ATI FUNDAMENTALS PROCTORED LATEST REVIEWED EXAM
GUIDE WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANWERS 2026-2027
GRADED A+
❖ Nursing Process- ATI Fundamentals Ch. 7
➢ Assessment/ Data Collection
▪ Pt. interview
▪ Medical history
▪ Physical assessment
▪ Lab reports
▪ S/S, feelings
▪ Objective data VS
➢ Analysis
▪ ID pt. health status
▪ Recognize trends and patterns
➢ Planning
▪ Nurse initiated/Independent Interventions
▪ Provider-Initiated/Dependent interventions
▪ Collaborative interventions
▪ Establish priorities
➢ Implementation
▪ Base care according to data and plan of care
▪ Use problem-solving and critical thinking
▪ Minimize risks
▪ Implement nursing action based on delegation
➢ Evaluation
▪ Evaluate client responses to interventions for form clinical judgement
, ▪ See if goals are met
▪ Determine effectiveness of nursing care plan
Practice Question: A nurse is discussing the nursing process with a newly hired
nurse. Which of the following statements by the newly hired nurse should the nurse
identify as appropriate for the planning step of the nursing process?
➢ A. “I will determine the most important client problems that we should address.”
➢ B. “I will review the past medical history on the client’s record to get more
information.”
➢ C. “I will go carry out the new prescriptions from the provider.”
➢ D. “I will ask the client if his nausea has resolved.”
Practice Question: By the second postoperative day, a client has not achieved
satisfactory pain relief. Based on this evaluation, which of the following actions
should the nurse take, according to the nursing process?
➢ A. Reassess the client to determine the reasons for inadequate pain relief.
➢ B. Wait to see whether the pain lessens during the next 24 hr.
➢ C. Change the plan of care to provide different pain relief interventions.
➢ D. Teach the client about the plan of care for managing his pain
➢
❖ Medical and Surgical Sepsis- ATI Fundamentals Ch. 10
➢ Hand Hygiene PRIMARY BEHAVIOR!!!!!!
➢ 3 essential components (at least 15 seconds and up to 2 minutes if more soiled)
▪ Soap
▪ Water
▪ Friction
,➢ Must perform hand hygiene with either soap and water or alcohol-based product
➢ Alcohol based amount- usually 3-5mLs (rub until completely dry)
➢ If visible soiled= soap and water (2 min)
➢ Perform hand hygiene using recommended antiseptic solutions for
immunocompromised or multi-drug resistant micro-organisms
➢ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
▪ Put on (or Don): Gown Mask Googles Gloves
▪ Take off (or Doff): Gloves Googles Gown Mask
➢ Physical Environment:
▪ Do not place items on the floor (even soiled laundry)
▪ Do not shake linens can spread microorganisms in the air
• Keep from touch clothing keep away from you
▪ Clean LEAST soiled areas FIRST
▪ Use plastic bags for moist, soiled items
▪ Place specimens in biohazard containers
➢ Maintaining a Sterile Field:
▪ Prolonged exposure to airborne micro-organisms can make sterile items
nonsterile.
• Avoid coughing, sneezing, and talking directly over a sterile field.
• Ask patients to refrain from touching supplies
▪ Only sterile items may be in a sterile field.
• The outer wrappings and 1-inch edges of packaging that contains
sterile items are not sterile.
• Touch sterile materials only with sterile gloves
▪ Microbes can move by gravity from nonsterile item to a sterile item.
• Do not reach across or above a sterile field.
• Do not turn your back on a sterile field.
, • Hold items to add to a sterile field at a minimum of 6 inches above the field.
▪ Any sterile, non-waterproof wrapper that encounters moisture becomes
nonsterile
• Keep all surfaces dry.
• Discard any sterile packages that are torn, punctured, or wet.
➢ Sterile Filed set up:
▪ First open flap or wrapper of packaging AWAY from you
▪ Next open SIDE flaps
▪ Last open last flap TOWARD your body
Practice Question: A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in preparation for
performing a sterile procedure. Which of the following objects can the
nurse touch without breaching sterile technique? (Select all that apply.)
➢ A. a bottle containing a sterile solution
➢ B. The edge of the sterile drape at the base of the field
➢ C. The inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
➢ D. An irrigation syringe on the sterile field
➢ E. One gloved hand with the other gloved hand
❖ Infection Control- ATI Fundamentals Ch. 11
➢ Modes of transmission
▪ Contact
• Direct contact- person to person
• Indirect contact- inanimate object to person
• Fecal-oral transmission- handling food without washing hands
after using a restroom and failing to wash hands
▪ Droplet
• Sneezing, coughing, and talking
GUIDE WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANWERS 2026-2027
GRADED A+
❖ Nursing Process- ATI Fundamentals Ch. 7
➢ Assessment/ Data Collection
▪ Pt. interview
▪ Medical history
▪ Physical assessment
▪ Lab reports
▪ S/S, feelings
▪ Objective data VS
➢ Analysis
▪ ID pt. health status
▪ Recognize trends and patterns
➢ Planning
▪ Nurse initiated/Independent Interventions
▪ Provider-Initiated/Dependent interventions
▪ Collaborative interventions
▪ Establish priorities
➢ Implementation
▪ Base care according to data and plan of care
▪ Use problem-solving and critical thinking
▪ Minimize risks
▪ Implement nursing action based on delegation
➢ Evaluation
▪ Evaluate client responses to interventions for form clinical judgement
, ▪ See if goals are met
▪ Determine effectiveness of nursing care plan
Practice Question: A nurse is discussing the nursing process with a newly hired
nurse. Which of the following statements by the newly hired nurse should the nurse
identify as appropriate for the planning step of the nursing process?
➢ A. “I will determine the most important client problems that we should address.”
➢ B. “I will review the past medical history on the client’s record to get more
information.”
➢ C. “I will go carry out the new prescriptions from the provider.”
➢ D. “I will ask the client if his nausea has resolved.”
Practice Question: By the second postoperative day, a client has not achieved
satisfactory pain relief. Based on this evaluation, which of the following actions
should the nurse take, according to the nursing process?
➢ A. Reassess the client to determine the reasons for inadequate pain relief.
➢ B. Wait to see whether the pain lessens during the next 24 hr.
➢ C. Change the plan of care to provide different pain relief interventions.
➢ D. Teach the client about the plan of care for managing his pain
➢
❖ Medical and Surgical Sepsis- ATI Fundamentals Ch. 10
➢ Hand Hygiene PRIMARY BEHAVIOR!!!!!!
➢ 3 essential components (at least 15 seconds and up to 2 minutes if more soiled)
▪ Soap
▪ Water
▪ Friction
,➢ Must perform hand hygiene with either soap and water or alcohol-based product
➢ Alcohol based amount- usually 3-5mLs (rub until completely dry)
➢ If visible soiled= soap and water (2 min)
➢ Perform hand hygiene using recommended antiseptic solutions for
immunocompromised or multi-drug resistant micro-organisms
➢ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
▪ Put on (or Don): Gown Mask Googles Gloves
▪ Take off (or Doff): Gloves Googles Gown Mask
➢ Physical Environment:
▪ Do not place items on the floor (even soiled laundry)
▪ Do not shake linens can spread microorganisms in the air
• Keep from touch clothing keep away from you
▪ Clean LEAST soiled areas FIRST
▪ Use plastic bags for moist, soiled items
▪ Place specimens in biohazard containers
➢ Maintaining a Sterile Field:
▪ Prolonged exposure to airborne micro-organisms can make sterile items
nonsterile.
• Avoid coughing, sneezing, and talking directly over a sterile field.
• Ask patients to refrain from touching supplies
▪ Only sterile items may be in a sterile field.
• The outer wrappings and 1-inch edges of packaging that contains
sterile items are not sterile.
• Touch sterile materials only with sterile gloves
▪ Microbes can move by gravity from nonsterile item to a sterile item.
• Do not reach across or above a sterile field.
• Do not turn your back on a sterile field.
, • Hold items to add to a sterile field at a minimum of 6 inches above the field.
▪ Any sterile, non-waterproof wrapper that encounters moisture becomes
nonsterile
• Keep all surfaces dry.
• Discard any sterile packages that are torn, punctured, or wet.
➢ Sterile Filed set up:
▪ First open flap or wrapper of packaging AWAY from you
▪ Next open SIDE flaps
▪ Last open last flap TOWARD your body
Practice Question: A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in preparation for
performing a sterile procedure. Which of the following objects can the
nurse touch without breaching sterile technique? (Select all that apply.)
➢ A. a bottle containing a sterile solution
➢ B. The edge of the sterile drape at the base of the field
➢ C. The inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
➢ D. An irrigation syringe on the sterile field
➢ E. One gloved hand with the other gloved hand
❖ Infection Control- ATI Fundamentals Ch. 11
➢ Modes of transmission
▪ Contact
• Direct contact- person to person
• Indirect contact- inanimate object to person
• Fecal-oral transmission- handling food without washing hands
after using a restroom and failing to wash hands
▪ Droplet
• Sneezing, coughing, and talking
