NURSE EXECUTIVE PRACTICE EXAMS WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS 2026/2027 /UPDATED
EXAMS
1. A patient has requested not to be intubated based on his increasingly poor health and
his previous experience on a ventilator. After he becomes comatose, his daughter
arrives from out of state and demands that her father be intubated. The physician
agrees to intubate in order to resolve the conflict but decides to have an anesthesia
intern do the intubation "for practice." The nurse's first ethical obligation is to the: -
ANSWER-Patient
2. A professional practice model is differentiated from a model of care delivery by the
following: - ANSWER-Clinical decision-making and interdisciplinary communication
are basic elements of a care delivery model.
3. An area of technology that is increasing access to health care by allowing providers to
treat patients remotely is: - ANSWER-Telehealth
4. As a nurse executive, you have been asked to seek approval to open five additional
NICU beds. Occupancy approval is a part of the licensing process and rests with the: -
ANSWER-State government
5. As the leader of the crisis management team responding to a serious issue regarding
contaminated implants placed in patients during surgery, the nurse executive applies
this essential approach to the main public trust. - ANSWER-Truthful disclosure
6. Evidence of exemplary professional practice in a Magnet hospital would include: -
ANSWER-Self-scheduling
, 7. Federal regulations government the quality of care provided by healthcare facilities
are enforced by: - ANSWER-The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
8. If a nurse leaves a unit without adequate coverage or before relief arrives and
something untoward happens to a patient: - ANSWER-An abandonment argument
can be made.
9. In healthcare, when the term "customers" is used, it usually refers to clients or patients
and their families. However, a broader definition would be: - ANSWER-Those whom
we exist to serve
10. In the Code of Ethics for Nurses, one of the core ethical principals is: - ANSWER-
Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Justice.
11. In their classic work on managers and leaders, Bennis and Nanus (1985,1987) asserted
that managers and leaders differ in how they think and act. Leaders focus on
purposes, use strategy as common methodology, and are challenged to "do the right
things," while managers: - ANSWER-Focus on structure and procedures, use schedules
as common methodology, and are challenged to "do things right."
12. Incident reports are a mechanism for formal reporting of critical events so that
organizations can focus on and improve patient safety. However, nurses and
physicians should not reference incident reports in notes or orders in the patient
record because: - ANSWER-It may alter protection from discovery and alert the
plaintiff's attorney to its existence
CORRECT SOLUTIONS 2026/2027 /UPDATED
EXAMS
1. A patient has requested not to be intubated based on his increasingly poor health and
his previous experience on a ventilator. After he becomes comatose, his daughter
arrives from out of state and demands that her father be intubated. The physician
agrees to intubate in order to resolve the conflict but decides to have an anesthesia
intern do the intubation "for practice." The nurse's first ethical obligation is to the: -
ANSWER-Patient
2. A professional practice model is differentiated from a model of care delivery by the
following: - ANSWER-Clinical decision-making and interdisciplinary communication
are basic elements of a care delivery model.
3. An area of technology that is increasing access to health care by allowing providers to
treat patients remotely is: - ANSWER-Telehealth
4. As a nurse executive, you have been asked to seek approval to open five additional
NICU beds. Occupancy approval is a part of the licensing process and rests with the: -
ANSWER-State government
5. As the leader of the crisis management team responding to a serious issue regarding
contaminated implants placed in patients during surgery, the nurse executive applies
this essential approach to the main public trust. - ANSWER-Truthful disclosure
6. Evidence of exemplary professional practice in a Magnet hospital would include: -
ANSWER-Self-scheduling
, 7. Federal regulations government the quality of care provided by healthcare facilities
are enforced by: - ANSWER-The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
8. If a nurse leaves a unit without adequate coverage or before relief arrives and
something untoward happens to a patient: - ANSWER-An abandonment argument
can be made.
9. In healthcare, when the term "customers" is used, it usually refers to clients or patients
and their families. However, a broader definition would be: - ANSWER-Those whom
we exist to serve
10. In the Code of Ethics for Nurses, one of the core ethical principals is: - ANSWER-
Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Justice.
11. In their classic work on managers and leaders, Bennis and Nanus (1985,1987) asserted
that managers and leaders differ in how they think and act. Leaders focus on
purposes, use strategy as common methodology, and are challenged to "do the right
things," while managers: - ANSWER-Focus on structure and procedures, use schedules
as common methodology, and are challenged to "do things right."
12. Incident reports are a mechanism for formal reporting of critical events so that
organizations can focus on and improve patient safety. However, nurses and
physicians should not reference incident reports in notes or orders in the patient
record because: - ANSWER-It may alter protection from discovery and alert the
plaintiff's attorney to its existence
