NSG 6006/ 98 Questions with Certified
Answers/ 2024-2025.
Theory attributes meaning, provides explanation, imposes order and organizes
logically the events that healthcare professional come into contact with. Which is
an example of the steps that practitioners take in theorizing - Answer: Ask certain
questions, Question the status quo, Seek the most plausible answer, Build a
narrative for the questions and answers
A difficult aspect of determining occupational exposure to disease is the - Answer:
Long latency period between exposure and disease reporting
A novice nurse practitioner is experiencing feeling of inferiority toward more
experienced clinicians in the practice.She has identified that time constraints for
visits and expectations to increase productivity limits her ability to address these
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,non-adherent issues during client visits. Which barrier to ethical practice is
influencing practice - Answer: Organizational/Environmental
Utilizing Johnson's Behavioral systems model (JBSM), the APN discovers that a
patient is not sure who he can depend on because his wife is emotionally distant.
This data would be characteristic of which subsystem fo the JBSM - Answer:
Dependency subsystem
Once a practice problem has been identified the next step would be to use the
PICOT format to ask a question about the problem. PICOT stands for - Answer: P-
population
I-intervention
C-comparisons
O-outcome
T-time
The Affordable Care Act has directed the US Department of Health and Human
Services and multiple agencies to develop and disseminate initiatives on meeting
the care needs of patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC). What is the
primary purpose for the national direction - Answer: To protect against high out-
of-pocket costs by prohibiting insurers from denying coverage based on pre-
existing conditions
Which of the following philosophies of world view would characterize human
beings as holistic; parts are viewed only in the context of the whole - Answer:
Reciprocal Interaction
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, "A purposeful, complex, dynamic, collaborative, and holistic interpersonal process
aimed at supporting and facilitating patients and families through health-related
experiences and transitions to achieve health-related goals (mutually determined
when possible)" defines which APN role - Answer: Coach
A 60-year-old female with a history of emphysema presents to the primary care
office with complaints of cough and shortness of breath at rest. During the
physical exam, the nurse practitioner recognizes clubbing, barrel chest, and
prolonged expiration. The nurse practitioner understands that the patient is
exhibiting symptoms resulting from which type of pulmonary disease process -
Answer: Obstructive
Which of the following statements accurately defines Hamric's conceptual
definition of advanced practice nursing - Answer: The patient-focused application
of an expanded range of competencies to improve health outcomes for patients
and populations within a specialized clinical area of the larger discipline of nursing
When caring for a client who presents with pain and swelling to location of the
metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints. Which
diagnostic test is the most specific to diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis - Answer:
Elevated rheumatoid factor level
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Answers/ 2024-2025.
Theory attributes meaning, provides explanation, imposes order and organizes
logically the events that healthcare professional come into contact with. Which is
an example of the steps that practitioners take in theorizing - Answer: Ask certain
questions, Question the status quo, Seek the most plausible answer, Build a
narrative for the questions and answers
A difficult aspect of determining occupational exposure to disease is the - Answer:
Long latency period between exposure and disease reporting
A novice nurse practitioner is experiencing feeling of inferiority toward more
experienced clinicians in the practice.She has identified that time constraints for
visits and expectations to increase productivity limits her ability to address these
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,non-adherent issues during client visits. Which barrier to ethical practice is
influencing practice - Answer: Organizational/Environmental
Utilizing Johnson's Behavioral systems model (JBSM), the APN discovers that a
patient is not sure who he can depend on because his wife is emotionally distant.
This data would be characteristic of which subsystem fo the JBSM - Answer:
Dependency subsystem
Once a practice problem has been identified the next step would be to use the
PICOT format to ask a question about the problem. PICOT stands for - Answer: P-
population
I-intervention
C-comparisons
O-outcome
T-time
The Affordable Care Act has directed the US Department of Health and Human
Services and multiple agencies to develop and disseminate initiatives on meeting
the care needs of patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC). What is the
primary purpose for the national direction - Answer: To protect against high out-
of-pocket costs by prohibiting insurers from denying coverage based on pre-
existing conditions
Which of the following philosophies of world view would characterize human
beings as holistic; parts are viewed only in the context of the whole - Answer:
Reciprocal Interaction
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, "A purposeful, complex, dynamic, collaborative, and holistic interpersonal process
aimed at supporting and facilitating patients and families through health-related
experiences and transitions to achieve health-related goals (mutually determined
when possible)" defines which APN role - Answer: Coach
A 60-year-old female with a history of emphysema presents to the primary care
office with complaints of cough and shortness of breath at rest. During the
physical exam, the nurse practitioner recognizes clubbing, barrel chest, and
prolonged expiration. The nurse practitioner understands that the patient is
exhibiting symptoms resulting from which type of pulmonary disease process -
Answer: Obstructive
Which of the following statements accurately defines Hamric's conceptual
definition of advanced practice nursing - Answer: The patient-focused application
of an expanded range of competencies to improve health outcomes for patients
and populations within a specialized clinical area of the larger discipline of nursing
When caring for a client who presents with pain and swelling to location of the
metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints. Which
diagnostic test is the most specific to diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis - Answer:
Elevated rheumatoid factor level
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