CLINICAL NURSING SKILLS AND
TECHNIQUES TENTH EDITION STUDY
GUIDE REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Provision 2. Answer: primary commitment is to the patient, whether
an individual, family, group, community, or population
⩥ Provision 3. Answer: promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights,
health, and safety of the patient
⩥ Provision 4. Answer: has authority, accountability, and responsibility
for nursing practice; makes decisions; and takes action consistent with
the obligation to promote health and to provide optimal care
⩥ Provision 5. Answer: owes the same duties to self as to others,
including the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve
wholeness of character and integrity, maintain competence, and continue
personal and professional growth
⩥ Provision 6. Answer: individual and collective effort, establishes,
maintains, and improves the ethical environment of the work setting and
conditions of employment that are conductive to safe, quality health care
,⩥ Provision 7. Answer: all roles and settings, advances the profession
through research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards
development, and the generation of both nursing and health policy
⩥ Provision 8. Answer: collaborates with other health professionals and
the public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy, and
reduce health disparities
⩥ Provision 9. Answer: The profession of nursing, collectively through
its professional organizations, must articulate nursing values, maintain
the integrity of the profession, and integrate principles of social justice
into nursing and health policy
⩥ What is the difference between ANA Scope and Standards of Care and
the Nurse Practice Acts?. Answer: The ANA Scope and Standards of
Care are RULES for delegation, behavior, and duty. They are not laws!
Professions define their Scope and Standards, have a code of behavior,
and have a duty to the public. Nurse Practice Acts are the LAW and they
differ state by state. One law that is required in all states is the nurse
must be licensed!
⩥ What is the act of delegation?. Answer: Know what a nurse can and
cannot delegate to unlicensed personnel, You (The RN) cannot delegate
evaluation/assessment. You decide what to delegate but you are still held
responsible for the LPN.
, ⩥ Know the difference between responsibility and accountability.
Answer: RN's bear primary responsibility for the nursing care that their
patients receive but they are accountable for their own actions! We are
RESPONSIBLE to do the right thing and we are ACCOUNTABLE to
self and others for our actions.
⩥ Be familiar with EBP. Answer: EBP is a guide for making accurate,
timely, and appropriate decisions. It makes the best use of evidence,
expertise, and patient preference and values. EBP also includes having
good communication with admission, transfer, and discharge in the
hospital. Patient teaching is critical and you observe for readiness or
hesitation with discharge.
⩥ Know how to write a PICO question. Answer: A format approach for
organizing a clinical question into four components: Patient population -
age, gender, ethnicity, disease, or health problem. Intervention or area of
interest- what you think is the best intervention. Comparison of interest-
current intervention in your healthcare system. Outcome-what
happened?
⩥ Know how to recognize best evidence when reviewing research.
Answer: The best evidence comes from well-designed, systematically
conducted research studies, found in scientific journals. When you face a
clinical problem, always seek the best source of evidence that helps you
find the best solution in caring for patients.
TECHNIQUES TENTH EDITION STUDY
GUIDE REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Provision 2. Answer: primary commitment is to the patient, whether
an individual, family, group, community, or population
⩥ Provision 3. Answer: promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights,
health, and safety of the patient
⩥ Provision 4. Answer: has authority, accountability, and responsibility
for nursing practice; makes decisions; and takes action consistent with
the obligation to promote health and to provide optimal care
⩥ Provision 5. Answer: owes the same duties to self as to others,
including the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve
wholeness of character and integrity, maintain competence, and continue
personal and professional growth
⩥ Provision 6. Answer: individual and collective effort, establishes,
maintains, and improves the ethical environment of the work setting and
conditions of employment that are conductive to safe, quality health care
,⩥ Provision 7. Answer: all roles and settings, advances the profession
through research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards
development, and the generation of both nursing and health policy
⩥ Provision 8. Answer: collaborates with other health professionals and
the public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy, and
reduce health disparities
⩥ Provision 9. Answer: The profession of nursing, collectively through
its professional organizations, must articulate nursing values, maintain
the integrity of the profession, and integrate principles of social justice
into nursing and health policy
⩥ What is the difference between ANA Scope and Standards of Care and
the Nurse Practice Acts?. Answer: The ANA Scope and Standards of
Care are RULES for delegation, behavior, and duty. They are not laws!
Professions define their Scope and Standards, have a code of behavior,
and have a duty to the public. Nurse Practice Acts are the LAW and they
differ state by state. One law that is required in all states is the nurse
must be licensed!
⩥ What is the act of delegation?. Answer: Know what a nurse can and
cannot delegate to unlicensed personnel, You (The RN) cannot delegate
evaluation/assessment. You decide what to delegate but you are still held
responsible for the LPN.
, ⩥ Know the difference between responsibility and accountability.
Answer: RN's bear primary responsibility for the nursing care that their
patients receive but they are accountable for their own actions! We are
RESPONSIBLE to do the right thing and we are ACCOUNTABLE to
self and others for our actions.
⩥ Be familiar with EBP. Answer: EBP is a guide for making accurate,
timely, and appropriate decisions. It makes the best use of evidence,
expertise, and patient preference and values. EBP also includes having
good communication with admission, transfer, and discharge in the
hospital. Patient teaching is critical and you observe for readiness or
hesitation with discharge.
⩥ Know how to write a PICO question. Answer: A format approach for
organizing a clinical question into four components: Patient population -
age, gender, ethnicity, disease, or health problem. Intervention or area of
interest- what you think is the best intervention. Comparison of interest-
current intervention in your healthcare system. Outcome-what
happened?
⩥ Know how to recognize best evidence when reviewing research.
Answer: The best evidence comes from well-designed, systematically
conducted research studies, found in scientific journals. When you face a
clinical problem, always seek the best source of evidence that helps you
find the best solution in caring for patients.
