NU664A FINAL EXAM 2026 PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED GRADUATE
NURSING THEORY AND APPLICATION
BREAKDOWN FULL REVIEW
◉ Standards/scope of practice. Answer: Licensed and independent
practitioners, assess, diagnosis and treat and manage acute episodic
and chronic illnesses.
◉ Statutory Law. Answer: States have a duty to protect those who
receive nursing care
◉ Role of NONPF. Answer: the National Organization of Nurse
Practitioner Faculties. This is the only organization specifically
dedicated to promoting and supporting high quality nurse
practitioner education. The NONPF provides ongoing support to NP
educators through establishing competencies, methods of
evaluation, and strategic partnerships.
◉ The NONPF primarily concentrates. Answer: on the development
of standards necessary to foster optimum graduate educational
programs. This network continually collects data and utilizes expert
knowledge of its membership to seminally publish updated
curricular frameworks
,◉ Clinical interview terms, techniques, and goals. Answer: CC, HPI,
PMH, Assessment, diagnosis, structured and unstructured. MMSE,
active listening.
◉ Case formulation. Answer: Theoretically based explanation or
conceptualization of the information obtained from a clinical
assessment which offers a hypothesis and provides a framework of
treatment.
◉ Grief process and treatment. Answer: Kubler Ross: denial, anger,
bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
Instrumental: problem solving
Intuitive emotional
◉ Risk assessment (suicide, self-harm, homicide, etc.) - protective
and risks factors. Answer: Highest risk group- white, middle-aged
males
Next highest- aged 85 and older
◉ Screening tool- Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ). Answer:
made of 4 questions to ask youth in medical settings
◉ Common screening tools. Answer: PHQ-9 for depression
, Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
SAFE-T (Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage)
◉ Highest risk for self-injury. Answer: socioeconomic disadvantage,
depression, substance abuse, and anxiety
◉ Self-injury increases. Answer: risk of later suicide
◉ Primary prevention. Answer: concerned with the prevention of
the onset of disease; goal is to reduce the incidence of disease; e.g.
vaccinations
◉ Secondary prevention. Answer: concerned with trying to detect a
disease early and prevent it from getting worse; e.g. regular exams
and screening tests
◉ Tertiary prevention. Answer: concerned with reducing the impact
of an ongoing illness or injury that has lasting effects; e.g. cardiac or
stroke rehab programs, support groups
◉ Levels of prevention. Answer: primary, secondary, tertiary - this is
important for public patient education/screening/epidemiological
measures, and promoting health.
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED GRADUATE
NURSING THEORY AND APPLICATION
BREAKDOWN FULL REVIEW
◉ Standards/scope of practice. Answer: Licensed and independent
practitioners, assess, diagnosis and treat and manage acute episodic
and chronic illnesses.
◉ Statutory Law. Answer: States have a duty to protect those who
receive nursing care
◉ Role of NONPF. Answer: the National Organization of Nurse
Practitioner Faculties. This is the only organization specifically
dedicated to promoting and supporting high quality nurse
practitioner education. The NONPF provides ongoing support to NP
educators through establishing competencies, methods of
evaluation, and strategic partnerships.
◉ The NONPF primarily concentrates. Answer: on the development
of standards necessary to foster optimum graduate educational
programs. This network continually collects data and utilizes expert
knowledge of its membership to seminally publish updated
curricular frameworks
,◉ Clinical interview terms, techniques, and goals. Answer: CC, HPI,
PMH, Assessment, diagnosis, structured and unstructured. MMSE,
active listening.
◉ Case formulation. Answer: Theoretically based explanation or
conceptualization of the information obtained from a clinical
assessment which offers a hypothesis and provides a framework of
treatment.
◉ Grief process and treatment. Answer: Kubler Ross: denial, anger,
bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
Instrumental: problem solving
Intuitive emotional
◉ Risk assessment (suicide, self-harm, homicide, etc.) - protective
and risks factors. Answer: Highest risk group- white, middle-aged
males
Next highest- aged 85 and older
◉ Screening tool- Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ). Answer:
made of 4 questions to ask youth in medical settings
◉ Common screening tools. Answer: PHQ-9 for depression
, Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
SAFE-T (Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage)
◉ Highest risk for self-injury. Answer: socioeconomic disadvantage,
depression, substance abuse, and anxiety
◉ Self-injury increases. Answer: risk of later suicide
◉ Primary prevention. Answer: concerned with the prevention of
the onset of disease; goal is to reduce the incidence of disease; e.g.
vaccinations
◉ Secondary prevention. Answer: concerned with trying to detect a
disease early and prevent it from getting worse; e.g. regular exams
and screening tests
◉ Tertiary prevention. Answer: concerned with reducing the impact
of an ongoing illness or injury that has lasting effects; e.g. cardiac or
stroke rehab programs, support groups
◉ Levels of prevention. Answer: primary, secondary, tertiary - this is
important for public patient education/screening/epidemiological
measures, and promoting health.
