NRS Midterm Practice Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care coordination
conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation you have your
classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses. Your
instructor asks why this document is important. Which of the following statements best
describes this code?
A - Improves self health care
B - Protects patient's confidentiality
C - Ensures identical care to all patients
D - Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care - CORRECT
ANSWER D - Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
An 18 year old women is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse
obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung and heart sounds, determines her level of comfort,
and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is performed?
A - Diagnosis
B - Evaluation
C - Assessment
D - Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER C - Assessment
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath. The
nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of
practice is performed?
A - Planning
B - Evaluation
C - Assessment
D - Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER D - Implementation
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure.
, The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the
patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
A - Educator
B - Advocate
C - Caregiver
D - Case manager - CORRECT ANSWER B - Advocate
The nurse spends time with the patient and family reviewing the dressing change procedure
for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how to change the dressing. The
nurse is acting in which professional role?
A - Educator
B - Advocate
C - Caregiver
D - Case manager - CORRECT ANSWER A - Educator
The examination for registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in the
United States. This examination:
A - Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
B - Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
C - Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
D - Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice - CORRECT
ANSWER D - Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge and skills for a variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples? Select all that
apply:
A - Caregiver
B - Autonomy and accountability
C - Patient advocate
D - Health promotion
E - Lobbyist - CORRECT ANSWER A - Caregiver
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care coordination
conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation you have your
classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses. Your
instructor asks why this document is important. Which of the following statements best
describes this code?
A - Improves self health care
B - Protects patient's confidentiality
C - Ensures identical care to all patients
D - Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care - CORRECT
ANSWER D - Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
An 18 year old women is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse
obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung and heart sounds, determines her level of comfort,
and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is performed?
A - Diagnosis
B - Evaluation
C - Assessment
D - Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER C - Assessment
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath. The
nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of
practice is performed?
A - Planning
B - Evaluation
C - Assessment
D - Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER D - Implementation
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure.
, The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the
patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
A - Educator
B - Advocate
C - Caregiver
D - Case manager - CORRECT ANSWER B - Advocate
The nurse spends time with the patient and family reviewing the dressing change procedure
for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how to change the dressing. The
nurse is acting in which professional role?
A - Educator
B - Advocate
C - Caregiver
D - Case manager - CORRECT ANSWER A - Educator
The examination for registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in the
United States. This examination:
A - Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
B - Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
C - Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
D - Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice - CORRECT
ANSWER D - Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge and skills for a variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples? Select all that
apply:
A - Caregiver
B - Autonomy and accountability
C - Patient advocate
D - Health promotion
E - Lobbyist - CORRECT ANSWER A - Caregiver
