ATI RN
RN ATI Fundamentals of Nursing Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is providing oral care for a client who is immobile. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Turning the client on their side (
B) prevents aspiration during oral care. Other choices are incorrect or harmful techniques.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who has a wound infection. Which of the following actions should the nurse take when obtaining a wound-drainage specimen for culture?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Cleansing with 0.9% sodium chloride saline removes debris ensuring an accurate culture from the wound site.
Choice A may interfere with results
Choice B contaminates the sample and
Choice C is irrelevant for wound culture.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse in a clinic is interviewing a client who will undergo diagnostic testing. The nurse should ask about a client's potential allergies during which phase of the nursing process?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Allergies are identified during assessment (
A) to ensure safe care planning. Other phases use this data but do not involve initial identification.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is caring for several clients who are at various developmental stages. The nurse should explain that,according to Erikson acceptance of death is a primary task of which of the following stages of psychosocial development?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Integrity vs. despair (
C) in late adulthood involves reflecting on life and accepting death. Other stages focus on different developmental tasks.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is reviewing a client's prescription for 1,000 ml of 5% dextrose in water IV to infuse over 8 hr. At 1400 the nurse observes that there is 500 ml of solution remaining in the client's current IV bag. At what time should the nurse administer the next bag of IV solution?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: With 500 ml remaining at 1400 and a rate of 125 ml/hr the current bag will finish at 1800 (1400 + 4 hr). Thus the next bag should start at 1800.