NRS EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
1. A patient is being discharged after surgery. After providing going-home instructions, the nurse
asks the patient to repeat the instructions. The nurse demonstrates which of the program
learning outcomes expected from ADN graduates of Pima Community College?
a. System-Based Practice
b. Patient-Centered Care
c. Teamwork & Collaboration
d. Informatics - ANS -
2. A client is admitted with acute exacerbation of asthma. The client is treated by a clinical nurse
specialist with bronchodilators and oxygen therapy. The client is clinically stable and is planned
for discharged. The client's daughter is so inspired by their work that she now wishes to pursue
a career in nursing. What is the minimum educational qualifications to become a clinical nurse
specialist?
a. Basic nursing education
b. Registered nurse licensure
c. Doctoral degree in nursing
d. Master's degree in nursing - ANS -D. Master's degree in nursing
3. The nurse is caring for a client whose daughter wishes to pursue a career in professional nursing.
She wants to enroll in a program that is of short duration and makes her eligible to take the
nursing licensure exam. Which educational program should the nurse recommend to this
student?
a. Practical Nursing Program
b. Associate Degree in Nursing
c. Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing
d. Nursing Diploma Program - ANS -B. Associate Degree in Nursing
4. What distinguishes nursing from medicine?
a. Nursing is composed of women
b. Holistic perspective of caring
c. Concern with treatment of disease
d. Dependent on the physician - ANS -B. Holistic perspective of caring
,5. To be effective advocate for a client, the nurse must give safe and effective care in accordance
with what?
a. The State of Licensure
b. The office of Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of the employing facility
c. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
d. The Nurse Practice Act - ANS -D. The Nurse Practice Act
6. The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United
States. What should the public understand about this exam?
a. Guarantees safe and quality nursing practice for all clients
b. Ensures standard nursing care for all clients
c. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
d. Provides a minimum standard of knowledge for a RN to practice - ANS -A. Guarantees
safe and quality nursing practice for all clients
7. As a new nurse, you have heard about the Nurse Licensure Compact. What is the relationship
between the member states?
a. The nurse can work in any state as long as she has a compact license
b. The nurse can have as many licenses as she wishes as long as they are all compact states
c. The nurse can hold a license in the state where she lives and work in another state as
they are both part of the compact
d. The nurse must have a license for each state that she works in that is a member of a
compact state - ANS -C. The nurse can hold a license in the state where she lives and
work in another state as they are both part of the compac
8. What is the type of care management approach that coordinates and links healthcare services
to clients and their families while streamlining costs and maintaining quality?
a. Primary nursing
b. Total patient care
c. Case management
d. Functional nursing - ANS -C. Case management
9. Which client would you, the RN delegate to an LPN under your supervision?
a. A 25-year-old client admitted yesterday after sustaining a concussion in a motorcycle
accident
b. A 76-year-old client chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema admitted 24
hours ago
c. A 40-year-old client with a new diagnosis of diabetes who will be discharged today
, d. A 62-year-old client newly admitted with congestive heart failure exacerbation - ANS -B.
A 76-year-old client chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema admitted 24
hours ago
10. You are providing nursing care for a client with a diagnosis of cystitis. Which intervention should
you delegate to the nursing assistant?
a. Teaching the client how to secure a clean-catch urine sample
b. Assessing the client's urine for color, odor, and sediment
c. Reviewing the nursing care plan and add nursing interventions
d. Providing the client with a clean-catch urine sample container - ANS -D. Providing the
client with a clean-catch urine sample container
11. A client has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Which intervention for airway
management should you delegate to a nursing assistant?
a. Assisting the client to sit up on the side of the bed
b. Instructing the client to cough effectively
c. Teaching the client to use incentive spirometry
d. Auscultating breath sounds every 4 hours - ANS -A. Assisting the client to sit up on the
side of the bed
12. An experienced LPN, under the supervision of the team leader RN, is providing nursing care for a
client with a respiratory problem. Which actions are appropriate to the scope of practice of an
experienced LPN? (Select all that apply)
a. Auscultate breath sounds
b. Administer medications via metered-dose inhaler (MDI)
c. Complete in-depth admission assessment
d. Initiate the nursing care plan
e. Evaluate the client's technique for using MDI - ANS -A. Auscultate breath sounds
13. B. Administer medications via metered-dose inhaler (MDI)
14. You are working in the triage area of the emergency department, and the following four clients
approach the triage desk at the same time.
a. An ambulatory, dazed 45-year-old man with a bandaged head wound
b. A 25-year-old with difficulty of breathing and rapid pulse from a bee sting
c. A 60-year-old jogger with a twisted ankle who has a pedal pulse and no deformity
d. A 50-year-old woman with moderate abdominal pain and occasional vomiting
15. Which client you should assess first? ___#1__ because this client is experiencing __ #2___.
Which client you should assess next? __ #3___ because this client is at risk for __#4__. Which
client could the RN safely assign to a LPN? __#5___
a. Options #2 (concussion, anaphylaxis, sprain, gastroenteritis)
ANSWERS 2025
1. A patient is being discharged after surgery. After providing going-home instructions, the nurse
asks the patient to repeat the instructions. The nurse demonstrates which of the program
learning outcomes expected from ADN graduates of Pima Community College?
a. System-Based Practice
b. Patient-Centered Care
c. Teamwork & Collaboration
d. Informatics - ANS -
2. A client is admitted with acute exacerbation of asthma. The client is treated by a clinical nurse
specialist with bronchodilators and oxygen therapy. The client is clinically stable and is planned
for discharged. The client's daughter is so inspired by their work that she now wishes to pursue
a career in nursing. What is the minimum educational qualifications to become a clinical nurse
specialist?
a. Basic nursing education
b. Registered nurse licensure
c. Doctoral degree in nursing
d. Master's degree in nursing - ANS -D. Master's degree in nursing
3. The nurse is caring for a client whose daughter wishes to pursue a career in professional nursing.
She wants to enroll in a program that is of short duration and makes her eligible to take the
nursing licensure exam. Which educational program should the nurse recommend to this
student?
a. Practical Nursing Program
b. Associate Degree in Nursing
c. Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing
d. Nursing Diploma Program - ANS -B. Associate Degree in Nursing
4. What distinguishes nursing from medicine?
a. Nursing is composed of women
b. Holistic perspective of caring
c. Concern with treatment of disease
d. Dependent on the physician - ANS -B. Holistic perspective of caring
,5. To be effective advocate for a client, the nurse must give safe and effective care in accordance
with what?
a. The State of Licensure
b. The office of Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of the employing facility
c. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
d. The Nurse Practice Act - ANS -D. The Nurse Practice Act
6. The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United
States. What should the public understand about this exam?
a. Guarantees safe and quality nursing practice for all clients
b. Ensures standard nursing care for all clients
c. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
d. Provides a minimum standard of knowledge for a RN to practice - ANS -A. Guarantees
safe and quality nursing practice for all clients
7. As a new nurse, you have heard about the Nurse Licensure Compact. What is the relationship
between the member states?
a. The nurse can work in any state as long as she has a compact license
b. The nurse can have as many licenses as she wishes as long as they are all compact states
c. The nurse can hold a license in the state where she lives and work in another state as
they are both part of the compact
d. The nurse must have a license for each state that she works in that is a member of a
compact state - ANS -C. The nurse can hold a license in the state where she lives and
work in another state as they are both part of the compac
8. What is the type of care management approach that coordinates and links healthcare services
to clients and their families while streamlining costs and maintaining quality?
a. Primary nursing
b. Total patient care
c. Case management
d. Functional nursing - ANS -C. Case management
9. Which client would you, the RN delegate to an LPN under your supervision?
a. A 25-year-old client admitted yesterday after sustaining a concussion in a motorcycle
accident
b. A 76-year-old client chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema admitted 24
hours ago
c. A 40-year-old client with a new diagnosis of diabetes who will be discharged today
, d. A 62-year-old client newly admitted with congestive heart failure exacerbation - ANS -B.
A 76-year-old client chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema admitted 24
hours ago
10. You are providing nursing care for a client with a diagnosis of cystitis. Which intervention should
you delegate to the nursing assistant?
a. Teaching the client how to secure a clean-catch urine sample
b. Assessing the client's urine for color, odor, and sediment
c. Reviewing the nursing care plan and add nursing interventions
d. Providing the client with a clean-catch urine sample container - ANS -D. Providing the
client with a clean-catch urine sample container
11. A client has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Which intervention for airway
management should you delegate to a nursing assistant?
a. Assisting the client to sit up on the side of the bed
b. Instructing the client to cough effectively
c. Teaching the client to use incentive spirometry
d. Auscultating breath sounds every 4 hours - ANS -A. Assisting the client to sit up on the
side of the bed
12. An experienced LPN, under the supervision of the team leader RN, is providing nursing care for a
client with a respiratory problem. Which actions are appropriate to the scope of practice of an
experienced LPN? (Select all that apply)
a. Auscultate breath sounds
b. Administer medications via metered-dose inhaler (MDI)
c. Complete in-depth admission assessment
d. Initiate the nursing care plan
e. Evaluate the client's technique for using MDI - ANS -A. Auscultate breath sounds
13. B. Administer medications via metered-dose inhaler (MDI)
14. You are working in the triage area of the emergency department, and the following four clients
approach the triage desk at the same time.
a. An ambulatory, dazed 45-year-old man with a bandaged head wound
b. A 25-year-old with difficulty of breathing and rapid pulse from a bee sting
c. A 60-year-old jogger with a twisted ankle who has a pedal pulse and no deformity
d. A 50-year-old woman with moderate abdominal pain and occasional vomiting
15. Which client you should assess first? ___#1__ because this client is experiencing __ #2___.
Which client you should assess next? __ #3___ because this client is at risk for __#4__. Which
client could the RN safely assign to a LPN? __#5___
a. Options #2 (concussion, anaphylaxis, sprain, gastroenteritis)
