NUR 217 (Trends-Issues - Test 4) NCLEX Style Practice Questions
with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Rather than viewing the world as sets of objects that bump into or interact with each other,
which type of philosophy believes that the experiences of persons should be explored through the
gathering of conscious experience rather than just objective data?
A. Theology
B. Deontology
C. Phenomenology
D. Epistemology
Answer: C (Phenomenology)
Question 2: The ability of people to participate in their own healing through prayer or meditation may
use a source of healing power referred to as which of the following?
A. Spiritual wellness
B. Holistic wellness
C. Religious wellness
D. Remembered wellness
Answer: D (Remembered wellness)
Question 3: The nocebo effect creates a difficult ethical dilemma for the nurse, who is caught between
the obligation of which ethical principle and the obligation of informed consent?
A. Justice
B. Autonomy
C. Beneficence
D. Nonmaleficence
Answer: C (Beneficence)
Question 4: Which of the following may be regarded as the driving force that pervades all aspects of
and gives meaning to an individual's life?
A. Holism
B. Religion
C. Morality
D. Spirituality
Answer: D (Spirituality)
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,Question 5: Which emotion is a way of living that is born out of an awareness of one's relationship to all
living creatures, a sensitivity to the pain and brokenness of others?
A. Empathy
B. Sympathy
C. Compassion
D. Kindness
Answer: C (Compassion)
Question 6: Which of the following, as an institutionally based organized system of beliefs, represents
only one specific means of spiritual expression?
A. Holism
B. Religion
C. Morality
D. Spirituality
Answer: B (Religion)
Question 7: Which principle is centered on humans and looks to science and rational thought as a way
to understand the world?
A. Holism
B. Buddhism
C. Hinduism
D. Secularism
Answer: D (Secularism)
Question 8: In the context of a person's spiritual growth and development, a series of four
developmental stages have been proposed for human spirituality. Which stage has an emphasis on
rationality, materialism, and humaneness?
A. The chaotic stage
B. The formal stage
C. The skeptic stage
D. The mystical stage
Answer: C (The skeptic stage)
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, Question 9: Any disruption in the life principle that pervades a person's entire being and that integrates
and transcends one's biological and psychosocial nature can be considered and recognized as which
nursing diagnosis?
A. Mental distress
B. Physical distress
C. Spiritual distress
D. Emotional distress
Answer: C (Spiritual distress)
Question 10: Which of the following is an example of a therapy that capitalizes on knowledge of the soul
and the movement of a divinely generated energy?
A. Acupuncture
B. Aromatherapy
C. Therapeutic touch
D. Interactive imagery
Answer: C (Therapeutic touch)
Question 11: Religious traditions of India and other Eastern cultures teach that the human energy
system contains seven energy centers, or chakras. The root chakra is located in which part of the body,
and its energy has to do with the material world?
A. Head
B. Chest
C. Perineum
D. Spine
Answer: C (Perineum)
Question 12: Second-person and third-party praying, also identified as which of the following, is a type
of prayer used by those who pray to saints to intercede with God on their behalf?
A. Communion prayer
B. Supplication prayer
C. Intercessory prayer
D. Prayer of agreement
Answer: C (Intercessory prayer)
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with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Rather than viewing the world as sets of objects that bump into or interact with each other,
which type of philosophy believes that the experiences of persons should be explored through the
gathering of conscious experience rather than just objective data?
A. Theology
B. Deontology
C. Phenomenology
D. Epistemology
Answer: C (Phenomenology)
Question 2: The ability of people to participate in their own healing through prayer or meditation may
use a source of healing power referred to as which of the following?
A. Spiritual wellness
B. Holistic wellness
C. Religious wellness
D. Remembered wellness
Answer: D (Remembered wellness)
Question 3: The nocebo effect creates a difficult ethical dilemma for the nurse, who is caught between
the obligation of which ethical principle and the obligation of informed consent?
A. Justice
B. Autonomy
C. Beneficence
D. Nonmaleficence
Answer: C (Beneficence)
Question 4: Which of the following may be regarded as the driving force that pervades all aspects of
and gives meaning to an individual's life?
A. Holism
B. Religion
C. Morality
D. Spirituality
Answer: D (Spirituality)
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,Question 5: Which emotion is a way of living that is born out of an awareness of one's relationship to all
living creatures, a sensitivity to the pain and brokenness of others?
A. Empathy
B. Sympathy
C. Compassion
D. Kindness
Answer: C (Compassion)
Question 6: Which of the following, as an institutionally based organized system of beliefs, represents
only one specific means of spiritual expression?
A. Holism
B. Religion
C. Morality
D. Spirituality
Answer: B (Religion)
Question 7: Which principle is centered on humans and looks to science and rational thought as a way
to understand the world?
A. Holism
B. Buddhism
C. Hinduism
D. Secularism
Answer: D (Secularism)
Question 8: In the context of a person's spiritual growth and development, a series of four
developmental stages have been proposed for human spirituality. Which stage has an emphasis on
rationality, materialism, and humaneness?
A. The chaotic stage
B. The formal stage
C. The skeptic stage
D. The mystical stage
Answer: C (The skeptic stage)
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, Question 9: Any disruption in the life principle that pervades a person's entire being and that integrates
and transcends one's biological and psychosocial nature can be considered and recognized as which
nursing diagnosis?
A. Mental distress
B. Physical distress
C. Spiritual distress
D. Emotional distress
Answer: C (Spiritual distress)
Question 10: Which of the following is an example of a therapy that capitalizes on knowledge of the soul
and the movement of a divinely generated energy?
A. Acupuncture
B. Aromatherapy
C. Therapeutic touch
D. Interactive imagery
Answer: C (Therapeutic touch)
Question 11: Religious traditions of India and other Eastern cultures teach that the human energy
system contains seven energy centers, or chakras. The root chakra is located in which part of the body,
and its energy has to do with the material world?
A. Head
B. Chest
C. Perineum
D. Spine
Answer: C (Perineum)
Question 12: Second-person and third-party praying, also identified as which of the following, is a type
of prayer used by those who pray to saints to intercede with God on their behalf?
A. Communion prayer
B. Supplication prayer
C. Intercessory prayer
D. Prayer of agreement
Answer: C (Intercessory prayer)
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