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ATI Adult Health Proctored Exam (Med Surg) is a nursing-school practice exam with 60 questions. It is written for nursing students preparing for this course exam and for NCLEX-style review. Every question has its own page showing the full stem, all answer options, the correct answer, and a written rationale explaining why each option is right or wrong.
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Start Practice ExamA nurse is assessing a patient for early manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Which of the following changes is an early manifestation of RA?
A nurse is caring for a client who has herpes zoster.Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
A nurse is teaching a group of patients about osteoarthritis.Which of the following recommendations should the nurse include in the teaching?
A nurse is planning care for a client who is postoperative and at risk for paralytic ileus.Which of the following interventions should the nurse plan to take to promote peristalsis?
Which finding for a 77-year-old patient seen in the outpatient clinic requires further nursing assessment and intervention?
A nurse is caring for a client who is using a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump for postoperative pain management. The nurse enters the room to find the client asleep and his partner pressing th
A nurse is providing education for a client who has glaucoma.Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
A nurse is monitoring the urinary output of an adult client who had a colon resection.Which of the following 24-hr output totals indicates oliguria?
A nurse is providing education for a client who has glaucoma.Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
A 25-year-old patient calls the clinic complaining of diarrhea for 24 hours.Which of the following should be the nurse's first response?
A nurse is caring for a patient who is being admitted for an acute exacerbation of ulcerative colitis.Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
A nurse is providing teaching for a patient who has gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) about ways to manage their condition.Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
A nurse is assessing a client who reports a nevus that has increased in size and an irregularly shaped lesion that varies in color.These findings are consistent with which of the following medical dia
During a routine physical examination, a nurse observes a 1-cm (0.4-in) lesion on a client's chest.The lesion is raised and flesh-colored with pearly white borders.The nurse should recognize that this
A nurse in a provider's office is assessing a patient who has rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Which of the following findings is a late manifestation of this condition?
A nurse is teaching a patient who has a history of ulcerative colitis and a new diagnosis of anemia.Which of the following manifestations of colitis should the nurse identify as a contributing factor
A nurse is teaching a patient at high risk for osteoporosis about dietary measures they can take to increase their calcium level.Which of the following foods should the nurse advise the patient to inc
The nurse is caring for a patient with ulcerative colitis and severe diarrhea.Which nursing assessment is the highest priority?
A nurse is caring for a client who has an NG tube set to low intermittent suction. The nurse irrigates the NG tube twice with 30 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride solution during their shift. At the end of t
ATI Adult health proctored exam (med surg)A nurse is teaching a client about strategies to manage gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Which of the following statements should the nurse include?
A nurse is teaching a group of patients about osteoarthritis.Which of the following recommendations should the nurse include in the teaching?
A nurse is completing discharge teaching with a patient who has irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
During a routine physical examination, a nurse observes a 1-cm (0.4-in) lesion on a client's chest.The lesion is raised and flesh-colored with pearly white borders.The nurse should recognize that this
A nurse is caring for a client who had total hip arthroplasty 1 day ago and is receiving morphine sulfate by PCA pump for pain control.The client reports nausea and vomiting.Which of the following act
A nurse is caring for a client following cataract surgery.Which of the following comments from the client should the nurse report to the client's provider?