ATI FUNDAMENTALS PRACTICE A EXAM
PREPARATION PACK 2026 KEY CONCEPTS
AND REVISION NOTES
◉ A nurse is caring for a client who decides not to have surgery
despite significant blockages in his coronary arteries. The nurse
understands that this client's choice is an example of which of the
following ethical principles?
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
D. Nonmaleficence.
Answer: B
◉ A nurse offers pain medication to a client who is postoperative
prior to ambulation. The nurse understands that this aspect of care
delivery is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
,D. Beneficence.
Answer: D
◉ A nurse is instructing a group of nursing students about the
responsibilities organ donation and procurement involve. When the
nurse explains that all clients waiting for a kidney transplant have to
meet the same qualifications, the students should understand that
this aspect of care delivery is an example of which of the following
ethical principles?
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
D. Nonmaleficence.
Answer: C
◉ A nurse questions a medication prescription as too extreme in
light of the client's advanced age and unstable status. The nurse
understands that this action is an example of which of the following
ethical principles?
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
,D. Nonmaleficence.
Answer: D
◉ A nurse is instructing a group of nursing students about how to
know and what to expect when ethical dilemmas arise. Which of the
following situations should the students identify as an ethical
dilemma?
A. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit demonstrates signs
of chemical impairment.
B. A nurse overhears another nurse telling an older adult client that
if he doesn't stay in bed, she will have to apply restraints.
C. A family has conflicting feelings about the initiation of enteral
tube feedings for their father, who is terminally ill.
D. A client who is terminally ill hesitates to name her spouse on her
durable power of attorney form..
Answer: C
◉ Chapter 4.
Answer: Legal responsibilities
◉ A nurse observes an assistive personnel (AP) reprimanding a
client for not using the urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put
, a diaper on him if he does not use the urinal more carefully next
time. Which of the following torts is the AP committing?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. False imprisonment
D. Invasion of privacy.
Answer: A
◉ 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 a 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?
A. Assault
B. False imprisonment
C. Negligence
D. Breach of confidentiality.
Answer: B
◉ A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching
for a client who is scheduled for surgery the following week. The
PREPARATION PACK 2026 KEY CONCEPTS
AND REVISION NOTES
◉ A nurse is caring for a client who decides not to have surgery
despite significant blockages in his coronary arteries. The nurse
understands that this client's choice is an example of which of the
following ethical principles?
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
D. Nonmaleficence.
Answer: B
◉ A nurse offers pain medication to a client who is postoperative
prior to ambulation. The nurse understands that this aspect of care
delivery is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
,D. Beneficence.
Answer: D
◉ A nurse is instructing a group of nursing students about the
responsibilities organ donation and procurement involve. When the
nurse explains that all clients waiting for a kidney transplant have to
meet the same qualifications, the students should understand that
this aspect of care delivery is an example of which of the following
ethical principles?
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
D. Nonmaleficence.
Answer: C
◉ A nurse questions a medication prescription as too extreme in
light of the client's advanced age and unstable status. The nurse
understands that this action is an example of which of the following
ethical principles?
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
,D. Nonmaleficence.
Answer: D
◉ A nurse is instructing a group of nursing students about how to
know and what to expect when ethical dilemmas arise. Which of the
following situations should the students identify as an ethical
dilemma?
A. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit demonstrates signs
of chemical impairment.
B. A nurse overhears another nurse telling an older adult client that
if he doesn't stay in bed, she will have to apply restraints.
C. A family has conflicting feelings about the initiation of enteral
tube feedings for their father, who is terminally ill.
D. A client who is terminally ill hesitates to name her spouse on her
durable power of attorney form..
Answer: C
◉ Chapter 4.
Answer: Legal responsibilities
◉ A nurse observes an assistive personnel (AP) reprimanding a
client for not using the urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put
, a diaper on him if he does not use the urinal more carefully next
time. Which of the following torts is the AP committing?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. False imprisonment
D. Invasion of privacy.
Answer: A
◉ 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 a 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?
A. Assault
B. False imprisonment
C. Negligence
D. Breach of confidentiality.
Answer: B
◉ A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching
for a client who is scheduled for surgery the following week. The
