NMNC 3110 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Novice - Answers Beginning nurse student or any nurse entering a situation in which there is no
previous level of experience
Advanced beginner - Answers Nurse who has had some level of experience with the situation, the
experience may only be observational in nature, but the nurse can identify meaningful aspects
Competent - Answers Same clinical position for 2-3 years, understands the organization and specific
care required. Anticipate nursing care and establish long range goals.
Proficient - Answers 2-3 years of experience in some clinical position, perceives patients clinical site as
a whole, readily transfer knowledge gained from previous experience, focus on managing care.
Expert - Answers Diverse experience can zero in on the problem and focus on multiple dimensions of
the situation skilled at identifying both patient centered problem and problem related to the
healthcare system
Assess - Answers RN collects pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumers
health and situation
Diagnose - Answers Analyzes assessment data to determine the actual or potential diagnoses,
problems, and issues.
Plan/Outcome identification - Answers RN identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to
the healthcare consumer or situation
Implement - Answers RN implements the identified plan
Evalutate - Answers RN evaluates progress towards attainment of goals and outcomes
ANA - Answers American Nurses Association
Nursing Definition - Answers According to the ANA, it is the art and science of caring and focuses on
the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities
ANA Standards of Professional Performance - Answers Ethics, advocacy, respectful and equitable
practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, scholarly inquiry, quality of practice,
professional practice evaluation, resource stewardship, and environmental health
ANA Code of Ethics - Answers Statement of philosophical ideals of right and wrong that defines the
principles you will use to provide care to your patients.
Professional Roles - Answers Autonomy and Accountability
Caregiver
Advocate
Educator
Communicator
Manager
Autonomy - Answers Independent nursing interventions that the nurse initiates without medical
orders
Caregiver - Answers Helps the patient maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms,
and attain a maximal level of function and independence.
Advocate - Answers Protects patients' human and legal rights and provides assistance in asserting
these rights
Educator - Answers Explains concepts and facts about health, describes the reason for activities,
demonstrates, reinforces and evaluates the patient's progress in learning
Communicator - Answers Is essential for all nursing roles and activities
Manager - Answers Has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) four roles: - Answers Four roles: certified nurse-midwife,
certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, and certified registered nurse anesthetist
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Answers Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice
Nurse Practitioner - Answers Provides comprehensive health care to a group of patients in an
inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care, or community-based setting
Certified Nurse-Midwife - Answers Involves the independent care for women in normal pregnancy,
labor and delivery, and care of newborns
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - Answers Provides surgical anesthesia
Nurse Educator - Answers Works primarily in schools of nursing, staff development, departments of
health care agencies, and patient education departments
Nursing Administrator - Answers Manages patient care and the delivery of specific nursing services
within a health care agency
,Nurse Researcher - Answers Conducts evidence-based practice and research to improve nursing care
and to expand the scope of nursing practice
Florence Nightingale - Answers Established the first nursing philosophy, improved sanitation and
believed that nursing is taking charge of somebody's health. "Nursing would take charge of
somebodies health based on the knowledge ""how to put the body in such a state to be free of
disease or recover from disease."
Clara Barton - Answers Founder of the American Red Cross
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster - Answers Opened the Henry Street Settlement, focusing on the
health needs of the poor.
Mary Adelaide Nutting - Answers First professor of nursing at Columbia University Teachers College in
1906.
Mary Mahoney - Answers First professionally trained African American nurse
External factors that have affected nursing practice in the 21st century - Answers Nurse's self care,
Health care reform and rising healthcare costs, Demographic changes of the population, Human
Rights, Increased numbers of medically underserved.
Compassion fatigue - Answers a state of burnout and secondary traumatic stress
The competencies of the quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN) initiative - Answers
Teamwork and collaboration, Evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety and informatics.
Genomics - Answers Describes the study of all genes in a person and interactions of those genes with
one another and with that person's environment
Associate's Degree - Answers Focuses on the basic sciences and theoretical and clinical courses
related to the practice of nursing
Baccalaureate Degree - Answers A 4-year program that focuses on basic sciences theoretical and
clinical courses and courses in social sciences, arts and humanities
Master's Degree - Answers Emphasizes advanced knowledge in basic sciences and research-based
clinical practice
Doctor of Philosophy - Answers Rigorous research and theory development
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Answers A practice-focused doctorate
In-Service Education - Answers Instruction or training provided by health care agencies
Continuing Education - Answers Educational programs by various institutions and organizations
Purpose of the Nurse Practice Act - Answers Regulates the scope of nursing practice for the state and
protects public health, safety and welfare
RN licensure provides: - Answers A standardized minimum knowledge base for nurses.
The value of certification is: - Answers to enhance your career
The goals of any professional nursing organization are to: - Answers Seek to improve the standards of
practice expanding nursing roles and foster the welfare of nurses within the specialty areas
Tony, a student nurse, is preparing to participate in a team care conference for his patient. He listens
to the registered dietitian and physical and occupational therapists detail the plan for the patient.
Tony then describes the patient's concerns about walking to the group. Explain QSEN competency
here. - Answers This is an example of teamwork and collaboration, which function effectively when
nursing and interprofessional teams foster open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision
making to achieve quality patient care.
A group that lobbies at the state and federal levels for advancement of nurses' role, economic
interests, and health care is the:
A. State Boards of Nursing
B. American Nurses Association
C. American Hospital Association
D. National Student Nurses Association - Answers B. The ANA's works for the improvement of health
standards and the availability of health care services for all, fosters high standards of nursing, and
promotes
Graduate nurses must pass a licensure examination administered by the
A. State Boards of Nursing
B. National League for Nursing
C. Accredited school of nursing
D. American Nurses Association - Answers A. Candidates are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN to become
registered nurses in the state in which they will practice
The factor that best advanced the practice of nursing in the 21st century was
, A. The growth of cities
B. The teachings of christianity
C. Better education of nurses
D. Improved conditions for women - Answers C.
Why is it important for a nurse to understand the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered
Nurses?
A. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
B. Protects the patient's confidentiality
C. Improves self-health care
D. Ensures identical care to all patients" - Answers A
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:
A. Educator
B. Caregiver
C. Advocate
D. Communicator - Answers C
The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a dressing change procedure for the
patient's spouse and demonstrates how to change the dressing. The nurse is acting in which
professional role?
A. Communicator
B. Advocate
C. Educator
D. Caregiver - Answers C
Contemporary Nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge and skills for a variety of professional
roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples of these roles and responsibilites?
A. Health promotion
B. Caregiver
C. Autonomy
D. Genetic Counselor
E. Patient advocate - Answers A,B,C,E
A new nurse graduate is attending orientation at the local hospital. Before being assigned to a
preceptor and taking patients, the graduate must attend a 2-day classroom orientation at the hospital
to learn about institution policies and procedures. The graduate is anxious to begin work in the ICU
caring for patients, but understands that part of the job is to represent the hospital in a professional
manner. The graduate cannot do this until learning institution protocols. The hospital in which the
graduate is employed is a large county health care facility that cares for thousands of medically
underserved patients. Which of the following contribute to increases in the medically underserved
population?
A. Rising health care costs
B. Mental Illness
C. Government Funding - Answers A and B
A new nurse graduate is attending orientation at the local hospital. Before being assigned to a
preceptor and taking patients, the graduate must attend a 2-day classroom orientation at the hospital
to learn about institution policies and procedures. The graduate is anxious to begin work in the ICU
caring for patients, but understands that part of the job is to represent the hospital in a professional
manner. The graduate cannot do this until learning institution protocols. Since nursing is a caring
profession, the graduate does not need to be concerned about budgets and rising costs when it
comes to caring for patients.
True or False? - Answers False
Compassion Fatigue - Answers Negatively impacts the health and wellness of nurses and the quality of
care provided to patients
Lateral Violence - Answers Includes behaviors such as withholding information, making snide remarks,
and nonverbal expression of disapproval.
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
Novice - Answers Beginning nurse student or any nurse entering a situation in which there is no
previous level of experience
Advanced beginner - Answers Nurse who has had some level of experience with the situation, the
experience may only be observational in nature, but the nurse can identify meaningful aspects
Competent - Answers Same clinical position for 2-3 years, understands the organization and specific
care required. Anticipate nursing care and establish long range goals.
Proficient - Answers 2-3 years of experience in some clinical position, perceives patients clinical site as
a whole, readily transfer knowledge gained from previous experience, focus on managing care.
Expert - Answers Diverse experience can zero in on the problem and focus on multiple dimensions of
the situation skilled at identifying both patient centered problem and problem related to the
healthcare system
Assess - Answers RN collects pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumers
health and situation
Diagnose - Answers Analyzes assessment data to determine the actual or potential diagnoses,
problems, and issues.
Plan/Outcome identification - Answers RN identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to
the healthcare consumer or situation
Implement - Answers RN implements the identified plan
Evalutate - Answers RN evaluates progress towards attainment of goals and outcomes
ANA - Answers American Nurses Association
Nursing Definition - Answers According to the ANA, it is the art and science of caring and focuses on
the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities
ANA Standards of Professional Performance - Answers Ethics, advocacy, respectful and equitable
practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, scholarly inquiry, quality of practice,
professional practice evaluation, resource stewardship, and environmental health
ANA Code of Ethics - Answers Statement of philosophical ideals of right and wrong that defines the
principles you will use to provide care to your patients.
Professional Roles - Answers Autonomy and Accountability
Caregiver
Advocate
Educator
Communicator
Manager
Autonomy - Answers Independent nursing interventions that the nurse initiates without medical
orders
Caregiver - Answers Helps the patient maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms,
and attain a maximal level of function and independence.
Advocate - Answers Protects patients' human and legal rights and provides assistance in asserting
these rights
Educator - Answers Explains concepts and facts about health, describes the reason for activities,
demonstrates, reinforces and evaluates the patient's progress in learning
Communicator - Answers Is essential for all nursing roles and activities
Manager - Answers Has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) four roles: - Answers Four roles: certified nurse-midwife,
certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, and certified registered nurse anesthetist
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Answers Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice
Nurse Practitioner - Answers Provides comprehensive health care to a group of patients in an
inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care, or community-based setting
Certified Nurse-Midwife - Answers Involves the independent care for women in normal pregnancy,
labor and delivery, and care of newborns
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - Answers Provides surgical anesthesia
Nurse Educator - Answers Works primarily in schools of nursing, staff development, departments of
health care agencies, and patient education departments
Nursing Administrator - Answers Manages patient care and the delivery of specific nursing services
within a health care agency
,Nurse Researcher - Answers Conducts evidence-based practice and research to improve nursing care
and to expand the scope of nursing practice
Florence Nightingale - Answers Established the first nursing philosophy, improved sanitation and
believed that nursing is taking charge of somebody's health. "Nursing would take charge of
somebodies health based on the knowledge ""how to put the body in such a state to be free of
disease or recover from disease."
Clara Barton - Answers Founder of the American Red Cross
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster - Answers Opened the Henry Street Settlement, focusing on the
health needs of the poor.
Mary Adelaide Nutting - Answers First professor of nursing at Columbia University Teachers College in
1906.
Mary Mahoney - Answers First professionally trained African American nurse
External factors that have affected nursing practice in the 21st century - Answers Nurse's self care,
Health care reform and rising healthcare costs, Demographic changes of the population, Human
Rights, Increased numbers of medically underserved.
Compassion fatigue - Answers a state of burnout and secondary traumatic stress
The competencies of the quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN) initiative - Answers
Teamwork and collaboration, Evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety and informatics.
Genomics - Answers Describes the study of all genes in a person and interactions of those genes with
one another and with that person's environment
Associate's Degree - Answers Focuses on the basic sciences and theoretical and clinical courses
related to the practice of nursing
Baccalaureate Degree - Answers A 4-year program that focuses on basic sciences theoretical and
clinical courses and courses in social sciences, arts and humanities
Master's Degree - Answers Emphasizes advanced knowledge in basic sciences and research-based
clinical practice
Doctor of Philosophy - Answers Rigorous research and theory development
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Answers A practice-focused doctorate
In-Service Education - Answers Instruction or training provided by health care agencies
Continuing Education - Answers Educational programs by various institutions and organizations
Purpose of the Nurse Practice Act - Answers Regulates the scope of nursing practice for the state and
protects public health, safety and welfare
RN licensure provides: - Answers A standardized minimum knowledge base for nurses.
The value of certification is: - Answers to enhance your career
The goals of any professional nursing organization are to: - Answers Seek to improve the standards of
practice expanding nursing roles and foster the welfare of nurses within the specialty areas
Tony, a student nurse, is preparing to participate in a team care conference for his patient. He listens
to the registered dietitian and physical and occupational therapists detail the plan for the patient.
Tony then describes the patient's concerns about walking to the group. Explain QSEN competency
here. - Answers This is an example of teamwork and collaboration, which function effectively when
nursing and interprofessional teams foster open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision
making to achieve quality patient care.
A group that lobbies at the state and federal levels for advancement of nurses' role, economic
interests, and health care is the:
A. State Boards of Nursing
B. American Nurses Association
C. American Hospital Association
D. National Student Nurses Association - Answers B. The ANA's works for the improvement of health
standards and the availability of health care services for all, fosters high standards of nursing, and
promotes
Graduate nurses must pass a licensure examination administered by the
A. State Boards of Nursing
B. National League for Nursing
C. Accredited school of nursing
D. American Nurses Association - Answers A. Candidates are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN to become
registered nurses in the state in which they will practice
The factor that best advanced the practice of nursing in the 21st century was
, A. The growth of cities
B. The teachings of christianity
C. Better education of nurses
D. Improved conditions for women - Answers C.
Why is it important for a nurse to understand the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered
Nurses?
A. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
B. Protects the patient's confidentiality
C. Improves self-health care
D. Ensures identical care to all patients" - Answers A
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:
A. Educator
B. Caregiver
C. Advocate
D. Communicator - Answers C
The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a dressing change procedure for the
patient's spouse and demonstrates how to change the dressing. The nurse is acting in which
professional role?
A. Communicator
B. Advocate
C. Educator
D. Caregiver - Answers C
Contemporary Nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge and skills for a variety of professional
roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples of these roles and responsibilites?
A. Health promotion
B. Caregiver
C. Autonomy
D. Genetic Counselor
E. Patient advocate - Answers A,B,C,E
A new nurse graduate is attending orientation at the local hospital. Before being assigned to a
preceptor and taking patients, the graduate must attend a 2-day classroom orientation at the hospital
to learn about institution policies and procedures. The graduate is anxious to begin work in the ICU
caring for patients, but understands that part of the job is to represent the hospital in a professional
manner. The graduate cannot do this until learning institution protocols. The hospital in which the
graduate is employed is a large county health care facility that cares for thousands of medically
underserved patients. Which of the following contribute to increases in the medically underserved
population?
A. Rising health care costs
B. Mental Illness
C. Government Funding - Answers A and B
A new nurse graduate is attending orientation at the local hospital. Before being assigned to a
preceptor and taking patients, the graduate must attend a 2-day classroom orientation at the hospital
to learn about institution policies and procedures. The graduate is anxious to begin work in the ICU
caring for patients, but understands that part of the job is to represent the hospital in a professional
manner. The graduate cannot do this until learning institution protocols. Since nursing is a caring
profession, the graduate does not need to be concerned about budgets and rising costs when it
comes to caring for patients.
True or False? - Answers False
Compassion Fatigue - Answers Negatively impacts the health and wellness of nurses and the quality of
care provided to patients
Lateral Violence - Answers Includes behaviors such as withholding information, making snide remarks,
and nonverbal expression of disapproval.
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
