FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING (NUR1025) EXAM
1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% 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 the class why this document is important. Which statement best
describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
4
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 operation to the family and
discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
2
The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a 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?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
1
The examination for RN licensure is the same in every state in the United States. This
examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
,3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
4. Guarantees standardized education across all prelicensure programs
3
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge and skills for a variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples of these roles
and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
1,2, 3,4
Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the role.
1. Clinical nurse
specialist
2. Nurse
anesthetist
3. Nurse
practitioner
4. Nurse-
midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly managing the
medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic conditions
d. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to patients across the life span
1- b
2- d
3- c
4- a
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of these models is
expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
,2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing staff about an increase in urinary
tract infections in patients with a Foley catheter. The staff work together to review the
literature on catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-risk
patients, and establishes new catheter care practices. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
4. Quality improvement
A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly position
patients who are on ventilators to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory
secretions. This is an example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
2. Evidence-based practice
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure injury formation
in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two types of treatment. The first is
the procedure currently used to assess for pressure injury risk. The second uses a new
assessment instrument to identify at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse
consultant exemplifies which career?
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse administrator
3. Nurse educator
4. Nurse researcher
4. Nurse researcher
Which activity performed by a nurse is related to maintaining competency in nursing
practice?
1. Asking another nurse about how to change the settings on a medication pump
, 2. Regularly attending unit staff meetings
3. Participating as a member of the professional nursing council
4. Attending a review course in preparation for a certification examination
4. Attending a review course in preparation for a certification examination
Which of the following are examples of a nurse participating in primary care activities?
(Select all that apply.)
1. Providing prenatal teaching on nutrition to a pregnant woman during the first trimester
2. Assessing the nutritional status of older adults who come to the community center for
lunch
3. Working with patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program
4. Providing home wound care to a patient
5. Teaching a class to parents at the local elementary school about the
importance of immunizations
1. Providing prenatal teaching on nutrition to a pregnant woman during the first trimester
Which of the following statements is true regarding Magnet® status recognition
for a hospital?
1. Nursing is run by a Magnet® manager who makes decisions for the nursing
units.
2. Nurses in Magnet® hospitals make all of the decisions on the clinical units.
3. Magnet® is a term that is used to describe hospitals that are able to hire the
nurses they need.
4. Magnet® is a special designation for hospitals that achieve excellence in nursing practice.
4. Magnet® is a special designation for hospitals that achieve excellence in nursing practice.
The nurse is working in a tertiary care setting. Which activity does the nurse perform while
providing tertiary care?
1. Conducting blood pressure screenings at a local food bank
2. Administering influenza vaccines for older adults at the local senior center
3. Inserting an indwelling catheter for a patient on a medical-surgical unit
4. Performing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the
medical ICU
4. Performing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the
medical ICU
1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% 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 the class why this document is important. Which statement best
describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
4
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 operation to the family and
discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
2
The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a 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?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
1
The examination for RN licensure is the same in every state in the United States. This
examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
,3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
4. Guarantees standardized education across all prelicensure programs
3
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge and skills for a variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples of these roles
and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
1,2, 3,4
Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the role.
1. Clinical nurse
specialist
2. Nurse
anesthetist
3. Nurse
practitioner
4. Nurse-
midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly managing the
medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic conditions
d. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to patients across the life span
1- b
2- d
3- c
4- a
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of these models is
expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
,2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing staff about an increase in urinary
tract infections in patients with a Foley catheter. The staff work together to review the
literature on catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-risk
patients, and establishes new catheter care practices. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
4. Quality improvement
A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly position
patients who are on ventilators to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory
secretions. This is an example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
2. Evidence-based practice
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure injury formation
in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two types of treatment. The first is
the procedure currently used to assess for pressure injury risk. The second uses a new
assessment instrument to identify at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse
consultant exemplifies which career?
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse administrator
3. Nurse educator
4. Nurse researcher
4. Nurse researcher
Which activity performed by a nurse is related to maintaining competency in nursing
practice?
1. Asking another nurse about how to change the settings on a medication pump
, 2. Regularly attending unit staff meetings
3. Participating as a member of the professional nursing council
4. Attending a review course in preparation for a certification examination
4. Attending a review course in preparation for a certification examination
Which of the following are examples of a nurse participating in primary care activities?
(Select all that apply.)
1. Providing prenatal teaching on nutrition to a pregnant woman during the first trimester
2. Assessing the nutritional status of older adults who come to the community center for
lunch
3. Working with patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program
4. Providing home wound care to a patient
5. Teaching a class to parents at the local elementary school about the
importance of immunizations
1. Providing prenatal teaching on nutrition to a pregnant woman during the first trimester
Which of the following statements is true regarding Magnet® status recognition
for a hospital?
1. Nursing is run by a Magnet® manager who makes decisions for the nursing
units.
2. Nurses in Magnet® hospitals make all of the decisions on the clinical units.
3. Magnet® is a term that is used to describe hospitals that are able to hire the
nurses they need.
4. Magnet® is a special designation for hospitals that achieve excellence in nursing practice.
4. Magnet® is a special designation for hospitals that achieve excellence in nursing practice.
The nurse is working in a tertiary care setting. Which activity does the nurse perform while
providing tertiary care?
1. Conducting blood pressure screenings at a local food bank
2. Administering influenza vaccines for older adults at the local senior center
3. Inserting an indwelling catheter for a patient on a medical-surgical unit
4. Performing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the
medical ICU
4. Performing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the
medical ICU
