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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 reviewing the provider's prescriptions for a client experiencing a paralytic ileus following an appendectomy.Which of the following actions should the nurse expect to take?
A nurse is caring for a client who has pruritus following treatment for scabies.Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A nurse is teaching a patient about taking high doses of oral glucocorticoids for an extended period to treat rheumatoid arthritis.Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the t
A nurse is assessing a patient who has peritonitis.Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
A nurse is caring for a client who is prescribed diphenhydramine to relieve pruritus.The client asks the nurse how he can minimize the daytime sedation he is experiencing.Which of the following respon
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 providing preoperative teaching for a patient who is scheduled for a gastrectomy.Which of the following information regarding the prevention of postoperative complications should the nurse
Which of the following is a characteristic feature of Crohn's disease?
A nurse is teaching a client who has herpes simplex virus type 2 about disease transmission.Which of the following statements by the client indicates understanding of the teaching?
A nurse in a provider's office is caring for a client who reports pruritus and reddened, oozing lesions on her lower leg.The nurse should suspect which of the following disorders?
A nurse is teaching a patient who has osteoarthritis.Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
A nurse is caring for a patient who has just been diagnosed with cancer of the colon. The patient asks the nurse several Questions about what the provider might be planning to do. Which of the followi
A nurse is teaching a client who had a total knee arthroplasty about self-administering morphine via a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) infusion device. Which of the following client statements indi
Which finding for a 77-year-old patient seen in the outpatient clinic requires further nursing assessment and intervention?
A nurse is teaching an older adult client who has osteoporosis about beginning a program of regular physical activity.Which of the following recommendations should the nurse make?
A nurse is caring for a client who has ulcerative colitis and is teaching the client about the common link with Crohn's disease.Which of the following information should the nurse include?
A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has a new diagnosis of fibromyalgia.Which of the following client statements indicates the need for further teaching?
A nurse is caring for a patient who has acute osteomyelitis.Which of the following interventions is the nurse's priority?
A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a patient who has a peptic ulcer.Which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as a risk factor for this condition?
A nurse is providing instructions for a 52-year-old client who is scheduled for a colonoscopy.The client reports that he has not had the procedure before and is very anxious about feeling pain during
A clinic nurse is performing a physical assessment on a patient who has systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
A nurse is developing a plan of care for a client who has cellulitis of the leg.Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
A nurse is reviewing discharge instructions with a client following a right cataract extraction.Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
A nurse is teaching a patient who is to begin long-term therapy with prednisone to treat rheumatoid arthritis.The nurse should instruct the patient to take which of the following supplements while tak
A nurse is providing care for clients on a medical-surgical unit.Which of the following clients should the nurse identify as being at risk for the development of pressure ulcers? (Select all that appl