ATI Capstone Comprehensive Assessment Proctored Test B: Questions & Answers: Latest Updated A+ Score Guide Solution
ATI Capstone Comprehensive
Assessment Test B
A nurse manager in a long-term care facility is having difficulty with staffing for
weekend shifts and is planning to implement some changes to the scheduling
procedure. Which of the following actions should the nurse manager take first?
A. Form a committee of staff members to investigate current staffing issues.
B. Provide support to staff members who are resistant to staffing changes
C. Schedule a staff meeting to present the different options to staff members
D. Give the staff members advance
Correct Answer:
A
A nurse is assessing a client following a colonoscopy. Which of the following
findings should indicate to the nurse that the client is hemorrhaging?
A. Sudden drop in heart rate
B. Rapid decrease in blood pressure
C. Client reports a feeling of abdominal fullness
D. Client reports pain as an 8 on a scale of 0 to 10
Correct Answer:
B
A nurse is caring for a client who is in the fourth stage of labor and is receiving
oxytocin via continuous IV infusion. Which of the following assessments is the
nurse’s priority?
A. Amount of vaginal bleeding
B. Amount of urinary output
C. Pain level
D. Fundal height
Correct Answer:
A
A nurse is caring for a school-age child who has dehydration and is receiving
an oral rehydration solution. Which of the following laboratory results indicates
that the treatment regimen is effective?
A. Hematocrit 45%
B. Urine specific gravity 1.035
C. Serum sodium 138 mEq/L
D. BUN 19 mg/dL
Correct Answer:
C
A nurse is assessing a newborn’s heart rate. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take?
A. Assess the apical pulse while the newborn is crying
B. Palpate the radial pulse for 30 seconds
C. Listen to the apical pulse while palpating the radial pulse
D. Auscultate the apical pulse at least 1 min
Correct Answer:
D
A nurse is caring for a client who is taking valproic acid for seizure control. For
which of the following adverse effects should the nurse monitor and report?
A. Weight loss
B. Jaundice
C. Bradycardia
D. Polyuria
Correct Answer:
B
A nurse is providing information to a client immediately before his scheduled
Romberg test. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?
A. “You will be standing with your feet 1 foot apart”
B. “You will place and hold your hands on your hips”
C. “I will be standing across the room from you to evaluate your sense of
balance”
D. “I will be checking you once with your eyes open and once with them closed”
Correct Answer:
D
A nurse is assessing a client who is at 11 weeks of gestation and reports
drinking ginger tea. Which of the following findings indicates the client’s use of
ginger tea is effective?
A. The client reports a decrease in episodes of nausea
B. The client reports a decrease in breast tenderness
C. The client reports a decrease in headaches
D. The client reports a decrease in urinary frequency
Correct Answer:
A
A nurse is assessing an infant who has hydrocephalus and is 6 hr
postoperative following placenta of a VP shunt. Which of the following findings
should the nurse report to the provider?
A. Heart rate 122/min
B. Irritability when being held
C. Hypoactive bowel sounds
D. Urine specific gravity 1.018
Correct Answer:
B
A client is receiving IV fluids at 150 mL/hr. Which of the following findings
indicates that the client is experiencing fluid overload?
A. Oliguria
B. Bradycardia
C. Dyspnea
D. Poor skin turgor
Correct Answer:
C
A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who is at 9 weeks of
gestation and reports nausea and vomiting for the past 2 days. Which of the
following findings should the nurse expect?
A. Hgb 15 g/dL
B. Urine specific gravity 1.052
C. Urine osmolarity 300 mOsm/ kg
D. Hct 44%
Correct Answer:
B