ROLE AND SCOPE 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔There is increasing evidence that nursing needs to address the ability of its
members to provide high-quality, effective care as patient-centered care needs
intensify. Which nursing behavior demonstrates an understanding of how these needs
will be best initially met?
A. Enrolling in a Masters of Nursing Education graduate program
B. Volunteering to provide community health screening at a senior citizen center
C. Becoming politically active regarding the delivery of health care on the national level
D. Regularly speaking to groups of high school students regarding the profession of
nursing - ✔✔A
The need for nurses to provide the care for the influx of clients projected in the future is
best addressed initially through the increase in nurses with graduate degrees. This
allows for the education and training of future nurses who are introduced to nursing
through effective recruiting targeted at various populations. Health screening is directed
towards the early detection of health care needs. Political activism is directed towards
health care policy change and enactment on national and even local government levels.
✔✔The image that best serves today's profession of nursing is one that portrays:
A. skill and caring.
B. trust and belief.
C. honesty and loyalty.
D. dependability and charity. - ✔✔B
The image most important to today's nursing professional is one that supports the
public's need to trust and believe in the nurse caring for them. The individual actually
providing the care often changes with each shift change and so the perception of the
profession as a whole is vitally important. Although the other options represent positive
traits, they all seem to be embodied in the image of trust and belief in the public's
collective mind.
✔✔The play Miss Evers' Boys was one of the first literary presentations that depicted
nurses as:
A. trained professionals.
B. caring and charitable.
C. client advocates.
D. self-sacrificing. - ✔✔C
The play and eventual television movie Miss Evers' Boys tells the story of the now-
infamous Tuskegee experiment that focused on the treatment of syphilis among African-
,American men between1932 and 1972. Miss Evers was the nurse in charge of
recruiting subjects. The play describes how her request for the inclusion of penicillin into
the treatment plan was denied, even though penicillin was the treatment of choice for
the disease after 1947.
✔✔Which of the current perceptions of nursing most likely accounts for the lagging
numbers of males in the profession?
A. Poor income potential
B. Work is routine and boring
C. Lack of professional autonomy
D. Viewed as a female profession - ✔✔D
Nursing continues to be viewed as a female profession although the number of males
entering the profession is steadily increasing. The public views nursing as an interesting
and meaningful profession that provides good job security but does not provide job
independence. The perception of job independence affects both male and females
equally.
✔✔The ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries and preserve nurse-
client confidences has been most severely impacted by:
A. the misuse of social media forums by nurses.
B. the hesitation of state boards of nursing to discipline offenders.
C. the courts' reluctance to uphold legal decisions involving professional boundaries.
D. the nursing profession's inability to adequately define unacceptable behaviors. - ✔✔A
The ramifications of inappropriate posting of information by nursing professionals as
well as nursing students via the various forms of social media has created serious
problems affecting confidentiality and professional boundaries. State boards of nursing
take these breaches of nursing practice seriously, revoking nurses' license to practice
and expelling students from nursing programs. Currently the courts have upheld legal
decisions involving such actions.
✔✔A staff nurse routinely finds it difficult to receive clarification on prescriptions and
orders written by a particular member of the medical staff. When numerous attempts to
deal directly with the physician fail, the nurse most appropriately manages the problem
by:
A. making it known to the nurse manager that they will no longer accept the physician's
clients as patients.
B. documenting the problem in terms of client safety concerns and forwarding the
information to both the nursing manager and chief of medical staff.
C. informing the clients that any dissatisfaction with their care should be directed
towards their physician for resolution.
, D. presenting the issues to the unit's entire nursing staff so that a unified plan can be
developed to ensure the safety of the physician's clients. - ✔✔B
The problem will best be addressed as a medical staff problem with appropriate
documentation of the problem as it affects client safety being forwarded to both nursing
and medical staff administration. Refusing to treat a particular physician's clients or
discussing the situation with the clients themselves is not professional behavior and so
not a viable option. Involving the entire nursing staff may seem effective but it merely
identifies the situation as a nursing problem rather than what it truly is—a medical
problem.
✔✔The primary purpose of nursing licensure is to:
A. raise nursing to the level of a profession.
B. recognize the knowledge and skills of the professional nurse.
C. provide the public with protection against poorly trained nurses.
D. identify all persons who have graduated from a school of nursing. - ✔✔C
When it became evident that nursing programs varied greatly in their entry criteria and
academic requirements, it became necessary to address the resulting confusion and so
licensure was adapted as a means of protecting the public. It is true the licensure
acknowledges the skills and academic expertise of those who have successfully
graduated from a school of nursing, but those are not the primary purpose of the
license. Licensure is not the only criteria for attaining professional status.
✔✔The right to identify oneself as a registered nurse (RN) is defined and protected by
which component of a state's nurse practice act?
A. Purpose of the act
B. Licensure requirements
C. Definition of nursing practice
D. Description of the nurse's scope of practice - ✔✔A
The first purpose of a nurse practice act is to protect the health and safety of the public,
the second purpose is to protect the title of RN. The legal title RN is reserved for those
meeting the requirements to practice nursing. Only those licensed may use the
designation of RN. Licensure requirements describe qualifications and procedures
necessary for initial entry into nursing practice. The definition of nursing is of utmost
importance because it delineates the scope of practice for nurses within the state, that
is, each act outlines the activities nurses may legally perform within the jurisdiction.
✔✔The mutual recognition model of nursing regulation has been adopted by many
states. Which of the following situations was an initial factor in the formation of that
model?
A. The introduction of the associate degree nursing program
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔There is increasing evidence that nursing needs to address the ability of its
members to provide high-quality, effective care as patient-centered care needs
intensify. Which nursing behavior demonstrates an understanding of how these needs
will be best initially met?
A. Enrolling in a Masters of Nursing Education graduate program
B. Volunteering to provide community health screening at a senior citizen center
C. Becoming politically active regarding the delivery of health care on the national level
D. Regularly speaking to groups of high school students regarding the profession of
nursing - ✔✔A
The need for nurses to provide the care for the influx of clients projected in the future is
best addressed initially through the increase in nurses with graduate degrees. This
allows for the education and training of future nurses who are introduced to nursing
through effective recruiting targeted at various populations. Health screening is directed
towards the early detection of health care needs. Political activism is directed towards
health care policy change and enactment on national and even local government levels.
✔✔The image that best serves today's profession of nursing is one that portrays:
A. skill and caring.
B. trust and belief.
C. honesty and loyalty.
D. dependability and charity. - ✔✔B
The image most important to today's nursing professional is one that supports the
public's need to trust and believe in the nurse caring for them. The individual actually
providing the care often changes with each shift change and so the perception of the
profession as a whole is vitally important. Although the other options represent positive
traits, they all seem to be embodied in the image of trust and belief in the public's
collective mind.
✔✔The play Miss Evers' Boys was one of the first literary presentations that depicted
nurses as:
A. trained professionals.
B. caring and charitable.
C. client advocates.
D. self-sacrificing. - ✔✔C
The play and eventual television movie Miss Evers' Boys tells the story of the now-
infamous Tuskegee experiment that focused on the treatment of syphilis among African-
,American men between1932 and 1972. Miss Evers was the nurse in charge of
recruiting subjects. The play describes how her request for the inclusion of penicillin into
the treatment plan was denied, even though penicillin was the treatment of choice for
the disease after 1947.
✔✔Which of the current perceptions of nursing most likely accounts for the lagging
numbers of males in the profession?
A. Poor income potential
B. Work is routine and boring
C. Lack of professional autonomy
D. Viewed as a female profession - ✔✔D
Nursing continues to be viewed as a female profession although the number of males
entering the profession is steadily increasing. The public views nursing as an interesting
and meaningful profession that provides good job security but does not provide job
independence. The perception of job independence affects both male and females
equally.
✔✔The ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries and preserve nurse-
client confidences has been most severely impacted by:
A. the misuse of social media forums by nurses.
B. the hesitation of state boards of nursing to discipline offenders.
C. the courts' reluctance to uphold legal decisions involving professional boundaries.
D. the nursing profession's inability to adequately define unacceptable behaviors. - ✔✔A
The ramifications of inappropriate posting of information by nursing professionals as
well as nursing students via the various forms of social media has created serious
problems affecting confidentiality and professional boundaries. State boards of nursing
take these breaches of nursing practice seriously, revoking nurses' license to practice
and expelling students from nursing programs. Currently the courts have upheld legal
decisions involving such actions.
✔✔A staff nurse routinely finds it difficult to receive clarification on prescriptions and
orders written by a particular member of the medical staff. When numerous attempts to
deal directly with the physician fail, the nurse most appropriately manages the problem
by:
A. making it known to the nurse manager that they will no longer accept the physician's
clients as patients.
B. documenting the problem in terms of client safety concerns and forwarding the
information to both the nursing manager and chief of medical staff.
C. informing the clients that any dissatisfaction with their care should be directed
towards their physician for resolution.
, D. presenting the issues to the unit's entire nursing staff so that a unified plan can be
developed to ensure the safety of the physician's clients. - ✔✔B
The problem will best be addressed as a medical staff problem with appropriate
documentation of the problem as it affects client safety being forwarded to both nursing
and medical staff administration. Refusing to treat a particular physician's clients or
discussing the situation with the clients themselves is not professional behavior and so
not a viable option. Involving the entire nursing staff may seem effective but it merely
identifies the situation as a nursing problem rather than what it truly is—a medical
problem.
✔✔The primary purpose of nursing licensure is to:
A. raise nursing to the level of a profession.
B. recognize the knowledge and skills of the professional nurse.
C. provide the public with protection against poorly trained nurses.
D. identify all persons who have graduated from a school of nursing. - ✔✔C
When it became evident that nursing programs varied greatly in their entry criteria and
academic requirements, it became necessary to address the resulting confusion and so
licensure was adapted as a means of protecting the public. It is true the licensure
acknowledges the skills and academic expertise of those who have successfully
graduated from a school of nursing, but those are not the primary purpose of the
license. Licensure is not the only criteria for attaining professional status.
✔✔The right to identify oneself as a registered nurse (RN) is defined and protected by
which component of a state's nurse practice act?
A. Purpose of the act
B. Licensure requirements
C. Definition of nursing practice
D. Description of the nurse's scope of practice - ✔✔A
The first purpose of a nurse practice act is to protect the health and safety of the public,
the second purpose is to protect the title of RN. The legal title RN is reserved for those
meeting the requirements to practice nursing. Only those licensed may use the
designation of RN. Licensure requirements describe qualifications and procedures
necessary for initial entry into nursing practice. The definition of nursing is of utmost
importance because it delineates the scope of practice for nurses within the state, that
is, each act outlines the activities nurses may legally perform within the jurisdiction.
✔✔The mutual recognition model of nursing regulation has been adopted by many
states. Which of the following situations was an initial factor in the formation of that
model?
A. The introduction of the associate degree nursing program
