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ATI Fundamentals Final Exam Study Guide 2026 — Practice Questions, Answers & Rationales

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A complete ATI Fundamentals 2026 prep guide with practice-style questions, clear answers, and rationales to help nursing students review key fundamentals topics and build exam confidence.

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ATI Fundamentals Final


A nurse is admitting a new client. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take while performing medication reconciliation? - -CORRECT ANSWER--
✔️Compare the client's home medications with the providers prescriptions.


A nurse is preparing to administer enoxaparin subcutaneously to a client. Which of
the following actions should the nurse take? - -CORRECT ANSWER--✔️Administer
the medication with the needle at a 45 degree angle.


A nurse is using an open irrigation technique to irrigate a client's indwelling
urinary catheter. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - -
CORRECT ANSWER--✔️subtract the amount of irrigant used from the client's urine
output.


A nurse is preparing to apply a dressing for a client who has a stage 2 pressure
injury. Which of the following types of dressing should the nurse use? - -CORRECT
ANSWER--✔️Hydrocolloid.




Hydrocolloid dressings promote healing in stage 2 pressure injuries by creating a
moist wound bed.


Alginate dressing - -CORRECT ANSWER--✔️used to treat stage 3 and 4 pressure
injuries to absorb drainage which forms a soft gel when it comes into contact with
drainage.




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Gauze - -CORRECT ANSWER--✔️Moistened gauze promotes healing in stage 4 or
unstageable pressure injuries by causing debridement and allowing granulation of
the wound bed.


Transparent dressing - -CORRECT ANSWER--✔️promote healing in stage 1
pressure injuries by preventing further friction and shearing.


a nurse on a med-surg unit is caring for a client who has a new prescription for
wrist restraints. which of the following actions should the nurse take? - -CORRECT
ANSWER--✔️Pad the client's wrist before applying restraints.


a nurse is initiating a protective environment for a client who has had an allogenic
stem cell transplant. Which of the following precautions should the nurse plan for
this client. - -CORRECT ANSWER--✔️Make sure the client wears a mask when
outside her room if there is construction in the area.




they need at least 12 air exchanges per hour, in a positive-pressure airflow room


what is biofeedback? - -CORRECT ANSWER--✔️a complementary and alternative
therapy to assist clients with stroke recovery, smoking cessation, headaches, and
many other disorders.


a nurse is lifting a bedside cabinet to move it closer to a client who is sitting in a
chair. To prevent self-injury, which of the following actions should the nurse take
when lifting this object? - -CORRECT ANSWER--✔️This action keeps the cabinet
close to the nurse's center of gravity and decreases back strain from horizontal
reaching.


a nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative. When the nurse prepares to
change her dressing, she says, "everytime you change my bandage, it hurts so
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