FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING TEST 1 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care
coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation you
have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses.
Your instructor asks the class why this document is important. Which of the following
statements best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's condentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Denes the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
Correct answer: 4
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse
obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung and heart sounds, determines her level of
comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice
is performed?
1. Diagnosis
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation
Correct answer: 3
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath.
The nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which
standard of practice is performed?
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
,4. Implementation
Correct answer: 4
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure.
The nurse explains the risk and benets of the surgery to the family and discusses the
patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator.
2. Advocate.
3. Caregiver.
4. Case manager.
Correct answer: 2
The nurse spends time with the patient and family reviewing the dressing change procedure
for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how to change the dressing.
The nurse is acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Case manager
Correct answer: 1
The examination for registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in the
United States. This examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients.
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients.
3. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided.
4. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice.
,Correct answer: 4
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge and skills for a variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples? (Select all
that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy and accountability
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Lobbyist
Correct answer: 1, 2, 3, 4
Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the role.
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse anesthetist
3. Nurse practitioner
4. Nurse-midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly managing the
medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic conditions
d. Provides care and services under the supervision of an anesthesiologist
Correct answer: 1b, 2d, 3c, 4a
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of the following
models is expected from health care reform?
12
, 1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
4. Moving from a chronic care to an illness prevention model
Correct answer: 1
A nurse meets with the registered dietitian and physical therapist to develop a plan of care
that focuses on improving nutrition and mobility for a patient. This is an example of which
Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses (QSEN) competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Informatics
Correct answer: 3
A critical care nurse is using a computerized decision support system to correctly position
her ventilated patients to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory
secretions. This is an example of which Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses
(QSEN) competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Informatics
Correct answer: 4
Individual psychotherapy, known as the "couch technique", and dream analysis are
therapeutic modalities of which theory?
a. Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care
coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation you
have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses.
Your instructor asks the class why this document is important. Which of the following
statements best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's condentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Denes the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
Correct answer: 4
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse
obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung and heart sounds, determines her level of
comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice
is performed?
1. Diagnosis
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation
Correct answer: 3
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath.
The nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which
standard of practice is performed?
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
,4. Implementation
Correct answer: 4
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure.
The nurse explains the risk and benets of the surgery to the family and discusses the
patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator.
2. Advocate.
3. Caregiver.
4. Case manager.
Correct answer: 2
The nurse spends time with the patient and family reviewing the dressing change procedure
for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how to change the dressing.
The nurse is acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Case manager
Correct answer: 1
The examination for registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in the
United States. This examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients.
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients.
3. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided.
4. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice.
,Correct answer: 4
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge and skills for a variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples? (Select all
that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy and accountability
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Lobbyist
Correct answer: 1, 2, 3, 4
Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the role.
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse anesthetist
3. Nurse practitioner
4. Nurse-midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly managing the
medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic conditions
d. Provides care and services under the supervision of an anesthesiologist
Correct answer: 1b, 2d, 3c, 4a
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of the following
models is expected from health care reform?
12
, 1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
4. Moving from a chronic care to an illness prevention model
Correct answer: 1
A nurse meets with the registered dietitian and physical therapist to develop a plan of care
that focuses on improving nutrition and mobility for a patient. This is an example of which
Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses (QSEN) competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Informatics
Correct answer: 3
A critical care nurse is using a computerized decision support system to correctly position
her ventilated patients to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory
secretions. This is an example of which Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses
(QSEN) competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Informatics
Correct answer: 4
Individual psychotherapy, known as the "couch technique", and dream analysis are
therapeutic modalities of which theory?
a. Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory
