NUR 165 FINAL EXAM | PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE
NURSING STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Skilled Nursing Facility - correct answer ✔✔a type of nursing home that provides the most
intensive nursing care available outside of a hospital
Can stay for a few days or up to 100
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - correct answer ✔✔- privacy
protector
- provides for confidential maintenance of protected health information
Registered Nurse (RN) - correct answer ✔✔- A nurse who has completed a 2-, 3-, or 4-year
nursing program and has passed a licensing test
- provides direct patient care, manages departments, and supervises other nurse and assistive
personnel
1st role of women in healthcare - correct answer ✔✔midwives
Point of Service (POS) - correct answer ✔✔insurance plan in which a patient may choose an
HMO or a non-HMO provider but must pay a deductible for using a non-HMO provider
negligence - correct answer ✔✔failure to provide certain care that another person of the same
education and locale would generally provide under the same circumstances
criminal law - correct answer ✔✔laws to protect the public or society
spirtuality - correct answer ✔✔person's relationship with a nonmaterial life or higher power, a
"connection"
,Medicaid - correct answer ✔✔A federal and state assistance program that pays for health care
services for people who cannot afford them.
Mary Mahoney - correct answer ✔✔First professionally trained African American nurse
scope of practice - correct answer ✔✔a set of regulations and ethical considerations that define
the scope, or extent and limits, of the EMT's job
NCLEX - correct answer ✔✔National Council Licensure Examination
3 medication checks with MAR (Medication Administration Record) - correct answer ✔✔1. pull
it
2. prepare it
3. push it
Advance directive - correct answer ✔✔a DNR order; instructions written in advance of an event
Phlebotomist - correct answer ✔✔specialist in drawing blood
statute - correct answer ✔✔written law
In ___, the 1st school of nursing was developed in _ - correct answer ✔✔1836
Kaiserworth Germany
appeal - correct answer ✔✔apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower
court.
, assisted living facilities - correct answer ✔✔a supportive living arrangement for people who
need assistance with ADLs or IADLs but who are not so impaired physically or cognitively that
they need 24-hour care
Nurse Practitioner - correct answer ✔✔RN with a masters degree
Can prescribe meds and treatments
dependency phase - correct answer ✔✔a person relies on others for help in diagnosis and
treatment
naturalistically or holistically based beliefs - correct answer ✔✔- a healthy state is one of
balance and harmony
- balance between yin and yang is what maintains and restores health
Civil Law - correct answer ✔✔A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines
their legal rights.
competency - correct answer ✔✔The legal qualification to make one's own decisions
Florence Nightingale - correct answer ✔✔Founder of modern nursing
Wellness Continuum - correct answer ✔✔a spectrum of wellness states from irreversible
damage to optimum wellness
In _ and _ hospitals weren't places of hope or cleanliness - correct answer ✔✔1700's and
1800's
NURSING STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Skilled Nursing Facility - correct answer ✔✔a type of nursing home that provides the most
intensive nursing care available outside of a hospital
Can stay for a few days or up to 100
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - correct answer ✔✔- privacy
protector
- provides for confidential maintenance of protected health information
Registered Nurse (RN) - correct answer ✔✔- A nurse who has completed a 2-, 3-, or 4-year
nursing program and has passed a licensing test
- provides direct patient care, manages departments, and supervises other nurse and assistive
personnel
1st role of women in healthcare - correct answer ✔✔midwives
Point of Service (POS) - correct answer ✔✔insurance plan in which a patient may choose an
HMO or a non-HMO provider but must pay a deductible for using a non-HMO provider
negligence - correct answer ✔✔failure to provide certain care that another person of the same
education and locale would generally provide under the same circumstances
criminal law - correct answer ✔✔laws to protect the public or society
spirtuality - correct answer ✔✔person's relationship with a nonmaterial life or higher power, a
"connection"
,Medicaid - correct answer ✔✔A federal and state assistance program that pays for health care
services for people who cannot afford them.
Mary Mahoney - correct answer ✔✔First professionally trained African American nurse
scope of practice - correct answer ✔✔a set of regulations and ethical considerations that define
the scope, or extent and limits, of the EMT's job
NCLEX - correct answer ✔✔National Council Licensure Examination
3 medication checks with MAR (Medication Administration Record) - correct answer ✔✔1. pull
it
2. prepare it
3. push it
Advance directive - correct answer ✔✔a DNR order; instructions written in advance of an event
Phlebotomist - correct answer ✔✔specialist in drawing blood
statute - correct answer ✔✔written law
In ___, the 1st school of nursing was developed in _ - correct answer ✔✔1836
Kaiserworth Germany
appeal - correct answer ✔✔apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower
court.
, assisted living facilities - correct answer ✔✔a supportive living arrangement for people who
need assistance with ADLs or IADLs but who are not so impaired physically or cognitively that
they need 24-hour care
Nurse Practitioner - correct answer ✔✔RN with a masters degree
Can prescribe meds and treatments
dependency phase - correct answer ✔✔a person relies on others for help in diagnosis and
treatment
naturalistically or holistically based beliefs - correct answer ✔✔- a healthy state is one of
balance and harmony
- balance between yin and yang is what maintains and restores health
Civil Law - correct answer ✔✔A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines
their legal rights.
competency - correct answer ✔✔The legal qualification to make one's own decisions
Florence Nightingale - correct answer ✔✔Founder of modern nursing
Wellness Continuum - correct answer ✔✔a spectrum of wellness states from irreversible
damage to optimum wellness
In _ and _ hospitals weren't places of hope or cleanliness - correct answer ✔✔1700's and
1800's
