ATI FUNDAMENTALS PROCTORED ACTUAL EXAM
2025-2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES | GRADED A+
Overview
This updated 2025/2026 ATI Fundamentals resource provides actual exam-style questions with
verified A-graded solutions, aligned to current ATI testing standards. Designed to help nursing
students master foundational skills, clinical judgment, and safe nursing practice needed for the ATI
proctored exam.
Key Features
Real ATI-style questions from core fundamentals topics
A-graded answers with clear rationales
Updated to ATI 2025/2026 content
NCLEX-style clinical scenarios
Safety-focused, step-by-step reasoning
Assessment Components
80+ ATI-style questions
Full rationales for each answer
Content mapped to ATI Fundamentals domains
Core Content Areas
Delegation & Scope of Practice
Safety & Infection Control
Medication Administration
Vital Signs & Basic Assessment
Mobility & Assistive Devices
Oxygenation & Airway Management
Enteral Feeding & NG Tube Care
Wound Care & Skin Integrity
Nutrition & Elimination
Answer Format
,Each answer includes:
Clinical judgment reasoning
Safety-priority logic
Nursing process application
Updated for 2025/2026
Revised delegation rules
Updated CDC infection standards
New oxygenation protocols
Updated wound care guidance
Revised medication safety practices
Study Materials Include
Delegation & scope charts
Safety and infection control guides
Medication administration references
Wound care & mobility quick sheets
Enteral feeding and oxygenation steps
Vital signs interpretation tools
A nurse is caring for a client who is having difficulty breathing. The client is lying in bed
& is already receiving oxygen therapy via nasal cannula. Which of the following
interventions is the nurse's priority?
A. Increase the oxygen flow
B. Assist the client to Fowler's position
C. Promote removal of pulmonary secretions
D. Obtain a specimen for arterial blood gases
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ B
Fowler's facilitates better breathing
A nurse on a med-surg unit has received change-of-shift report & will care for 4 clients.
Which of the following client's needs may the nurse assign to an assistive personnel
(AP)?
,A. Feeding a client who was admitted 24 hrs. ago w/aspiration pneumonia
B. Reinforcing teaching w/a client who is learning to walk using a quad cane
C. Reapplying a condom catheter for a client who has urinary incontinence
D. Applying a sterile dressing to a pressure ulcer
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ C. Reapplying a condom catheter for a client who has urinary
incontinence
Rationale: The application of a condom catheter is a noninvasive, routine procedure that
the nurse may delegate to the AP
A nurse is delegating the ambulation of a client who had knee arthroplasty 5 days ago
to an AP. Which of the following information should the nurse share with the AP? Select
All.
A. The roommate is up independently.
B. The client ambulates w/his slippers on over his antiembolic stockings
C. The client uses a front-wheeled walker when ambulating
D. The client had pain medication 30 min ago
E. The client is allergic to codeine
F. The client ate 50% of his breakfast this morning - CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ B, C, D
An RN is making assignments for client care to a LPN at the beginning of the shift.
Which of the following assignments should the LPN question?
, A. Assisting a client who is 24hr postop to use an incentive spirometer
B. Collecting a clean-catch urine specimen from a client who was admitted on the
previous shift
C. Providing nasopharyngeal suctioning for a client who has pneumonia
D. Replacing the cartridge and tubing on a PCA pump - CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ D.
Replacing the cartridge and tubing on a PCA pump
Rationale: The RN is responsible for the PCA pump
A nurse is preparing an in-service program about delegation. Which of the following
elements should she identify when presenting the 5 rights of delegation? Select all.
A. Right client
B. Right supervision/evaluation
C. Right direction/communication
D. Right time
E. Right circumstances - CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ B, C, E
A and D are rights of medication administration
A nurse manager of a med-surg unit is assigning care responsibilities for the oncoming
shift. A client is awaiting transfer back to the unit from the PACU following thoracic
surgery. To which staff member should the nurse assign to this client?
A. Charge nurse
B. RN
2025-2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES | GRADED A+
Overview
This updated 2025/2026 ATI Fundamentals resource provides actual exam-style questions with
verified A-graded solutions, aligned to current ATI testing standards. Designed to help nursing
students master foundational skills, clinical judgment, and safe nursing practice needed for the ATI
proctored exam.
Key Features
Real ATI-style questions from core fundamentals topics
A-graded answers with clear rationales
Updated to ATI 2025/2026 content
NCLEX-style clinical scenarios
Safety-focused, step-by-step reasoning
Assessment Components
80+ ATI-style questions
Full rationales for each answer
Content mapped to ATI Fundamentals domains
Core Content Areas
Delegation & Scope of Practice
Safety & Infection Control
Medication Administration
Vital Signs & Basic Assessment
Mobility & Assistive Devices
Oxygenation & Airway Management
Enteral Feeding & NG Tube Care
Wound Care & Skin Integrity
Nutrition & Elimination
Answer Format
,Each answer includes:
Clinical judgment reasoning
Safety-priority logic
Nursing process application
Updated for 2025/2026
Revised delegation rules
Updated CDC infection standards
New oxygenation protocols
Updated wound care guidance
Revised medication safety practices
Study Materials Include
Delegation & scope charts
Safety and infection control guides
Medication administration references
Wound care & mobility quick sheets
Enteral feeding and oxygenation steps
Vital signs interpretation tools
A nurse is caring for a client who is having difficulty breathing. The client is lying in bed
& is already receiving oxygen therapy via nasal cannula. Which of the following
interventions is the nurse's priority?
A. Increase the oxygen flow
B. Assist the client to Fowler's position
C. Promote removal of pulmonary secretions
D. Obtain a specimen for arterial blood gases
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ B
Fowler's facilitates better breathing
A nurse on a med-surg unit has received change-of-shift report & will care for 4 clients.
Which of the following client's needs may the nurse assign to an assistive personnel
(AP)?
,A. Feeding a client who was admitted 24 hrs. ago w/aspiration pneumonia
B. Reinforcing teaching w/a client who is learning to walk using a quad cane
C. Reapplying a condom catheter for a client who has urinary incontinence
D. Applying a sterile dressing to a pressure ulcer
- CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ C. Reapplying a condom catheter for a client who has urinary
incontinence
Rationale: The application of a condom catheter is a noninvasive, routine procedure that
the nurse may delegate to the AP
A nurse is delegating the ambulation of a client who had knee arthroplasty 5 days ago
to an AP. Which of the following information should the nurse share with the AP? Select
All.
A. The roommate is up independently.
B. The client ambulates w/his slippers on over his antiembolic stockings
C. The client uses a front-wheeled walker when ambulating
D. The client had pain medication 30 min ago
E. The client is allergic to codeine
F. The client ate 50% of his breakfast this morning - CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ B, C, D
An RN is making assignments for client care to a LPN at the beginning of the shift.
Which of the following assignments should the LPN question?
, A. Assisting a client who is 24hr postop to use an incentive spirometer
B. Collecting a clean-catch urine specimen from a client who was admitted on the
previous shift
C. Providing nasopharyngeal suctioning for a client who has pneumonia
D. Replacing the cartridge and tubing on a PCA pump - CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ D.
Replacing the cartridge and tubing on a PCA pump
Rationale: The RN is responsible for the PCA pump
A nurse is preparing an in-service program about delegation. Which of the following
elements should she identify when presenting the 5 rights of delegation? Select all.
A. Right client
B. Right supervision/evaluation
C. Right direction/communication
D. Right time
E. Right circumstances - CORRECT ANSWER ✓ ✓ B, C, E
A and D are rights of medication administration
A nurse manager of a med-surg unit is assigning care responsibilities for the oncoming
shift. A client is awaiting transfer back to the unit from the PACU following thoracic
surgery. To which staff member should the nurse assign to this client?
A. Charge nurse
B. RN
