NUR 139 TEST 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | PRACTICE QUESTIONS, VERIFIED ANSWERS &
COMPREHENSIVE NCLEX REVIEW
What do the Nation counsel of State of Boards of Nursing provide? - correct answer ✔✔NSBN
provides the testing format and plan for nursing education.
How does GTC inserts NSBN blueprint to its curriculum - correct answer ✔✔GTC curriculum
models around the NCLEX by connecting the testing plan and the curriculum
What are the 4 areas of the NCLEX test plan? - correct answer ✔✔1) Safe and Effective care =
management of care
2) Physiological integrity- basic care and comfort
3) Psychological integrity- coping and diversity
4) Health promotion and maintenance- disease prevention and community
What are the QSEN competencies? - correct answer ✔✔-Patient centered care
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Evidence based practice
- Safety
-Informatics
What is the QSEN's influence in the GTC program? - correct answer ✔✔They create a
framework GTC uses in the program, they are in the attitudes section in the nursing rubric, it is
part of the GTC vision (nursing provides pateint centered care, nursing emphasizes quality and
safety). And it is in the GTC mission (knowledge, skills and attitude)
What are the aims of nursing? - correct answer ✔✔-To promote health (focus on patient's
strengths)
- Prevent illness(set an example by washing hands and educate)
, - Restore health(Help client heal from onset of illness to rehabilitation)
-Facilitate coping with death and disability
What elements make nursing a discipline? - correct answer ✔✔-Specific body of knowledge
- Recognized authority- State board
- Code of ethics
- Professional organization that set standards
- ongoing research
- self regulation
LDN - correct answer ✔✔inferior to RN; education in acute care setting
Diploma in nursing - correct answer ✔✔RN that is educated in the hospital setting
ADN - correct answer ✔✔RN that attains high technical skills with class time
BSN - correct answer ✔✔RN with focus on class time and have a broader knowledge in nursing
What are the guidelines for professional nurse and student practice? - correct answer ✔✔-any
action that jeopardizes patient safety
- any action that compromises patient confidentiality
- Any action action in which a student functions outside the scope of the student nurse practice
- any action or behavior violating agency policies and procedures
-any action that does not uphold standards of the nursing profession or GTC policies
what are the foundation for professional nursing practice? - correct answer ✔✔-patient
centered care
COMPREHENSIVE NCLEX REVIEW
What do the Nation counsel of State of Boards of Nursing provide? - correct answer ✔✔NSBN
provides the testing format and plan for nursing education.
How does GTC inserts NSBN blueprint to its curriculum - correct answer ✔✔GTC curriculum
models around the NCLEX by connecting the testing plan and the curriculum
What are the 4 areas of the NCLEX test plan? - correct answer ✔✔1) Safe and Effective care =
management of care
2) Physiological integrity- basic care and comfort
3) Psychological integrity- coping and diversity
4) Health promotion and maintenance- disease prevention and community
What are the QSEN competencies? - correct answer ✔✔-Patient centered care
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Evidence based practice
- Safety
-Informatics
What is the QSEN's influence in the GTC program? - correct answer ✔✔They create a
framework GTC uses in the program, they are in the attitudes section in the nursing rubric, it is
part of the GTC vision (nursing provides pateint centered care, nursing emphasizes quality and
safety). And it is in the GTC mission (knowledge, skills and attitude)
What are the aims of nursing? - correct answer ✔✔-To promote health (focus on patient's
strengths)
- Prevent illness(set an example by washing hands and educate)
, - Restore health(Help client heal from onset of illness to rehabilitation)
-Facilitate coping with death and disability
What elements make nursing a discipline? - correct answer ✔✔-Specific body of knowledge
- Recognized authority- State board
- Code of ethics
- Professional organization that set standards
- ongoing research
- self regulation
LDN - correct answer ✔✔inferior to RN; education in acute care setting
Diploma in nursing - correct answer ✔✔RN that is educated in the hospital setting
ADN - correct answer ✔✔RN that attains high technical skills with class time
BSN - correct answer ✔✔RN with focus on class time and have a broader knowledge in nursing
What are the guidelines for professional nurse and student practice? - correct answer ✔✔-any
action that jeopardizes patient safety
- any action that compromises patient confidentiality
- Any action action in which a student functions outside the scope of the student nurse practice
- any action or behavior violating agency policies and procedures
-any action that does not uphold standards of the nursing profession or GTC policies
what are the foundation for professional nursing practice? - correct answer ✔✔-patient
centered care
