Already Passed Answers (2025-2026)
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Nurse managers - Answer in charge of all activities on their units, including patient care,
continuous quality improvement, personnel hiring and evaluation, and resource management;
knowledgeable in business and financial principles; master's degree; 24 hour accountability
Clinical nurse specialist (CNS) - Answer advanced practice nurses with master's, post-master's,
or doctoral degrees in specialized areas of nursing; includes responsibility for serving as a
clinical mentor and role model for other nurses, as well as setting standards for nursing care on
one or more units; main resource unit and may provide care on complex cases, establish
protocols, and insure that practice s evidence based; perform health assessments, make
diagnoses, deliver treatment, and develop quality control management; work in consultation,
research, education, and administration
Occupational and environmental health nursing - Answer provide basic health care services,
health education, screenings, and emergency treatment to employees in the workplace;
participate in health-related decisions in the workplace
Hospice and palliative care nursing - Answer dedicated to improving the quality of life of
seriously ill and dying patients and their families; gaining increased attention in educational
programs
Telehealth nursing - Answer not a separate specialty because few nurses use it exclusively
Faith community nursing - Answer focuses on the care of the spirit, and a holistic approach to
curing illnesses
Informatics nursing - Answer the science and practice of integrating nursing, its information
and knowledge, with management of information and communication technologies to promote
the health of people, families and communities
Nurse entrepreneur - Answer identifies a need and creates a service to meet the identified
need; enjoy autonomy
, Nurse practitioner (NP) - Answer qualified to handle a large range of basic health problems;
can perform physical examinations, take medical histories, diagnose and treat common acute
and chronic illnesses and injuries, order and interpret lab tests and x-rays, and counsel and
educate patients
Certified nurse-midwife (CNM) - Answer provide well-women care and attend or assist in
childbirth; can prescribe medication; identify reproductive care
Certified registered nurse anesthetists - Answer administer anesthetics, collaborate with
physicians or work independently
Accountability - Answer responsibility for one's behavior
Active listening - Answer a method of communicating interest and attention using signals such
as eye contact, nodding, and encouraging the speaker
Affective domain - Answer field of activity dealing with a person's mood, feelings, values, or
belief system
Advanced practice nurse - Answer a registered nurse who has met advanced educational and
practice requirements beyond basic nursing education
Associate degree in nursing - Answer a form of basic nursing education, consisting of 3 or
fewer years and usually offered in technical or community colleges
Aesthetics - Answer branch of philosophy that studies the nature of beauty
Acuity - Answer degree of illness
Altruism - Answer unselfish concern for the welfare of others
Bachelor of science in nursing - Answer degree offered by programs that combine nursing
courses with general education courses in 4 or 5 years at a college or university