(NGN) ATI RN FUNDAMENTAL PROCTORED FINAL EXAM 130+ QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2025|WELL STRUCTURED|100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
Can an RN delegate to the LPN to provide tracheostomy care to
Yes.
a client with pneumonia?
A nurse on a med-surg unit has received change-of-shift report &
will care for 4 clients. Which of the following client's needs may the
nurse assign to an assistive personnel (AP)?
A. Feeding a client who was admitted 24 hrs ago w/aspiration
C. Reapplying a condom catheter for a client who has urinary
pneumonia
incontinence
B. Reinforcing teaching w/a client who is learning to walk using a
Rationale: The application of a condom catheter is a noninvasive,
quad cane
routine procedure that the nurse may delegate to the AP
C. Reapplying a condom catheter for a client who has urinary
incontinence
D. Applying a sterile dressing to a pressure ulcer
A nurse is delegating the ambulation of a client who had knee
arthroplasty 5 days ago to an AP. Which of the following informa-
tion should the nurse share with the AP? Select All.
A. The roommate is up independently.
B. The client ambulates w/his slippers on over his antiembolic B, C, D
stockings
C. The client uses a front-wheeled walker when ambulating
D. The client had pain medication 30 min ago
E. The client is allergic to codeine
F. The client ate 50% of his breakfast this morning
An RN is making assignments for client care to a LPN at the
beginning of the shift. Which of the following assignments should
the LPN question?
A. Assisting a client who is 24hr postop to use an incentive D. Replacing the cartridge and tubing on a PCA pump
spirometer
B. Collecting a clean-catch urine specimen from a client who was Rationale: The RN is responsible for the PCA pump
admitted on the previous shift
C. Providing nasopharyngeal suctioning for a client who has
pneumonia
D. Replacing the cartridge and tubing on a PCA pump
A nurse is preparing an in-service program about delegation.
Which of the following elements should she identify when pre-
senting the 5 rights of delegation? Select all.
B, C, E
A. Right client
B. Right supervision/evaluation A and D are rights of medication administration
C. Right direction/communication
D. Right time
E. Right circumstances
A nurse manager of a med-surg unit is assigning care responsi-
bilities for the oncoming shift. A client is awaiting transfer back to
the unit from the PACU following thoracic surgery. To which staff B. RN
member should the nurse assign to this client?
A client returning from surgery requires assessment and estab-
A. Charge nurse lishment of a plan of care. RNs are responsible for this, especially
B. RN if the client is potentially unstable.
C. LPN
D. AP
, (NGN) ATI RN FUNDAMENTAL PROCTORED FINAL EXAM 130+ QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2025|WELL STRUCTURED|100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
A nurse observes an AP reprimanding a client for not using the
urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if
he does not use the urinal more carefully next time. Which of the
following torts is the AP committing? A. Assault
A. Assault By threatening the client, the AP is committing assault.
B. Battery
C. False imprisonment
D. Invasion of privacy
An adult client who is competent tells the nurse that he is thinking
about leaving the hospital against medical advice. The nurse be-
lieves that this is not in the client's best interest, so she administers
B. False imprisonment
a PRN sedative med that the client has not requested along w/his
usual meds. Which of the following tort has the nurse committed?
The nurse gave the med as a chemical restraint to keep the client
from leaving the facility against medical advice. The client did not
A. Assault
consent.
B. False imprisonment
C. Negligence
D. Breach of confidentiality
A client who will undergo neurosurgery the following week tells
the nurse in the surgeon's office that he will prepare his advance
directives before he goes to the hospital. Which of the following
statements by the client indicates to the nurse that he understands
advance directives?
C.
A. "I'd rather have my brother make decisions for me, but I know
The client has the right to decide and specify which medical
it has to be my wife."
procedures he wants when a life-threatening situation arrives
B. "I know they won't go ahead w/the surgery unless I prepare
these forms."
C. "I plan to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing
machine."
D. "I will get my regular doctor to approve my plan before I hand it
in at the hospital."
A client is about to undergo an elective surgical procedure. Which
of the following actions are appropriate for the nurse who is
providing preop care regarding informed consent? Select all.
A, B
A. Make sure the surgeon obtained the client's consent The rest of the choices are the surgeon's responsibility, not the
B. Witness the client's signature on the consent form nurse
C. Explain the risks and benefits of the procedure
D. Describe the consequences of choosing not to have the surgery
E. Tell the client about alternatives to having the surgery
A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past week when
another nurse on the unit seemed drowsy & unable to focus on
the issue at hand. Today, she found the nurse asleep in a chair in
the break room when she was not on break.Which of the following
C.
actions should the nurse take?
Any nurse who notices behavior that could possibly jeopardize
A. Remind the nurse that safe client care is a priority on the unit client care or indicate a substance abuse problem has a duty to
report the situation immediately to the nurse manager
B. Ask others on the team whether they have observed the same
behavior
C. Report observations to the nurse manager on the unit
D. Conclude that her coworker's fatigue is not her problem to solve
A nurse is preparing info for a change-of-shift report. Which of the
following info should the nurse include in the report? C. A bone scan that is scheduled for today
A. The client's input & output for the shift
, (NGN) ATI RN FUNDAMENTAL PROCTORED FINAL EXAM 130+ QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2025|WELL STRUCTURED|100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
B. The client's BP from the previous day
This is important because the nurse might have to modify the
C. A bone scan that is scheduled for today
client's care to accommodate them leaving the unit
D. The med routine from the med administration record
A nurse enters a client's room & finds him sitting in his chair. He
states, "I fell in the shower, but I got myself back up & into my
chair." How should the nurse document this in the client's chart?
A. The client fell in the shower. B.
B. The client states he fell in the shower & was able to get himself By writing what the client states, the info is subjective data
back into his chair
C. The nurse should not document this info because she did not
witness the fall
D. The client fell in the shower & is now resting comfortably
A nursing instructor is reviewing documentation w/a group of
nursing students. Which of the following legal guidelines should
they follow when documenting a client's record? Select all.
A. Cover errors w/correction fluid, & write in the correct info B, C
B. Put the date & time on all entries
C. Document objective data, leaving out opinions
D. Use as many abbreviations as possible
E. Wait until the end of the shift to document
The skin barrier covering a client's intestinal fistula keeps falling off
when she stands up to ambulate. The nurse has reapplied it twice
during the shift, but it remains intact only when the client is supine
in bed. The nurse telephoned the physical therapist about the
difficulties containing the drainage from the fistula, so the therapist
didn't ambulate the client today. The client sat in a chair during
lunch w/an absorbent pad over the fistula. The client ate all the
food on her tray. The wound care nurse confirmed that she will see A, B, D
the client later today. The client states she feels frustrated at not
having physical therapy, but the nurse thinks the client welcomed
having a day to rest. Which of the following information should the
nurse include in the change-of-shift report? Select all.
A. The physical therapist didn't ambulate the client today
B. The skin barrier's seal stays on in bed but loosens when the
A nurse is receiving a provider's prescription by telephone for
morphine for a client who is reporting moderate to severe pain.
Which of the following nursing actions are appropriate? Select all.
A. Repeat the details of the prescription back to the provider
B. Have another nurse listen to the telephone prescription
C. Obtain the prescriber's signature on the prescription within A, B, C
24hrs
D. Decline the verbal prescription because it is not an emergency
situation
E. Tell the charge nurse that the provider has prescribed morphine
by telephone
A nurse is caring for an older adult client who lives alone & is to
be discharged in 3 days. He states that it is difficult to prepare
D. social worker
adequate nutritious meals at home for just 1 person. To which of
the following members of the health care team should the nurse
refer him? A social worker can make arrangements for a meal delivery ser-
vice to provide nutritious meals daily, or recommend a congregate
A. Registered dietitian meal site near the client's home
B. Occupational therapist
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2025|WELL STRUCTURED|100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
Can an RN delegate to the LPN to provide tracheostomy care to
Yes.
a client with pneumonia?
A nurse on a med-surg unit has received change-of-shift report &
will care for 4 clients. Which of the following client's needs may the
nurse assign to an assistive personnel (AP)?
A. Feeding a client who was admitted 24 hrs ago w/aspiration
C. Reapplying a condom catheter for a client who has urinary
pneumonia
incontinence
B. Reinforcing teaching w/a client who is learning to walk using a
Rationale: The application of a condom catheter is a noninvasive,
quad cane
routine procedure that the nurse may delegate to the AP
C. Reapplying a condom catheter for a client who has urinary
incontinence
D. Applying a sterile dressing to a pressure ulcer
A nurse is delegating the ambulation of a client who had knee
arthroplasty 5 days ago to an AP. Which of the following informa-
tion should the nurse share with the AP? Select All.
A. The roommate is up independently.
B. The client ambulates w/his slippers on over his antiembolic B, C, D
stockings
C. The client uses a front-wheeled walker when ambulating
D. The client had pain medication 30 min ago
E. The client is allergic to codeine
F. The client ate 50% of his breakfast this morning
An RN is making assignments for client care to a LPN at the
beginning of the shift. Which of the following assignments should
the LPN question?
A. Assisting a client who is 24hr postop to use an incentive D. Replacing the cartridge and tubing on a PCA pump
spirometer
B. Collecting a clean-catch urine specimen from a client who was Rationale: The RN is responsible for the PCA pump
admitted on the previous shift
C. Providing nasopharyngeal suctioning for a client who has
pneumonia
D. Replacing the cartridge and tubing on a PCA pump
A nurse is preparing an in-service program about delegation.
Which of the following elements should she identify when pre-
senting the 5 rights of delegation? Select all.
B, C, E
A. Right client
B. Right supervision/evaluation A and D are rights of medication administration
C. Right direction/communication
D. Right time
E. Right circumstances
A nurse manager of a med-surg unit is assigning care responsi-
bilities for the oncoming shift. A client is awaiting transfer back to
the unit from the PACU following thoracic surgery. To which staff B. RN
member should the nurse assign to this client?
A client returning from surgery requires assessment and estab-
A. Charge nurse lishment of a plan of care. RNs are responsible for this, especially
B. RN if the client is potentially unstable.
C. LPN
D. AP
, (NGN) ATI RN FUNDAMENTAL PROCTORED FINAL EXAM 130+ QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2025|WELL STRUCTURED|100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
A nurse observes an AP reprimanding a client for not using the
urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if
he does not use the urinal more carefully next time. Which of the
following torts is the AP committing? A. Assault
A. Assault By threatening the client, the AP is committing assault.
B. Battery
C. False imprisonment
D. Invasion of privacy
An adult client who is competent tells the nurse that he is thinking
about leaving the hospital against medical advice. The nurse be-
lieves that this is not in the client's best interest, so she administers
B. False imprisonment
a PRN sedative med that the client has not requested along w/his
usual meds. Which of the following tort has the nurse committed?
The nurse gave the med as a chemical restraint to keep the client
from leaving the facility against medical advice. The client did not
A. Assault
consent.
B. False imprisonment
C. Negligence
D. Breach of confidentiality
A client who will undergo neurosurgery the following week tells
the nurse in the surgeon's office that he will prepare his advance
directives before he goes to the hospital. Which of the following
statements by the client indicates to the nurse that he understands
advance directives?
C.
A. "I'd rather have my brother make decisions for me, but I know
The client has the right to decide and specify which medical
it has to be my wife."
procedures he wants when a life-threatening situation arrives
B. "I know they won't go ahead w/the surgery unless I prepare
these forms."
C. "I plan to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing
machine."
D. "I will get my regular doctor to approve my plan before I hand it
in at the hospital."
A client is about to undergo an elective surgical procedure. Which
of the following actions are appropriate for the nurse who is
providing preop care regarding informed consent? Select all.
A, B
A. Make sure the surgeon obtained the client's consent The rest of the choices are the surgeon's responsibility, not the
B. Witness the client's signature on the consent form nurse
C. Explain the risks and benefits of the procedure
D. Describe the consequences of choosing not to have the surgery
E. Tell the client about alternatives to having the surgery
A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past week when
another nurse on the unit seemed drowsy & unable to focus on
the issue at hand. Today, she found the nurse asleep in a chair in
the break room when she was not on break.Which of the following
C.
actions should the nurse take?
Any nurse who notices behavior that could possibly jeopardize
A. Remind the nurse that safe client care is a priority on the unit client care or indicate a substance abuse problem has a duty to
report the situation immediately to the nurse manager
B. Ask others on the team whether they have observed the same
behavior
C. Report observations to the nurse manager on the unit
D. Conclude that her coworker's fatigue is not her problem to solve
A nurse is preparing info for a change-of-shift report. Which of the
following info should the nurse include in the report? C. A bone scan that is scheduled for today
A. The client's input & output for the shift
, (NGN) ATI RN FUNDAMENTAL PROCTORED FINAL EXAM 130+ QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2025|WELL STRUCTURED|100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
B. The client's BP from the previous day
This is important because the nurse might have to modify the
C. A bone scan that is scheduled for today
client's care to accommodate them leaving the unit
D. The med routine from the med administration record
A nurse enters a client's room & finds him sitting in his chair. He
states, "I fell in the shower, but I got myself back up & into my
chair." How should the nurse document this in the client's chart?
A. The client fell in the shower. B.
B. The client states he fell in the shower & was able to get himself By writing what the client states, the info is subjective data
back into his chair
C. The nurse should not document this info because she did not
witness the fall
D. The client fell in the shower & is now resting comfortably
A nursing instructor is reviewing documentation w/a group of
nursing students. Which of the following legal guidelines should
they follow when documenting a client's record? Select all.
A. Cover errors w/correction fluid, & write in the correct info B, C
B. Put the date & time on all entries
C. Document objective data, leaving out opinions
D. Use as many abbreviations as possible
E. Wait until the end of the shift to document
The skin barrier covering a client's intestinal fistula keeps falling off
when she stands up to ambulate. The nurse has reapplied it twice
during the shift, but it remains intact only when the client is supine
in bed. The nurse telephoned the physical therapist about the
difficulties containing the drainage from the fistula, so the therapist
didn't ambulate the client today. The client sat in a chair during
lunch w/an absorbent pad over the fistula. The client ate all the
food on her tray. The wound care nurse confirmed that she will see A, B, D
the client later today. The client states she feels frustrated at not
having physical therapy, but the nurse thinks the client welcomed
having a day to rest. Which of the following information should the
nurse include in the change-of-shift report? Select all.
A. The physical therapist didn't ambulate the client today
B. The skin barrier's seal stays on in bed but loosens when the
A nurse is receiving a provider's prescription by telephone for
morphine for a client who is reporting moderate to severe pain.
Which of the following nursing actions are appropriate? Select all.
A. Repeat the details of the prescription back to the provider
B. Have another nurse listen to the telephone prescription
C. Obtain the prescriber's signature on the prescription within A, B, C
24hrs
D. Decline the verbal prescription because it is not an emergency
situation
E. Tell the charge nurse that the provider has prescribed morphine
by telephone
A nurse is caring for an older adult client who lives alone & is to
be discharged in 3 days. He states that it is difficult to prepare
D. social worker
adequate nutritious meals at home for just 1 person. To which of
the following members of the health care team should the nurse
refer him? A social worker can make arrangements for a meal delivery ser-
vice to provide nutritious meals daily, or recommend a congregate
A. Registered dietitian meal site near the client's home
B. Occupational therapist
