NURSING INFORMATICS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026
TESTED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ The nurse is assessing a patient's functional performance.
What assessment parameters will be most important in this
assessment?
a. Continence assessment, gait assessment, feeding assessment,
dressing assessment, transfer assessment
b. Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), vital signs
assessment
c. Sleep assessment, energy assessment, memory assessment,
concentration assessment
d. Health and well-being, amount of community volunteer time,
working outside the home, and ability to care for family and
house.Answer: ANS: A
Functional impairment, disability, or handicap refers to varying
degrees of an individual's inability to perform the tasks required
to complete normal life activities without assistance. Height,
weight, BMI, and vital signs are part of a physical assessment.
Sleep, energy, memory, and concentration are part of a
,depression screening. Healthy, volunteering, working, and
caring for family and house are functional abilities, not
performance.
⩥ The nurse is assessing a patient with a mobility dysfunction
and wants to gain insight into the patient's functional ability.
What question would be the most appropriate?
a. "Are you able to shop for yourself?"
b. "Do you use a cane, walker, or wheelchair to ambulate?"
c. "Do you know what today's date is?"
d. "Were you sad or depressed more than once in the last 3
days?".Answer: ANS: B
"Do you use a cane, walker, or wheelchair to ambulate?" will
assist the nurse in determining the patient's ability to perform
self-care activities. A nutritional health risk assessment is not the
functional assessment. Knowing the date is part of a mental
status exam. Assessing sadness is a question to ask in the
depression screening
⩥ The nurse is developing an interdisciplinary plan of care using
the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing for a patient who is
,currently unconscious. Which interventions would be most
critical to developing a plan of care for this patient?
a. Eating and drinking, personal cleansing and dressing, working
and playing b. Toileting, transferring, dressing, and bathing
activities
c. Sleeping, expressing sexuality, socializing with peers
d. Maintaining a safe environment, breathing, maintaining
temperature.Answer: ANS: D
The most critical aspects of care for an unconscious patient are
safe environment, breathing, and temperature. Eating and
drinking are contraindicated in unconscious patients. Toileting,
transferring, dressing, and bathing activities are BADLs.
Sleeping, expressing sexuality, and socializing with peers are a
part of the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing; however,
these are not the most critical for developing the plan of care in
an unconscious patient.
⩥ The home care nurse is trying to determine the necessary
services for a 65-year-old patient who was admitted to the home
care service after left knee replacement. Which tool is the best
for the nurse to utilize?
, a. Minimum Data Set (MDS)
b. Functional Status Scale (FSS)
c. 24-Hour Functional Ability Questionnaire (24hFAQ)
d. The Edmonton Functional Assessment Tool.Answer: ANS: C
The 24hFAQ assesses the postoperative patient in the home
setting. The MDS is for nursing home patients. The FSS is for
children. The Edmonton is for cancer patients.
⩥ The nurse is assessing a patient's functional abilities and asks
the patient, "How would you rate your ability to prepare a
balanced meal?" "How would you rate your ability to balance a
checkbook?" "How would you rate your ability to keep track of
your appointments?" Which tool would be indicated for the best
results of this patient's perception of their abilities?
a. Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ)
b. Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE)
c. 24hFAQ
d. Performance-based functional measurement.Answer: ANS: A
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026
TESTED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ The nurse is assessing a patient's functional performance.
What assessment parameters will be most important in this
assessment?
a. Continence assessment, gait assessment, feeding assessment,
dressing assessment, transfer assessment
b. Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), vital signs
assessment
c. Sleep assessment, energy assessment, memory assessment,
concentration assessment
d. Health and well-being, amount of community volunteer time,
working outside the home, and ability to care for family and
house.Answer: ANS: A
Functional impairment, disability, or handicap refers to varying
degrees of an individual's inability to perform the tasks required
to complete normal life activities without assistance. Height,
weight, BMI, and vital signs are part of a physical assessment.
Sleep, energy, memory, and concentration are part of a
,depression screening. Healthy, volunteering, working, and
caring for family and house are functional abilities, not
performance.
⩥ The nurse is assessing a patient with a mobility dysfunction
and wants to gain insight into the patient's functional ability.
What question would be the most appropriate?
a. "Are you able to shop for yourself?"
b. "Do you use a cane, walker, or wheelchair to ambulate?"
c. "Do you know what today's date is?"
d. "Were you sad or depressed more than once in the last 3
days?".Answer: ANS: B
"Do you use a cane, walker, or wheelchair to ambulate?" will
assist the nurse in determining the patient's ability to perform
self-care activities. A nutritional health risk assessment is not the
functional assessment. Knowing the date is part of a mental
status exam. Assessing sadness is a question to ask in the
depression screening
⩥ The nurse is developing an interdisciplinary plan of care using
the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing for a patient who is
,currently unconscious. Which interventions would be most
critical to developing a plan of care for this patient?
a. Eating and drinking, personal cleansing and dressing, working
and playing b. Toileting, transferring, dressing, and bathing
activities
c. Sleeping, expressing sexuality, socializing with peers
d. Maintaining a safe environment, breathing, maintaining
temperature.Answer: ANS: D
The most critical aspects of care for an unconscious patient are
safe environment, breathing, and temperature. Eating and
drinking are contraindicated in unconscious patients. Toileting,
transferring, dressing, and bathing activities are BADLs.
Sleeping, expressing sexuality, and socializing with peers are a
part of the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing; however,
these are not the most critical for developing the plan of care in
an unconscious patient.
⩥ The home care nurse is trying to determine the necessary
services for a 65-year-old patient who was admitted to the home
care service after left knee replacement. Which tool is the best
for the nurse to utilize?
, a. Minimum Data Set (MDS)
b. Functional Status Scale (FSS)
c. 24-Hour Functional Ability Questionnaire (24hFAQ)
d. The Edmonton Functional Assessment Tool.Answer: ANS: C
The 24hFAQ assesses the postoperative patient in the home
setting. The MDS is for nursing home patients. The FSS is for
children. The Edmonton is for cancer patients.
⩥ The nurse is assessing a patient's functional abilities and asks
the patient, "How would you rate your ability to prepare a
balanced meal?" "How would you rate your ability to balance a
checkbook?" "How would you rate your ability to keep track of
your appointments?" Which tool would be indicated for the best
results of this patient's perception of their abilities?
a. Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ)
b. Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE)
c. 24hFAQ
d. Performance-based functional measurement.Answer: ANS: A
