ATI RN Leadership practice questions and verified
answers (detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025
TESTS!!
A nurse manager calls a meeting of the unit's staff members to discuss cost-containment issues. The
nurse manager has asked for staff input regarding strategies that might help reduce costs. Which of the
following types of leadership is the nurse manager using?
a. Autocratic
b. Democratic
c. Laissez-faire
d. Moral
Ans: Democratic
A democratic leader guides staff toward reaching an objective and shares responsibility with the staff.
this is the ideal type of leadership in this situation because a great amount of creativity can occur and
many strategies can be developed.
Quiz Makes decisions independently and then notifies staff of the decisions made. Maintains a high
degree of control over the staff and allows little freedom of staff members
Ans: Autocratic
,Quiz Guides staff toward reaching an objective and shares responsibility with the staff. This is an ideal
type of leadership because a great amount of creativity can occur and many strategies can be developed
Ans: Democratic
Quiz A home health nurse is caring for a client who asks what is included in a living will. Which of the
following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. It establishes who will make health care decisions if the client is not able
b. It allows the client to express personal wishes regarding health care decisions
c. It serves as an informed consent for procedures
Ans: b. It allows the client to express personal wishes regarding health care decisions
Quiz Using quality monitoring tools, a facility committee identifies that clients who have congestive
heart failure have an average length of stay that is 5 days instead of the established standard of 3 days.
Which of the following steps should the nurse implement next in the quality improvement process?
a. educate staff members on shortening the length of stay for these patients
b. collect data regarding length of stay for these patients
c. determine which actions can be instituted to address this problem
Ans: c. determine which actions can be instituted to address this problem
Quiz A nurse is working with an AP in a long term care facility. According to the five rights of delegation,
which of the following determinations should the nurse make prior to assignment of tasks?
, a. whether the AP has consented to the performance of delegated tasks
b. the client's willingness to consent to the care of the AP
c. whether the task can be more efficiently completed by the nurse
d. the degree of supervision that the AP will require to complete the task
Ans: d. the degree of supervision that the AP will require to complete the task
Quiz A charge nurse in an ER is making assignment for an AP for a shift with unexpected staff absences.
Which of the following assignments should the charge assign to a float AP from the med surg unit?
a. escort clients from the ER to other areas of the facility for tests
b. sit at the reception desk answering and directing clients
Ans: Escort clients from the ER to other areas of the facility for tests.
Quiz A charge nurse is making assignments for an oncoming shift. Which of the following clients should
the charge nurse assign to a LPN?
a. A client who is to be discharged with a PICC line
b. A client who is disoriented and awaiting transfer to a long term facility
c. A client who is 16 hr post op following a total larryngectomy
Ans: b. A client who is disoriented and awaiting transfer to a long term facility
Quiz A nurse manager believes that a nurse is taking breaks that are too frequent and lengthy. Which of
the following is an assertive statement that the charge nurse should use to initiate discussion of the
issue?
answers (detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025
TESTS!!
A nurse manager calls a meeting of the unit's staff members to discuss cost-containment issues. The
nurse manager has asked for staff input regarding strategies that might help reduce costs. Which of the
following types of leadership is the nurse manager using?
a. Autocratic
b. Democratic
c. Laissez-faire
d. Moral
Ans: Democratic
A democratic leader guides staff toward reaching an objective and shares responsibility with the staff.
this is the ideal type of leadership in this situation because a great amount of creativity can occur and
many strategies can be developed.
Quiz Makes decisions independently and then notifies staff of the decisions made. Maintains a high
degree of control over the staff and allows little freedom of staff members
Ans: Autocratic
,Quiz Guides staff toward reaching an objective and shares responsibility with the staff. This is an ideal
type of leadership because a great amount of creativity can occur and many strategies can be developed
Ans: Democratic
Quiz A home health nurse is caring for a client who asks what is included in a living will. Which of the
following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. It establishes who will make health care decisions if the client is not able
b. It allows the client to express personal wishes regarding health care decisions
c. It serves as an informed consent for procedures
Ans: b. It allows the client to express personal wishes regarding health care decisions
Quiz Using quality monitoring tools, a facility committee identifies that clients who have congestive
heart failure have an average length of stay that is 5 days instead of the established standard of 3 days.
Which of the following steps should the nurse implement next in the quality improvement process?
a. educate staff members on shortening the length of stay for these patients
b. collect data regarding length of stay for these patients
c. determine which actions can be instituted to address this problem
Ans: c. determine which actions can be instituted to address this problem
Quiz A nurse is working with an AP in a long term care facility. According to the five rights of delegation,
which of the following determinations should the nurse make prior to assignment of tasks?
, a. whether the AP has consented to the performance of delegated tasks
b. the client's willingness to consent to the care of the AP
c. whether the task can be more efficiently completed by the nurse
d. the degree of supervision that the AP will require to complete the task
Ans: d. the degree of supervision that the AP will require to complete the task
Quiz A charge nurse in an ER is making assignment for an AP for a shift with unexpected staff absences.
Which of the following assignments should the charge assign to a float AP from the med surg unit?
a. escort clients from the ER to other areas of the facility for tests
b. sit at the reception desk answering and directing clients
Ans: Escort clients from the ER to other areas of the facility for tests.
Quiz A charge nurse is making assignments for an oncoming shift. Which of the following clients should
the charge nurse assign to a LPN?
a. A client who is to be discharged with a PICC line
b. A client who is disoriented and awaiting transfer to a long term facility
c. A client who is 16 hr post op following a total larryngectomy
Ans: b. A client who is disoriented and awaiting transfer to a long term facility
Quiz A nurse manager believes that a nurse is taking breaks that are too frequent and lengthy. Which of
the following is an assertive statement that the charge nurse should use to initiate discussion of the
issue?
