FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS PASSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
List the 5 activities involved in the nursing process. - correct answer ✔✔assessing, diagnosing,
planning, implementing, and evaluating
Which actions could be reported to the State Board of Nursing as a failure of the RN to maintain
professional boundaries in a nurse-patient relationship? Select all that apply.
a. Spending more time than is necessary with a patient.
b. Keeping secrets for a patient.
c. Engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient who consents.
d. Engaging in therapeutic communication with a mentally ill patient.
e. Administering the wrong medication to a patient. - correct answer ✔✔a. Spending more time
than is necessary with a patient.
b. Keeping secrets for a patient.
c. Engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient who consents.
A nursing instructor outlines the criteria establishing nursing as a profession. What teaching
point(s) correctly describe the criteria? Select all that apply.
a. Nursing is composed of a well-defined body of general knowledge.
b. Nursing interventions are dependent upon medical practice.
c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group.
d. Nursing is regulated by the medical industry.
, e. Nursing has a code of ethics and is influenced by ongoing research. - correct answer ✔✔a.
Nursing is composed of a well-defined body of general knowledge.
c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group.
e. Nursing has a code of ethics and is influenced by ongoing research.
Teaching a client about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of nursing?
a. Treating illness
b. Preventing illness
c. Restoring health
d. Facilitating coping - correct answer ✔✔b. Preventing illness
After graduation from an accredited program in nursing and successfully passing the NCLEX,
what gives the nurse a legal right to practice?
a. Enrolling in an advanced degree program
b. Filing NCLEX results in the county of residence
c. Being licensed by the State Board of Nursing
d. Having a signed letter confirming graduation - correct answer ✔✔c. Being licensed by the
State Board of Nursing
A health care facility determined that a nurse employed on a medical unit was documenting
care that was not being given, and subsequently reported the action to the State Board of
Nursing. How might this affect the nurse's license to practice nursing?
a. It will have no effect on the ability to practice nursing.
b. The nurse can practice nursing at a less-skilled level.
c. The nurse's license may be revoked or suspended.
d. The nurse's license will permanently carry a felony conviction. - correct answer ✔✔c. The
nurse's license may be revoked or suspended.
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS PASSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
List the 5 activities involved in the nursing process. - correct answer ✔✔assessing, diagnosing,
planning, implementing, and evaluating
Which actions could be reported to the State Board of Nursing as a failure of the RN to maintain
professional boundaries in a nurse-patient relationship? Select all that apply.
a. Spending more time than is necessary with a patient.
b. Keeping secrets for a patient.
c. Engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient who consents.
d. Engaging in therapeutic communication with a mentally ill patient.
e. Administering the wrong medication to a patient. - correct answer ✔✔a. Spending more time
than is necessary with a patient.
b. Keeping secrets for a patient.
c. Engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient who consents.
A nursing instructor outlines the criteria establishing nursing as a profession. What teaching
point(s) correctly describe the criteria? Select all that apply.
a. Nursing is composed of a well-defined body of general knowledge.
b. Nursing interventions are dependent upon medical practice.
c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group.
d. Nursing is regulated by the medical industry.
, e. Nursing has a code of ethics and is influenced by ongoing research. - correct answer ✔✔a.
Nursing is composed of a well-defined body of general knowledge.
c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group.
e. Nursing has a code of ethics and is influenced by ongoing research.
Teaching a client about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of nursing?
a. Treating illness
b. Preventing illness
c. Restoring health
d. Facilitating coping - correct answer ✔✔b. Preventing illness
After graduation from an accredited program in nursing and successfully passing the NCLEX,
what gives the nurse a legal right to practice?
a. Enrolling in an advanced degree program
b. Filing NCLEX results in the county of residence
c. Being licensed by the State Board of Nursing
d. Having a signed letter confirming graduation - correct answer ✔✔c. Being licensed by the
State Board of Nursing
A health care facility determined that a nurse employed on a medical unit was documenting
care that was not being given, and subsequently reported the action to the State Board of
Nursing. How might this affect the nurse's license to practice nursing?
a. It will have no effect on the ability to practice nursing.
b. The nurse can practice nursing at a less-skilled level.
c. The nurse's license may be revoked or suspended.
d. The nurse's license will permanently carry a felony conviction. - correct answer ✔✔c. The
nurse's license may be revoked or suspended.
