NURS 2710 CONCEPT OUTCOMES & TEST BLUEPRINT EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NURS 2710 EXAM 1 STUDY
GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
Discuss importance to nursing of the code of ethics - Correct answer ✔✔ Framework for ethical
practice: The Code of Ethics provides guidance professional behaviors, decision making, and
patient advocacy. Addresses ethical dilemmas in practice. Patient Dignity: Emphasizes respect
for patient dignity and rights. Accountability: Nurses must take ownership of their actions and
decisions.
Describe ethical principles and legal concept of informed consent. - Correct answer ✔✔ Ethical
principles are standards of what is right or wrong regarding important social values and norms.
Disclosure: Healthcare providers must explain all necessary information regarding treatments,
including risks, benefits, and possible outcomes. Nurses responsibilities include witnessing
patient consent forms and sending them to their providers.
Describe authorities and/or regulatory frameworks that govern the practice of professional
nursing. - Correct answer ✔✔ American Nurses Association (ANA) establish evidence-based
practice guidelines and advocate for workplace safety and fair compensation.
Standards of Professional Nurses Practice: Authority statements of actions and behaviors of all
rns regardless of rules, populations, specialties and settings are expected to perform
competency.
US Department of Health and Human Services:
The Joint commission: Ensure quality and safety in healthcare settings
Nurse Practice Acts (NPAs): These vary by state and dictate the legal responsibilities of RNs,
medications or delegate tasks to unlicensed personnel.
Professional Standards Review Organizations: Monitor health care providers
The Board of Nursing: License and discipline nurses and make sure agencies comply with state
regulations
State Nurse practice Act: They determine scope of practice.
, Food and drug administration: Authority of food and drugs.
Describe roles nurses play in the delivery of health care. - Correct answer ✔✔ Caregiver
Advocate
Educator
Communicator
Collaborator
Leader
Manager
Researcher
Explain the use of evidence in the delivery of nursing care. - Correct answer ✔✔ Evidence Based
Practice (EBP)-peer reviewed studies that improve patient outcome and safety
Define:
Veracity
Autonomy
Beneficence
Justice
Fidelity
Nonmaleficence - Correct answer ✔✔ Veracity-Tell the truth
Autonomy-Control by the individual for the individual
Beneficence-Do good
Justice-Be fair
Fidelity-Keep promises
Nonmaleficence-Do no harm
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NURS 2710 EXAM 1 STUDY
GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
Discuss importance to nursing of the code of ethics - Correct answer ✔✔ Framework for ethical
practice: The Code of Ethics provides guidance professional behaviors, decision making, and
patient advocacy. Addresses ethical dilemmas in practice. Patient Dignity: Emphasizes respect
for patient dignity and rights. Accountability: Nurses must take ownership of their actions and
decisions.
Describe ethical principles and legal concept of informed consent. - Correct answer ✔✔ Ethical
principles are standards of what is right or wrong regarding important social values and norms.
Disclosure: Healthcare providers must explain all necessary information regarding treatments,
including risks, benefits, and possible outcomes. Nurses responsibilities include witnessing
patient consent forms and sending them to their providers.
Describe authorities and/or regulatory frameworks that govern the practice of professional
nursing. - Correct answer ✔✔ American Nurses Association (ANA) establish evidence-based
practice guidelines and advocate for workplace safety and fair compensation.
Standards of Professional Nurses Practice: Authority statements of actions and behaviors of all
rns regardless of rules, populations, specialties and settings are expected to perform
competency.
US Department of Health and Human Services:
The Joint commission: Ensure quality and safety in healthcare settings
Nurse Practice Acts (NPAs): These vary by state and dictate the legal responsibilities of RNs,
medications or delegate tasks to unlicensed personnel.
Professional Standards Review Organizations: Monitor health care providers
The Board of Nursing: License and discipline nurses and make sure agencies comply with state
regulations
State Nurse practice Act: They determine scope of practice.
, Food and drug administration: Authority of food and drugs.
Describe roles nurses play in the delivery of health care. - Correct answer ✔✔ Caregiver
Advocate
Educator
Communicator
Collaborator
Leader
Manager
Researcher
Explain the use of evidence in the delivery of nursing care. - Correct answer ✔✔ Evidence Based
Practice (EBP)-peer reviewed studies that improve patient outcome and safety
Define:
Veracity
Autonomy
Beneficence
Justice
Fidelity
Nonmaleficence - Correct answer ✔✔ Veracity-Tell the truth
Autonomy-Control by the individual for the individual
Beneficence-Do good
Justice-Be fair
Fidelity-Keep promises
Nonmaleficence-Do no harm
