ATI Fundamentals Proctored Exam Study Guide 3
LATEST 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | AGRADE
A nurse observes an assistive personnel reprimanding a client for not using the
urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if she does not use
the urinal more carefully next time. Which of the following torts is the AP
committing.
Assault
A nurse is caring for a competent adult client who tells the nurse that he is thinking
about leaving the hospital against medical advice. The nurse believes that this is
not in the client's best interest, so she prepares to administer PRN sedative
medication the client has not requested along with his usual medication. Which of
the following types of tort is the nurse about to commit?
False imprisonment
A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is
scheduled for surgery the following week. The client tells the nurse that he will
prepare his advance directives before he goes to the hospital. Which of the
following statements made by the client should indicate to the nurse an
understanding of advance directives?
I plan to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing machine.
,A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past week when another nurse on the
unit seemed drowsy and unable to focus on the issue at hand. Today, should found
the nurse asleep in a chair in the break room when she was not on a break. Which
of the following actions should the nurse take?
Report observations to the nurse manager on the unit
A nurse is caring for a client who is about to undergo an elective surgical
procedure. The nurse should take which of the following actions regarding
informed consent?
Make sure the surgeon obtained the client's consent.
Witness the client's signature on the consent form.
When entering a client's room to change a surgical dressing, a nurse notes that the
client is coughing and sneezing. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take when preparing a sterile field?
Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of microorganisms into the surgical
wound
A nurse has removed a sterile pack from its outside cover and placed it on a clean
work surface in preparation for an invasive procedure. Which of the following
flaps should the nurse unfold first?
The flap furthest from the body
, A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in preparation for performing sterile procedure.
Which of the following objects can the nurse touch without breaching sterile
technique?
the inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
an irrigation syringe on the sterile field
one gloved hand with the other gloved hand
A nurse is reviewing hand hygiene techniques with a group of assistive personnel.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include when discussing
handwashing?
Wash the hands with soap and water for at least 15 seconds.
Use a clean paper towel to turn off hand faucets.
A nurse has prepared a sterile field for assisting a provider with a chest tube
insertion. Which of the following events should the nurse recognize as
contaminating the sterile field.
The nurse moistens a cotton ball with sterile normal saline and places it on the
sterile field.
The procedure is delayed 1 hour because the provider receives an emergency call.
The nurse turns to speak to someone who enters through the door behind the nurse.
LATEST 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | AGRADE
A nurse observes an assistive personnel reprimanding a client for not using the
urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if she does not use
the urinal more carefully next time. Which of the following torts is the AP
committing.
Assault
A nurse is caring for a competent adult client who tells the nurse that he is thinking
about leaving the hospital against medical advice. The nurse believes that this is
not in the client's best interest, so she prepares to administer PRN sedative
medication the client has not requested along with his usual medication. Which of
the following types of tort is the nurse about to commit?
False imprisonment
A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is
scheduled for surgery the following week. The client tells the nurse that he will
prepare his advance directives before he goes to the hospital. Which of the
following statements made by the client should indicate to the nurse an
understanding of advance directives?
I plan to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing machine.
,A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past week when another nurse on the
unit seemed drowsy and unable to focus on the issue at hand. Today, should found
the nurse asleep in a chair in the break room when she was not on a break. Which
of the following actions should the nurse take?
Report observations to the nurse manager on the unit
A nurse is caring for a client who is about to undergo an elective surgical
procedure. The nurse should take which of the following actions regarding
informed consent?
Make sure the surgeon obtained the client's consent.
Witness the client's signature on the consent form.
When entering a client's room to change a surgical dressing, a nurse notes that the
client is coughing and sneezing. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take when preparing a sterile field?
Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of microorganisms into the surgical
wound
A nurse has removed a sterile pack from its outside cover and placed it on a clean
work surface in preparation for an invasive procedure. Which of the following
flaps should the nurse unfold first?
The flap furthest from the body
, A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in preparation for performing sterile procedure.
Which of the following objects can the nurse touch without breaching sterile
technique?
the inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
an irrigation syringe on the sterile field
one gloved hand with the other gloved hand
A nurse is reviewing hand hygiene techniques with a group of assistive personnel.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include when discussing
handwashing?
Wash the hands with soap and water for at least 15 seconds.
Use a clean paper towel to turn off hand faucets.
A nurse has prepared a sterile field for assisting a provider with a chest tube
insertion. Which of the following events should the nurse recognize as
contaminating the sterile field.
The nurse moistens a cotton ball with sterile normal saline and places it on the
sterile field.
The procedure is delayed 1 hour because the provider receives an emergency call.
The nurse turns to speak to someone who enters through the door behind the nurse.
