ATI FUNDAMENTALS EXAM
STUDY GUIDE. GRADED A+.
QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES. LATEST 2026
UPDATE
1. A nurse is teaching a patient’s family member about permanent tube
feedings at home. Which purpose of patient education is the nurse meeting?
a. Health promotion
b. Illness prevention
c. Restoration of health
d. Coping with impaired functions
- ANSWER-D
Teach family members to help the patient with health care management (e.g.,
giving medications through gastric tubes and doing passive range-of-motion
exercises) when coping with impaired functions. Not all patients fully recover
from illness or injury. Many have to learn to cope with permanent health
alterations. Health promotion involves healthy people staying healthy, while
illness prevention is prevention of diseases. Restoration of health occurs if the
teaching is about a temporary tube feeding, not a permanent tube feeding.
2. A nurse is teaching a group of healthy adults about the benefits of flu
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,immunizations. Which type of patient education is the nurse providing?
a. Health analogies
b. Restoration of health
c. Coping with impaired functions
d. Promotion of health and illness prevention
- ANSWER-D
As a nurse, you are a visible, competent resource for patients who want to improve
their physical and psychological well-being. In the school, home, clinic, or
workplace, you promote health and prevent illness by providing information and
skills that enable patients to assume healthier behaviors. Injured and ill patients
need information and skills to help them regain or maintain their level of health;
this is referred to as restoration of health. Not all patients fully recover from illness
or injury. Many have to learn to cope with permanent health alterations; this is
known as coping with impaired functions. Analogies supplement verbal instruction
with familiar images that make complex information more real and
understandable. For example, when explaining arterial blood pressure, use an
analogy of the flow of water through a hose.
3. A nurse’s goal is to provide teaching for restoration of health. Which
situation indicates the nurse is meeting this goal?
Teaching a family member to provide passive range of motion for a
a. stroke patient
Teaching a woman who recently had a hysterectomy about possible
b. adoption
c. Teaching expectant parents about changes in childbearing women
d. Teaching a teenager with a broken leg how to use crutches
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, - ANSWER-D
Injured or ill patients need information and skills to help them regain or maintain
their levels of health. An example includes teaching a teenager with a broken leg
how to use crutches. Not all patients fully recover from illness or injury. Many
have to learn to cope with permanent health alterations. New knowledge and
skills are often necessary for patients and/or family members to continue
activities of daily living. Teaching family members to help the patient with health
care management (e.g., giving medications through gastric tubes, doing passive
rangeof-motion exercises) is an example of coping with long-term impaired
functions. For a woman with a hysterectomy, teaching about adoption is not
restoration of health; restoration of health in this situation would involve activity
restrictions and incision care if needed. In childbearing classes, you teach
expectant parents about physical and psychological changes in the woman and
about fetal development; this is part of health maintenance.
4. A nurse attends a seminar on teaching/learning. Which statement
indicates the nurse has a good understanding of teaching/learning?
a. “Teaching and learning can be separated.”
b. “Learning is an interactive process that promotes teaching.”
c. “Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner’s needs.”
“Learning consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions designed to
d. help the teacher.”
- ANSWER-C
Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner’s needs. It is impossible
to separate teaching from learning. Teaching is an interactive process that
promotes learning. Teaching consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions that
help individuals gain new knowledge, change attitudes, adopt new behaviors, or
perform new skills.
5. A nurse is determining if teaching is effective. Which finding best indicates
learning has occurred?
a. A nurse presents information about diabetes.
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STUDY GUIDE. GRADED A+.
QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES. LATEST 2026
UPDATE
1. A nurse is teaching a patient’s family member about permanent tube
feedings at home. Which purpose of patient education is the nurse meeting?
a. Health promotion
b. Illness prevention
c. Restoration of health
d. Coping with impaired functions
- ANSWER-D
Teach family members to help the patient with health care management (e.g.,
giving medications through gastric tubes and doing passive range-of-motion
exercises) when coping with impaired functions. Not all patients fully recover
from illness or injury. Many have to learn to cope with permanent health
alterations. Health promotion involves healthy people staying healthy, while
illness prevention is prevention of diseases. Restoration of health occurs if the
teaching is about a temporary tube feeding, not a permanent tube feeding.
2. A nurse is teaching a group of healthy adults about the benefits of flu
1
,immunizations. Which type of patient education is the nurse providing?
a. Health analogies
b. Restoration of health
c. Coping with impaired functions
d. Promotion of health and illness prevention
- ANSWER-D
As a nurse, you are a visible, competent resource for patients who want to improve
their physical and psychological well-being. In the school, home, clinic, or
workplace, you promote health and prevent illness by providing information and
skills that enable patients to assume healthier behaviors. Injured and ill patients
need information and skills to help them regain or maintain their level of health;
this is referred to as restoration of health. Not all patients fully recover from illness
or injury. Many have to learn to cope with permanent health alterations; this is
known as coping with impaired functions. Analogies supplement verbal instruction
with familiar images that make complex information more real and
understandable. For example, when explaining arterial blood pressure, use an
analogy of the flow of water through a hose.
3. A nurse’s goal is to provide teaching for restoration of health. Which
situation indicates the nurse is meeting this goal?
Teaching a family member to provide passive range of motion for a
a. stroke patient
Teaching a woman who recently had a hysterectomy about possible
b. adoption
c. Teaching expectant parents about changes in childbearing women
d. Teaching a teenager with a broken leg how to use crutches
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, - ANSWER-D
Injured or ill patients need information and skills to help them regain or maintain
their levels of health. An example includes teaching a teenager with a broken leg
how to use crutches. Not all patients fully recover from illness or injury. Many
have to learn to cope with permanent health alterations. New knowledge and
skills are often necessary for patients and/or family members to continue
activities of daily living. Teaching family members to help the patient with health
care management (e.g., giving medications through gastric tubes, doing passive
rangeof-motion exercises) is an example of coping with long-term impaired
functions. For a woman with a hysterectomy, teaching about adoption is not
restoration of health; restoration of health in this situation would involve activity
restrictions and incision care if needed. In childbearing classes, you teach
expectant parents about physical and psychological changes in the woman and
about fetal development; this is part of health maintenance.
4. A nurse attends a seminar on teaching/learning. Which statement
indicates the nurse has a good understanding of teaching/learning?
a. “Teaching and learning can be separated.”
b. “Learning is an interactive process that promotes teaching.”
c. “Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner’s needs.”
“Learning consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions designed to
d. help the teacher.”
- ANSWER-C
Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner’s needs. It is impossible
to separate teaching from learning. Teaching is an interactive process that
promotes learning. Teaching consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions that
help individuals gain new knowledge, change attitudes, adopt new behaviors, or
perform new skills.
5. A nurse is determining if teaching is effective. Which finding best indicates
learning has occurred?
a. A nurse presents information about diabetes.
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