ATI Nursing Fundamentals
Comprehensive Review | Concepts and
Skills Questions and Answers | Practice
Exam | Graded A+
What does ANA stand for? - ANSWER-American Nurses Association
What is the ANA definition of nursing focused on? - ANSWER-Protection, promotion,
and optimization of health; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing;
alleviation of suffering; advocacy for individuals, families, groups, communities, and
populations
What was Florence Nightingale's definition of nursing? - ANSWER-Putting the patient in
the best condition for nature to act
What are the primary roles of the nurse? - ANSWER-Care provider, educator, advocate,
leader, change agent, manager, researcher, collaborator, delegator
What does the care provider role mean? - ANSWER-Providing direct patient care
What does the educator role mean? - ANSWER-Teaching patients and families
What does the advocate role mean? - ANSWER-Protecting patient rights, wishes, and
safety
What does the leader role mean? - ANSWER-Guiding and influencing others to improve
care
What does the change agent role mean? - ANSWER-Helping improve or change
nursing practice
What does the manager role mean? - ANSWER-Organizing care, tasks, and resources
What does the researcher role mean? - ANSWER-Using research to improve patient
outcomes
What does the collaborator role mean? - ANSWER-Working with the healthcare team
What does the delegator role mean? - ANSWER-Assigning tasks safely to appropriate
staff
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, What is evidence-based practice (EBP)? - ANSWER-Using best research evidence,
clinical judgment, and patient preferences to guide care
What tasks stay with the RN? - ANSWER-Assessment, teaching, evaluation, nursing
judgment, unstable patients
What memory trick helps remember RN responsibilities? - ANSWER-ADPIE stays with
RN
What does ADPIE stand for? - ANSWER-Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning,
Implementation, Evaluation
What criteria define nursing as a profession? - ANSWER-Altruism, body of
knowledge/research, accountability, higher education, autonomy, code of ethics,
professional organization, licensure, diversity
What is altruism? - ANSWER-Putting service to others above personal gain
What is accountability? - ANSWER-Taking responsibility for actions
What is autonomy? - ANSWER-Independent nursing judgment
What is the Nurse Practice Act? - ANSWER-State law that defines nursing scope of
practice and legal responsibilities
What do ANA Standards of Practice provide? - ANSWER-Professional guidelines for
nursing care
What is the Code of Ethics? - ANSWER-Moral and ethical standards guiding nursing
behavior
What is cultural competence? - ANSWER-Providing respectful, appropriate care to
patients from diverse cultural backgrounds
How did nursing originally begin? - ANSWER-Through religious service and military
care
Who is considered the founder of modern nursing? - ANSWER-Florence Nightingale
What war is Florence Nightingale associated with? - ANSWER-Crimean War
What were Florence Nightingale's major contributions? - ANSWER-Improved sanitation,
reduced infection and death, founded nursing school, established nursing as a
respected profession
Who was Dorothea Dix? - ANSWER-Civil War nursing leader
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Comprehensive Review | Concepts and
Skills Questions and Answers | Practice
Exam | Graded A+
What does ANA stand for? - ANSWER-American Nurses Association
What is the ANA definition of nursing focused on? - ANSWER-Protection, promotion,
and optimization of health; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing;
alleviation of suffering; advocacy for individuals, families, groups, communities, and
populations
What was Florence Nightingale's definition of nursing? - ANSWER-Putting the patient in
the best condition for nature to act
What are the primary roles of the nurse? - ANSWER-Care provider, educator, advocate,
leader, change agent, manager, researcher, collaborator, delegator
What does the care provider role mean? - ANSWER-Providing direct patient care
What does the educator role mean? - ANSWER-Teaching patients and families
What does the advocate role mean? - ANSWER-Protecting patient rights, wishes, and
safety
What does the leader role mean? - ANSWER-Guiding and influencing others to improve
care
What does the change agent role mean? - ANSWER-Helping improve or change
nursing practice
What does the manager role mean? - ANSWER-Organizing care, tasks, and resources
What does the researcher role mean? - ANSWER-Using research to improve patient
outcomes
What does the collaborator role mean? - ANSWER-Working with the healthcare team
What does the delegator role mean? - ANSWER-Assigning tasks safely to appropriate
staff
Page 1 of 8
, What is evidence-based practice (EBP)? - ANSWER-Using best research evidence,
clinical judgment, and patient preferences to guide care
What tasks stay with the RN? - ANSWER-Assessment, teaching, evaluation, nursing
judgment, unstable patients
What memory trick helps remember RN responsibilities? - ANSWER-ADPIE stays with
RN
What does ADPIE stand for? - ANSWER-Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning,
Implementation, Evaluation
What criteria define nursing as a profession? - ANSWER-Altruism, body of
knowledge/research, accountability, higher education, autonomy, code of ethics,
professional organization, licensure, diversity
What is altruism? - ANSWER-Putting service to others above personal gain
What is accountability? - ANSWER-Taking responsibility for actions
What is autonomy? - ANSWER-Independent nursing judgment
What is the Nurse Practice Act? - ANSWER-State law that defines nursing scope of
practice and legal responsibilities
What do ANA Standards of Practice provide? - ANSWER-Professional guidelines for
nursing care
What is the Code of Ethics? - ANSWER-Moral and ethical standards guiding nursing
behavior
What is cultural competence? - ANSWER-Providing respectful, appropriate care to
patients from diverse cultural backgrounds
How did nursing originally begin? - ANSWER-Through religious service and military
care
Who is considered the founder of modern nursing? - ANSWER-Florence Nightingale
What war is Florence Nightingale associated with? - ANSWER-Crimean War
What were Florence Nightingale's major contributions? - ANSWER-Improved sanitation,
reduced infection and death, founded nursing school, established nursing as a
respected profession
Who was Dorothea Dix? - ANSWER-Civil War nursing leader
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