ATI RN LEADERSHIP PROCTORED
EXAM 2019 VERSION 1
, ATI Leadership Proctored Exam
1. A nurse in a prenatal clinic is caring for a group of clients. Which of the following clients should the
nurse recommend for an interdisciplinary care conference?
A client who is at 35 weeks of gestation and has a biophysical profile of 6
2. A nurse is preparing to discharge a client who has end stage heart failure. The clients partner tells the
nurse she can no longer handle caring for the client. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take?
Contact the case manager to discuss discharge options
3. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to the parent of a toddler who has a new diagnosis of asthma.
The parent states she is unable to afford the nebulizer prescribed for the child. Which of the following
referrals should the nurse recommend?
Social worker
4. A nurse is supervising assistive personnel who’s feeding a client with dysphagia. Which of the
following actions by the AP should the nurse identify as correct technique?
Instructing the client to place their chin to chest while swallowing
5. A nurse is providing an in-service about client rights for a group of nurses. Which of the following
statements should the nurse include in the in-service?
“A nurse can disclose information to a family member with the client’s permission.”
6. A nurse is preparing to discharge a client who requires home oxygen. The equipment company has
not yet delivered the oxygen tank. Which of the following action should the nurse take?
Contact social services about the delivery of the oxygen equipment.
7. A nurse is preparing a client for surgery. The client has signed the consent form but tells the nurse
that she has reconsidered because she is worried about the pain. Which of the following response by
the nurse is appropriate?
I understand, and it’s not too late to change your mind.
8. A nurse in a long-term care facility is caring for a client and witnessed the assistive personnel
position him in bed with excessive force. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Contact the nurse manager
9. A nurse is assessing a client who has meningitis. Which of the following finding should the nurse
report to the provider immediately?
Decreased level of consciousness
10. A nurse is caring for a client who wanders through the halls yelling obscenities at staff other clients
and visitors. Which action should the nurse take?
A) Administer sedatives
B) Keep the client in her room with the door closed
C) Contact family members to come sit with the client
D) Place the client in a wheelchair with a lap tray
11. A nurse is assisting with the orientation of a newly licensed nurse. The newly licensed nurse is having
trouble focusing and had difficulty completing care for his assigned client. Which of the following
intervention is appropriate?
EXAM 2019 VERSION 1
, ATI Leadership Proctored Exam
1. A nurse in a prenatal clinic is caring for a group of clients. Which of the following clients should the
nurse recommend for an interdisciplinary care conference?
A client who is at 35 weeks of gestation and has a biophysical profile of 6
2. A nurse is preparing to discharge a client who has end stage heart failure. The clients partner tells the
nurse she can no longer handle caring for the client. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take?
Contact the case manager to discuss discharge options
3. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to the parent of a toddler who has a new diagnosis of asthma.
The parent states she is unable to afford the nebulizer prescribed for the child. Which of the following
referrals should the nurse recommend?
Social worker
4. A nurse is supervising assistive personnel who’s feeding a client with dysphagia. Which of the
following actions by the AP should the nurse identify as correct technique?
Instructing the client to place their chin to chest while swallowing
5. A nurse is providing an in-service about client rights for a group of nurses. Which of the following
statements should the nurse include in the in-service?
“A nurse can disclose information to a family member with the client’s permission.”
6. A nurse is preparing to discharge a client who requires home oxygen. The equipment company has
not yet delivered the oxygen tank. Which of the following action should the nurse take?
Contact social services about the delivery of the oxygen equipment.
7. A nurse is preparing a client for surgery. The client has signed the consent form but tells the nurse
that she has reconsidered because she is worried about the pain. Which of the following response by
the nurse is appropriate?
I understand, and it’s not too late to change your mind.
8. A nurse in a long-term care facility is caring for a client and witnessed the assistive personnel
position him in bed with excessive force. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Contact the nurse manager
9. A nurse is assessing a client who has meningitis. Which of the following finding should the nurse
report to the provider immediately?
Decreased level of consciousness
10. A nurse is caring for a client who wanders through the halls yelling obscenities at staff other clients
and visitors. Which action should the nurse take?
A) Administer sedatives
B) Keep the client in her room with the door closed
C) Contact family members to come sit with the client
D) Place the client in a wheelchair with a lap tray
11. A nurse is assisting with the orientation of a newly licensed nurse. The newly licensed nurse is having
trouble focusing and had difficulty completing care for his assigned client. Which of the following
intervention is appropriate?
