ATI PROFESSIONALISM AND
LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A charge nurse uses a transformational leadership style when working with other staff
on the unit. Which of the following actions by the charge nurse demonstrates
transformational leadership? - Answer-Challenges a nurse to investigate evidence-
based approaches to reduce the client fall rate on the unit
Rationale: A transformational leader focuses on a person's willingness to change and
stimulates them to review current structures and come up with fresh new ways to
improve them, such as finding a way to decrease client falls.
A nurse is advocating for a client who is seeking treatment for an eating disorder. In
which order should the nurse take the following steps? (Move the steps into the box on
the right, placing them in the order of performance. Use all the steps.) - Answer-1.
Determine the clients level of understanding regarding their eating disorder.
2. Assist the client in establishing goals for treatment
3. Encourage the client to communicate their preferences during the team meeting to
establish the steps of treatment.
4. Review the client's weight prior to each treatment session
A nurse is discussing the Model of Professionalism with another nurse. Which of the
following concepts should the nurse include as an outer process? - Answer-Clear
communication
Rationale: Clear communication is an outer process because it is a behavior or action
that the nurse performs.
A nurse is discussing leadership styles with a newly licensed nurse. The nurse should
include that which of the following is a characteristic of situational leadership? - Answer-
Adjusts quickly to different circumstances
A nurse is preparing a poster about professional accountability for an in-service. Which
of the following examples should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.) - Answer-
Lowers a client's bed to the lowest position after assisting the client to lie down
Administers pain medication to a client 30 min before the client is scheduled for physical
therapy
LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A charge nurse uses a transformational leadership style when working with other staff
on the unit. Which of the following actions by the charge nurse demonstrates
transformational leadership? - Answer-Challenges a nurse to investigate evidence-
based approaches to reduce the client fall rate on the unit
Rationale: A transformational leader focuses on a person's willingness to change and
stimulates them to review current structures and come up with fresh new ways to
improve them, such as finding a way to decrease client falls.
A nurse is advocating for a client who is seeking treatment for an eating disorder. In
which order should the nurse take the following steps? (Move the steps into the box on
the right, placing them in the order of performance. Use all the steps.) - Answer-1.
Determine the clients level of understanding regarding their eating disorder.
2. Assist the client in establishing goals for treatment
3. Encourage the client to communicate their preferences during the team meeting to
establish the steps of treatment.
4. Review the client's weight prior to each treatment session
A nurse is discussing the Model of Professionalism with another nurse. Which of the
following concepts should the nurse include as an outer process? - Answer-Clear
communication
Rationale: Clear communication is an outer process because it is a behavior or action
that the nurse performs.
A nurse is discussing leadership styles with a newly licensed nurse. The nurse should
include that which of the following is a characteristic of situational leadership? - Answer-
Adjusts quickly to different circumstances
A nurse is preparing a poster about professional accountability for an in-service. Which
of the following examples should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.) - Answer-
Lowers a client's bed to the lowest position after assisting the client to lie down
Administers pain medication to a client 30 min before the client is scheduled for physical
therapy
