ATI LPN
ATI Fundamentals Proctored Exam LPN Questions
Question 1 of 5
While giving a shift report on your assigned client, you realize that you forgot to record a nursing procedure done on your client. Which of the following methods of documentation would be best on your part?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A late entry with current date, time, and details of the missed procedure is best, maintaining accuracy and legality. Inserting between lines or blank spaces risks confusion, and delegating falsifies records. This method ensures transparency, critical for nursing accountability and care continuity.
Question 2 of 5
When examining the client's abdomen, the nurse will most facilitate the examination by positioning the client in which of the following ways?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Supine with pillows under knees and head relaxes abdominal muscles, aiding examination, unlike semi-Fowler's, sitting, or arms-up positions. Nurses use this for effective assessment.
Question 3 of 5
You highly suspect that your assigned client has abdominal distention. You most need to do and chart which of the following things?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Measuring girth at the most distended level and charting it confirms abdominal distention objectively, critical for tracking. Verification, umbilicus measurement, or client query are less precise. Nurses rely on this for accurate monitoring.
Question 4 of 5
You are caring for a client who has just returned from surgery and has received intravenous morphine minutes before leaving the recovery room. You need to assess the client's pain now and again at which of the following times?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Post-morphine pain assessment at 20-30 minutes evaluates peak effect, critical post-surgery. Later checks miss this window. Nurses time this for efficacy.
Question 5 of 5
Your assigned client seems to be getting a lot of attention from his mother when he complains of pain. The mother may be encouraging which of the following types of gains?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Maternal attention for pain suggests secondary gains external benefits beyond primary relief or other gains. Nurses address this in behavioral pain management.