RN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR
NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The nurse is educating a patient on ways to regain the ability to perform ADLs and
maintain normal physiological activities. What will the nurse relay as a requirement?
a. strength
b. wellness
c. alertness
d. mobility - Answer-d. Mobility
A physician orders a patient to be placed in the Trendelenburg position. How will the
nurse position to the bed?
a. on the floor
b. parallel with the floor
c. tilted with the head of the bed down
d. tilted with the foot of the bed down - Answer-c. Tilted with the head of the bed down
What system of comprehensive patient care considers the physical, emotional, and
social environment and spiritual needs of a person?
a. interdependent care
b. holistic health care
c. illness prevention care
d. health promotion care - Answer-b. Holisitic health care
When using electronic (or computerized) documentation, which process should the
nurse use to ensure that no one alters the information the nurse has entered? - Answer-
logging off
How does an interdisciplinary approach to patient treatment enhance care? - Answer-By
preventing the fragmentation of patient care
What document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the LPN/LVN? - Answer-
Nurse Practice Act
What is the system that classifies patients by age, dx, and surgical procedure and
produces 300 different categories used for predicting the use of hospital resources? -
Answer-Diagnosis-related groups
When must the nurse remember to use an electric razor when shaving a patient? -
Answer-when a bleeding tendency is present
, what is the nurse required to do to adhere to the concept of confidentiality for the
patients medical record? - Answer-have a clinical reason for reading the record
where did Florence nightingale's original nursing education take place?
a. sain thomas
b. kings college hospital
c. crimean hospital
d. kaiserwerte school - Answer-d. kaiserwerte school
the nurse is performing passive range of motion exercises on a patient following a
traumatic injury. what is the number of times the nurse should move each joint when
performing passive ROM exercises?
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. six - Answer-c. five
what score does the graduate practical nurse require to be issued a license upon
completion of the computerized examination?
a. 70% or better
b. this is defined and set by each state
c. designated as 'PASS'
d. within the 75th percentile - Answer-c. designated as 'pass'
the nurse is educating a patient regarding a tub bath. What is the maximum length of
time the nurse should instruct the patient to remain in the water?
a. 5-10min
b. 10-20 min
c. 20-30 min
d. 30- 40 min - Answer-b. 10-20
what document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the lpn/lvn?
a. NLN accreditation standards
b. nurse practice act
c. napne code
d. American nurses' associate code - Answer-b. nurse practice act
a nurse is preparing to discuss birth control option for a Roman Catholic patient. what is
the most appropriate method for the nurse to discuss with this patient?
a. abstinence
b. vasectomy
c. tubal ligation
d. oral contraceptives - Answer-a. abstinence
NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The nurse is educating a patient on ways to regain the ability to perform ADLs and
maintain normal physiological activities. What will the nurse relay as a requirement?
a. strength
b. wellness
c. alertness
d. mobility - Answer-d. Mobility
A physician orders a patient to be placed in the Trendelenburg position. How will the
nurse position to the bed?
a. on the floor
b. parallel with the floor
c. tilted with the head of the bed down
d. tilted with the foot of the bed down - Answer-c. Tilted with the head of the bed down
What system of comprehensive patient care considers the physical, emotional, and
social environment and spiritual needs of a person?
a. interdependent care
b. holistic health care
c. illness prevention care
d. health promotion care - Answer-b. Holisitic health care
When using electronic (or computerized) documentation, which process should the
nurse use to ensure that no one alters the information the nurse has entered? - Answer-
logging off
How does an interdisciplinary approach to patient treatment enhance care? - Answer-By
preventing the fragmentation of patient care
What document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the LPN/LVN? - Answer-
Nurse Practice Act
What is the system that classifies patients by age, dx, and surgical procedure and
produces 300 different categories used for predicting the use of hospital resources? -
Answer-Diagnosis-related groups
When must the nurse remember to use an electric razor when shaving a patient? -
Answer-when a bleeding tendency is present
, what is the nurse required to do to adhere to the concept of confidentiality for the
patients medical record? - Answer-have a clinical reason for reading the record
where did Florence nightingale's original nursing education take place?
a. sain thomas
b. kings college hospital
c. crimean hospital
d. kaiserwerte school - Answer-d. kaiserwerte school
the nurse is performing passive range of motion exercises on a patient following a
traumatic injury. what is the number of times the nurse should move each joint when
performing passive ROM exercises?
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. six - Answer-c. five
what score does the graduate practical nurse require to be issued a license upon
completion of the computerized examination?
a. 70% or better
b. this is defined and set by each state
c. designated as 'PASS'
d. within the 75th percentile - Answer-c. designated as 'pass'
the nurse is educating a patient regarding a tub bath. What is the maximum length of
time the nurse should instruct the patient to remain in the water?
a. 5-10min
b. 10-20 min
c. 20-30 min
d. 30- 40 min - Answer-b. 10-20
what document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the lpn/lvn?
a. NLN accreditation standards
b. nurse practice act
c. napne code
d. American nurses' associate code - Answer-b. nurse practice act
a nurse is preparing to discuss birth control option for a Roman Catholic patient. what is
the most appropriate method for the nurse to discuss with this patient?
a. abstinence
b. vasectomy
c. tubal ligation
d. oral contraceptives - Answer-a. abstinence
