ATI LEADERSHIP RN VERSION C PREP SET 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH RATIONALE
◉ Staff education. Answer: Nurse's involvement in the orientation,
socialization, education, and training of fellow health care workers
to ensure the competence of all staff and to help them meet
standards set forth by the facility and accrediting bodies. The
process of staff education is also referred to as staff development.
The quality of client care provided is directly related to the
education and level of competency of health care providers.
The nurse leader has a responsibility in maintaining competent staff.
Nurse leaders work with a unique, diverse workforce.
The nurse should respect and recognize the health care team's
diversity
◉ Orientation. Answer: Helps newly licensed nurses translate the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes learned in nursing school into
practice.
◉ Orientation to the institution. Answer: The newly licensed nurse
is introduced to the philosophy, mission, and goals of the institution
and department.
Policies and procedures that are based on institutional standards are
reviewed.
,Use of and access to the institution's computer system is a
significant focus.
Safety and security protocols are emphasized in relation to the
nurse's role.
◉ Orientation to the unit. Answer: Classroom orientation usually
moves onto the unit and is continued with an assigned preceptor.
Preceptors assist in orienting newly licensed nurses to a unit and
supervising their performance and acquisition of skills.
Preceptors are usually assigned to newly licensed nurses for a
limited amount of time.
Mentors can also serve as a newly licensed nurse's preceptor, but
their relationship usually lasts longer and focuses more on
assumption of the professional role and relationships, as well as
socialization to practice.
Coaches establish a collaborative relationship to help a nurse
establish specific individual goals. The relationship is often task
related and typically time limited.
◉ Socialization. Answer: Process by which a person learns a new
role and the values and culture of the group within which that role is
implemented.
Successful socialization helps new staff members fit in with already
established staff on a client care unit.
,Staff development educators and unit managers can begin this
process during interviewing and orientation.
Nurse preceptors/mentors are frequently used to assist newly
licensed nurses with this process on the clinical unit.
◉ Staff education. Answer: Also called staff development. Process by
which a staff member gains knowledge and skills. The goal of staff
education is to ensure that staff members have and maintain the
most current knowledge and skills necessary to meet the needs of
clients.
◉ Steps in providing educational programs. Answer: Identify and
respond: To identify need for knowledge or
skill proficiency.
Analyze: Deficiencies, and develop learning objectives to meet need.
Research: Resources available to address learning objectives based
on evidence-based practice.
Plan: Program to address objectives using available resources.
5. Implement: Program(s) at time conducive to staff attendance;
consider online learning modules.
6. Evaluate: Use materials and observations to measure behavior
changes secondary to learning objectives.
◉ Competence. Answer: Ability of an employee to meet the
requirements of a particular role at an established level of
, performance. Nurses usually progress through several stages of
proficiency as they gain experience in a particular area. Patricia
Benner (1984) identified five stages of nursing ability, which are
based on level of competence. Level of competence is directly related
to length of time in practice and exposure to clinical situations.
When nurses move to a new clinical
setting that requires acquisition of new skills and knowledge, their
level of competence will return to a lower stage.
◉ 5 stages of nursing ability. Answer: Novice nurse.
Advanced beginner.
Competent nurse.
Proficient nurse.
Expert nurse.
◉ Novice nurse. Answer: Can be students or newly licensed nurses
who have minimal clinical experience.
They approach situations from theoretical perspective relying on
context-free facts and established guidelines.
Rules govern practice.
◉ Advanced beginner. Answer: Most new nurses function at the level
of the advanced beginner.
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH RATIONALE
◉ Staff education. Answer: Nurse's involvement in the orientation,
socialization, education, and training of fellow health care workers
to ensure the competence of all staff and to help them meet
standards set forth by the facility and accrediting bodies. The
process of staff education is also referred to as staff development.
The quality of client care provided is directly related to the
education and level of competency of health care providers.
The nurse leader has a responsibility in maintaining competent staff.
Nurse leaders work with a unique, diverse workforce.
The nurse should respect and recognize the health care team's
diversity
◉ Orientation. Answer: Helps newly licensed nurses translate the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes learned in nursing school into
practice.
◉ Orientation to the institution. Answer: The newly licensed nurse
is introduced to the philosophy, mission, and goals of the institution
and department.
Policies and procedures that are based on institutional standards are
reviewed.
,Use of and access to the institution's computer system is a
significant focus.
Safety and security protocols are emphasized in relation to the
nurse's role.
◉ Orientation to the unit. Answer: Classroom orientation usually
moves onto the unit and is continued with an assigned preceptor.
Preceptors assist in orienting newly licensed nurses to a unit and
supervising their performance and acquisition of skills.
Preceptors are usually assigned to newly licensed nurses for a
limited amount of time.
Mentors can also serve as a newly licensed nurse's preceptor, but
their relationship usually lasts longer and focuses more on
assumption of the professional role and relationships, as well as
socialization to practice.
Coaches establish a collaborative relationship to help a nurse
establish specific individual goals. The relationship is often task
related and typically time limited.
◉ Socialization. Answer: Process by which a person learns a new
role and the values and culture of the group within which that role is
implemented.
Successful socialization helps new staff members fit in with already
established staff on a client care unit.
,Staff development educators and unit managers can begin this
process during interviewing and orientation.
Nurse preceptors/mentors are frequently used to assist newly
licensed nurses with this process on the clinical unit.
◉ Staff education. Answer: Also called staff development. Process by
which a staff member gains knowledge and skills. The goal of staff
education is to ensure that staff members have and maintain the
most current knowledge and skills necessary to meet the needs of
clients.
◉ Steps in providing educational programs. Answer: Identify and
respond: To identify need for knowledge or
skill proficiency.
Analyze: Deficiencies, and develop learning objectives to meet need.
Research: Resources available to address learning objectives based
on evidence-based practice.
Plan: Program to address objectives using available resources.
5. Implement: Program(s) at time conducive to staff attendance;
consider online learning modules.
6. Evaluate: Use materials and observations to measure behavior
changes secondary to learning objectives.
◉ Competence. Answer: Ability of an employee to meet the
requirements of a particular role at an established level of
, performance. Nurses usually progress through several stages of
proficiency as they gain experience in a particular area. Patricia
Benner (1984) identified five stages of nursing ability, which are
based on level of competence. Level of competence is directly related
to length of time in practice and exposure to clinical situations.
When nurses move to a new clinical
setting that requires acquisition of new skills and knowledge, their
level of competence will return to a lower stage.
◉ 5 stages of nursing ability. Answer: Novice nurse.
Advanced beginner.
Competent nurse.
Proficient nurse.
Expert nurse.
◉ Novice nurse. Answer: Can be students or newly licensed nurses
who have minimal clinical experience.
They approach situations from theoretical perspective relying on
context-free facts and established guidelines.
Rules govern practice.
◉ Advanced beginner. Answer: Most new nurses function at the level
of the advanced beginner.
