ABAC NURSING BRIDGE STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | ABAC LPN TO RN BRIDGE
EXAM REVIEW 2026/2027
The admitting nurse explains the process of signing forms to allow for
the client's insurance company to be billed for services. If the
insurance fails to pay for services, the client is responsible for
payment. This is an example of which of the following?
a. Contract law
b. Tort law
c. Statutory law
d. Administrative law - ANS ✔✔A
Before the nurse can apply for licensure renewal, the state board of
nursing requires 30 hours of continuing education in nursing in-service
or education. This practice exemplifies which of the following?
a. Licensure
b. Competency
c. Credentialing
d. Certification - ANS ✔✔C
A high school graduate wants to attend nursing school that is highly
regarded for its program. Which of the following entities must accredit
or approve nursing programs?
a. State Board of Nursing
b. NLNAC
c. CCNE
d. ANA - ANS ✔✔A
The client presents her hand when the nurse makes this statement: "I
need to start an IV so you can get your antibiotics." This is an example
of which of the following
a. Informed consent
b. Express consent
c. Implied consent
d. Compliance - ANS ✔✔C
A nurse is caring for a client in the emergency department who was
brought in by her adult child for vague, flu-like symptoms. While
helping the client to change into a gown, the nurse notices numerous
bruises on the client's back and arms. When questioned, the client is
distracted and ambiguous with her answers. The nurse should:
a. Report the situation to law enforcement.
b. Report the situation to social services.
c. Question the adult child who brought the client to the ED.
d. File a written report in the client's chart. - ANS ✔✔B
A nurse is working with a local agency to provide care to the
,inadequately insured by helping to staff an after-hours clinic. This
nurse is demonstrating which of the following professional values?
a. Human dignity
b. Altruism
c. Social justice
d. Integrity - ANS ✔✔C
A client has chosen to discontinue hemodialysis. His family is not
supportive of his decision. The nurse who uses the theory of principles-
based reasoning would make which of the following statements?
a. "This client is of sound mind and is capable of making his own
decisions regarding health care. It really is his decision to make."
b. "I need to try and help the family understand the client's
decision so they can work through this situation together."
c. "This client's health is so deteriorated that the treatment is not
saving his life. It is prolonging the ultimate outcome, which is his
death
d. "The client understands his decision and the advanced stage of his disease. If he quits treatment, he
will die - ANS ✔✔A
A nurse is having difficulty with the decision for aggressive cancer
therapy in an elderly client, wondering if the therapy will be more
harmful than the disease and knowing that the client will be subjected
to harmful chemicals. This nurse is struggling with which of the
following principles?
a. Autonomy
b. Justice
c. Beneficence
d. Nonmaleficence - ANS ✔✔D
A student nurse accidentally left the call light outside the reach of an
elderly client. Luckily another nurse found the situation and was able
to rectify the matter before something happened. The student
responded, "I know better. I should've double checked where the light
was before I left the room." This student tis demonstrating which of the
following?
a. Justice
b. Fidelity
c. Responsibility
d. Accountability - ANS ✔✔D
A home health client has been prescribed nutritional
supplements three times a day. The formula is expensive, and the
client tells the home health nurse that she is taking them three times a
day, but diluting them so she can use only one can, not three, per day.
As a client advocate, the nurse should:
a. Help the client look for available community resources that may
be of assistance.
,b. Tell the client that she needs to take the prescribed amount.
c. Report the situation to the physician.
d. Weigh the client on a weekly basis to monitor weight gain or loss - ANS ✔✔A
A new graduate nurse is working in a busy emergency
department of a hospital, situated in a culturally diverse area of the
city. In striving to be culturally sensitive, the nurse will:
a. Try to learn about the attitudes toward health care and traditions
of the different cultures in that area.
b. Understand and attend to the total context of the client's
situation, suing knowledge, attitudes, and skills.
c. Possess the underlying background knowledge that will provide
these clients with the best possible health care.
d. Strive to be culturally sensitive, culturally appropriate, and
culturally competent - ANS ✔✔A
The nurse is working with clients form different cultural
backgrounds than the nurse's own. Which of the following situations
would illustrate prejudice on the nurse's part?
a. Assuming that all members of each culture are alike
b. Understanding that all culture members will have the same
beliefs
c. Bringing previous negative information and experiences into this
situation
d. Taking general knowledge from literature and applying it to the
situation - ANS ✔✔C
A new graduate nurse is moving from a small rural college town
to a metropolitan area to begin work in a county hospital. The nurse
has had limited prior experience with the various cultural groups that
are served by the hospital. This nurse is at risk for which of the
following?
a. Prejudice
b. Stereotyping
c. Discrimination
d. Culture shock - ANS ✔✔D
A Chinese client is hospitalized with a fever of unknown origin
and follows a very traditional, cultural view of illness. Which of the
following foods will the client prefer?
a. Hot tea
b. Soup and coffee
c. Spicy meat
d. Cold liquids - ANS ✔✔D
- ANS ✔✔A
A client, after being taught of the clinical manifestations of
, inflammation to enable early detection of a complication of a surgical
wound states, "I will look at the wound four times a day and tell my
surgeon if it looks red or swollen." Her statement is an example of:
a. Attitudes
b. Application
c. Analysis
d. Evaluation - ANS ✔✔B
2. There are many factors assessed before teaching the client to learn
insulin injection sites, but the most important factor for the nurse to
assess first is the;
a. Previous knowledge level of the client
b. Willingness of the client to want to learn the injection sites
c. Financial resources available to the client for the equipment
d. Intelligence and developmental level of the individual client - ANS ✔✔B
3. Clients give various responses to teaching sessions, for the nurse, an
example of an evaluation of a psychomotor skill is:
a. Client states side effects of a medication
b. Client responds appropriately to eye contact
c. Client independently plans an exercise program
d. Client demonstrates the proper use of a walking cane - ANS ✔✔D
4. Different topics are presented in the information sessions that are held
in the outpatient clinic. In planning for a session on health
maintenance/illness prevention, the nurse should select a topic on:
a. Use of assistive devices, such as canes
b. Self-help devices for post-CVA clients
c. Stress management techniques for working parents
d. Environmental alterations for clients in wheelchairs - ANS ✔✔C
5. The nurse has completed an assessment on the client and identified
the following nursing diagnoses. Which one of the following nursing
diagnoses indicates a need to postpone teaching that was planned?
a. Activity intolerance related to pain
b. Ineffective management of treatment regimen
c. Noncompliance with prescribed exercise plan
d. Knowledge deficit regarding impending surgery - ANS ✔✔A
1. The nurse is caring for a client who has right-sided paralysis following a
stroke. Which of the following factors would be most likely to result in
decubitus ulcer formation for this client?
a. Poor nutrition
b. Immobility
c. Reduced hydration
d. Skin secretions - ANS ✔✔B
2. A 61-year-old client with diabetes mellitus has physician's orders for
EXAM REVIEW 2026/2027
The admitting nurse explains the process of signing forms to allow for
the client's insurance company to be billed for services. If the
insurance fails to pay for services, the client is responsible for
payment. This is an example of which of the following?
a. Contract law
b. Tort law
c. Statutory law
d. Administrative law - ANS ✔✔A
Before the nurse can apply for licensure renewal, the state board of
nursing requires 30 hours of continuing education in nursing in-service
or education. This practice exemplifies which of the following?
a. Licensure
b. Competency
c. Credentialing
d. Certification - ANS ✔✔C
A high school graduate wants to attend nursing school that is highly
regarded for its program. Which of the following entities must accredit
or approve nursing programs?
a. State Board of Nursing
b. NLNAC
c. CCNE
d. ANA - ANS ✔✔A
The client presents her hand when the nurse makes this statement: "I
need to start an IV so you can get your antibiotics." This is an example
of which of the following
a. Informed consent
b. Express consent
c. Implied consent
d. Compliance - ANS ✔✔C
A nurse is caring for a client in the emergency department who was
brought in by her adult child for vague, flu-like symptoms. While
helping the client to change into a gown, the nurse notices numerous
bruises on the client's back and arms. When questioned, the client is
distracted and ambiguous with her answers. The nurse should:
a. Report the situation to law enforcement.
b. Report the situation to social services.
c. Question the adult child who brought the client to the ED.
d. File a written report in the client's chart. - ANS ✔✔B
A nurse is working with a local agency to provide care to the
,inadequately insured by helping to staff an after-hours clinic. This
nurse is demonstrating which of the following professional values?
a. Human dignity
b. Altruism
c. Social justice
d. Integrity - ANS ✔✔C
A client has chosen to discontinue hemodialysis. His family is not
supportive of his decision. The nurse who uses the theory of principles-
based reasoning would make which of the following statements?
a. "This client is of sound mind and is capable of making his own
decisions regarding health care. It really is his decision to make."
b. "I need to try and help the family understand the client's
decision so they can work through this situation together."
c. "This client's health is so deteriorated that the treatment is not
saving his life. It is prolonging the ultimate outcome, which is his
death
d. "The client understands his decision and the advanced stage of his disease. If he quits treatment, he
will die - ANS ✔✔A
A nurse is having difficulty with the decision for aggressive cancer
therapy in an elderly client, wondering if the therapy will be more
harmful than the disease and knowing that the client will be subjected
to harmful chemicals. This nurse is struggling with which of the
following principles?
a. Autonomy
b. Justice
c. Beneficence
d. Nonmaleficence - ANS ✔✔D
A student nurse accidentally left the call light outside the reach of an
elderly client. Luckily another nurse found the situation and was able
to rectify the matter before something happened. The student
responded, "I know better. I should've double checked where the light
was before I left the room." This student tis demonstrating which of the
following?
a. Justice
b. Fidelity
c. Responsibility
d. Accountability - ANS ✔✔D
A home health client has been prescribed nutritional
supplements three times a day. The formula is expensive, and the
client tells the home health nurse that she is taking them three times a
day, but diluting them so she can use only one can, not three, per day.
As a client advocate, the nurse should:
a. Help the client look for available community resources that may
be of assistance.
,b. Tell the client that she needs to take the prescribed amount.
c. Report the situation to the physician.
d. Weigh the client on a weekly basis to monitor weight gain or loss - ANS ✔✔A
A new graduate nurse is working in a busy emergency
department of a hospital, situated in a culturally diverse area of the
city. In striving to be culturally sensitive, the nurse will:
a. Try to learn about the attitudes toward health care and traditions
of the different cultures in that area.
b. Understand and attend to the total context of the client's
situation, suing knowledge, attitudes, and skills.
c. Possess the underlying background knowledge that will provide
these clients with the best possible health care.
d. Strive to be culturally sensitive, culturally appropriate, and
culturally competent - ANS ✔✔A
The nurse is working with clients form different cultural
backgrounds than the nurse's own. Which of the following situations
would illustrate prejudice on the nurse's part?
a. Assuming that all members of each culture are alike
b. Understanding that all culture members will have the same
beliefs
c. Bringing previous negative information and experiences into this
situation
d. Taking general knowledge from literature and applying it to the
situation - ANS ✔✔C
A new graduate nurse is moving from a small rural college town
to a metropolitan area to begin work in a county hospital. The nurse
has had limited prior experience with the various cultural groups that
are served by the hospital. This nurse is at risk for which of the
following?
a. Prejudice
b. Stereotyping
c. Discrimination
d. Culture shock - ANS ✔✔D
A Chinese client is hospitalized with a fever of unknown origin
and follows a very traditional, cultural view of illness. Which of the
following foods will the client prefer?
a. Hot tea
b. Soup and coffee
c. Spicy meat
d. Cold liquids - ANS ✔✔D
- ANS ✔✔A
A client, after being taught of the clinical manifestations of
, inflammation to enable early detection of a complication of a surgical
wound states, "I will look at the wound four times a day and tell my
surgeon if it looks red or swollen." Her statement is an example of:
a. Attitudes
b. Application
c. Analysis
d. Evaluation - ANS ✔✔B
2. There are many factors assessed before teaching the client to learn
insulin injection sites, but the most important factor for the nurse to
assess first is the;
a. Previous knowledge level of the client
b. Willingness of the client to want to learn the injection sites
c. Financial resources available to the client for the equipment
d. Intelligence and developmental level of the individual client - ANS ✔✔B
3. Clients give various responses to teaching sessions, for the nurse, an
example of an evaluation of a psychomotor skill is:
a. Client states side effects of a medication
b. Client responds appropriately to eye contact
c. Client independently plans an exercise program
d. Client demonstrates the proper use of a walking cane - ANS ✔✔D
4. Different topics are presented in the information sessions that are held
in the outpatient clinic. In planning for a session on health
maintenance/illness prevention, the nurse should select a topic on:
a. Use of assistive devices, such as canes
b. Self-help devices for post-CVA clients
c. Stress management techniques for working parents
d. Environmental alterations for clients in wheelchairs - ANS ✔✔C
5. The nurse has completed an assessment on the client and identified
the following nursing diagnoses. Which one of the following nursing
diagnoses indicates a need to postpone teaching that was planned?
a. Activity intolerance related to pain
b. Ineffective management of treatment regimen
c. Noncompliance with prescribed exercise plan
d. Knowledge deficit regarding impending surgery - ANS ✔✔A
1. The nurse is caring for a client who has right-sided paralysis following a
stroke. Which of the following factors would be most likely to result in
decubitus ulcer formation for this client?
a. Poor nutrition
b. Immobility
c. Reduced hydration
d. Skin secretions - ANS ✔✔B
2. A 61-year-old client with diabetes mellitus has physician's orders for
