Sample study guide exam questions and answers for Nursing: Exam 1
Questions Answers
What trends in nursing are expected to influence Higher client acuity in hospital and long-term
nursing in the 21st century? settings, Shift to community-based care,
Advancements in technology, Greater life
expectancy
A client has been involved in a motor vehicle Clean air and water ,Cleanliness, Light ,Efficient
crash and has multiple injuries. What guiding drainage
principles of Flor- ence Nightingale would assist
this client's recuperation and health
maintenance?
The nurse caring for a client must be attentive to Holistic healthcare
the client's emotions, lifestyles, physical changes,
spiri- tual needs, and individual challenges.
When the nurse attends to these needs, what
type of care is the nurse providing?
A nurse working in a mental health facility Dorothea Dix
understands that the clients are to be treated
respectfully and their rights maintained, What
nurse was an advocate for the humane treatment
of the mentally ill?
The first practical nursing school was a 3-month Care of infants, children, older adults, and disabled
course. What was the primary role of the in the client's home
practical nurse after graduation from this
program?
QUESTIONS A high school student interested in The LPN/LVN provides bedside care, The
becoming a nurse asks the nursing instructor LPN/LVN performs wound care,bThe LPN/LVN
what the role of the LPN/ LVN is. What is the administers prescribed medications to clients.
best response by the instructor?
The LPN/LVN is supervising a nursing assistant Assist with feeding a client
working in a long-term care facility. What task
may be assigned to the nursing assistant by the
LPN/LVN?
The student nurse in a practical nursing program The RN cares for acutely ill clients, The RN
asks H the instructor what a registered nurse teaches professional and practical nursing
does. What is Tthe best response by the students,The RN takes charge in various
instructor? healthcare settings,The RN manages personnel
, degree as a family nurse practitioner. What Be responsible for performing advanced
would this program would like to obtain an assesments, would asssit in diagnosis and
advanced practice The new RN graduate from a treatment of illness, be able to prescibe medictions
4-year baccalaureate mean to the nurse after in some states
completing the program?
LPN/LVN is moving to another state to practice Determine what the standards of practice are in
nursing. Prior to beginning practice, what is that state.
important that the LPN do?
A client no longer requires care in the coronary Sub-acute or step-down unit
inten- sive care unit after coronary artery bypass
graft surgery. Where should the nurse prepare to
transfer the client?
The nurse is caring for a terminally ill client that is Hospice
to be discharged. What referral should the nurse
make with the client's and family's approval?
A client that is homebound requires long-term Home healthcare
intrave- refuses nous antibiotic therapy. The
insurance company to keep the client in the
hospital during this treatment regimen. What
services would best meet the needs of the client?
The RN is developing the plan of care for a client The client
with pneumonia. Who should the nurse include in
the devel- opment of the care plan?
The nurse is concerned about a newly developed The nurse manager
policy regarding scheduling on the unit. Who is
the appropri- ate person for the nurse to discuss
the concerns with?
A student nurse approaches the instructor and "Students are not to serve as a witness to legal
states, "the staff nurse told me to witness this papers. Let's explain this to the staff nurse so they
surgical consent after the surgeon signs it." What may have it witnessed."
is the best response by the instructor?
The nurse is caring for a client that has been Don't leave the client alone and request that
confused and climbing out of the bed. What another nurse sit one-on-one with the client.
action should the nurse take if the nurse must
take care of another client and leave the room?
A nurse discovers that a neighbor is a client on Report the incident as a HIPAA violation
the unit in which the nurse works although the
nurse is not assigned to care for that client. The
Questions Answers
What trends in nursing are expected to influence Higher client acuity in hospital and long-term
nursing in the 21st century? settings, Shift to community-based care,
Advancements in technology, Greater life
expectancy
A client has been involved in a motor vehicle Clean air and water ,Cleanliness, Light ,Efficient
crash and has multiple injuries. What guiding drainage
principles of Flor- ence Nightingale would assist
this client's recuperation and health
maintenance?
The nurse caring for a client must be attentive to Holistic healthcare
the client's emotions, lifestyles, physical changes,
spiri- tual needs, and individual challenges.
When the nurse attends to these needs, what
type of care is the nurse providing?
A nurse working in a mental health facility Dorothea Dix
understands that the clients are to be treated
respectfully and their rights maintained, What
nurse was an advocate for the humane treatment
of the mentally ill?
The first practical nursing school was a 3-month Care of infants, children, older adults, and disabled
course. What was the primary role of the in the client's home
practical nurse after graduation from this
program?
QUESTIONS A high school student interested in The LPN/LVN provides bedside care, The
becoming a nurse asks the nursing instructor LPN/LVN performs wound care,bThe LPN/LVN
what the role of the LPN/ LVN is. What is the administers prescribed medications to clients.
best response by the instructor?
The LPN/LVN is supervising a nursing assistant Assist with feeding a client
working in a long-term care facility. What task
may be assigned to the nursing assistant by the
LPN/LVN?
The student nurse in a practical nursing program The RN cares for acutely ill clients, The RN
asks H the instructor what a registered nurse teaches professional and practical nursing
does. What is Tthe best response by the students,The RN takes charge in various
instructor? healthcare settings,The RN manages personnel
, degree as a family nurse practitioner. What Be responsible for performing advanced
would this program would like to obtain an assesments, would asssit in diagnosis and
advanced practice The new RN graduate from a treatment of illness, be able to prescibe medictions
4-year baccalaureate mean to the nurse after in some states
completing the program?
LPN/LVN is moving to another state to practice Determine what the standards of practice are in
nursing. Prior to beginning practice, what is that state.
important that the LPN do?
A client no longer requires care in the coronary Sub-acute or step-down unit
inten- sive care unit after coronary artery bypass
graft surgery. Where should the nurse prepare to
transfer the client?
The nurse is caring for a terminally ill client that is Hospice
to be discharged. What referral should the nurse
make with the client's and family's approval?
A client that is homebound requires long-term Home healthcare
intrave- refuses nous antibiotic therapy. The
insurance company to keep the client in the
hospital during this treatment regimen. What
services would best meet the needs of the client?
The RN is developing the plan of care for a client The client
with pneumonia. Who should the nurse include in
the devel- opment of the care plan?
The nurse is concerned about a newly developed The nurse manager
policy regarding scheduling on the unit. Who is
the appropri- ate person for the nurse to discuss
the concerns with?
A student nurse approaches the instructor and "Students are not to serve as a witness to legal
states, "the staff nurse told me to witness this papers. Let's explain this to the staff nurse so they
surgical consent after the surgeon signs it." What may have it witnessed."
is the best response by the instructor?
The nurse is caring for a client that has been Don't leave the client alone and request that
confused and climbing out of the bed. What another nurse sit one-on-one with the client.
action should the nurse take if the nurse must
take care of another client and leave the room?
A nurse discovers that a neighbor is a client on Report the incident as a HIPAA violation
the unit in which the nurse works although the
nurse is not assigned to care for that client. The
