NUR 1290 FINAL EXAM | COMPREHENSIVE NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Molloy Humanistic Nursing Framework - correct answer ✔✔Nursing
Valuing
Humanity
Health
Environment
Nursing - correct answer ✔✔A science and an art which focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of
human responses.
Valuing - correct answer ✔✔To hold in high esteem the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals.
Humanity - correct answer ✔✔A Unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole, reflecting
bio-psycho-socio-spiritual-cultural dimensions.
Health - correct answer ✔✔A dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-spiritual cultural wellbeing.
Environment - correct answer ✔✔The sum total of all internal and external dimensions that influence
human beings.
Nursing Framework Sub-concepts - correct answer ✔✔Knowledge
Responsibility/Accountability
Leadership/Management
Research
Professional Role
Responsibility/Accountability - correct answer ✔✔Professional nurses accept responsibility and are
therefore held accountable to maintain Standards of Practice and adhere to the Code of Ethics of the
profession.
Leadership/Management - correct answer ✔✔Working collaboratively with individuals and groups to
accomplish professional goals.
Research - correct answer ✔✔A process of inquiry that provides evidence contributing to nursing's
expanding body of knowledge.
Professional Role - correct answer ✔✔Provides humanistic health care to promote health and manage
illness for individuals, families and communities in accordance with standards of nursing practice.
Knowledge - correct answer ✔✔Nursing knowledge is based on the liberal arts and sciences and
incorporates humanity/environment health/valuing.
, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) - correct answer ✔✔Promotion and improvement of
higher education for professional nursing. Promotes research and provides for the development of
academic leaders.
American Nurses Association (ANA) - correct answer ✔✔Establishes standards of nursing practice,
education, and services.Promotes educational and professional advancement, and the general welfare of
registered nurses.
National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) - correct answer ✔✔Student-run and student-funded
organization for student nurses.Mentor nursing students and to convey the standards, ethics, and skills
that students will need as responsible and accountable leaders and members of the profession
National League for Nursing (NLN) - correct answer ✔✔Provides educational programs and promotes
legislation supportive of health services and accreditation of nursing education programs.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) - correct answer ✔✔organization through which
nursing regulatory bodies act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting
public health, safety and welfare, including the development of nursing licensure examinations.
Nurse Practice Act - correct answer ✔✔defines the legal parameters of professional and practical nursing
in each STATE:
Set licensure requirements
Scope of practice
Boards to enforce laws
Purpose of Nurse Practice Act - correct answer ✔✔-Protect public from unskilled, undereducated and
unlicensed personell
-Protect the title of the RN
Autonomy - correct answer ✔✔Ability to function and make decisions within scope of practice
Responsibility - correct answer ✔✔Being responsible for one's actions
Accountability - correct answer ✔✔ability to answer for one's own actions
Licensure - correct answer ✔✔recognition by a regulation agency that someone is proficient in a skill to
practice it in an area
STATE law
Mandatory
Certification - correct answer ✔✔are credentials that individuals seek to prove their proficiency in
CERTAIN SPECIALTIES or procedure.
Voluntary
Continuing Education - correct answer ✔✔Education required of professionals to maintain licensure.
Each state is has different:
-number of hours
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Molloy Humanistic Nursing Framework - correct answer ✔✔Nursing
Valuing
Humanity
Health
Environment
Nursing - correct answer ✔✔A science and an art which focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of
human responses.
Valuing - correct answer ✔✔To hold in high esteem the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals.
Humanity - correct answer ✔✔A Unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole, reflecting
bio-psycho-socio-spiritual-cultural dimensions.
Health - correct answer ✔✔A dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-spiritual cultural wellbeing.
Environment - correct answer ✔✔The sum total of all internal and external dimensions that influence
human beings.
Nursing Framework Sub-concepts - correct answer ✔✔Knowledge
Responsibility/Accountability
Leadership/Management
Research
Professional Role
Responsibility/Accountability - correct answer ✔✔Professional nurses accept responsibility and are
therefore held accountable to maintain Standards of Practice and adhere to the Code of Ethics of the
profession.
Leadership/Management - correct answer ✔✔Working collaboratively with individuals and groups to
accomplish professional goals.
Research - correct answer ✔✔A process of inquiry that provides evidence contributing to nursing's
expanding body of knowledge.
Professional Role - correct answer ✔✔Provides humanistic health care to promote health and manage
illness for individuals, families and communities in accordance with standards of nursing practice.
Knowledge - correct answer ✔✔Nursing knowledge is based on the liberal arts and sciences and
incorporates humanity/environment health/valuing.
, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) - correct answer ✔✔Promotion and improvement of
higher education for professional nursing. Promotes research and provides for the development of
academic leaders.
American Nurses Association (ANA) - correct answer ✔✔Establishes standards of nursing practice,
education, and services.Promotes educational and professional advancement, and the general welfare of
registered nurses.
National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) - correct answer ✔✔Student-run and student-funded
organization for student nurses.Mentor nursing students and to convey the standards, ethics, and skills
that students will need as responsible and accountable leaders and members of the profession
National League for Nursing (NLN) - correct answer ✔✔Provides educational programs and promotes
legislation supportive of health services and accreditation of nursing education programs.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) - correct answer ✔✔organization through which
nursing regulatory bodies act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting
public health, safety and welfare, including the development of nursing licensure examinations.
Nurse Practice Act - correct answer ✔✔defines the legal parameters of professional and practical nursing
in each STATE:
Set licensure requirements
Scope of practice
Boards to enforce laws
Purpose of Nurse Practice Act - correct answer ✔✔-Protect public from unskilled, undereducated and
unlicensed personell
-Protect the title of the RN
Autonomy - correct answer ✔✔Ability to function and make decisions within scope of practice
Responsibility - correct answer ✔✔Being responsible for one's actions
Accountability - correct answer ✔✔ability to answer for one's own actions
Licensure - correct answer ✔✔recognition by a regulation agency that someone is proficient in a skill to
practice it in an area
STATE law
Mandatory
Certification - correct answer ✔✔are credentials that individuals seek to prove their proficiency in
CERTAIN SPECIALTIES or procedure.
Voluntary
Continuing Education - correct answer ✔✔Education required of professionals to maintain licensure.
Each state is has different:
-number of hours
