NR 222- EXAM 1 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026|GRADED A+

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You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient with terminal canc
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er. You talk with your colleagues about using the nursing code of ethics for professional registe
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red nurses to guide care decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks about this code. Which of the
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following statements best describes this code?
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A. Improves self-health care
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B. Protects the patient's confidentiality
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C. Ensures identical care to all patients
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D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care -
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B ANSWER D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
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When giving care, it is essential to provide a specified service according to standards of practic
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e and to follow a code of ethics. The code of ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wron
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g that define the principles you will use to provide care for your patients. The code serves as a
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guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities to provide quality nursing care and the ethical o
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bligations of the profession. B B B




An 18-year- B



old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse obtains her vital
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signs, auscultates her lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds, determines her level of comfor
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t, and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is performe
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d?



A. Diagnosis
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B. Evaluation
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C. Assessment
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D. Implementation - ANSWER
B B B C. Assessment
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,Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or t
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he situation. B




A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath. The
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Bnurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard o
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f practice is performed?
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A. Planning B




B. Evaluation
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C. Assessment
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D. Implementation - ANSWER
B B B D. Implementation
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Implementation is completing coordinating care and the prescribed plan of care. B B B B B B B B B B




A nurse is caring for a patient with end-
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stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family w
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ants the patient to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of t
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he surgery to the family and discusses the patient's wishes with the family. The nurse is acting
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as the patient's:
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B A. Educator B




B B. Advocate B B




B C. CaregiverB




B D. Case manager - ANSWER
B B B B B. Advocate
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An advocate protects the patient's human and legal right to make choices about his or her car
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e. An advocate may also provide additional information to help a patient decide whether or n
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,ot to accept a treatment or find an interpreter to help family members communicate their con
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cerns.



Evidence-based practice is defined as: B B B B




B A. Nursing care based on tradition
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B. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and biomedical research literature
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C. A problem-solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
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D. Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner -
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ANSWER
B C. A problem- B B



solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
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Evidence-
based practice integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family pref
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erences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
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The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United
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States. This examination: B B




B A. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
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B B. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
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B C. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
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B D. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice -
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B ANSWER D. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice
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Registered nurse (RN) candidates must pass the NCLEX-
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RN® that the individual State Boards of Nursing administer. Regardless of educational preparat
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ion, the examination for RN licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United States. Th
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is provides a standardized minimum knowledge base for nurses.
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, Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge and skills for a variety of profess
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ional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples? (Select all that apply.)
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B A. Caregiver
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B B. Autonomy and accountability
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B C. Patient advocate
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B D. Health promotion
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B E. Lobbyist - ANSWER
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B B. Autonomy and accountability
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B C. Patient advocate
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B D. Health promotion
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B E. Lobbyist
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Each of these roles includes activities for the professional nurse. Each of these is used in direct
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care or is part of professionalism that guides nursing practice. Some nurses are lobbyists, but
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being a lobbyist is not expected of all professional nurses
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Advanced practice registered nurses generally:
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B A. Function independently
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B B. Function as unit directors
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B C. Work in acute care settings
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B D. Work in the university setting - ANSWER
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Advanced practice registered nurse functions independently as a clinician, educator, case man
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ager, consultant, and researcher within his or her area of practice to plan or improve the qualit
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y of nursing care for the patient and family.
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