NSG 232 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026
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A nurse is caring for a patient in the hospital. When should the nurse begin dischargeplanning?
a. When the patient is ready b. Close to the time of discharge c. Upon admission to the hospital
d. After an order is written/prescribed - CORRECT ANSWERS Upon admission to the
hospital
The nurse is applying for a position with a home care organization that specializes in spinal cord
injury. In which type of health care facility does the nurse want to work? a. Secondary acute b.
Continuing c. Restorative d. Tertiary - CORRECT ANSWERS Restorative
The nurse is applying for a position with a home care organization that specializes in spinal cord
injury. In which type of health care facility does the nurse want to work? a. Secondary acute b.
Continuing c. Restorative d. Tertiary
A nurse is following the PDSA cycle for quality improvement. Which action will the nurse take
for the letter "A"? a. Act b. Alter c. Assess d. Approach - CORRECT ANSWERS Act
There are many models for quality improvement and performance improvement. One model is
the PDSA cycle: plan, do, study, and act. "A" does not stand for alter, assess, or approach.
A nurse working in a community hospital's emergency department provides care to a patient
having chest pain. Which level of care is the nurse providing? a. Continuing care b. Restorative
care c. Preventive care d. Tertiary care - CORRECT ANSWERS Tertiary Care
Hospital emergency departments, urgent care centers, critical care units, and inpatient
medicalsurgical units provide secondary and tertiary levels of care. Patients recovering from an
acute or chronic illness or disability often require additional services (restorative care) to return
to their previous level of function or reach a new level of function limited by their illness or
disability. Continuing care is available within institutional settings (e.g., nursing centers or
nursing homes, group homes, and retirement communities), communities (e.g., adult day care
and senior centers), or the home (e.g., home care, home-delivered meals, and hospice).
, NSG 232 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026
LATEST UPDATED A COMPLETE SOLUTION WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS BEST RATED A+ FOR SUCCESS
Preventive care is more disease oriented and focused on reducing and controlling risk factors
for disease through activities such as immunization and occupational health programs.
A nurse is using research findings to improve clinical practice. Which technique is the nurse
using? a. Performance improvement b. Integrated delivery networks c. Nursing-sensitive
outcomes d. Utilization review committees - CORRECT ANSWERS Performance
improvement
Performance improvement activities are typically clinical projects conceived in response to
identified clinical problems and designed to use research findings to improve clinical practice.
Larger health care systems have integrated delivery networks (IDNs) that include a network of
facilities, providers, and services organized to deliver a continuum of care to a population of
patients at a capitated cost in a particular setting. Nursing-sensitive outcomes are patient
outcomes and nursing workforce characteristics that are directly related to nursing care such as
changes in patients' symptom experiences, functional status, safety, psychological distress,
registered nurse (RN) job satisfaction, total nursing hours per patient day, and costs. Medicare-
qualified hospitals had physician-supervised utilization review (UR) committees to review the
admissions and to identify and eliminate overuse of diagnostic and treatment services ordered
by physicians caring for patients on Medicare.
Which finding indicates the best quality improvement process? a. Staff identifies the wait time
in the emergency department is too long. b. Administration identifies the design of the facility's
lobby increases patient stress. c. Director of the hospital identifies the payment schedule does
not pay enough for overtime. d. Health care providers identify the inconsistencies of some of
the facility's policy and procedures - CORRECT ANSWERS Staff identifies the wait time
in the emergency department is too long
The quality improvement process begins at the staff level, where problems are defined by the
staff. It is not identified by administration, the hospital director, or health care providers.
LATEST UPDATED A COMPLETE SOLUTION WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS BEST RATED A+ FOR SUCCESS
A nurse is caring for a patient in the hospital. When should the nurse begin dischargeplanning?
a. When the patient is ready b. Close to the time of discharge c. Upon admission to the hospital
d. After an order is written/prescribed - CORRECT ANSWERS Upon admission to the
hospital
The nurse is applying for a position with a home care organization that specializes in spinal cord
injury. In which type of health care facility does the nurse want to work? a. Secondary acute b.
Continuing c. Restorative d. Tertiary - CORRECT ANSWERS Restorative
The nurse is applying for a position with a home care organization that specializes in spinal cord
injury. In which type of health care facility does the nurse want to work? a. Secondary acute b.
Continuing c. Restorative d. Tertiary
A nurse is following the PDSA cycle for quality improvement. Which action will the nurse take
for the letter "A"? a. Act b. Alter c. Assess d. Approach - CORRECT ANSWERS Act
There are many models for quality improvement and performance improvement. One model is
the PDSA cycle: plan, do, study, and act. "A" does not stand for alter, assess, or approach.
A nurse working in a community hospital's emergency department provides care to a patient
having chest pain. Which level of care is the nurse providing? a. Continuing care b. Restorative
care c. Preventive care d. Tertiary care - CORRECT ANSWERS Tertiary Care
Hospital emergency departments, urgent care centers, critical care units, and inpatient
medicalsurgical units provide secondary and tertiary levels of care. Patients recovering from an
acute or chronic illness or disability often require additional services (restorative care) to return
to their previous level of function or reach a new level of function limited by their illness or
disability. Continuing care is available within institutional settings (e.g., nursing centers or
nursing homes, group homes, and retirement communities), communities (e.g., adult day care
and senior centers), or the home (e.g., home care, home-delivered meals, and hospice).
, NSG 232 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026
LATEST UPDATED A COMPLETE SOLUTION WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS BEST RATED A+ FOR SUCCESS
Preventive care is more disease oriented and focused on reducing and controlling risk factors
for disease through activities such as immunization and occupational health programs.
A nurse is using research findings to improve clinical practice. Which technique is the nurse
using? a. Performance improvement b. Integrated delivery networks c. Nursing-sensitive
outcomes d. Utilization review committees - CORRECT ANSWERS Performance
improvement
Performance improvement activities are typically clinical projects conceived in response to
identified clinical problems and designed to use research findings to improve clinical practice.
Larger health care systems have integrated delivery networks (IDNs) that include a network of
facilities, providers, and services organized to deliver a continuum of care to a population of
patients at a capitated cost in a particular setting. Nursing-sensitive outcomes are patient
outcomes and nursing workforce characteristics that are directly related to nursing care such as
changes in patients' symptom experiences, functional status, safety, psychological distress,
registered nurse (RN) job satisfaction, total nursing hours per patient day, and costs. Medicare-
qualified hospitals had physician-supervised utilization review (UR) committees to review the
admissions and to identify and eliminate overuse of diagnostic and treatment services ordered
by physicians caring for patients on Medicare.
Which finding indicates the best quality improvement process? a. Staff identifies the wait time
in the emergency department is too long. b. Administration identifies the design of the facility's
lobby increases patient stress. c. Director of the hospital identifies the payment schedule does
not pay enough for overtime. d. Health care providers identify the inconsistencies of some of
the facility's policy and procedures - CORRECT ANSWERS Staff identifies the wait time
in the emergency department is too long
The quality improvement process begins at the staff level, where problems are defined by the
staff. It is not identified by administration, the hospital director, or health care providers.
