NR222 Exam 2 Study UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates 4.
regarding the clinical care coordination conference for a
patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation,
you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of
Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses. Your instructor
asks the class why this document is important. Which
statement best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide
patient care
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung 2
disease. The patient wants to go home on oxygen and be
comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new
surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and
benefits of the operation to the family and discusses the
patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the
patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
,The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing 1
a dressing change procedure for the patient's wound. The
patient's spouse demonstrates how to change the
dressing. The nurse is acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
The examination for RN licensure is the same in every
state in the United States. This examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN
in practice
4. Guarantees standardized education across all
prelicensure programs
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have 1, 2, 3, 4
knowledge and skills for a variety of professional roles
and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples
of these roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the 1. Nurse-midwife
statement about the role. 2. Clinical Nurse Specialist
1. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and 3. Nurse Practitioner
gynecological services 4. Nurse anesthetist
2. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as
adult diabetes care
3. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care
setting, directly managing the medical care of patients
who are healthy or have chronic conditions
4. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to
patients across the life span
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of 1.
care. Which of these models is expected from health care
reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion,
illness prevention model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health
promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management
model
, The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing 4
staff about an increase in urinary tract infections in
patients with a Foley catheter. The staff work together to
review the literature on catheter-associated urinary tract
infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-risk patients, and
establishes new catheter care practices. This is an
example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
A critical care nurse is using a new research-based 2
intervention to correctly position patients who are on
ventilators to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated
respiratory secretions. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an 4
increase in pressure injury formation in their patients. A
nurse consultant decides to compare two types of
treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to
assess for pressure injury risk. The second uses a new
assessment instrument to identify at-risk patients. Given
this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which
career?
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse administrator
3. Nurse educator
4. Nurse researcher
The public health nurse is working with the local 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
city/county health department during a pandemic that
has created a crisis within the community. What are
responsibilities of the public health nurse during the
pandemic? (Select all that apply.)
1. Educate the public on disease prevention
2. Serve as liaison between patients and health care
services and providers
3. Investigate cases as they arise
4. Monitor trends of the disease outbreak
5. Assist with testing for identification of the disease
CORRECT Answers
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates 4.
regarding the clinical care coordination conference for a
patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation,
you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of
Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses. Your instructor
asks the class why this document is important. Which
statement best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide
patient care
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung 2
disease. The patient wants to go home on oxygen and be
comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new
surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and
benefits of the operation to the family and discusses the
patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the
patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
,The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing 1
a dressing change procedure for the patient's wound. The
patient's spouse demonstrates how to change the
dressing. The nurse is acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
The examination for RN licensure is the same in every
state in the United States. This examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN
in practice
4. Guarantees standardized education across all
prelicensure programs
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have 1, 2, 3, 4
knowledge and skills for a variety of professional roles
and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples
of these roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the 1. Nurse-midwife
statement about the role. 2. Clinical Nurse Specialist
1. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and 3. Nurse Practitioner
gynecological services 4. Nurse anesthetist
2. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as
adult diabetes care
3. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care
setting, directly managing the medical care of patients
who are healthy or have chronic conditions
4. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to
patients across the life span
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of 1.
care. Which of these models is expected from health care
reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion,
illness prevention model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health
promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management
model
, The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing 4
staff about an increase in urinary tract infections in
patients with a Foley catheter. The staff work together to
review the literature on catheter-associated urinary tract
infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-risk patients, and
establishes new catheter care practices. This is an
example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
A critical care nurse is using a new research-based 2
intervention to correctly position patients who are on
ventilators to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated
respiratory secretions. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an 4
increase in pressure injury formation in their patients. A
nurse consultant decides to compare two types of
treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to
assess for pressure injury risk. The second uses a new
assessment instrument to identify at-risk patients. Given
this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which
career?
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse administrator
3. Nurse educator
4. Nurse researcher
The public health nurse is working with the local 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
city/county health department during a pandemic that
has created a crisis within the community. What are
responsibilities of the public health nurse during the
pandemic? (Select all that apply.)
1. Educate the public on disease prevention
2. Serve as liaison between patients and health care
services and providers
3. Investigate cases as they arise
4. Monitor trends of the disease outbreak
5. Assist with testing for identification of the disease
