NUR 1015 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE | NUR 1015 EXAM 1 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE NURSING
FUNDAMENTALS REVIEW 2026/2027
Professionalism - ✔✔delivery of standard-based nursing care that is consistent with moral, altruistic,
legal, ethical, regulatory, and humanistic principles
Characteristics of Professional Behaviors - ✔✔Knowledge
Competence
Teamwork
Integrity
Positive attitude
Compassion
Characteristics of the Professional Nurse - ✔✔Behavioral competencies: adhering to dress codes, calm
demeanor, strong work ethic
Lifelong learners: actively pursues educational opportunities
Clinical competencies: respectfully coordinates care across healthcare disciplines
Advocacy: promotes safe care to meet client-centered needs at all times
Caring: promotes and demonstrates compassionate, culturally competent care
Ethical: Adheres to accepted standards of ethical practice
Accountable: responsible for actions
Code of Ethics - ✔✔Nurses are expected not only to adhere to the values, moral norms, and ideals of
the profession, but also to embrace them as part of what it means to be a nurse. A code of ethics for the
nursing profession makes explicit the primary obligations, values, and ideals of the profession.
Values in nursing - ✔✔Altruism: concern for others
Autonomy: right to self determination
Human Dignity: respect others
Integrity: acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics
Social Justice: equal treatment and access under the law to quality health care
Ethical Decision Making - ✔✔
, Ethical Decision Making - ✔✔Gather data
Identify the ethical problem
Implement and evluate
plan (Identify options, think )
Advocacy - ✔✔process of supporting, defending, or assisting in another's cause
Patient advocacy - ✔✔process or strategy for acting on behalf of others to help them get services and
rights that they need but might not otherwise receive
Exemplar: Patient Bill of Rights - ✔✔Right to be informed
Right to make decisions about your care
Right to refuse care
Right to know when
something goes wrong with their care
Right to care that is free from discrimination
Right to safe care
Right to have pain addressed
Right to be treated with courtesy and respect
Exemplar: Nurse Practice Acts - ✔✔Defines the scope of practice, standards for education, licensure
requirements, and groups for discipline.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing- licensure examination
National Council Licensure Examination- NCLEX
Board of Nursing- BON
Nursing Student Responsibility
Exemplar HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - ✔✔Privacy: Right of individuals to
keep their personal information from being disclosed The individual decides when, where, with whom to
share health information
Confidentiality: Obtaining information Only information pertinent to health status of patients to whom
nurse assigned Disclosing information Only to individuals directly involved in patient's healthcare
Advocating for confidentiality Do not participate in gossip Curb others from participating in breaches of
confidentiality
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE NURSING
FUNDAMENTALS REVIEW 2026/2027
Professionalism - ✔✔delivery of standard-based nursing care that is consistent with moral, altruistic,
legal, ethical, regulatory, and humanistic principles
Characteristics of Professional Behaviors - ✔✔Knowledge
Competence
Teamwork
Integrity
Positive attitude
Compassion
Characteristics of the Professional Nurse - ✔✔Behavioral competencies: adhering to dress codes, calm
demeanor, strong work ethic
Lifelong learners: actively pursues educational opportunities
Clinical competencies: respectfully coordinates care across healthcare disciplines
Advocacy: promotes safe care to meet client-centered needs at all times
Caring: promotes and demonstrates compassionate, culturally competent care
Ethical: Adheres to accepted standards of ethical practice
Accountable: responsible for actions
Code of Ethics - ✔✔Nurses are expected not only to adhere to the values, moral norms, and ideals of
the profession, but also to embrace them as part of what it means to be a nurse. A code of ethics for the
nursing profession makes explicit the primary obligations, values, and ideals of the profession.
Values in nursing - ✔✔Altruism: concern for others
Autonomy: right to self determination
Human Dignity: respect others
Integrity: acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics
Social Justice: equal treatment and access under the law to quality health care
Ethical Decision Making - ✔✔
, Ethical Decision Making - ✔✔Gather data
Identify the ethical problem
Implement and evluate
plan (Identify options, think )
Advocacy - ✔✔process of supporting, defending, or assisting in another's cause
Patient advocacy - ✔✔process or strategy for acting on behalf of others to help them get services and
rights that they need but might not otherwise receive
Exemplar: Patient Bill of Rights - ✔✔Right to be informed
Right to make decisions about your care
Right to refuse care
Right to know when
something goes wrong with their care
Right to care that is free from discrimination
Right to safe care
Right to have pain addressed
Right to be treated with courtesy and respect
Exemplar: Nurse Practice Acts - ✔✔Defines the scope of practice, standards for education, licensure
requirements, and groups for discipline.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing- licensure examination
National Council Licensure Examination- NCLEX
Board of Nursing- BON
Nursing Student Responsibility
Exemplar HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - ✔✔Privacy: Right of individuals to
keep their personal information from being disclosed The individual decides when, where, with whom to
share health information
Confidentiality: Obtaining information Only information pertinent to health status of patients to whom
nurse assigned Disclosing information Only to individuals directly involved in patient's healthcare
Advocating for confidentiality Do not participate in gossip Curb others from participating in breaches of
confidentiality
