NURSING: NCLEX AND SCOPE OF
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANWERS
2025.
What accurately describes the clinical judgment measurement
model? Correct Answer: a guide for developing and scoring
NCLEX questions
What is the NCSBN and what does it do? Correct Answer:
National Council of State Boards of Nursing- the organization that
develops and administers the NCLEX exam for nursing licensure
What is the difference between ability and uncertainty? Correct
Answer: Ability is a nurse's level of knowledge, skills, and
experience
Uncertainty is the complexity and ambiguity inherent in many
clinical situations
What is the goal of the NCLEX exam? Correct Answer: to
measure a nurse's ability to make sound judgments in uncertain
situations and to determine if a nurse has the minimum
knowledge, skills and abilities required to practice safe and
effective nursing care
What is clinical judgement? Correct Answer: -The process of
evaluation and reflection on patient data to inform care decisions
-Critical thinking + decision making
Clinical decision Correct Answer: -Observing and collecting
patient data
-Evaluating the significance of data
-Making informed decisions about care
Computer adaptive testing (CAT) Correct Answer: -Provides the
most precise measurement with the least amount of questions
-Adapts the questions you see based on answers
-Uses ability and uncertainty to determine pass rates
Primary care Correct Answer: promote wellness and disease
prevention
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANWERS
2025.
What accurately describes the clinical judgment measurement
model? Correct Answer: a guide for developing and scoring
NCLEX questions
What is the NCSBN and what does it do? Correct Answer:
National Council of State Boards of Nursing- the organization that
develops and administers the NCLEX exam for nursing licensure
What is the difference between ability and uncertainty? Correct
Answer: Ability is a nurse's level of knowledge, skills, and
experience
Uncertainty is the complexity and ambiguity inherent in many
clinical situations
What is the goal of the NCLEX exam? Correct Answer: to
measure a nurse's ability to make sound judgments in uncertain
situations and to determine if a nurse has the minimum
knowledge, skills and abilities required to practice safe and
effective nursing care
What is clinical judgement? Correct Answer: -The process of
evaluation and reflection on patient data to inform care decisions
-Critical thinking + decision making
Clinical decision Correct Answer: -Observing and collecting
patient data
-Evaluating the significance of data
-Making informed decisions about care
Computer adaptive testing (CAT) Correct Answer: -Provides the
most precise measurement with the least amount of questions
-Adapts the questions you see based on answers
-Uses ability and uncertainty to determine pass rates
Primary care Correct Answer: promote wellness and disease
prevention
