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CLINICAL ROLES & COMPETENCIES PRACTICE QUESTIONS
FOR NURSING EXAM 2026 VERSION
Answers key and rationales provided from page 16
1. You are preparing a presentation for your classmates 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
2. A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung 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
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3. The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing 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
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4. Communicator
4. Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have
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 CHARCHTERISTIC NOT A ROLE
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
5. A nurse is preparing to administer a high-risk IV medication.
Before giving the medication, the nurse checks the patient’s
armband, verifies the medication with another nurse, and scans
the barcode in the electronic health record system. Which QSEN
competency is the nurse primarily demonstrating?
A. Patient-Centered Care
B. Evidence-Based Practice
C. Safety
D. Informatics
6. Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the
statement about the role.
1. Clinical nurse specialist C B
2. Nurse anesthetist D
CLINICAL ROLES & COMPETENCIES PRACTICE QUESTIONS
FOR NURSING EXAM 2026 VERSION
Answers key and rationales provided from page 16
1. You are preparing a presentation for your classmates 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
2. A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung 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
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3. The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing 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
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4. Communicator
4. Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have
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 CHARCHTERISTIC NOT A ROLE
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
5. A nurse is preparing to administer a high-risk IV medication.
Before giving the medication, the nurse checks the patient’s
armband, verifies the medication with another nurse, and scans
the barcode in the electronic health record system. Which QSEN
competency is the nurse primarily demonstrating?
A. Patient-Centered Care
B. Evidence-Based Practice
C. Safety
D. Informatics
6. Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the
statement about the role.
1. Clinical nurse specialist C B
2. Nurse anesthetist D
