ATI Clinical Skills Assessment Test Questions with Answers
A nurse at an urgent care clinic is auscultating the lungs of a client who reports a cough and shortness of
breath. Which of the following steps of the nursing process is the nurse using? - Answers Assessment
A nurse is caring for a client who has been wheezing. The nurse asks an assistive personnel (AP) to use a
stethoscope and listen to the client's lung sounds to determine if their wheezing has improved. This is an
example of which of the following concepts? - Answers Delegation of the wrong task
A charge nurse is planning to discuss factors that can influence the clinical decision-making process in
client care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following factors should the charge nurse include?
(Select all that apply) - Answers Available resources
Awareness of client status
Support from other staff
A nurse is caring for a client who is in an acute care facility. The nurse should recognize that the clients
care requires clinical reason when it is complicated by which of the following factors? - Answers
Complex clinical situations
ongoing client and family concerns
A nurse is reviewing methods created to assist nurses in using evidence-based practice. Which of the
following is a NCSBN model that can assist the nurse is critical thinking and decision making? - Answers
clinical judgment
In what order should an RN perform the steps of the nursing process? - Answers Assessment
Analysis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
statements should the nurse make? - Answers Critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision
making
A nurse at an urgent care clinic is auscultating the lungs of a client who reports a cough and shortness of
breath. Which of the following steps of the nursing process is the nurse using? - Answers Assessment
A nurse is caring for a client who has been wheezing. The nurse asks an assistive personnel (AP) to use a
stethoscope and listen to the client's lung sounds to determine if their wheezing has improved. This is an
example of which of the following concepts? - Answers Delegation of the wrong task
A charge nurse is planning to discuss factors that can influence the clinical decision-making process in
client care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following factors should the charge nurse include?
(Select all that apply) - Answers Available resources
Awareness of client status
Support from other staff
A nurse is caring for a client who is in an acute care facility. The nurse should recognize that the clients
care requires clinical reason when it is complicated by which of the following factors? - Answers
Complex clinical situations
ongoing client and family concerns
A nurse is reviewing methods created to assist nurses in using evidence-based practice. Which of the
following is a NCSBN model that can assist the nurse is critical thinking and decision making? - Answers
clinical judgment
In what order should an RN perform the steps of the nursing process? - Answers Assessment
Analysis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
statements should the nurse make? - Answers Critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision
making
