NURS 224 CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉During a health assessment the nurse learns that a client lives in
an urban area with a high crime rate. Which category of health is
affecting this client?
a) Physical
b) Environmental
c) Social well-being
d) Developmental level. Answer: b) Environmental
◉A nurse provides care for a client with an elevated temperature.
The client is given the prescribed medication and the nurse checks
the client's temperature at repeated intervals. What step of the
nursing process is the nurse using to determine if the client has
achieved the outcome criteria of the treatment?
a) Assessment
b) Diagnosis
c) Implementation
d) Evaluation. Answer: d) Evaluation
, ◉Staff are talking to the hospital educator and ask about "a
government project that is meant to improve the health of people in
the United States." The educator bases her response on the
knowledge of
a) Healthy People 2020
b) The nursing process
c) The Department of Health and Human Services
d) The three levels of preventative care. Answer: a) Healthy People
2020
◉A nurse is distracted during her assessment of a client and does
not take as thorough or as accurate notes as usual. Her supervisor,
who is familiar with the client, reads the client's chart and questions
the nurse. The supervisor should point out to the nurse that which
of the following errors is most likely to occur due to the nurse's
lapse?
a) Interjection of the nurse's thoughts or feelings into the data.
b) Making incorrect nursing judgments or diagnoses.
c) Relying on objective and subjective information.
d) Validating information that is already correct.. Answer: b) Making
incorrect nursing judgments or diagnoses.
◉The nurse is collecting data from a client who has recently been
diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and who will begin an educational
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉During a health assessment the nurse learns that a client lives in
an urban area with a high crime rate. Which category of health is
affecting this client?
a) Physical
b) Environmental
c) Social well-being
d) Developmental level. Answer: b) Environmental
◉A nurse provides care for a client with an elevated temperature.
The client is given the prescribed medication and the nurse checks
the client's temperature at repeated intervals. What step of the
nursing process is the nurse using to determine if the client has
achieved the outcome criteria of the treatment?
a) Assessment
b) Diagnosis
c) Implementation
d) Evaluation. Answer: d) Evaluation
, ◉Staff are talking to the hospital educator and ask about "a
government project that is meant to improve the health of people in
the United States." The educator bases her response on the
knowledge of
a) Healthy People 2020
b) The nursing process
c) The Department of Health and Human Services
d) The three levels of preventative care. Answer: a) Healthy People
2020
◉A nurse is distracted during her assessment of a client and does
not take as thorough or as accurate notes as usual. Her supervisor,
who is familiar with the client, reads the client's chart and questions
the nurse. The supervisor should point out to the nurse that which
of the following errors is most likely to occur due to the nurse's
lapse?
a) Interjection of the nurse's thoughts or feelings into the data.
b) Making incorrect nursing judgments or diagnoses.
c) Relying on objective and subjective information.
d) Validating information that is already correct.. Answer: b) Making
incorrect nursing judgments or diagnoses.
◉The nurse is collecting data from a client who has recently been
diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and who will begin an educational
