ATI RN
ATI Nursing 4650 Comprehensive Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is caring for a 4-year-old child who is resistant to taking medication. Which of the following strategies should the nurse use to elicit the child's cooperation?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Offering the child a choice of taking the medication with juice or water empowers the child by giving them a sense of control and autonomy, increasing cooperation. Deceiving the child by saying it's candy or hiding it in ice cream can undermine trust, and threatening with a shot may induce fear.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is preparing an in-service for an annual skills fair at a community medical facility about fire safety. Place the steps in the order in which they should be performed in the case of a fire emergency.
Correct Answer: B,C,A,D
Rationale: The correct order is Rescue the clients, Pull the fire alarm, Confine the fire, Extinguish the fire. This prioritizes client safety, alerts others, contains the fire, and attempts to extinguish it if safe.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who just delivered a newborn. Following the delivery, which nursing action should be done first to care for the newborn?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Clearing the respiratory tract is the priority to ensure the newborn can breathe effectively, as any mucus or fluid in the airway could obstruct breathing.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is caring for a 1-month-old infant who weighs 3500 g and is prescribed a dose of cephazolin 50 mg/kg by intermittent IV bolus three times daily. How many mg should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero)
Correct Answer: 175.0 mg
Rationale: Dosage calculation: 50 mg/kg × 3.5 kg (3500 g / 1000) = 175 mg, rounded to 175.0 mg per dose.
Question 5 of 5
A client in the bathroom has dropped a cigarette butt into a wastepaper basket, which begins to smolder. Which of the following actions is the nurse's priority?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Moving clients from the smoldering fire ensures their safety from smoke inhalation or burns, making it the priority action.