NUR 205 FINAL EXAM (2025) EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+ UPDATE 2025|
2026!! STUDY GUIDE EXAM
1. Which of the following clients is the most appropriate candidate for
receiving outpatient care?
A) A client whose complaints of irregular bowel movements have
necessitated a colonoscopy
B) A woman who has previously borne two children and is entering
the second stage of labor
C) A man who is receiving treatment for sepsis after his blood
cultures came back positive
D) A client with a history of depression who is currently expressing
suicidal ideation - ANSWER-A
2. Outpatient services are appropriate for clients who are medically
stable but who require diagnostic testing, such as a colonoscopy.
Clients in active labor and clients who are actively septic or suicidal
require close monitoring and frequent interventions, which can only
be safely provided on an inpatient basis.
3. After many years of advanced practice nursing, a nurse has recently
enrolled in a nurse practitioner program. This nurse has been
attracted to the program by the potential to provide primary care for
clients after graduation, an opportunity that is most likely to exist in
which of the following settings?
A) A rural health center
B) A long-term care facility
C) A university hospital
, D) A community hospital - ANSWER-A
4. Many rural health centers employ few health care providers, and
primary care is often provided by a nurse practitioner (NP). A nurse
practitioner may provide care in a long-term care facility or hospital,
but in these settings, the NP is less likely to be the provider of primary
care to clients.
5. Which of the following phrases best describes hospitals today?
A) Focus on chronic illnesses
B) Focus on acute care needs
C) Primary care centers
D) Voluntary agencies - ANSWER-B
6. Hospitals have become acute care providers for people who are too ill
to care for themselves at home, who are severely injured, who require
surgery or complicated treatment, or who are having babies. Hospitals
rarely focus on chronic illnesses, and they are not primary care
centers. Hospitals are not classified as voluntary agencies.
7. A man is scheduled for hospital outpatient surgery. He tells the nurse,
"I don't know what that word,outpatient, means." How would the
nurse respond?
A) "It means you will have surgery in the hospital and stay for 2
days."
B) "It means the surgeon will come to your home to do the
surgery."
C) "Why would you ask such a question? Don't worry about it."
D) "You will have surgery and go home that same day." - ANSWER-
D
,8. In addition to providing acute care, hospitals have many services for
outpatients (those who require health care but do not need to stay in
the facility). Clients who have outpatient surgery have the procedure,
return to their hospital room for recovery, and then are discharged
home on the same day.
9. A nurse in a walk-in health care setting provides technical services
(e.g., administering medications), determines the priority of care
needs, and provides client teaching on all aspects of care. Which of
the following terms best describes this type of health care setting?
A) Hospital
B) Physician's office
C) Ambulatory center
D) Long-term care - ANSWER-C
10. Nurses in ambulatory care centers (walk-in clinics) provide
technical services (e.g., administering medications), determine the
priority of care needs, and provide teaching about all aspects of care.
Nurses employed in hospitals have many roles, including manager of
other members of the health care team providing client care,
administrator, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, patient
educator, in-service educator, and researcher. In physician's offices,
advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), nurse practitioners,
midwives, or clinical nurse specialists work independently or
collaboratively with physicians to make assessments and care for
clients who require health maintenance or health promotion activities.
Long-term care provides medical and nonmedical care for people with
chronic illnesses or disabilities.
11. Nurses who are employed in home care have a variety of
responsibilities. Which of the following is one of those responsibilities?
A) Provide all care and services
B) Maintain a clean home environment
, C) Advise clients on financial matters
D) Collaborate with other care providers - ANSWER-D
12. Nurses who provide care in the home make assessments,
provide physical care, administer medications, teach, and support
family members. They also collaborate with other health care
providers in providing care and services. Home care nurses do not
provide all care and services, maintain a clean home environment, or
advise clients on financial matters.
13. Which of the following is true of long-term care facilities?
A) They provide care only to older adults.
B) They provide care for homeless adults.
C) They provide care to people of any age.
D) They provide care only for people with dementia. - ANSWER-C
14. Long-term care facilities provide health care, and help with the
activities of daily living, for people of any age who are physically or
mentally unable to care for themselves independently. They do not
provide care only to older adults or those with dementia, although
they do care for those populations as well as others. They do not
provide care to homeless persons.
15. A grade school is preparing a series of classes on the dangers of
smoking. Who would be most likely to teach the classes?
A) A community health nurse
B) An outside consultant
C) A teacher
D) The school nurse - ANSWER-D
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+ UPDATE 2025|
2026!! STUDY GUIDE EXAM
1. Which of the following clients is the most appropriate candidate for
receiving outpatient care?
A) A client whose complaints of irregular bowel movements have
necessitated a colonoscopy
B) A woman who has previously borne two children and is entering
the second stage of labor
C) A man who is receiving treatment for sepsis after his blood
cultures came back positive
D) A client with a history of depression who is currently expressing
suicidal ideation - ANSWER-A
2. Outpatient services are appropriate for clients who are medically
stable but who require diagnostic testing, such as a colonoscopy.
Clients in active labor and clients who are actively septic or suicidal
require close monitoring and frequent interventions, which can only
be safely provided on an inpatient basis.
3. After many years of advanced practice nursing, a nurse has recently
enrolled in a nurse practitioner program. This nurse has been
attracted to the program by the potential to provide primary care for
clients after graduation, an opportunity that is most likely to exist in
which of the following settings?
A) A rural health center
B) A long-term care facility
C) A university hospital
, D) A community hospital - ANSWER-A
4. Many rural health centers employ few health care providers, and
primary care is often provided by a nurse practitioner (NP). A nurse
practitioner may provide care in a long-term care facility or hospital,
but in these settings, the NP is less likely to be the provider of primary
care to clients.
5. Which of the following phrases best describes hospitals today?
A) Focus on chronic illnesses
B) Focus on acute care needs
C) Primary care centers
D) Voluntary agencies - ANSWER-B
6. Hospitals have become acute care providers for people who are too ill
to care for themselves at home, who are severely injured, who require
surgery or complicated treatment, or who are having babies. Hospitals
rarely focus on chronic illnesses, and they are not primary care
centers. Hospitals are not classified as voluntary agencies.
7. A man is scheduled for hospital outpatient surgery. He tells the nurse,
"I don't know what that word,outpatient, means." How would the
nurse respond?
A) "It means you will have surgery in the hospital and stay for 2
days."
B) "It means the surgeon will come to your home to do the
surgery."
C) "Why would you ask such a question? Don't worry about it."
D) "You will have surgery and go home that same day." - ANSWER-
D
,8. In addition to providing acute care, hospitals have many services for
outpatients (those who require health care but do not need to stay in
the facility). Clients who have outpatient surgery have the procedure,
return to their hospital room for recovery, and then are discharged
home on the same day.
9. A nurse in a walk-in health care setting provides technical services
(e.g., administering medications), determines the priority of care
needs, and provides client teaching on all aspects of care. Which of
the following terms best describes this type of health care setting?
A) Hospital
B) Physician's office
C) Ambulatory center
D) Long-term care - ANSWER-C
10. Nurses in ambulatory care centers (walk-in clinics) provide
technical services (e.g., administering medications), determine the
priority of care needs, and provide teaching about all aspects of care.
Nurses employed in hospitals have many roles, including manager of
other members of the health care team providing client care,
administrator, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, patient
educator, in-service educator, and researcher. In physician's offices,
advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), nurse practitioners,
midwives, or clinical nurse specialists work independently or
collaboratively with physicians to make assessments and care for
clients who require health maintenance or health promotion activities.
Long-term care provides medical and nonmedical care for people with
chronic illnesses or disabilities.
11. Nurses who are employed in home care have a variety of
responsibilities. Which of the following is one of those responsibilities?
A) Provide all care and services
B) Maintain a clean home environment
, C) Advise clients on financial matters
D) Collaborate with other care providers - ANSWER-D
12. Nurses who provide care in the home make assessments,
provide physical care, administer medications, teach, and support
family members. They also collaborate with other health care
providers in providing care and services. Home care nurses do not
provide all care and services, maintain a clean home environment, or
advise clients on financial matters.
13. Which of the following is true of long-term care facilities?
A) They provide care only to older adults.
B) They provide care for homeless adults.
C) They provide care to people of any age.
D) They provide care only for people with dementia. - ANSWER-C
14. Long-term care facilities provide health care, and help with the
activities of daily living, for people of any age who are physically or
mentally unable to care for themselves independently. They do not
provide care only to older adults or those with dementia, although
they do care for those populations as well as others. They do not
provide care to homeless persons.
15. A grade school is preparing a series of classes on the dangers of
smoking. Who would be most likely to teach the classes?
A) A community health nurse
B) An outside consultant
C) A teacher
D) The school nurse - ANSWER-D
