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ATI Professional Nursing Practice Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
Which action best demonstrates accountability in nursing practice?
- Avoiding difficult assignments
- ✔✔Reporting a medication error honestly
- Delegating all tasks to unlicensed personnel
- Leaving before the end of a shift without reporting off
Which behavior best reflects professional autonomy in nursing?
- ✔✔Using clinical judgment to make patient care decisions
- Asking the physician for every order
- Following routines without question
- Refusing to act without supervisor approval
What is a key principle of advocacy in professional nursing?
- Following the hospital's preferences
- ✔✔Speaking up for the patient’s needs and preferences 1 / 2
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- Agreeing with family regardless of patient condition
- Prioritizing staff satisfaction over patient rights
Which scenario best illustrates the ethical principle of beneficence?
- Refusing to provide care outside your scope
- ✔✔Providing comfort care to ease a patient’s suffering
- Respecting a patient’s refusal of medication
- Documenting only what is asked for
Which of the following best reflects the nurse’s role as a collaborator?
- Ordering lab tests independently
- ✔✔Working with the physical therapist to coordinate mobility goals
- Calling the family to update them on test results
- Scheduling their own assignments for convenience
What should the nurse do when a patient voices concern about their treatment plan?
- Reassure the patient without explaining further
- ✔✔Advocate by communicating concerns to the provider
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