NUR-202 FUNDAMENTALS EXAM 1 | COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE, NCLEX-STYLE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
SBAR - ANS ✔✔consistent, clear, structured, and easy-to-use method of communication
between health care personnel; it organizes communication by the categories of: Situation,
Background, Assessment, and Recommendations.
Independent actions of the nurse - ANS ✔✔Vitals, Bedside care and Assistance, Feeding
Support, Postpartum Support, Administration of Medication
ABC - ANS ✔✔airway, breathing, circulation
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANS ✔✔physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-
actualization
nursing delegation - ANS ✔✔*E-A-T (do not delegate what nurse can: evaluate, assess, teach)*
responsibility and authority of tasks are transferred from one to another who accepts
responsibility
o Responsibility: obligation to accomplish task, Accountability: accepting ownership, Authority:
right to act or empower
o UAP: no scope of practice, noninvasive, skin care, range-of-motion, ambulation, grooming,
and hygiene measures
o LPN: UAP and dressings, suctioning, urinary catheterization, administering meds (PO, SQ, IM,
some piggyback)
o RN: responsible for assessment, planning care, analyzing client data, implementing and
evaluating care, supervising care, initiating teaching, and administering medications
intravenously.
o RN can only delegate tasks RN is responsible for, remains accountable, delegation is a
contractual agreement
, Rights of Delegation - ANS ✔✔right task, right circumstances, right person, right
direction/communication, right supervision
Corrective Action in Nursing - ANS ✔✔Report to managers and higher ups
ADPIE - ANS ✔✔Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Prioritize patient care - ANS ✔✔The nurse emphasizes that the major advantage of utilizing
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs when planning nursing care for patients is to:
Prioritize patient care
Establish a nursing diagnosis
Improve problem-solving techniques
Establish insurance billing criteria
collaborative team nursing - ANS ✔✔Physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory
therapy, RN, LPN, PA, etc
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
SBAR - ANS ✔✔consistent, clear, structured, and easy-to-use method of communication
between health care personnel; it organizes communication by the categories of: Situation,
Background, Assessment, and Recommendations.
Independent actions of the nurse - ANS ✔✔Vitals, Bedside care and Assistance, Feeding
Support, Postpartum Support, Administration of Medication
ABC - ANS ✔✔airway, breathing, circulation
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANS ✔✔physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-
actualization
nursing delegation - ANS ✔✔*E-A-T (do not delegate what nurse can: evaluate, assess, teach)*
responsibility and authority of tasks are transferred from one to another who accepts
responsibility
o Responsibility: obligation to accomplish task, Accountability: accepting ownership, Authority:
right to act or empower
o UAP: no scope of practice, noninvasive, skin care, range-of-motion, ambulation, grooming,
and hygiene measures
o LPN: UAP and dressings, suctioning, urinary catheterization, administering meds (PO, SQ, IM,
some piggyback)
o RN: responsible for assessment, planning care, analyzing client data, implementing and
evaluating care, supervising care, initiating teaching, and administering medications
intravenously.
o RN can only delegate tasks RN is responsible for, remains accountable, delegation is a
contractual agreement
, Rights of Delegation - ANS ✔✔right task, right circumstances, right person, right
direction/communication, right supervision
Corrective Action in Nursing - ANS ✔✔Report to managers and higher ups
ADPIE - ANS ✔✔Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Prioritize patient care - ANS ✔✔The nurse emphasizes that the major advantage of utilizing
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs when planning nursing care for patients is to:
Prioritize patient care
Establish a nursing diagnosis
Improve problem-solving techniques
Establish insurance billing criteria
collaborative team nursing - ANS ✔✔Physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory
therapy, RN, LPN, PA, etc
