and diaphoresis. Which
action should the nurse take first?
A. Administer insulin
B. Check blood glucose
C. Provide a complex carbohydrate
D. Notify the provider
✓ B. Check blood glucose
Assessment comes first to confirm hypoglycemia before treatment.
3. Which finding indicates effective teaching for a client prescribed warfarin?
A. Eats large amounts of spinach daily
B. Uses aspirin for headaches
C. Reports regular INR monitoring
D. Stops medication when bruising occurs
, ✓ C. Reports regular INR monitoring
INR monitoring ensures therapeutic anticoagulation and safety.
4. A nurse is caring for a client with suspected meningitis. Which precaution is
required?
A. Contact
B. Airborne
C. Droplet
D. Standard only
✓ C. Droplet
Meningitis is transmitted via respiratory droplets.
5. A postoperative client develops sudden chest pain and dyspnea. Which
complication does the nurse suspect?
A. Atelectasis
B. Pulmonary embolism
C. Pneumonia
D. Myocardial infarction
✓ B. Pulmonary embolism
Sudden dyspnea and chest pain are classic signs of pulmonary embolism.
6. Which lab value should the nurse monitor for a client receiving heparin
therapy?
A. INR
B. aPTT
C. Platelet count only
D. Hemoglobin A1c
✓ B. aPTT
aPTT evaluates the therapeutic effect of heparin.
7. A client with chronic kidney disease has hyperkalemia. Which ECG change is
expected?
A. Flat T waves
B. Prolonged QT interval
, C. Peaked T waves
D. ST depression
✓ C. Peaked T waves
Elevated potassium causes peaked T waves.
8. A nurse is caring for a client with COPD. Which finding indicates disease
progression?
A. Barrel chest
B. Productive cough
C. Clubbing of fingers
D. Use of accessory muscles
✓ D. Use of accessory muscles
Accessory muscle use reflects increased work of breathing.
9. Which intervention is appropriate for a client experiencing anaphylaxis?
A. Administer antihistamine orally
B. Place client supine with legs elevated
C. Administer epinephrine IM
D. Provide oxygen only
✓ C. Administer epinephrine IM
Epinephrine is the first-line treatment for anaphylaxis.
10.A nurse is teaching a client about incentive spirometry. Which instruction is
correct?
A. Use once daily
B. Exhale forcefully into device
C. Hold breath for several seconds after inhalation
D. Use only when short of breath
✓ C. Hold breath for several seconds after inhalation
This maximizes alveolar expansion.
11.Which assessment finding indicates hypovolemic shock?
A. Bounding pulse
B. Warm, flushed skin
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!
1. A nurse is caring for a client with heart failure who has crackles and
dyspnea. Which intervention is the priority?
A. Encourage oral fluids
B. Administer prescribed diuretic
C. Place client in supine position
D. Monitor daily weight
✓ B. Administer prescribed diuretic
Diuretics reduce fluid overload and improve pulmonary congestion,
addressing the most immediate threat to oxygenation.
2. A client with diabetes mellitus reports shakiness and diaphoresis. Which
action should the nurse take first?
A. Administer insulin
B. Check blood glucose
C. Provide a complex carbohydrate
D. Notify the provider
✓ B. Check blood glucose
Assessment comes first to confirm hypoglycemia before treatment.
3. Which finding indicates effective teaching for a client prescribed warfarin?
A. Eats large amounts of spinach daily
B. Uses aspirin for headaches
C. Reports regular INR monitoring
D. Stops medication when bruising occurs
, ✓ C. Reports regular INR monitoring
INR monitoring ensures therapeutic anticoagulation and safety.
4. A nurse is caring for a client with suspected meningitis. Which precaution is
required?
A. Contact
B. Airborne
C. Droplet
D. Standard only
✓ C. Droplet
Meningitis is transmitted via respiratory droplets.
5. A postoperative client develops sudden chest pain and dyspnea. Which
complication does the nurse suspect?
A. Atelectasis
B. Pulmonary embolism
C. Pneumonia
D. Myocardial infarction
✓ B. Pulmonary embolism
Sudden dyspnea and chest pain are classic signs of pulmonary embolism.
6. Which lab value should the nurse monitor for a client receiving heparin
therapy?
A. INR
B. aPTT
C. Platelet count only
D. Hemoglobin A1c
✓ B. aPTT
aPTT evaluates the therapeutic effect of heparin.
7. A client with chronic kidney disease has hyperkalemia. Which ECG change is
expected?
A. Flat T waves
B. Prolonged QT interval
, C. Peaked T waves
D. ST depression
✓ C. Peaked T waves
Elevated potassium causes peaked T waves.
8. A nurse is caring for a client with COPD. Which finding indicates disease
progression?
A. Barrel chest
B. Productive cough
C. Clubbing of fingers
D. Use of accessory muscles
✓ D. Use of accessory muscles
Accessory muscle use reflects increased work of breathing.
9. Which intervention is appropriate for a client experiencing anaphylaxis?
A. Administer antihistamine orally
B. Place client supine with legs elevated
C. Administer epinephrine IM
D. Provide oxygen only
✓ C. Administer epinephrine IM
Epinephrine is the first-line treatment for anaphylaxis.
10.A nurse is teaching a client about incentive spirometry. Which instruction is
correct?
A. Use once daily
B. Exhale forcefully into device
C. Hold breath for several seconds after inhalation
D. Use only when short of breath
✓ C. Hold breath for several seconds after inhalation
This maximizes alveolar expansion.
11.Which assessment finding indicates hypovolemic shock?
A. Bounding pulse
B. Warm, flushed skin
