WGU D439 FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING OA
FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
• origination of the word "nurse".
Answer: from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
• Interrelated roles of nurses.
Answer: communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate,
collaborator
• A nurse is caring for an adult client who has attempted suicide. The client
tells the nurse he is calling his family to come pick him up. Which of the
following actions by the nurse is appropriate when the client insists on
leaving the facility against medical advice?.
Answer: discuss risks associated with leaving
• coping with disability and death.
Answer: nurses use optimal function of maximum strengths and potentials,
refer to community support systems; provide care to families and patients
during end-of-life care, hospice
• A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving parenteral nutrition through a
nontunneled central venous catheter and reports hearing a gurgling sound on
the side of the catheter. The nurse suspects the catheter has migrated to the
jugular vein. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?.
Answer: stop the infusion
• The Nursing Process.
Answer: -one of major guidelines for nursing practice -helps nurses
implement their roles -integrates art and science of nursing -allows nurses to
use critical thinking and clinical reasoning -defines the areas of care that are
within the domain of nursing
,• Nurse Practice Acts.
Answer: -define legal scope of nursing practice -create state board of
nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation -define important terms
and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and titles for RNs and
LPNs - established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
• 5 vital signs.
Answer: respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
• Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria.
Answer: -well defined body specific and unique knowledge -strong service
orientation -recognized authority by a professional group (ANA) -code of
ethics -professional organization that sets standards -ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
• Florence Nightingale.
Answer: defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing
from medicine, created freestanding nursing education, published books;
founder of modern nursing
• A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the caregiver of a client who has
aphasia. The nurse should include which of the following communication
strategies in the teaching?.
Answer: cue client by providing cards that portray common needs
• A nurse is caring for a child who is 24 hr postoperative following a
supratentorial craniotomy. The nurse should maintain the child in which of
the following positions?.
Answer: supine with head of the bed (HOB) elevated to 30 degrees
• A nurse working in a hospice facility is talking to a client's son who is
distressed because his mother cries frequently and says she wants to die.
Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?.
Answer: "Let's discuss some strategies you can use when this happens
again."
• Clara Barton.
, Answer: established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds and feed
union soldiers during civil war; served as supervisor of nurses for the army
of James
• A nurse working in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a client
who is 14 weeks of gestation. The nurse should instruct the client to
immediately notify the provider if she experiences which of the following?.
Answer: Facial edema
• A nurse is caring for a child who has leukemia and is prescribed a
transfusion of platelets. Which of the following should the client experience
as a result of the transfusion?.
Answer: Reduced bleeding time
• sources of knowledge.
Answer: -traditional ( passed down from generation to generation)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on person's
perceived expertise -scientific (obtained through the scientific
method-research)
• A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is prescribed buspirone
(BuSpar). Which of the following statements by the client indicates an
understanding of the teaching?.
Answer: "I can have 1-2 alcoholic beverages a week."
• objective.
Answer: you can see the object
• A nurse is caring for a school-age child who is newly diagnosed with type 1
diabetes mellitus. Which of the following actions by the nurse is appropriate
to prepare the child for administration of insulin?.
Answer: Allow the child to manipulate the medical equipment
• A nurse is caring for a client who has a urinary tract infection and is
prescribed ciprofloxacin (Cipro). The client exhibits urticaria and
angioedema following administration of the medication. Which of the
following is the first action the nurse should take?.
FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
• origination of the word "nurse".
Answer: from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
• Interrelated roles of nurses.
Answer: communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate,
collaborator
• A nurse is caring for an adult client who has attempted suicide. The client
tells the nurse he is calling his family to come pick him up. Which of the
following actions by the nurse is appropriate when the client insists on
leaving the facility against medical advice?.
Answer: discuss risks associated with leaving
• coping with disability and death.
Answer: nurses use optimal function of maximum strengths and potentials,
refer to community support systems; provide care to families and patients
during end-of-life care, hospice
• A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving parenteral nutrition through a
nontunneled central venous catheter and reports hearing a gurgling sound on
the side of the catheter. The nurse suspects the catheter has migrated to the
jugular vein. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?.
Answer: stop the infusion
• The Nursing Process.
Answer: -one of major guidelines for nursing practice -helps nurses
implement their roles -integrates art and science of nursing -allows nurses to
use critical thinking and clinical reasoning -defines the areas of care that are
within the domain of nursing
,• Nurse Practice Acts.
Answer: -define legal scope of nursing practice -create state board of
nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation -define important terms
and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and titles for RNs and
LPNs - established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
• 5 vital signs.
Answer: respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
• Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria.
Answer: -well defined body specific and unique knowledge -strong service
orientation -recognized authority by a professional group (ANA) -code of
ethics -professional organization that sets standards -ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
• Florence Nightingale.
Answer: defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing
from medicine, created freestanding nursing education, published books;
founder of modern nursing
• A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the caregiver of a client who has
aphasia. The nurse should include which of the following communication
strategies in the teaching?.
Answer: cue client by providing cards that portray common needs
• A nurse is caring for a child who is 24 hr postoperative following a
supratentorial craniotomy. The nurse should maintain the child in which of
the following positions?.
Answer: supine with head of the bed (HOB) elevated to 30 degrees
• A nurse working in a hospice facility is talking to a client's son who is
distressed because his mother cries frequently and says she wants to die.
Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?.
Answer: "Let's discuss some strategies you can use when this happens
again."
• Clara Barton.
, Answer: established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds and feed
union soldiers during civil war; served as supervisor of nurses for the army
of James
• A nurse working in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a client
who is 14 weeks of gestation. The nurse should instruct the client to
immediately notify the provider if she experiences which of the following?.
Answer: Facial edema
• A nurse is caring for a child who has leukemia and is prescribed a
transfusion of platelets. Which of the following should the client experience
as a result of the transfusion?.
Answer: Reduced bleeding time
• sources of knowledge.
Answer: -traditional ( passed down from generation to generation)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on person's
perceived expertise -scientific (obtained through the scientific
method-research)
• A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is prescribed buspirone
(BuSpar). Which of the following statements by the client indicates an
understanding of the teaching?.
Answer: "I can have 1-2 alcoholic beverages a week."
• objective.
Answer: you can see the object
• A nurse is caring for a school-age child who is newly diagnosed with type 1
diabetes mellitus. Which of the following actions by the nurse is appropriate
to prepare the child for administration of insulin?.
Answer: Allow the child to manipulate the medical equipment
• A nurse is caring for a client who has a urinary tract infection and is
prescribed ciprofloxacin (Cipro). The client exhibits urticaria and
angioedema following administration of the medication. Which of the
following is the first action the nurse should take?.
