ANCC Domain 2 Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
Which of the following best defines interprofessional collaboration in advanced nursing
practice?
A. Working independently to deliver care
✔✔B. Partnering with multiple healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes
C. Referring patients to specialists only when needed
D. Delegating all tasks to nursing staff
The primary purpose of a professional practice model in nursing is to:
A. Guide hospital policies
✔✔B. Support nursing autonomy and accountability within care delivery
C. Improve administrative workflow
D. Reduce nurse staffing ratios
Which action reflects the advanced practice nurse's role in promoting evidence-based practice?
A. Encouraging patients to use home remedies
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,✔✔B. Critically appraising research and integrating findings into patient care
C. Repeating established hospital routines
D. Avoiding change in clinical procedures
Which concept is central to Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring?
A. Disease management
✔✔B. Transpersonal caring relationships
C. Cost-effective treatments
D. Medication adherence
An advanced practice nurse integrates cultural competence by:
A. Requiring patients to speak English
✔✔B. Assessing and incorporating patients’ cultural values into care plans
C. Providing the same care to every patient
D. Relying solely on translators for all communication
Which is a core component of patient-centered care in advanced nursing practice?
✔✔A. Respecting the patient’s preferences, needs, and values
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,B. Following physician orders without question
C. Educating only the patient’s family
D. Relying on clinical algorithms alone
What is the most appropriate response when a patient’s cultural beliefs conflict with a
recommended treatment?
A. Enforce the standard treatment plan
✔✔B. Discuss the conflict openly and negotiate acceptable options
C. Refer the patient to another provider
D. Avoid discussing cultural issues in clinical care
A nurse practitioner’s participation in policy development primarily demonstrates which of the
following roles?
A. Educator
✔✔B. Advocate
C. Diagnostician
D. Technician
Which behavior is an example of clinical scholarship in advanced practice?
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, ✔✔A. Publishing research findings in a peer-reviewed journal
B. Attending mandatory in-service training
C. Following supervisor instructions
D. Participating in patient discharge planning
When implementing systems thinking in healthcare, the APRN considers:
A. Only individual patient preferences
B. Hospital rules only
✔✔C. The interconnectedness of all departments and disciplines within the healthcare system
D. Clinical symptoms without environmental context
Reflective practice in advanced nursing involves:
✔✔A. Thoughtfully analyzing one’s actions and decisions to improve future practice
B. Focusing only on patient outcomes
C. Memorizing protocols
D. Reviewing others’ clinical work
What is the best description of moral distress in nursing practice?
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Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
Which of the following best defines interprofessional collaboration in advanced nursing
practice?
A. Working independently to deliver care
✔✔B. Partnering with multiple healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes
C. Referring patients to specialists only when needed
D. Delegating all tasks to nursing staff
The primary purpose of a professional practice model in nursing is to:
A. Guide hospital policies
✔✔B. Support nursing autonomy and accountability within care delivery
C. Improve administrative workflow
D. Reduce nurse staffing ratios
Which action reflects the advanced practice nurse's role in promoting evidence-based practice?
A. Encouraging patients to use home remedies
1
,✔✔B. Critically appraising research and integrating findings into patient care
C. Repeating established hospital routines
D. Avoiding change in clinical procedures
Which concept is central to Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring?
A. Disease management
✔✔B. Transpersonal caring relationships
C. Cost-effective treatments
D. Medication adherence
An advanced practice nurse integrates cultural competence by:
A. Requiring patients to speak English
✔✔B. Assessing and incorporating patients’ cultural values into care plans
C. Providing the same care to every patient
D. Relying solely on translators for all communication
Which is a core component of patient-centered care in advanced nursing practice?
✔✔A. Respecting the patient’s preferences, needs, and values
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,B. Following physician orders without question
C. Educating only the patient’s family
D. Relying on clinical algorithms alone
What is the most appropriate response when a patient’s cultural beliefs conflict with a
recommended treatment?
A. Enforce the standard treatment plan
✔✔B. Discuss the conflict openly and negotiate acceptable options
C. Refer the patient to another provider
D. Avoid discussing cultural issues in clinical care
A nurse practitioner’s participation in policy development primarily demonstrates which of the
following roles?
A. Educator
✔✔B. Advocate
C. Diagnostician
D. Technician
Which behavior is an example of clinical scholarship in advanced practice?
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, ✔✔A. Publishing research findings in a peer-reviewed journal
B. Attending mandatory in-service training
C. Following supervisor instructions
D. Participating in patient discharge planning
When implementing systems thinking in healthcare, the APRN considers:
A. Only individual patient preferences
B. Hospital rules only
✔✔C. The interconnectedness of all departments and disciplines within the healthcare system
D. Clinical symptoms without environmental context
Reflective practice in advanced nursing involves:
✔✔A. Thoughtfully analyzing one’s actions and decisions to improve future practice
B. Focusing only on patient outcomes
C. Memorizing protocols
D. Reviewing others’ clinical work
What is the best description of moral distress in nursing practice?
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