ATI PN Comprehensive Predictor Exam 2026

ATI PN Comprehensive Predictor Latest 2026

1. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a parent of a 4 month old infant during a home visit.

Which of the following statements by the parent indicates an understanding of the

teaching? 

I will use the cool mist vaporizer in my baby's room

2. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a new prescription for verapamil. Which

of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teachings? 

Change positions slowly

3. A nurse receives change of shift report for a group of clients. Which of the following clients

should the nurse check first? 

A client admitted to the facility who has ascending Guillain barrel syndrome

4. A nurse is caring for a client who has chlamydial infection and the new prescription for

doxycycline the client reports nausea and vomiting after starting medication. Which of the

following recommendations should the nurse make? 

Take the medications with crackers

5. A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following joint replacement and has a new

prescription for enoxaparin for which of the following adverse effects should the nurse

monitor? 

Epistaxis

6. A nurse is collecting a health history from a parent of 4 year old child. Which of the following

statements to be is the priority for the nurse to address? 

I have noticed that my child is withdrawn since we switched day care providers

7. A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and is taking furosemide. Which of the

following findings should the nurse recognize as an adverse effect of this medication? 

hypokalaemia

8. A nurse is reinforcing teaching about home safety with a parent of a 12 month old infant.

Which of the following statements by the parent indicates understanding of the teaching? 

I will turn pot handles to the side of the stove while cooking

9. A nurse in an inpatient psychiatric unit is caring for a client who was raised in an Asian

culture which of the following communication techniques by the nurse demonstrates

cultural sensitivity? 

Holding eye contact for brief instances

10. A nurse is checking for gastric residual volume (GRV) on a client who is scheduled to receive

an intermitted enteral feeding the nurse finds the client to have a GRV greater than 250 ML

on two consecutive measurements. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? 

Hold the feeding and recheck the GRV in 1 Hr

11. A nurse on a medical surgical unit is assigning tasks to assistive personnel (AP) which of the

following tasks should the nurse delegate to the AP? 

Performing indwelling urinary catheter care

12. A nurse is caring for a client who has terminal cancer which of the following actions should

the nurse take to promote the clients autonomy? 

Be honest with the client about prognosis

13. A nurse finds client's partner crying in the hallway the partner states I just don't know how I

am to go on after my husband is gone. Which of the following responses should the nurse

make? 

Explain to me more about how you are feeling

14. A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who has bulimia nervosa. Which of the following

action should the nurse take? 

Observe the client during and after meals

15. A nurse is checking a client who is postoperative and has a midline abdominal incision. The

nurse notes a separate of the incision. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? 

Place the client supine with the knee flexed

16. A nurse is caring for a school age child who has ADHD and is taking methylphenidate. The

nurse should identify which of the following is the adverse effect of this medication? 

Tinnitus

17.  A nurse is administering medication to a client. Which of the following actions should the

nurse take? 

Verify with another nurse when calculating a new dose of medication

18. A nurse is preparing to administer protamine to a client. Which of the following therapeutic

effects should the nurse expect to document in the clients medical record? 

Decreased clotting time

19. A nurse is caring for a client in a mental health facility who is pacing back and forth and

wringing his hands. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? 

Walk with the client to the recreation room

20. A nurse is caring for a client who is 2 days postoperative following an above the knee

amputation. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to promote progression

toward independence and mobility for the client? 

Encourage the client to use the over the bed trapeze

21. A nurse is at a paediatric clinic and is checking the vital signs of a 2 month old infant prior to

administrating immunizations. The nurse should recognize that a respiratory rate of 30/min

indicates which of the following findings? 

The reference rate is within the expected reference range

22. A nurse in a clinic is collecting data from a client who had a vaginal birth 6 weeks ago. Which

of the following findings should the nurse expect? 

Report of lochia

23. A nurse is reinforcing discharged teaching with the family of a client who has dependent

personality disorder. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the

teachings? 

Assume responsibility for making the clients decisions

24. A charge nurse in a long term care facility notices the smell of alcohol on a nurses breath

which of the following actions should the nurse take first? 

Remove the nurse from the client care area

25. A nurse is supervising an assistive personnel (AP) which of the following actions by the AP

indicates effective use of the client care materials? 

Wear clean gloves when assisting a client with oral hygiene

26. A nurse is preparing to administer spironolactone and Lisinopril to a client the client reports

anxiety dyspnoea and weakness of the legs which of the following actions should the nurse

take first? 

Withhold the prescribed medication

27. A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who is receiving chemotherapy and radiation for

advanced breast cancer. The client states" I am thinking about stopping the treatments"

which of the following responses should the nurse make? 

Tell me more about what you are thinking

28. A nurse is caring for a client who reports having a decrease in fatal movement following an

external cephalic version 6 hours ago. The nurse identifies the foetus is in the right occiput

anterior position. The nurse should place the fatal heart rate monitor on which of the

following sites to auscultate the fatal heart rate? 

Lower right of the stomach

29. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is at 35 weeks gestation and will soon

undergo a contraction stress test. Which of the following information should the nurse

include in the teaching? 

You should expect the test to take 2 hours.

30. A nurse is collecting date from a client who presents to the facility and reports vomiting

which of the following findings indicates the client is experiencing a fluid volume deficit? 

Orthostatic hypotension

31. A nurse is reinforcing dietary teaching with a client who is at 37 weeks gestation and has

gestation hypertension. which of the following foods should the nurse recommend ( select

all that apply) 

Raw apples, cooked carrots, lettuce salad

32. a client who has cancer is being discharged home with hospice services the client has a

prescription for oxycodone for pain control which of the following medications should the