ATI CRITICAL THINKING 2024/2025
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the seven priority-setting frameworks? - CORRECT-ANSWERSMaslow's
hierachy of needs
Nursing process
ABC (airway, breathing, circulation)
Safety and risk reduction
Least restrictive/least invasive
Survival potential
Acute/urgent VS. Chronic/non-urgent/stable
What is the clinical reasoning process? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Guiding the horse
through the process of assessing and compiling data
2. Selecting and discarding various bits of data based on their relevance
3. Making decision regarding client care based on nursing knowledge
What is critical thinking? - CORRECT-ANSWERSThinking skills used when analyzing
client issues and problems
What do Critical thinking skills include? - CORRECT-ANSWERS• interpretation
• analysis
• evaluation
• inference & explanation
, What are the five levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs? (Top-bottom) - CORRECT-
ANSWERS5. Self-actualization
4. Self-esteem
3. Love & belonging
2. Safety & security
1. Physiological needs
What steps does the nursing process consist of? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1.
Assessment/data collection
2. Analysis (when used by RNs)
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
**assessment/data collection comes first because you have to obtain all data and
information before being able to make a decision regarding what nursing action is
appropriate to take**
What is ABC? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAssessment order:
1. Airway
2. Breathing
3. Circulation
What is Safety and risk reduction? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAssigning priority to the
factor (or situation) that poses the greatest risk to the clients physical or
physiological well-being
What are the steps to risk assessment? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Safety risk to client
2. Greatest risk to client
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the seven priority-setting frameworks? - CORRECT-ANSWERSMaslow's
hierachy of needs
Nursing process
ABC (airway, breathing, circulation)
Safety and risk reduction
Least restrictive/least invasive
Survival potential
Acute/urgent VS. Chronic/non-urgent/stable
What is the clinical reasoning process? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Guiding the horse
through the process of assessing and compiling data
2. Selecting and discarding various bits of data based on their relevance
3. Making decision regarding client care based on nursing knowledge
What is critical thinking? - CORRECT-ANSWERSThinking skills used when analyzing
client issues and problems
What do Critical thinking skills include? - CORRECT-ANSWERS• interpretation
• analysis
• evaluation
• inference & explanation
, What are the five levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs? (Top-bottom) - CORRECT-
ANSWERS5. Self-actualization
4. Self-esteem
3. Love & belonging
2. Safety & security
1. Physiological needs
What steps does the nursing process consist of? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1.
Assessment/data collection
2. Analysis (when used by RNs)
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
**assessment/data collection comes first because you have to obtain all data and
information before being able to make a decision regarding what nursing action is
appropriate to take**
What is ABC? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAssessment order:
1. Airway
2. Breathing
3. Circulation
What is Safety and risk reduction? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAssigning priority to the
factor (or situation) that poses the greatest risk to the clients physical or
physiological well-being
What are the steps to risk assessment? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Safety risk to client
2. Greatest risk to client
