Chamberlain NR222 Full-Length Practice Exams
with Verified A+ Responses (2025/2026)
Define the 3 critical thinking competencies: - A) General critical thinking: Scientific
Method - identifying the problem. Forming a hypothesis. Problem Solving - evaluate the
situation over time. Identify possible solutions and try it to see if effective; Decision making
B) Specific ct in clinical
C) Specific ct in nursing-
Define nursing diagnosis: - A clinical judgment concerning a human response to health
conditions/life processes, or vulnerability for that response by an individual, family, or
community that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat
What is 'critical thinking'? - the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with
openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process. Critical thinking involves open-
mindedness, continual inquiry, and perseverance, combined with a willingness to look at each
unique patient situation and determine which identified assumptions are true and relevant.
Name 2 different sources of data - Subjective - what the patient tells you
Objective - What you observe
What is the purpose of clumping or clustering data? - -Is a set of cues, the signs or
symptoms gathered during assessment
-Grouping gathered information according to Maslow's basic human model
-Your analysis makes you alert to thinking less about individual data points and instead to begin
to see a pattern form
Code of Ethics: - a set of shared values or principles that govern the way nurses interact
with patients, a patient's family, and even other doctors and nurses
What is informed consent and how can it create an ethical dilemma? - Occurs when
communication between a patient and physician results in the patient's authorization or
agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention.
, Informed Consent- - Occurs when communication between a patient and physician
results in the patient's authorization or agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention.
Living Wills- - represent written documents that direct treatment in accordance with a
patient's wishes in the event of a terminal illness or condition. About how you want people to
treat you when you are dying.
EMTALA - Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act Anybody who shows up at
an ER must be treated.
Who is The Joint Commission? - Is an independent, not-for-profit group that requires
accredited hospitals to have written nursing policies and procedures
What are standards of care? - Are the legal requirements for nursing practice that
describe minimum acceptable nursing care
What is the Nurse Practice Act? - Describe and define the legal boundaries of nursing
practice within each state.
What are the steps to resolving an ethical dilemma? - 1. Ask the question, Is this an
ethical dilemma?
2. Gather information relevant to the case. Patient, family, institutional, and social perspectives
are important sources of relevant information.
3. Clarify values. Distinguish among fact, opinion, and values.
4. Verbalize the problem. A clear, simple statement of the dilemma is not always easy, but it
helps to ensure effectiveness in the final plan and facilitates discussion.
5. Identify possible courses of action.
6. Negotiate a plan. Negotiation requires a confidence in one's own point of view and a deep
respect for the opinions of others.
7. Evaluate the plan over time.
What is the Privacy Rule and how can it create an ethical dilemma? - HIPPA. Regulates
how certain entities, called covered entities, use and disclose certain individually identifiable
health information, called protected health information (PHI).ie: family wants details but
according to HIPPA you cannot give it to them.
Define goal: - A broad statement that describes a desired change in a patient's condition,
perceptions, or behavior
with Verified A+ Responses (2025/2026)
Define the 3 critical thinking competencies: - A) General critical thinking: Scientific
Method - identifying the problem. Forming a hypothesis. Problem Solving - evaluate the
situation over time. Identify possible solutions and try it to see if effective; Decision making
B) Specific ct in clinical
C) Specific ct in nursing-
Define nursing diagnosis: - A clinical judgment concerning a human response to health
conditions/life processes, or vulnerability for that response by an individual, family, or
community that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat
What is 'critical thinking'? - the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with
openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process. Critical thinking involves open-
mindedness, continual inquiry, and perseverance, combined with a willingness to look at each
unique patient situation and determine which identified assumptions are true and relevant.
Name 2 different sources of data - Subjective - what the patient tells you
Objective - What you observe
What is the purpose of clumping or clustering data? - -Is a set of cues, the signs or
symptoms gathered during assessment
-Grouping gathered information according to Maslow's basic human model
-Your analysis makes you alert to thinking less about individual data points and instead to begin
to see a pattern form
Code of Ethics: - a set of shared values or principles that govern the way nurses interact
with patients, a patient's family, and even other doctors and nurses
What is informed consent and how can it create an ethical dilemma? - Occurs when
communication between a patient and physician results in the patient's authorization or
agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention.
, Informed Consent- - Occurs when communication between a patient and physician
results in the patient's authorization or agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention.
Living Wills- - represent written documents that direct treatment in accordance with a
patient's wishes in the event of a terminal illness or condition. About how you want people to
treat you when you are dying.
EMTALA - Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act Anybody who shows up at
an ER must be treated.
Who is The Joint Commission? - Is an independent, not-for-profit group that requires
accredited hospitals to have written nursing policies and procedures
What are standards of care? - Are the legal requirements for nursing practice that
describe minimum acceptable nursing care
What is the Nurse Practice Act? - Describe and define the legal boundaries of nursing
practice within each state.
What are the steps to resolving an ethical dilemma? - 1. Ask the question, Is this an
ethical dilemma?
2. Gather information relevant to the case. Patient, family, institutional, and social perspectives
are important sources of relevant information.
3. Clarify values. Distinguish among fact, opinion, and values.
4. Verbalize the problem. A clear, simple statement of the dilemma is not always easy, but it
helps to ensure effectiveness in the final plan and facilitates discussion.
5. Identify possible courses of action.
6. Negotiate a plan. Negotiation requires a confidence in one's own point of view and a deep
respect for the opinions of others.
7. Evaluate the plan over time.
What is the Privacy Rule and how can it create an ethical dilemma? - HIPPA. Regulates
how certain entities, called covered entities, use and disclose certain individually identifiable
health information, called protected health information (PHI).ie: family wants details but
according to HIPPA you cannot give it to them.
Define goal: - A broad statement that describes a desired change in a patient's condition,
perceptions, or behavior
