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Exam 1 Study Guide | Nursing Practice
Questions & NCLEX Prep
2026/2027
,A nurse is discussing the purpose of regulatory agencies B Ensuring that health care providers comply with regulations
during a staff meeting. Which of the following tasks should
the nurse identify as the responsibility of state licensing State licensing boards are responsible for ensuring that health care providers and
boards? agencies comply with state regulations.
A. Monitoring evidence-based practice for clients who have A. Review committees responsible
a specific diagnosis C. The Joint Commission
B. Ensuring that health care providers comply with D. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
regulations
C. Setting quality standards for accreditation of health care
facilities
D. Determining whether medications are safe for
administration to clients
A nurse is explaining the various types of health care B, E
coverage clients might have to a group of nurses. Which of
the following health care financing mechanisms should the PPO, Long-term care insurance, EPO are all privately funded
nurse include as federally funded? Select all that apply.
A. Preferred provider organization (PPO)
B. Medicare
C. Long-term care insurance
D. Exclusive provider organization (EPO)
E. Medicaid
A nurse manager is developing strategies to care for the A. Obesity screenings at office visits is an example of primary health care. Primary
increasing number of clients who have obesity. Which of health care emphasizes health promotion and disease control, is often delivered
the following actions should the nurse include as a primary during office visits, and includes screenings.
health care strategy?
B. REHAB - Restorative Care
A. Collaborating with providers to perform obesity C. SPECIALIZED - Tertiary Care
screenings during routine office visits D. ACUTE - Secondary Care
B. Ensuring the availability of specialized beds in
rehabilitation centers for clients who have obesity
C. Providing specialized intraoperative training in surgical
treatments for obesity
D. Educating acute care nurses about postoperative
complications related to obesity
A nurse is explaining the various levels of health care A, B, C
services to a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of the Tertiary health care involves the provision of specialized and highly technical care,
following examples of care or care settings should the such as the care nurses deliver in intensive care units, an oncology treatment
nurse classify as tertiary care? center, and a burn center.
Select all that apply.
D, E
A. Intensive care unit Cardiac rehabilitation and home health care are examples of restorative care.
B. Oncology treatment center
C. Burn center
D. Cardiac rehabilitation
E. Home health care
A nurse is discussing restorative health care with a newly A, B, D
licensed nurse. Which of the following examples should Restorative health care involves intermediate follow-up care for restoring health and
the nurse include in the teaching? promoting self-care. Home health care, rehabilitation facilities, and skilled nursing
Select all that apply. facilities are types of restorative health care.
A. Home health care C, E
B. Rehabilitation facilities Diagnostic centers
C. Diagnostic centers Secondary health care includes the diagnosis and treatment of acute injury or
D. Skilled nursing facilities illness. Diagnostic centers are a type of secondary health care.
E. Oncology centers
, A goal for a client who has difficulty with self-feeding due to D. Occupational therapist
rheumatoid arthritis is to use adaptive devices. The nurse The nurse should identify that an occupational therapist can assist clients who have
caring for the client should initiate a referral to which of the physical challenges to use adaptive devices and strategies to help with self-care
following members of the interprofessional care team? activities. A certified nursing assistant can help the client with feeding but does not
typically procure adaptive devices for the client.
A. Social worker
B. Certified nursing assistant
C. Registered dietitian A. A social worker can coordinate community services to help the client, but not
D. Occupational therapist specifically with self-feeding devices.
B. A certified nursing assistant can help the client with feeding but does not typically
procure adaptive devices for the client.
C. A registered dietitian can help with educating the client about meeting nutritional
needs but cannot help with the client's physical limitations.
A nurse is caring for a group of clients on a medical- A, B, D
surgical unit. For which of the following client care needs The nurse should initiate a referral for a social worker to provide information and
should the nurse initiate a referral for a social worker? assistance in coordinating hospice care for a client, care for community resources
Select all that apply. available for clients, and to assist the client in obtaining medical equipment for use
after discharge
A. A client who has terminal cancer requests hospice care
in the home C The nurse should initiate a referral for spiritual support staff if a client requests
B. A client asks about community resources available for specific religious sacraments or prayers.
older adults. E The nurse should provide client teaching for concerns regarding the use of a
C. A client states, "I would like to have my child baptized nebulizer. If additional information is needed, initiate a referral for a respiratory
before surgery." therapist.
D. A client requests an electric wheelchair for use after
discharge.
E. A client states, "I do not understand how to use a
nebulizer."
A client who is postoperative following knee arthroplasty is A, C, D
concerned about the adverse effects of the medication The provider, pharmacist, and RN must be knowledgeable about any medication
prescribed for pain management. Which of the following prescribed for the client, including its actions, effects, and interactions.
members of the interprofessional care team can assist the
client in understanding the medication's effects? B It is not within the scope of a certified nursing assistant's duties to counsel a client
Select all that apply. about medications.
E. Although some analgesics can cause respiratory depression, requiring
A. Provider assistance from a respiratory therapist, it is not within this therapist's scope of
B. Certified nursing assistant practice to counsel the client about medications prescribed by the provider.
C. Pharmacist
D. Registered nurse
E. Respiratory therapist
A client who had a cerebrovascular accident has persistent C, D
problems with dysphagia. The nurse caring for the client The nurse should identify that a speech-language pathologist and an occupational
should initiate a referral with which of the following therapist can initiate specific therapy for clients who have difficulty with feeding due
members of the interprofessional care team? to swallowing difficulties.
Select all that apply.
A. A social worker can coordinate community services to help the client, but not
A. Social worker specifically with dysphagia.
B. Certified nursing assistant B. A certified nursing assistant can help the client with feeding but cannot assess
C. Occupational therapist and treat dysphagia.
D. Speech-language pathologist E. A physical therapist can assist clients who have motor challenges to improve
E. Physical therapist abilities with self-care and work but cannot assess and treat dysphagia.
A nurse is acquainting a group of newly licensed nurses A, B, C, E
with the roles of the various members of the health care The nurse should identify that it is within the range of function for a CNA to provide
team they will encounter on a medical-surgical unit. When basic care to clients, such as bathing, assisting with ambulation, assisting with
providing examples of the types of tasks certified nursing toileting, and measuring and recording vital signs.
assistants (CNAs) can perform, which of the following
client activities should the nurse include? D. Determining pain level is a task that requires the assessment skills of licensed
Select all that apply. personnel (nurses). It is outside the range of function for a CNA.
A. Bathing
B. Ambulating
C. Toileting
D. Determining pain level
E. Measuring vital signs
Exam 1 Study Guide | Nursing Practice
Questions & NCLEX Prep
2026/2027
,A nurse is discussing the purpose of regulatory agencies B Ensuring that health care providers comply with regulations
during a staff meeting. Which of the following tasks should
the nurse identify as the responsibility of state licensing State licensing boards are responsible for ensuring that health care providers and
boards? agencies comply with state regulations.
A. Monitoring evidence-based practice for clients who have A. Review committees responsible
a specific diagnosis C. The Joint Commission
B. Ensuring that health care providers comply with D. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
regulations
C. Setting quality standards for accreditation of health care
facilities
D. Determining whether medications are safe for
administration to clients
A nurse is explaining the various types of health care B, E
coverage clients might have to a group of nurses. Which of
the following health care financing mechanisms should the PPO, Long-term care insurance, EPO are all privately funded
nurse include as federally funded? Select all that apply.
A. Preferred provider organization (PPO)
B. Medicare
C. Long-term care insurance
D. Exclusive provider organization (EPO)
E. Medicaid
A nurse manager is developing strategies to care for the A. Obesity screenings at office visits is an example of primary health care. Primary
increasing number of clients who have obesity. Which of health care emphasizes health promotion and disease control, is often delivered
the following actions should the nurse include as a primary during office visits, and includes screenings.
health care strategy?
B. REHAB - Restorative Care
A. Collaborating with providers to perform obesity C. SPECIALIZED - Tertiary Care
screenings during routine office visits D. ACUTE - Secondary Care
B. Ensuring the availability of specialized beds in
rehabilitation centers for clients who have obesity
C. Providing specialized intraoperative training in surgical
treatments for obesity
D. Educating acute care nurses about postoperative
complications related to obesity
A nurse is explaining the various levels of health care A, B, C
services to a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of the Tertiary health care involves the provision of specialized and highly technical care,
following examples of care or care settings should the such as the care nurses deliver in intensive care units, an oncology treatment
nurse classify as tertiary care? center, and a burn center.
Select all that apply.
D, E
A. Intensive care unit Cardiac rehabilitation and home health care are examples of restorative care.
B. Oncology treatment center
C. Burn center
D. Cardiac rehabilitation
E. Home health care
A nurse is discussing restorative health care with a newly A, B, D
licensed nurse. Which of the following examples should Restorative health care involves intermediate follow-up care for restoring health and
the nurse include in the teaching? promoting self-care. Home health care, rehabilitation facilities, and skilled nursing
Select all that apply. facilities are types of restorative health care.
A. Home health care C, E
B. Rehabilitation facilities Diagnostic centers
C. Diagnostic centers Secondary health care includes the diagnosis and treatment of acute injury or
D. Skilled nursing facilities illness. Diagnostic centers are a type of secondary health care.
E. Oncology centers
, A goal for a client who has difficulty with self-feeding due to D. Occupational therapist
rheumatoid arthritis is to use adaptive devices. The nurse The nurse should identify that an occupational therapist can assist clients who have
caring for the client should initiate a referral to which of the physical challenges to use adaptive devices and strategies to help with self-care
following members of the interprofessional care team? activities. A certified nursing assistant can help the client with feeding but does not
typically procure adaptive devices for the client.
A. Social worker
B. Certified nursing assistant
C. Registered dietitian A. A social worker can coordinate community services to help the client, but not
D. Occupational therapist specifically with self-feeding devices.
B. A certified nursing assistant can help the client with feeding but does not typically
procure adaptive devices for the client.
C. A registered dietitian can help with educating the client about meeting nutritional
needs but cannot help with the client's physical limitations.
A nurse is caring for a group of clients on a medical- A, B, D
surgical unit. For which of the following client care needs The nurse should initiate a referral for a social worker to provide information and
should the nurse initiate a referral for a social worker? assistance in coordinating hospice care for a client, care for community resources
Select all that apply. available for clients, and to assist the client in obtaining medical equipment for use
after discharge
A. A client who has terminal cancer requests hospice care
in the home C The nurse should initiate a referral for spiritual support staff if a client requests
B. A client asks about community resources available for specific religious sacraments or prayers.
older adults. E The nurse should provide client teaching for concerns regarding the use of a
C. A client states, "I would like to have my child baptized nebulizer. If additional information is needed, initiate a referral for a respiratory
before surgery." therapist.
D. A client requests an electric wheelchair for use after
discharge.
E. A client states, "I do not understand how to use a
nebulizer."
A client who is postoperative following knee arthroplasty is A, C, D
concerned about the adverse effects of the medication The provider, pharmacist, and RN must be knowledgeable about any medication
prescribed for pain management. Which of the following prescribed for the client, including its actions, effects, and interactions.
members of the interprofessional care team can assist the
client in understanding the medication's effects? B It is not within the scope of a certified nursing assistant's duties to counsel a client
Select all that apply. about medications.
E. Although some analgesics can cause respiratory depression, requiring
A. Provider assistance from a respiratory therapist, it is not within this therapist's scope of
B. Certified nursing assistant practice to counsel the client about medications prescribed by the provider.
C. Pharmacist
D. Registered nurse
E. Respiratory therapist
A client who had a cerebrovascular accident has persistent C, D
problems with dysphagia. The nurse caring for the client The nurse should identify that a speech-language pathologist and an occupational
should initiate a referral with which of the following therapist can initiate specific therapy for clients who have difficulty with feeding due
members of the interprofessional care team? to swallowing difficulties.
Select all that apply.
A. A social worker can coordinate community services to help the client, but not
A. Social worker specifically with dysphagia.
B. Certified nursing assistant B. A certified nursing assistant can help the client with feeding but cannot assess
C. Occupational therapist and treat dysphagia.
D. Speech-language pathologist E. A physical therapist can assist clients who have motor challenges to improve
E. Physical therapist abilities with self-care and work but cannot assess and treat dysphagia.
A nurse is acquainting a group of newly licensed nurses A, B, C, E
with the roles of the various members of the health care The nurse should identify that it is within the range of function for a CNA to provide
team they will encounter on a medical-surgical unit. When basic care to clients, such as bathing, assisting with ambulation, assisting with
providing examples of the types of tasks certified nursing toileting, and measuring and recording vital signs.
assistants (CNAs) can perform, which of the following
client activities should the nurse include? D. Determining pain level is a task that requires the assessment skills of licensed
Select all that apply. personnel (nurses). It is outside the range of function for a CNA.
A. Bathing
B. Ambulating
C. Toileting
D. Determining pain level
E. Measuring vital signs
