LEADERSHIP ATI: MUST KNOWS COMPLETE EXAM STUDY
GUIDE WITH PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
2025–2026
LEADERSHIP ATI - correct answer -MUST KNOWS
CAN NOT DELEGATE - correct answer -1. NURSING PROCESS
2. PT EDUCATION
3. TASKS THAT REQUIRE RN JUDGEMENT
LPNS - correct answer --Scope of practice determined by RN practice acts, which vary state to
state
-Monitor pt findings (as input by RN)
-Reinforcement of pt teaching from a standard care plan
-Contributes to care plan
-Adminsteres IVPB meds
-Monitors IV fluids
-Trach care
-Suctioning
-Checking NG tube patency
-Admin of enteral feedings
-Insertion of urinary catheter
-Med admin (excluding IV meds in many states)
AP - correct answer --ADLS: Grooming, bathing, dressing, toileting, ambulating, feeding
(without swallowing precautions!!!), positioning, bed making
-Specimen collection
, -I&O
-VS on STABLE pts
-Assemble pt med records
-Maintain safe env
-Recognize situations to report to immediate superior
-CAN NOT DO DRESSING CHANGES
NURSE STAGES - correct answer -1. NOVICE=Student or new grad
2. ADVANCED BEGINNER=Most New RNs
3. COMPETENT=2-3 yrs experience
4. PROFICIENT=Signif amt of experience; holistic care
5. EXPERT=Do not need to rely on rules
TB - correct answer --Neg pressure
-particulate (HEPA) masks
-Airborne precautions
CANNOT CONSENT - correct answer --Schitzophrenia
-15 yr old
-Dementia
OK: BAL .05
QUANTITATIVE - correct answer --Phenomenology
QUANTITATIVE - correct answer --Meta analysis
-Experimental study
GUIDE WITH PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
2025–2026
LEADERSHIP ATI - correct answer -MUST KNOWS
CAN NOT DELEGATE - correct answer -1. NURSING PROCESS
2. PT EDUCATION
3. TASKS THAT REQUIRE RN JUDGEMENT
LPNS - correct answer --Scope of practice determined by RN practice acts, which vary state to
state
-Monitor pt findings (as input by RN)
-Reinforcement of pt teaching from a standard care plan
-Contributes to care plan
-Adminsteres IVPB meds
-Monitors IV fluids
-Trach care
-Suctioning
-Checking NG tube patency
-Admin of enteral feedings
-Insertion of urinary catheter
-Med admin (excluding IV meds in many states)
AP - correct answer --ADLS: Grooming, bathing, dressing, toileting, ambulating, feeding
(without swallowing precautions!!!), positioning, bed making
-Specimen collection
, -I&O
-VS on STABLE pts
-Assemble pt med records
-Maintain safe env
-Recognize situations to report to immediate superior
-CAN NOT DO DRESSING CHANGES
NURSE STAGES - correct answer -1. NOVICE=Student or new grad
2. ADVANCED BEGINNER=Most New RNs
3. COMPETENT=2-3 yrs experience
4. PROFICIENT=Signif amt of experience; holistic care
5. EXPERT=Do not need to rely on rules
TB - correct answer --Neg pressure
-particulate (HEPA) masks
-Airborne precautions
CANNOT CONSENT - correct answer --Schitzophrenia
-15 yr old
-Dementia
OK: BAL .05
QUANTITATIVE - correct answer --Phenomenology
QUANTITATIVE - correct answer --Meta analysis
-Experimental study