NURSING 201 FINAL [2026] UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
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1. Nursing practice in the twenty-first century is an art and science that is
centered on the \nA. Client \nB. Health care facility \nC. Nursing process \nD.
Cultural diversity -✓✓ ANSWER: A
2. Who decreased mortality by improving sanitation in the battlefields, resulting
in a decrease in illness and infection? \nA. Florence Nightingale \nB. Clara Barton
\nC. Dorthea Dix \nD. Lillian Wald -✓✓ ANSWER: A
3. The professional nurse responsible for increasing the respect for the individual
and awareness of cultural diversity was: \nA. Harriet Tubman \nB. Mary Mahoney
\nC. Isabel Hampton \nD. Mary Adelaide Nutting -✓✓ ANSWER: B
4. The document that developed goals and objectives to meet the health of the
public is known as: \nA. Notes on Nursing \nB. Last Acts Campaign \nC. Healthy
People 2010 \nD. Nursing Principles and Practice 2010 -✓✓ ANSWER: C
5. A nurse who uses critical thinking in the decision-making process providing
effective quality care to individuals is known as a(n): \nA. Advanced care nurse
\nB. Clinical decision maker \nC. Evidence-based practitioner \nD. Multidiscipline
practice -✓✓ ANSWER: B
6. The document that assures clients that they will receive quality care from a
competent nurse is the: \nA. Standards of care \nB. Nurse Practice Act \nC.
Accreditation certification \nD. National council licensure -✓✓ ANSWER: A
,7. The regulation of licensure and practice of nursing is accomplished by the: \nA.
NCLEX-RN \nB. Certification examination \nC. Nurse Practice Act \nD. ANA
Congress for Nursing -✓✓ ANSWER: C
8. A nurse who has been in a position on the same unit for 2 years understands
the organization and care of the clients on that nursing unit. Benner defines this
nurse as able to anticipate nursing care and to formulate long-range goals; this
nurse is given the title: \nA. Expert \nB. Proficient \nC. Competent \nD. Advanced
beginner -✓✓ ANSWER: C
9. An advanced practice nurse (APN) is the nurse most independently functioning
of all professional nurses. All of the following are examples of clinically focused
APNs except: \nA. Nurse specialist \nB. Nurse practitioner \nC. Case manager \nD.
Care provider -✓✓ ANSWER: D
10. An APN is pursuing a job change. Which of the following positions would the
APN be unable to pursue without meeting additional criteria? \n A. Nurse
educator \nB. Certified registered nurse anesthetist \nC. Nurse manager \nD.
Case manager -✓✓ ANSWER: B
11. Which of the following professional organizations was created to address
concerns of members in the nursing profession? \nA. NLN \nB. MSN \nC. PHA
\nD. NIH -✓✓ ANSWER: A
NURSING HAS A CODE OF ETHICS THAT PROFESSIONAL rn'S FOLLOW:\n1. DEFINES
THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH NURSES' PROVIDE CARE TO THEIR CLIENTS\n2.
ENSURES IDENTICAL CARE TO ALL CLIENTS \n3. PROTECTS THE CLIENT FROM
HARM\n4. IMPROVES SELF-HEALTH CARE -✓✓ ANSWER: 1
,2. THE FOUNDER OF MODERN NURSING IS:\n1, DORTHEA DIX\n2. FLORENCE
NIGHTINGALE\n3. CLARA BARTON\n4. HARRIET TUBMAN -✓✓ ANSWER: 2
THE FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS:\n1. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE\n2.
DORTHEA DIX\n3, CLARA BARTON\n4. MARY MAHONEY -✓✓ ANSWER: 3
4. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IS DEFINED AS:\n1. THE INTERGRATION OF THE
BEST RESEARCH WITH CLINICAL EXPERTISE AND PATIENT VALUES\n2. SCHOLARLY
INQUIRY OF NURSING AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH LITERATURE\n3. NURSING
CARE BASED ON TRADITION\n4. QUALITY NURSING CARE PROVIDED IN AN
EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICALLY SOUND MANNER -✓✓ ANSWER: 1
5. THE STANDARDS OF CARE DESCRIBED IN THE ANA STANDARDS OF CLINICAL
PRACTICE, SECOND EDITION INCLUDE:\n1. THE NURSING PROCESS: ASSESSMENT,
DIAGNOSIS, OUTCOME IDENTIFICATION, AND PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION,
AND EVALUATION.\n2. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS, PERSONAL HYGIENE,
AND GROOMING\n3. CARE OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS\n4. CARE OF PERSONS
IN FINANCIAL CRISIS -✓✓ ANSWER: 1
6. REGARDLESS OF EDUCATION PREPARATION, THE EXAMINATION FOR THE RN
LICENSURE IS EXACTLY THE SAME IN EVERY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES,
THIS:\n1. PROVIDES A STANDARDIZED MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR THE
CLIENT POPULATION NURSES SERVE\n2. GAURENTEES SAFE CARE FOR ALL
CLIENTS\n3. ENSURES IDENTICAL CARE FOR ALL CLIENTS\n4. ENSURES AND
HONEST CARE GIVER -✓✓ ANSWER: 1
7. CONTEMPORARY NURSING REQUIRES THAT THE NURSE POSSES KNOWLEDGE
AND SKILLS FOR A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSABILITIES.
EXAMPLES INCLUDE:\n1. AUTONOMY AND ACCOUNTABILITY\n2. FOLLOWING
, PHYSICIANS ORDERS\n3. PROVIDING BEDSIDE CARE\n4. INCREASED EMPHASIS
ON HEALTH PROMOTION AND ILLNESS PREVENTION -✓✓ ANSWER: 4
8. ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES GENERALLY:\n1. WORK IN THE UNIVERSITY
SETTING\n2. FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY\n3. WORK IN ACUTE CARE
SETTINGS\n4. FUNCTION AS UNIT DIRECTORS -✓✓ ANSWER: 2
I NORTH AMERICA THE MAJOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING ORGANIZATIONS IS ARE:
\n1. THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND CRITICAL CARE NURSE\n2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING AND THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION\n3.
NATIONAL COUNCIL LICENSURE EXAMINATION\n4. THE AMERICAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION -✓✓ ANSWER: 2
10. AS LONG AS NURSES MAINTAIN INVOLVEMENT IN HEALTH CARE POLICY AND
PRACTICE:\n1. NURSES WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN SALARIES\n2.
OUTSIDERS WILL NOT IMPOSE THEIR WILL ON NURSING AND NURSING
PRACTICES\n3. MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS WILL SUBSIDE\n4. PHYSICIANS WILL
HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER NURSING AND NURSING FUNCTIONS -✓✓ ANSWER:
2
1. A nurse teaches the importance of folic acid to a group of pregnant women.
This is considered which level of preventive care? \n A. Primary prevention \nB.
Secondary prevention \nC. Tertiary prevention \nD. Illness behavior -✓✓
ANSWER: A
2. _______________ are described as a person's ideas, convictions, and attitudes
about health and illness. \n A. Health beliefs \nB. Moral beliefs \nC. Holistic views
\nD. Negative health behaviors -✓✓ ANSWER: A
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AND EXAM PREP
1. Nursing practice in the twenty-first century is an art and science that is
centered on the \nA. Client \nB. Health care facility \nC. Nursing process \nD.
Cultural diversity -✓✓ ANSWER: A
2. Who decreased mortality by improving sanitation in the battlefields, resulting
in a decrease in illness and infection? \nA. Florence Nightingale \nB. Clara Barton
\nC. Dorthea Dix \nD. Lillian Wald -✓✓ ANSWER: A
3. The professional nurse responsible for increasing the respect for the individual
and awareness of cultural diversity was: \nA. Harriet Tubman \nB. Mary Mahoney
\nC. Isabel Hampton \nD. Mary Adelaide Nutting -✓✓ ANSWER: B
4. The document that developed goals and objectives to meet the health of the
public is known as: \nA. Notes on Nursing \nB. Last Acts Campaign \nC. Healthy
People 2010 \nD. Nursing Principles and Practice 2010 -✓✓ ANSWER: C
5. A nurse who uses critical thinking in the decision-making process providing
effective quality care to individuals is known as a(n): \nA. Advanced care nurse
\nB. Clinical decision maker \nC. Evidence-based practitioner \nD. Multidiscipline
practice -✓✓ ANSWER: B
6. The document that assures clients that they will receive quality care from a
competent nurse is the: \nA. Standards of care \nB. Nurse Practice Act \nC.
Accreditation certification \nD. National council licensure -✓✓ ANSWER: A
,7. The regulation of licensure and practice of nursing is accomplished by the: \nA.
NCLEX-RN \nB. Certification examination \nC. Nurse Practice Act \nD. ANA
Congress for Nursing -✓✓ ANSWER: C
8. A nurse who has been in a position on the same unit for 2 years understands
the organization and care of the clients on that nursing unit. Benner defines this
nurse as able to anticipate nursing care and to formulate long-range goals; this
nurse is given the title: \nA. Expert \nB. Proficient \nC. Competent \nD. Advanced
beginner -✓✓ ANSWER: C
9. An advanced practice nurse (APN) is the nurse most independently functioning
of all professional nurses. All of the following are examples of clinically focused
APNs except: \nA. Nurse specialist \nB. Nurse practitioner \nC. Case manager \nD.
Care provider -✓✓ ANSWER: D
10. An APN is pursuing a job change. Which of the following positions would the
APN be unable to pursue without meeting additional criteria? \n A. Nurse
educator \nB. Certified registered nurse anesthetist \nC. Nurse manager \nD.
Case manager -✓✓ ANSWER: B
11. Which of the following professional organizations was created to address
concerns of members in the nursing profession? \nA. NLN \nB. MSN \nC. PHA
\nD. NIH -✓✓ ANSWER: A
NURSING HAS A CODE OF ETHICS THAT PROFESSIONAL rn'S FOLLOW:\n1. DEFINES
THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH NURSES' PROVIDE CARE TO THEIR CLIENTS\n2.
ENSURES IDENTICAL CARE TO ALL CLIENTS \n3. PROTECTS THE CLIENT FROM
HARM\n4. IMPROVES SELF-HEALTH CARE -✓✓ ANSWER: 1
,2. THE FOUNDER OF MODERN NURSING IS:\n1, DORTHEA DIX\n2. FLORENCE
NIGHTINGALE\n3. CLARA BARTON\n4. HARRIET TUBMAN -✓✓ ANSWER: 2
THE FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS:\n1. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE\n2.
DORTHEA DIX\n3, CLARA BARTON\n4. MARY MAHONEY -✓✓ ANSWER: 3
4. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IS DEFINED AS:\n1. THE INTERGRATION OF THE
BEST RESEARCH WITH CLINICAL EXPERTISE AND PATIENT VALUES\n2. SCHOLARLY
INQUIRY OF NURSING AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH LITERATURE\n3. NURSING
CARE BASED ON TRADITION\n4. QUALITY NURSING CARE PROVIDED IN AN
EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICALLY SOUND MANNER -✓✓ ANSWER: 1
5. THE STANDARDS OF CARE DESCRIBED IN THE ANA STANDARDS OF CLINICAL
PRACTICE, SECOND EDITION INCLUDE:\n1. THE NURSING PROCESS: ASSESSMENT,
DIAGNOSIS, OUTCOME IDENTIFICATION, AND PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION,
AND EVALUATION.\n2. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS, PERSONAL HYGIENE,
AND GROOMING\n3. CARE OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS\n4. CARE OF PERSONS
IN FINANCIAL CRISIS -✓✓ ANSWER: 1
6. REGARDLESS OF EDUCATION PREPARATION, THE EXAMINATION FOR THE RN
LICENSURE IS EXACTLY THE SAME IN EVERY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES,
THIS:\n1. PROVIDES A STANDARDIZED MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR THE
CLIENT POPULATION NURSES SERVE\n2. GAURENTEES SAFE CARE FOR ALL
CLIENTS\n3. ENSURES IDENTICAL CARE FOR ALL CLIENTS\n4. ENSURES AND
HONEST CARE GIVER -✓✓ ANSWER: 1
7. CONTEMPORARY NURSING REQUIRES THAT THE NURSE POSSES KNOWLEDGE
AND SKILLS FOR A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSABILITIES.
EXAMPLES INCLUDE:\n1. AUTONOMY AND ACCOUNTABILITY\n2. FOLLOWING
, PHYSICIANS ORDERS\n3. PROVIDING BEDSIDE CARE\n4. INCREASED EMPHASIS
ON HEALTH PROMOTION AND ILLNESS PREVENTION -✓✓ ANSWER: 4
8. ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES GENERALLY:\n1. WORK IN THE UNIVERSITY
SETTING\n2. FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY\n3. WORK IN ACUTE CARE
SETTINGS\n4. FUNCTION AS UNIT DIRECTORS -✓✓ ANSWER: 2
I NORTH AMERICA THE MAJOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING ORGANIZATIONS IS ARE:
\n1. THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND CRITICAL CARE NURSE\n2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING AND THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION\n3.
NATIONAL COUNCIL LICENSURE EXAMINATION\n4. THE AMERICAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION -✓✓ ANSWER: 2
10. AS LONG AS NURSES MAINTAIN INVOLVEMENT IN HEALTH CARE POLICY AND
PRACTICE:\n1. NURSES WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN SALARIES\n2.
OUTSIDERS WILL NOT IMPOSE THEIR WILL ON NURSING AND NURSING
PRACTICES\n3. MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS WILL SUBSIDE\n4. PHYSICIANS WILL
HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER NURSING AND NURSING FUNCTIONS -✓✓ ANSWER:
2
1. A nurse teaches the importance of folic acid to a group of pregnant women.
This is considered which level of preventive care? \n A. Primary prevention \nB.
Secondary prevention \nC. Tertiary prevention \nD. Illness behavior -✓✓
ANSWER: A
2. _______________ are described as a person's ideas, convictions, and attitudes
about health and illness. \n A. Health beliefs \nB. Moral beliefs \nC. Holistic views
\nD. Negative health behaviors -✓✓ ANSWER: A
