N170 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | N170 FINAL
EXAM STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
What is the IOM 2010 "Future of Nursing Report" all about and what are the key messages from
this report? - Correct answer ✔✔ IOM (institute of medicine) calls attention to reforming the
U.S. health care system. Key messages: Nurses should practice to the full extent of their
education and training. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education. Nurses should be full
partners with other healthcare professionals in redesigning healthcare in the U.S. Effective
workforce planning and policymaking require better data collection and information
infrastructure. Nurses need to stay alert for new and proposed legislation and its amendments
that will affect nursing care.
IOM - Correct answer ✔✔ IOM Institute Of Medicine. Nursing Reform.
What is QSEN? Can you describe the 6 components of QSEN? pg. 395 - Correct answer ✔✔
QSEN is quality and safety in nursing education. The components of QSEN are developed to help
decrease amount of nursing errors by increasing awareness and apply knowledge.
Patient centered care. Teamwork and collaboration. Evidence-based practice. Quality
improvement. Safety. Informatics.
QSEN - Correct answer ✔✔ QSEN Quality and Safety in Nursing Education. Patient centered
care. Teamwork and collaboration. Evidence-based practice. Quality improvement. Safety.
Informatics.
What is workplace bullying? What are some manifestations of workplace bullying? pg. 239 -
Correct answer ✔✔ Workplace bullying is a type of workplace violence which can be verbal or
non-verbal aggression. Lateral violence is done between colleagues and is often described as
being perpetrated by someone in a higher level of authority.
Define the scope of practice and roles of nurses presented by peers. - Correct answer ✔✔
, What is SBAR? Can you describe the main components of SBAR? pg. 398 - Correct answer ✔✔
SBAR are communication strategies for effective teamwork to help providers develop shared
mental models to know what to expect, synchronize care, and mitigate errors. Structured
communication can ensure accurate information exchange and shared decision making.
SBAR is Situation Background Assessment Recommendation. Situation is patient information as
a brief sentence of what is happening now. Background is diagnosis, relevant lab and
assessment data, and chief complaints. Assessment is analysis of the problem or what is of
concern. Recommendation is formed as a question of what may be a solution or request for
help.
SBAR - Correct answer ✔✔ SBAR Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation.
What is the nursing process? Can you describe the 5 components or criteria of the nursing
process? pg. 504 - Correct answer ✔✔ The nursing process is "the scientific problem-solving
approach to client care that includes assessment, analysis, planning, implementation, and
evaluation".
Assessment: is gathering information.
Analysis: The nurse classifies or groups assessment data and identifies actual or potential client
problems.
Planning: includes setting realistic, measurable, and mutual goals.
Implementation: is initiating and carrying out nursing interventions or nursing actions.
Implementation includes organizing and managing care, actually performing patient care,
overseeing and coordinating the delivery of care workers, teaching or counseling the client
family and caregivers, communicating and exchanging patient-related information with other
health care workers.
Evaluation: is collecting data to document the progress the patient has made, or not made, in
relation to the stated goal. The nurse needs to decide what action to take or what modifications
to make regarding the goal. Then one of three choices need to be made. Resolve the plan
because the patient has achieved the goal. Continue the plan because the patient is still making
satisfactory progress toward the goal. Revise plan because patient is not making progress.
EXAM STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
What is the IOM 2010 "Future of Nursing Report" all about and what are the key messages from
this report? - Correct answer ✔✔ IOM (institute of medicine) calls attention to reforming the
U.S. health care system. Key messages: Nurses should practice to the full extent of their
education and training. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education. Nurses should be full
partners with other healthcare professionals in redesigning healthcare in the U.S. Effective
workforce planning and policymaking require better data collection and information
infrastructure. Nurses need to stay alert for new and proposed legislation and its amendments
that will affect nursing care.
IOM - Correct answer ✔✔ IOM Institute Of Medicine. Nursing Reform.
What is QSEN? Can you describe the 6 components of QSEN? pg. 395 - Correct answer ✔✔
QSEN is quality and safety in nursing education. The components of QSEN are developed to help
decrease amount of nursing errors by increasing awareness and apply knowledge.
Patient centered care. Teamwork and collaboration. Evidence-based practice. Quality
improvement. Safety. Informatics.
QSEN - Correct answer ✔✔ QSEN Quality and Safety in Nursing Education. Patient centered
care. Teamwork and collaboration. Evidence-based practice. Quality improvement. Safety.
Informatics.
What is workplace bullying? What are some manifestations of workplace bullying? pg. 239 -
Correct answer ✔✔ Workplace bullying is a type of workplace violence which can be verbal or
non-verbal aggression. Lateral violence is done between colleagues and is often described as
being perpetrated by someone in a higher level of authority.
Define the scope of practice and roles of nurses presented by peers. - Correct answer ✔✔
, What is SBAR? Can you describe the main components of SBAR? pg. 398 - Correct answer ✔✔
SBAR are communication strategies for effective teamwork to help providers develop shared
mental models to know what to expect, synchronize care, and mitigate errors. Structured
communication can ensure accurate information exchange and shared decision making.
SBAR is Situation Background Assessment Recommendation. Situation is patient information as
a brief sentence of what is happening now. Background is diagnosis, relevant lab and
assessment data, and chief complaints. Assessment is analysis of the problem or what is of
concern. Recommendation is formed as a question of what may be a solution or request for
help.
SBAR - Correct answer ✔✔ SBAR Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation.
What is the nursing process? Can you describe the 5 components or criteria of the nursing
process? pg. 504 - Correct answer ✔✔ The nursing process is "the scientific problem-solving
approach to client care that includes assessment, analysis, planning, implementation, and
evaluation".
Assessment: is gathering information.
Analysis: The nurse classifies or groups assessment data and identifies actual or potential client
problems.
Planning: includes setting realistic, measurable, and mutual goals.
Implementation: is initiating and carrying out nursing interventions or nursing actions.
Implementation includes organizing and managing care, actually performing patient care,
overseeing and coordinating the delivery of care workers, teaching or counseling the client
family and caregivers, communicating and exchanging patient-related information with other
health care workers.
Evaluation: is collecting data to document the progress the patient has made, or not made, in
relation to the stated goal. The nurse needs to decide what action to take or what modifications
to make regarding the goal. Then one of three choices need to be made. Resolve the plan
because the patient has achieved the goal. Continue the plan because the patient is still making
satisfactory progress toward the goal. Revise plan because patient is not making progress.
