ANCC Sample Questions Answers Updated 2026

ANCC Sample Questions Answers
Updated 2026
AnBolderBadultBpatientBcomplainsBofBrecentBlapsesBinBmemoryBandBdecreasedBalertness.BThe
Bpatient'sBlaboratoryBtestBresultsBindicateBaBmild,BmacrocyticBanemia.BWhichBadditionalBtestB
doesBtheBadult-gerontologyBacuteBcareBnurseBpractitionerBorderBtoBconfirmBaBdiagnosis?



BABreticulocyteBcount

BABserumBfolateBlevel

BAnBerythrocyteBsedimentationBrate

BIronBstudiesB-BAnswerABserumBfolateBlevel



-BAnswer



AnB80-year-oldBmaleBpatientBwithBdementiaBrequiresBlong-
termBcareBplacement.BToBwhichBfundingBagencyBdoesBtheBpatientBapply,BafterB"spendingBdow
n"BtoBqualify?



BMedicaid

BMedicare

BTheBAmericanBAssociationBofBRetiredBPersons

BTheBUnitedBStatesBSocialBSecurityBAdministrationB-BAnswerMedicaid



AB70-year-
oldBpatientBwithBacuteBsystolicBheartBfailureBdeniesBanyBfunctionalBlimitations,BisBableBtoBwal
kBfiveBblocksBbeforeBtiring,BandBisBeuvolemic.BWhichBmedicationBisBtheBfirst-
lineBtherapyBforBthisBpatient?



BAmlodipineB(Norvasc)

BDigoxinB(Lanoxin)

BFurosemideB(Lasix)

BLisinoprilB(Zestril)B-BAnswerLisinoprilB(Zestril)

, ABpatientBhasBhyperactiveBreflexesBofBtheBlowerBextremities.BTheBadult-
gerontologyBacuteBcareBnurseBpractitionerBassessesBforBankleBclonusBby:



C)BapplyingBaBlow-pitchedBtuningBforkBfirmlyBtoBtheBlateralBmalleolus.

B)BsharplyBdorsiflexingBandBmaintainingBtheBfootBinBthisBposition,BwhileBsupportingBtheBknee.

BstrikingBtheBAchillesBtendonBwithBtheBpercussionBhammerBC)BafterBflexingBtheBlegBatBtheBk
neeBandBrotatingBitBexternally.

D)BstrokingBtheBlateralBaspectBofBtheBsoleBwithBtheBsharpBendBofBtheBpercussionBhammerBfr
omBtheBheelBtoBtheBballBofBtheBfoot.B-
BAnswerB)BsharplyBdorsiflexingBandBmaintainingBtheBfootBinBthisBposition,BwhileBsupportingBt
heBknee.



AB15-year-
oldBpatientBwithBtypeB1BdiabetesBmellitusBreportsBelevatedBbloodBglucoseBlevelsBinBtheBmorn
ing.BAnBadult-
gerontologyBacuteBcareBnurseBpractitionerBdeterminesBthatBtheBpatient'sBhyperglycemiaBisBdu
eBtoBtheBdawnBphenomenonBand:



A)BincreasesBtheBinsulinBdosageBatBbedBtime.

B)BreducesBtheBinsulinBdosageBatBbedBtime.

C)BtestsBtheBbloodBglucoseBlevelBatB3:00BAMBeveryBmorning.

D)BtestsBtheBbloodBglucoseBlevelBinBtheBevening.B-
BAnswerA)BincreasesBtheBinsulinBdosageBatBbedBtime.



ABpatientBwithBprofoundBhypotensionBisBtransferredBfromBtheBmedical-
surgicalBunitBtoBtheBintensiveBcareBunit.BTheBpatientBisBstartedBonBfluidsBandBnorepinephrine
B(Levophed)BIV.BTheBbloodBculturesBthatBwereBdrawnB48BhoursBagoBfromBtheBtunneledBcathe
ter,BshowBpreliminaryBresultsBofBgram-
negativeBbacilli.BTheBpatient'sBmostBrecentBechocardiogramBreportBrevealsBanBejectionBfractio
nBofB40%.BTheBadult-gerontologyBacuteBcareBnurseBpractitionerBdeterminesBthat:

A)BaBpulmonaryBarteryBcatheterBinsertionBisBindicated,BtoBmanageBsepticBshock.

B)BfluidBresuscitationBwillBbeBlimitedBtoBnoBmoreBthanB4BL

C)BindwellingBvancomycinB(Vancocin)BshouldBbeBplacedBinBtheBportsBofBtheBtunneledBcatheter
.

D)Bpiperacillin-tazobactamB(Zosyn)BisBindicatedBforBtheBline-relatedBinfection.B-
BAnswerD)Bpiperacillin-tazobactamB(Zosyn)BisBindicatedBforBtheBline-relatedBinfection.