ATI RN Leadership Practice Comprehensive
Exam Questions with Verified Answers
Introduction:
This document contains a full collection of ATI RN Leadership
Practice Exam questions for the 2025–2026 testing cycle,
including all answer keys verified for accuracy. It covers
essential leadership and management concepts such as
delegation, prioritization, ethical principles, informed consent,
conflict resolution, interprofessional collaboration, and
emergency response. The material provides comprehensive
exam preparation for nursing students and aligns with ATI
Leadership competencies.
Exam Questions and Answers:
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 -Answers:-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.
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 -Answers:-
Autocratic
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 -Answers:-Democratic
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 -Answers:-
b. It allows the client to express personal wishes regarding
health care decisions
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 -Answers:-c. determine which actions can be
instituted to address this problem
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 -Answers:-d. the degree of supervision that
the AP will require to complete the task
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 -
Answers:-Escort clients from the ER to other areas of the
facility for tests.
Exam Questions with Verified Answers
Introduction:
This document contains a full collection of ATI RN Leadership
Practice Exam questions for the 2025–2026 testing cycle,
including all answer keys verified for accuracy. It covers
essential leadership and management concepts such as
delegation, prioritization, ethical principles, informed consent,
conflict resolution, interprofessional collaboration, and
emergency response. The material provides comprehensive
exam preparation for nursing students and aligns with ATI
Leadership competencies.
Exam Questions and Answers:
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 -Answers:-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.
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 -Answers:-
Autocratic
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 -Answers:-Democratic
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 -Answers:-
b. It allows the client to express personal wishes regarding
health care decisions
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 -Answers:-c. determine which actions can be
instituted to address this problem
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 -Answers:-d. the degree of supervision that
the AP will require to complete the task
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 -
Answers:-Escort clients from the ER to other areas of the
facility for tests.
