FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
EXAM 1 | ATI PRACTICE
QUESTIONS | CORE NURSING
CONCEPTS & SKILLS
ASSESSMENT
2026
,A nurse is discussing restorative health care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
examples should the nursing include in the teaching? (Select all that apply)
A. Home healthcare
B. Rehabilitation facilities
C. Diagnostic centers
D. Skilled nursing facilities
E. Oncology centers
a. home health care
b. rehabilitation facilities c. skilled nursing facilities
A nurse is explaining the various types of health care coverage clients might have to a group of nursing
students. Which of the following health care financing mechanisms are federally funded? (Select all that
apply)
A. Preferred provider organization
B. Medicare
C. Long term care insurance
D. Exclusive provider organization
E. Medicaid
b. medicare
c. medicaid
A nurse manager is developing strategies to care for the increasing number of clients who have obesity.
Which of the following actions should the nurse include as a primary health care strategy?collaborating
with providers to perform obesity screenings during routine office visits
collaborating with providers to perform obesity screenings during routine office visits
A nurse manager is developing strategies to care for the increasing number of clients who have obesity.
Which of the following actions should the nurse include as a primary health strategy?
A. Collaborating with providers to perform obesity screenings during routine office visit
B. Ensuring the availability of specialized beds in rehabilitation centers for clients who have obesity
C. Providing specialized Intraoperative training regarding surgical treatments for obesity
D. Educating acute care nurses on post operative complications related to obesity
A. Collaborating with providers to perform obesity screenings during routine office visits
A nurse is discussing the purpose of regulatory agencies during a staff meeting. Which of the following
tasks should the nurse identify as a responsibility of state licensing boards?
A. Monitoring evidence-based practice for clients who have a special diagnosis
B. Ensuring that healthcare providers comply with regulations
C. Setting quality standards for accreditation of healthcare facilities
D. Determining if medications are safe for administraion to clients
B. Ensuring that healthcare providers comply with regulations
A nurse is explaining the various levels of healthcare services to a group of newly licensed nurses. Which
of the following examples of care or care settings should the nurse classify as tertiary care? SATA
, A. Intensive care unit
B. Oncology treatment center
C. Burn center
D. Cardiac rehabilitation
E. Home health care
A. Intensive care unit
B. Oncology treatment center
C. Burn center
When entering a client's room to change a surgical dressing, a nurse notes that the client is coughing
and sneezing. Which id the following actions should the nurse take when preparing the sterile field?
A. Keep the sterile field at least 6 feet away from client's bedside.
B. Instruct the client to refrain from coughing and sneezing during the dressing change.
C. Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of micro-organism into the surgical wound.
D. Keep a box of facial tissues nearby for the client to use during the dressing change.
C. Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of micro-organism into the surgical wound.
A nurse has removed a sterile pack form 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?
A. The flap closet to the body
B. The right side flap
C. The left side flap
D. The flap farthest from the body
D. The flap farthest from the body
A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in preparation for performing a sterile procedure. Which of the
following objects can the nurse touch without breaching sterile technique. (Select all that apply.)
A. A bottle containing a sterile solution
B. The edge of the sterile drape at the base of the field
C. The inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
D. An irrigation syringe on the sterile fieldE. One gloved hand with the other gloved hand
C. The inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
D. An irrigation syringe on the sterile field
EXAM 1 | ATI PRACTICE
QUESTIONS | CORE NURSING
CONCEPTS & SKILLS
ASSESSMENT
2026
,A nurse is discussing restorative health care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
examples should the nursing include in the teaching? (Select all that apply)
A. Home healthcare
B. Rehabilitation facilities
C. Diagnostic centers
D. Skilled nursing facilities
E. Oncology centers
a. home health care
b. rehabilitation facilities c. skilled nursing facilities
A nurse is explaining the various types of health care coverage clients might have to a group of nursing
students. Which of the following health care financing mechanisms are federally funded? (Select all that
apply)
A. Preferred provider organization
B. Medicare
C. Long term care insurance
D. Exclusive provider organization
E. Medicaid
b. medicare
c. medicaid
A nurse manager is developing strategies to care for the increasing number of clients who have obesity.
Which of the following actions should the nurse include as a primary health care strategy?collaborating
with providers to perform obesity screenings during routine office visits
collaborating with providers to perform obesity screenings during routine office visits
A nurse manager is developing strategies to care for the increasing number of clients who have obesity.
Which of the following actions should the nurse include as a primary health strategy?
A. Collaborating with providers to perform obesity screenings during routine office visit
B. Ensuring the availability of specialized beds in rehabilitation centers for clients who have obesity
C. Providing specialized Intraoperative training regarding surgical treatments for obesity
D. Educating acute care nurses on post operative complications related to obesity
A. Collaborating with providers to perform obesity screenings during routine office visits
A nurse is discussing the purpose of regulatory agencies during a staff meeting. Which of the following
tasks should the nurse identify as a responsibility of state licensing boards?
A. Monitoring evidence-based practice for clients who have a special diagnosis
B. Ensuring that healthcare providers comply with regulations
C. Setting quality standards for accreditation of healthcare facilities
D. Determining if medications are safe for administraion to clients
B. Ensuring that healthcare providers comply with regulations
A nurse is explaining the various levels of healthcare services to a group of newly licensed nurses. Which
of the following examples of care or care settings should the nurse classify as tertiary care? SATA
, A. Intensive care unit
B. Oncology treatment center
C. Burn center
D. Cardiac rehabilitation
E. Home health care
A. Intensive care unit
B. Oncology treatment center
C. Burn center
When entering a client's room to change a surgical dressing, a nurse notes that the client is coughing
and sneezing. Which id the following actions should the nurse take when preparing the sterile field?
A. Keep the sterile field at least 6 feet away from client's bedside.
B. Instruct the client to refrain from coughing and sneezing during the dressing change.
C. Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of micro-organism into the surgical wound.
D. Keep a box of facial tissues nearby for the client to use during the dressing change.
C. Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of micro-organism into the surgical wound.
A nurse has removed a sterile pack form 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?
A. The flap closet to the body
B. The right side flap
C. The left side flap
D. The flap farthest from the body
D. The flap farthest from the body
A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in preparation for performing a sterile procedure. Which of the
following objects can the nurse touch without breaching sterile technique. (Select all that apply.)
A. A bottle containing a sterile solution
B. The edge of the sterile drape at the base of the field
C. The inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
D. An irrigation syringe on the sterile fieldE. One gloved hand with the other gloved hand
C. The inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field
D. An irrigation syringe on the sterile field
