ATI Professional Nursing Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is the primary goal of professional nursing practice?
A. To follow provider orders exactly as written
✔✔B. To promote safe, patient-centered, and evidence-based care
C. To complete tasks efficiently without collaboration
D. To delegate all care to assistive personnel
Which action best demonstrates accountability in nursing?
A. Blaming a coworker for a medication error
✔✔B. Reporting and documenting a personal mistake in patient care
C. Ignoring a patient's complaint
D. Allowing others to complete charting responsibilities
A nurse advocating for a patient’s cultural preferences is demonstrating which principle?
✔✔A. Patient-centered care
B. Time management
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,C. Task delegation
D. Policy enforcement
What should a nurse do when assigned a task beyond their legal scope of practice?
A. Attempt the task if no one else is available
✔✔B. Refuse the task and notify the charge nurse
C. Ask a coworker to do it
D. Skip the task and continue with the rest of the assignment
Professional boundaries are necessary in nursing to:
A. Make friendships with patients
✔✔B. Maintain therapeutic, ethical relationships
C. Encourage sharing of personal details
D. Allow personal opinions in decision-making
Which of the following best describes evidence-based practice?
A. Using intuition to guide nursing care
✔✔B. Combining clinical expertise with current research and patient values
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,C. Copying procedures from other nurses
D. Asking patients to choose their medications
A nurse who reflects on their actions to improve future care is demonstrating:
A. Autonomy
B. Efficiency
✔✔C. Professional development
D. Authority
Which of the following actions supports interprofessional collaboration?
A. Completing patient assessments independently
B. Ignoring input from team members
✔✔C. Participating in daily multidisciplinary rounds
D. Delegating physician tasks to nursing assistants
Why is confidentiality essential in nursing?
A. It increases social trust
✔✔B. It protects patient privacy and complies with legal standards
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, C. It helps nurses memorize patient conditions
D. It allows open sharing of information between all staff
What is the nurse’s role in informed consent?
✔✔A. Ensuring the patient understands the procedure and voluntarily agrees
B. Explaining the procedure in detail and obtaining a signature
C. Choosing the treatment plan
D. Signing the consent for the patient
A nurse notices a colleague under the influence at work. What is the most appropriate action?
✔✔A. Report the incident to the nurse manager immediately
B. Ignore it and avoid confrontation
C. Warn the colleague privately
D. Assist the colleague in completing tasks
Professional nursing behavior includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Punctuality
✔✔B. Sharing personal beliefs with patients to influence their decisions
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Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is the primary goal of professional nursing practice?
A. To follow provider orders exactly as written
✔✔B. To promote safe, patient-centered, and evidence-based care
C. To complete tasks efficiently without collaboration
D. To delegate all care to assistive personnel
Which action best demonstrates accountability in nursing?
A. Blaming a coworker for a medication error
✔✔B. Reporting and documenting a personal mistake in patient care
C. Ignoring a patient's complaint
D. Allowing others to complete charting responsibilities
A nurse advocating for a patient’s cultural preferences is demonstrating which principle?
✔✔A. Patient-centered care
B. Time management
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,C. Task delegation
D. Policy enforcement
What should a nurse do when assigned a task beyond their legal scope of practice?
A. Attempt the task if no one else is available
✔✔B. Refuse the task and notify the charge nurse
C. Ask a coworker to do it
D. Skip the task and continue with the rest of the assignment
Professional boundaries are necessary in nursing to:
A. Make friendships with patients
✔✔B. Maintain therapeutic, ethical relationships
C. Encourage sharing of personal details
D. Allow personal opinions in decision-making
Which of the following best describes evidence-based practice?
A. Using intuition to guide nursing care
✔✔B. Combining clinical expertise with current research and patient values
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,C. Copying procedures from other nurses
D. Asking patients to choose their medications
A nurse who reflects on their actions to improve future care is demonstrating:
A. Autonomy
B. Efficiency
✔✔C. Professional development
D. Authority
Which of the following actions supports interprofessional collaboration?
A. Completing patient assessments independently
B. Ignoring input from team members
✔✔C. Participating in daily multidisciplinary rounds
D. Delegating physician tasks to nursing assistants
Why is confidentiality essential in nursing?
A. It increases social trust
✔✔B. It protects patient privacy and complies with legal standards
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, C. It helps nurses memorize patient conditions
D. It allows open sharing of information between all staff
What is the nurse’s role in informed consent?
✔✔A. Ensuring the patient understands the procedure and voluntarily agrees
B. Explaining the procedure in detail and obtaining a signature
C. Choosing the treatment plan
D. Signing the consent for the patient
A nurse notices a colleague under the influence at work. What is the most appropriate action?
✔✔A. Report the incident to the nurse manager immediately
B. Ignore it and avoid confrontation
C. Warn the colleague privately
D. Assist the colleague in completing tasks
Professional nursing behavior includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Punctuality
✔✔B. Sharing personal beliefs with patients to influence their decisions
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