ATI FUNDAMENTALS FOR NURSING TESTBANK
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026 |
Complete Review Pack | A+
• Medicare -✓✓for clients over age 65 and/or with permanent disabilities. premiums
applied as insurance program reimburses providers based on DRGs. Premiums applied
as Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) provide enrolled clients with comprehensive
care overseen by a primary care provider. Is federally funded.
• Medicaid -✓✓for clients with low income. is federally funded and individual states
determine eligibility requirements.
• Traditional Insurance -✓✓reimburses for services on fee-for-service basis.
• Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) -✓✓comprehensive care is overseen by a
primary care provider & focuses on prevention and health promotion
• Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) -✓✓client chooses from a list of contracted
providers. using non-contracted providers increases the client's out of pocket costs
• Exclusive Provider Organizations (EPOs) -✓✓the client chooses from a list of
providers within a contracted organization
• Long-Term Care Insurance -✓✓provides for long-term care expenses not covered by
Medicare
• Preventive health care -✓✓focuses on educating and equipping clients to reduce and
control risk factors of disease. Examples include immunizations, stress management
programs, and seat belt use
• Primary health care -✓✓emphasizes health promotion, and includes prenatal and
well-baby care, nutrition counseling, and disease control. is based on a sustained
partnership between client and provider. examples include office or clinic visits and
scheduled school/work centered screenings (vision, hearing, obesity)
• Secondary health care -✓✓includes the diagnosis and treatment of emergency, acute
illness, or injury. examples include care given in hospital settings (inpatient and EDs),
diagnostic centers, or emergent care centers
• Tertiary health care -✓✓involves the provision of specialized highly technical care.
examples include oncology centers and burn centers
,• Restorative health care -✓✓involves intermediate follow-up care for restoring health.
examples include home health care, rehab centers, and skilled nursing facilities
• Continuing health care -✓✓designed to address long-term or chronic health care
needs. examples include hospice, adult day care, and in-home respite care
• Health care regulatory agencies include: -✓✓-US Dept of Health and Human Srvcs
-US FDA
-State and local public health agencies
-State licensing boards (to ensure providers & agencies comply with state regulations)
-the Joint Commission/JCAHO (set quality standards for accreditation of health care
facilities)
-Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSROs)
-Utilization review committees (monitor for appropriate diagnosis and treatment of
hospitalized clients)
• Clergy -✓✓Job: provide spiritual care to client (pastors, rabbis, priests)
Refer to when: the client requests communication or the family asks for prayer prior to
client undergoing a procedure
• Registered dietitian -✓✓Job: assess, plan for, and educate the client reg. nutritional
needs; direct care of nutritional aids
Refer to when: ex- the client has low nutrient levels and/or experienced a recent
unexplained weight loss
• Lab tech -✓✓Job: obtain specimens of the client's body fluids and perform the
necessary diagnostic tests
Refer to when: ex- the provider orders a CBC to be performed immediately
• Occupational therapist -✓✓Job: assess and plan for the client to regain ADLs, esp
motor skills of the upper extremities; direct care of occupational therapy assistants
Refer to when: ex- client has difficulties using an eating utensil with dominate hand
following a stroke
• Pharmacist -✓✓Job: provide & monitor meds for the client as prescribed by the
provider; supervises pharm techs in states in which the practice is allowed
Refer to when: client concerns over meds; dosage concerns; etc
,• Physical Therapist -✓✓Job: assess and plan for client to increase musculoskeletal
functions, esp of lower extremities, to maintain mobility; direct care of physical therapy
assistants
Refer to when: ex- following a hip replacement, a client requires assistance learning to
ambulate and regain strength
• Provider -✓✓Job: assess, diagnose, and treat cllient for disease and/or injury;
includes MDs, DOs, APNs, and PAs
Refer to when: ex- client experiences change in vital signs
• Rad Tech -✓✓Job: position client and perform x-rays and other imaging procedures
for providers to review for diagnosis of disorders of various body parts
Refer to when: ex- provider orders x-ray of client's hip after a fall
• Respiratory therapist -✓✓Job: evaluate resp status and provide prescribed resp
treatments including O2 therapy, chest physiotherapy, inhalation therapy, and artificial
mechanical ventilation
Refer to when: ex- client with resp disease experiences SOB and requests nebulizer
treatment that is ordered PRN
• Social Worker -✓✓Job: work with client and client's family by coordinating inpatient
and community resources to meet psychosocial and environmental needs that are
necessary for recovery and/or discharge
Refer to when: ex- client dying of cancer wishes to go home but is unable to perform
ADLs; the spouse needs med equipment in the home to care for client
• Speech therapist -✓✓Job: evaluate and make recommendations regarding the
functions of speech, language, and swallowing impacted by various client disorders or
injuries; teach client techniques and exercises to improve function when possible
Refer to when: ex- a client is having difficulty swallowing a regular diet after trauma to
the head and neck
• Registered Nurse (RN) -✓✓-Functions under state nurse practice laws
-Perform assessments; establish nursing diagnoses, goals, and interventions; conducts
ongoing client evaluations
-Participate in developing interdisciplinary plans for client care
-Share best practices; continuing education
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) -✓✓-Works under supervision of the RN
, -Collaborate with other team members
-Possess technical knowledge and skills
-Participate in the delivery of nursing care, using the nursing process as a framework
• Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) -✓✓-Includes CNAs, CMAs, and non-nursing
personnel
-Work under direct supervision of an RN or LPN
-Specific tasks usually outlined in position description
-Tasks may including feeding clients, preparing meals, lifting, basic care, measuring &
recording vital signs, and ambulating clients
• The foundation of ethics is based on: -✓✓an expected behavior of a certain group in
relation to what is considered right and wrong; it is the study of conduct and character
• Morals are: -✓✓the values and beliefs held by people that guide their behaviors and
decision making
• Ethical theory examines: -✓✓the different principles, ideas, systems, and philosophies
used to make judgments about what is right/wrong and good/bad
• Ethical principles -✓✓standards of what is right/wrong with regard to important social
values and norms
• Autonomy -✓✓ability of client to make personal decisions, even when those decisions
may not be in the client's best interest
• Beneficence -✓✓agreement that the care given is in the best interest of the client;
taking positive actions to help others
• Fidelity -✓✓agreement to keep one's promise to the client about care that was offered
• Justice -✓✓fair treatment in matters related to physical and psychosocial care and
use of resources
• Nonmaleficence -✓✓avoidance of harm or pain as much as possible when giving
treatments
• Hospital's ethics committee -✓✓may meet to discuss/resolve unusual or complex
ethical issues; not a legal entity
• Ethical dilemmas are: -✓✓problems about which more than one choice can be made
and the choice made is influenced by the values and beliefs of the decision makers
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026 |
Complete Review Pack | A+
• Medicare -✓✓for clients over age 65 and/or with permanent disabilities. premiums
applied as insurance program reimburses providers based on DRGs. Premiums applied
as Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) provide enrolled clients with comprehensive
care overseen by a primary care provider. Is federally funded.
• Medicaid -✓✓for clients with low income. is federally funded and individual states
determine eligibility requirements.
• Traditional Insurance -✓✓reimburses for services on fee-for-service basis.
• Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) -✓✓comprehensive care is overseen by a
primary care provider & focuses on prevention and health promotion
• Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) -✓✓client chooses from a list of contracted
providers. using non-contracted providers increases the client's out of pocket costs
• Exclusive Provider Organizations (EPOs) -✓✓the client chooses from a list of
providers within a contracted organization
• Long-Term Care Insurance -✓✓provides for long-term care expenses not covered by
Medicare
• Preventive health care -✓✓focuses on educating and equipping clients to reduce and
control risk factors of disease. Examples include immunizations, stress management
programs, and seat belt use
• Primary health care -✓✓emphasizes health promotion, and includes prenatal and
well-baby care, nutrition counseling, and disease control. is based on a sustained
partnership between client and provider. examples include office or clinic visits and
scheduled school/work centered screenings (vision, hearing, obesity)
• Secondary health care -✓✓includes the diagnosis and treatment of emergency, acute
illness, or injury. examples include care given in hospital settings (inpatient and EDs),
diagnostic centers, or emergent care centers
• Tertiary health care -✓✓involves the provision of specialized highly technical care.
examples include oncology centers and burn centers
,• Restorative health care -✓✓involves intermediate follow-up care for restoring health.
examples include home health care, rehab centers, and skilled nursing facilities
• Continuing health care -✓✓designed to address long-term or chronic health care
needs. examples include hospice, adult day care, and in-home respite care
• Health care regulatory agencies include: -✓✓-US Dept of Health and Human Srvcs
-US FDA
-State and local public health agencies
-State licensing boards (to ensure providers & agencies comply with state regulations)
-the Joint Commission/JCAHO (set quality standards for accreditation of health care
facilities)
-Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSROs)
-Utilization review committees (monitor for appropriate diagnosis and treatment of
hospitalized clients)
• Clergy -✓✓Job: provide spiritual care to client (pastors, rabbis, priests)
Refer to when: the client requests communication or the family asks for prayer prior to
client undergoing a procedure
• Registered dietitian -✓✓Job: assess, plan for, and educate the client reg. nutritional
needs; direct care of nutritional aids
Refer to when: ex- the client has low nutrient levels and/or experienced a recent
unexplained weight loss
• Lab tech -✓✓Job: obtain specimens of the client's body fluids and perform the
necessary diagnostic tests
Refer to when: ex- the provider orders a CBC to be performed immediately
• Occupational therapist -✓✓Job: assess and plan for the client to regain ADLs, esp
motor skills of the upper extremities; direct care of occupational therapy assistants
Refer to when: ex- client has difficulties using an eating utensil with dominate hand
following a stroke
• Pharmacist -✓✓Job: provide & monitor meds for the client as prescribed by the
provider; supervises pharm techs in states in which the practice is allowed
Refer to when: client concerns over meds; dosage concerns; etc
,• Physical Therapist -✓✓Job: assess and plan for client to increase musculoskeletal
functions, esp of lower extremities, to maintain mobility; direct care of physical therapy
assistants
Refer to when: ex- following a hip replacement, a client requires assistance learning to
ambulate and regain strength
• Provider -✓✓Job: assess, diagnose, and treat cllient for disease and/or injury;
includes MDs, DOs, APNs, and PAs
Refer to when: ex- client experiences change in vital signs
• Rad Tech -✓✓Job: position client and perform x-rays and other imaging procedures
for providers to review for diagnosis of disorders of various body parts
Refer to when: ex- provider orders x-ray of client's hip after a fall
• Respiratory therapist -✓✓Job: evaluate resp status and provide prescribed resp
treatments including O2 therapy, chest physiotherapy, inhalation therapy, and artificial
mechanical ventilation
Refer to when: ex- client with resp disease experiences SOB and requests nebulizer
treatment that is ordered PRN
• Social Worker -✓✓Job: work with client and client's family by coordinating inpatient
and community resources to meet psychosocial and environmental needs that are
necessary for recovery and/or discharge
Refer to when: ex- client dying of cancer wishes to go home but is unable to perform
ADLs; the spouse needs med equipment in the home to care for client
• Speech therapist -✓✓Job: evaluate and make recommendations regarding the
functions of speech, language, and swallowing impacted by various client disorders or
injuries; teach client techniques and exercises to improve function when possible
Refer to when: ex- a client is having difficulty swallowing a regular diet after trauma to
the head and neck
• Registered Nurse (RN) -✓✓-Functions under state nurse practice laws
-Perform assessments; establish nursing diagnoses, goals, and interventions; conducts
ongoing client evaluations
-Participate in developing interdisciplinary plans for client care
-Share best practices; continuing education
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) -✓✓-Works under supervision of the RN
, -Collaborate with other team members
-Possess technical knowledge and skills
-Participate in the delivery of nursing care, using the nursing process as a framework
• Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) -✓✓-Includes CNAs, CMAs, and non-nursing
personnel
-Work under direct supervision of an RN or LPN
-Specific tasks usually outlined in position description
-Tasks may including feeding clients, preparing meals, lifting, basic care, measuring &
recording vital signs, and ambulating clients
• The foundation of ethics is based on: -✓✓an expected behavior of a certain group in
relation to what is considered right and wrong; it is the study of conduct and character
• Morals are: -✓✓the values and beliefs held by people that guide their behaviors and
decision making
• Ethical theory examines: -✓✓the different principles, ideas, systems, and philosophies
used to make judgments about what is right/wrong and good/bad
• Ethical principles -✓✓standards of what is right/wrong with regard to important social
values and norms
• Autonomy -✓✓ability of client to make personal decisions, even when those decisions
may not be in the client's best interest
• Beneficence -✓✓agreement that the care given is in the best interest of the client;
taking positive actions to help others
• Fidelity -✓✓agreement to keep one's promise to the client about care that was offered
• Justice -✓✓fair treatment in matters related to physical and psychosocial care and
use of resources
• Nonmaleficence -✓✓avoidance of harm or pain as much as possible when giving
treatments
• Hospital's ethics committee -✓✓may meet to discuss/resolve unusual or complex
ethical issues; not a legal entity
• Ethical dilemmas are: -✓✓problems about which more than one choice can be made
and the choice made is influenced by the values and beliefs of the decision makers
