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This document contains approximately 250 verified exam questions and answers for Fundamentals of Nursing Exam 1 (2026 edition) (see pages 1–64 ). The material provides a comprehensive review of core foundational nursing concepts including the five roles of the nurse, the five steps of the nursing process, nursing diagnosis formulation, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Extensive content focuses on therapeutic communication, levels and forms of communication, helping relationships (pre-interaction, orientation, working, termination), SBAR reporting, cultural considerations, nonverbal communication, zones of touch and personal space, and characteristics of professional caring relationships. The document also covers infection prevention and control (standard precautions, hand hygiene, isolation procedures, PPE donning and removal order, sterile field guidelines), vital signs assessment (temperature ranges, pulse, blood pressure, Korotkoff sounds, orthostatic hypotension, respiration, pulse oximetry), seizure management and precautions, code blue roles, CAB and ACLS principles, hygiene care, skin assessment findings, pressure injury indicators, and RACE fire safety protocol. The content integrates clinical reasoning, safety principles, patient assessment skills, documentation standards, and infection physiology concepts in structured Q&A format. It is designed to reinforce critical thinking and support mastery of high-yield exam topics commonly tested in first-semester nursing courses and foundational nursing exams. This document is especially relevant for: ADN nursing students BSN nursing students First-semester nursing students Fundamentals of Nursing Exam 1 candidates Practical Nursing (LPN/LVN) students Nursing skills laboratory students NCLEX preparation candidates Keywords: fundamentals of nursing exam 1 2026, nursing process five steps, nursing diagnosis related to as evidenced by, therapeutic communication techniques, helping relationship phases, SBAR communication nursing, standard precautions infection control, PPE donning and removal order, sterile field 1 inch border, vital signs normal ranges, korotkoff sounds phases, orthostatic hypotension assessment, pulse oximetry limitations, seizure precautions nursing, code blue roles, CAB CPR guidelines, ACLS overview, skin assessment findings, hygiene nursing care, RACE fire safety protocol, zones of personal space nursing

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Fundamentals of Nursing Exam
1 2026 Exam Questions and
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What are the most important roles of the nurse (5) - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Caregiver




Advocate

,Educator




Researcher




Leader


What are the 5 steps in the nursing process? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(1)

Assessment




(2) Nursing Diagnosis




(3) Planning




(4) Implementation




(5) Evaluation

,*** All of the above require critical thinking!


Define Assessment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Collects comprehensive data

pertinent to the patient's health and/or situation.




- info medical personnel can look at

- begins the moment you walk through the door

Can the RN provide subjective information about patient? - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔NO! Only the patient can give subjective info.




OBJECTIVE info is what the RN sees, hears, or smells


What is the Diagnosis phase? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Analyze the assessment

and make a clinical judgement related to an ACTUAL or POTENTIAL

health problem.




** Nurses have to be aware of potential risks based on health problems.




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, ** Also collaborate with other specialists to manage the problem(s)


What are the three phases of a Nursing Diagnosis? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔First

info → Related to → as evidence by




WHAT is the problem?

WHY is it a problem?

WHAT is the evidence of that problem?




Ex:

"Acute pain → related to surgical incision → as evidence by patient report

(or as evidence by crying)"


What are the OUTCOMES IDENTIFICATION? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔This is the

statement of how a patient's status will change once interventions have

been successfully instituted




Identify the expected outcomes when planning for the patient's individual

situation.

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