ATI LPN
ATI Fundamentals Proctored Exam LPN Questions
Question 1 of 9
The physician orders a platelet count to be performed on Mrs. Smith after breakfast. The nurse is responsible for:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The nurse ensures the patient eats, while the physician handles test orders and instructions.
Question 2 of 9
Mrs. Mitchell has been given a copy of her diet. The nurse discusses the foods allowed on a 500-mg low sodium diet. These include:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Mashed potatoes and broiled chicken are low in sodium, unlike ham, olives, or bouillon.
Question 3 of 9
Which of the following statement best describe health care financing?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Health care financing is funding care services (B), per definition e.g., insurance for Mr. Gary. Not patient-only (A), not one-time (C), not skill (D) system-based. B best defines its role, supporting care access, making it correct.
Question 4 of 9
She was the daughter of Hungarian kings, who feed 300-900 people everyday in their gate, builds hospitals, and care of the poor and sick herself.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, a 13th-century princess, devoted her life to feeding the poor and building hospitals e.g., using royal funds for charity. Unlike Catherine, Nightingale (modern nurse), or Gamp (fictional), she's nursing's patron saint, her altruism inspiring early caregiving traditions in Christian nursing history.
Question 5 of 9
The nurse is caring for a client with a closed reduction of a fractured femur. Following the reduction, the nurse should check the client's affected extremity every 15-30 minutes for:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Checking color and pulses every 15-30 minutes post-reduction detects circulatory compromise in a fractured femur warmth, pain, or alignment are secondary. Nurses assess distal perfusion, reporting pallor or pulselessness, preventing complications like ischemia in orthopedic care.
Question 6 of 9
Mr. Gary lost his job and feels overwhelmed. This is an example of?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Job loss feeling overwhelming is a crisis (A) sudden disruption, per definition. Illness (B) is disease, disability (C) loss, stress (D) response not event-specific. A fits acute imbalance, making it correct.
Question 7 of 9
The absence of which pulse may not be a significant finding when a patient is admitted to the hospital?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Pedal pulse absence is normal in 10-20% of people and less critical initially.
Question 8 of 9
A client is scheduled for a computed tomography (CT) of the brain with contrast. When reviewing the client's medical record, what significant finding should the nurse report to the primary healthcare provider before the diagnostic procedure?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Metformin (A) is significant before a CT with contrast due to lactic acidosis risk if renal function declines from contrast dye. NPO status (B) isn't critical for brain CT. Gadolinium (C) is MRI-related, not CT. Bowel prep (D) is irrelevant. A is correct. Rationale: Contrast can impair kidneys, exacerbating metformin toxicity, requiring provider adjustment, per radiology safety protocols.
Question 9 of 9
Provides a concise method of organizing and recording data about the client. It is a series of flip cards kept in portable file used in change of shift reports.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Kardex (A) is a concise, card-based system for shift reports, per nursing practice. Progress notes (B) detail chronologically, SOAPIE (C) structures per problem, shift reports (D) are verbal. A fits the portable file description, making it correct.