NURSING 110 TEST #1 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
The nurse practices nursing in conformity with the code of ethics for professional registered
nurses. This code:
A) Improves self-health care
B) Protects the client from harm
C) Ensures identical care to all clients
D) Defines the principles by which nurses' provide care to their clients - ANS D. The code of
ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principles the nurse will use
to provide care to clients. A code of ethics does not ensure identical care to all clients (which
would not be acceptable). The nursing code of ethics does not protect clients from harm or
improve self-health care.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The physician
asks the nurse to measure vital signs, auscultate lung sounds, listen to heart sounds, determine
the level of comfort, and collect blood and sputum samples for analysis. The nurse is performing
what aspect of practice?
A) Diagnosis
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
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,D) Implementation - ANS C. The nurse is assessing the client. Diagnosis occurs after all
assessments are completed. Then a plan is developed and implemented. The process is
completed with evaluation.
A client is wheezing and short of breath. The physician orders a medicated nebulizer treatment
now and in 4 hours. The nurse is providing what aspect of care?
A) Planning
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Implementation - ANS D. Implementation is the actual delivery of care. Assessment is data
gathering. Then the information is developed into a diagnosis and the planning occurs with the
diagnosis. Evaluation is the final step of the nursing process.
The nurse is caring for a client with end-stage lung disease. The client wants to go home on
oxygen therapy and be comfortable. The family wants the client to undergo a new surgical
procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses
the client's wishes with the family. The nurse is acting as the client's:
A) Manager
B) Educator
C) Advocate
D) Caregiver - ANS C. An advocate helps speak for the client, communicating the client's
concerns and wishes to family and other caregivers. A caregiver assists in meeting all health care
needs of the client, including taking measures to restore emotional, spiritual, and social well-
being. A manager coordinates all the activities of the members of the nursing staff in delivering
nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibilities for a specific nursing unit
or agency. An educator explains concepts and facts about health, demonstrates procedures
such as self-care activities, reinforces learning or client behavior, and evaluates the client's
progress in learning.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
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,A) Nursing care based on tradition
B) Scholarly inquiry embodied in the nursing and biomedical research literature
C) A problem-solving approach to clinical practice based on best practices
D) Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner - ANS C.
Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to clinical practice that uses the best
available evidence, along with the nurse's expertise and the client's preference and values, in
making decisions about care. The other answers are incorrect.
The examination for the registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in the
United States. This examination:
A) Guarantees safe nursing care for all clients
B) Ensures standard nursing care for all clients
C) Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
D) Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for practice - ANS D. The RN licensure
examination provides a minimum standard of knowledge for nurses. The examination cannot
guarantee or ensure care for clients.
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) generally:
A) Work in acute care settings
B) Function independently
C) Function as unit directors
D) Work in the university setting - ANS B. APNs are generally the most independently
functioning nurses. An APN can work in a primary, acute, or restorative care setting. The setting
may be a private, public, or university facility. The APN may function as a clinician, educator,
case manager, consultant, or researcher.
Nursing practice in the twenty-first century is an art and science that is centered on:
A) The client
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, B) The nursing process
C) Cultural diversity
D) The health care facility - ANS A. The client is the correct choice. The health care facility is
where the client goes to receive treatment. The nursing process is how nurses proceed to plan
care for the client. Cultural diversity is not the correct choice.
Who acted to decrease mortality by improving sanitation in the battlefields, which resulted in a
decline in illness and infection?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Clara Barton
D) Florence Nightingale - ANS D. Florence Nightingale is the correct choice. Barton founded
the Red Cross. Dix organized hospitals, nurses, and supply lines to support the troops of the
Union Army. Wald opened the first community health service for the poor.
The professional nurse responsible for increasing respect for the individual and awareness of
cultural diversity was:
A) Harriet Tubman
B) Mary Mahoney
C) Isabel Hampton
D) Mary Adelaide Nutting - ANS B. Mary Mahoney, the first African American professional
nurse, worked to bring respect to individuals regardless of race, color, background, or religion.
Tubman assisted slaves to freedom during the Civil War. Hampton founded the Nurses
Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, which later became the American Nurses
Association (ANA). Nutting was instrumental in the affiliation of nursing education with
universities.
The document that developed goals and objectives to meet the health of the public is known
as:
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
The nurse practices nursing in conformity with the code of ethics for professional registered
nurses. This code:
A) Improves self-health care
B) Protects the client from harm
C) Ensures identical care to all clients
D) Defines the principles by which nurses' provide care to their clients - ANS D. The code of
ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principles the nurse will use
to provide care to clients. A code of ethics does not ensure identical care to all clients (which
would not be acceptable). The nursing code of ethics does not protect clients from harm or
improve self-health care.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The physician
asks the nurse to measure vital signs, auscultate lung sounds, listen to heart sounds, determine
the level of comfort, and collect blood and sputum samples for analysis. The nurse is performing
what aspect of practice?
A) Diagnosis
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
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,D) Implementation - ANS C. The nurse is assessing the client. Diagnosis occurs after all
assessments are completed. Then a plan is developed and implemented. The process is
completed with evaluation.
A client is wheezing and short of breath. The physician orders a medicated nebulizer treatment
now and in 4 hours. The nurse is providing what aspect of care?
A) Planning
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Implementation - ANS D. Implementation is the actual delivery of care. Assessment is data
gathering. Then the information is developed into a diagnosis and the planning occurs with the
diagnosis. Evaluation is the final step of the nursing process.
The nurse is caring for a client with end-stage lung disease. The client wants to go home on
oxygen therapy and be comfortable. The family wants the client to undergo a new surgical
procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses
the client's wishes with the family. The nurse is acting as the client's:
A) Manager
B) Educator
C) Advocate
D) Caregiver - ANS C. An advocate helps speak for the client, communicating the client's
concerns and wishes to family and other caregivers. A caregiver assists in meeting all health care
needs of the client, including taking measures to restore emotional, spiritual, and social well-
being. A manager coordinates all the activities of the members of the nursing staff in delivering
nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibilities for a specific nursing unit
or agency. An educator explains concepts and facts about health, demonstrates procedures
such as self-care activities, reinforces learning or client behavior, and evaluates the client's
progress in learning.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
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,A) Nursing care based on tradition
B) Scholarly inquiry embodied in the nursing and biomedical research literature
C) A problem-solving approach to clinical practice based on best practices
D) Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner - ANS C.
Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to clinical practice that uses the best
available evidence, along with the nurse's expertise and the client's preference and values, in
making decisions about care. The other answers are incorrect.
The examination for the registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in the
United States. This examination:
A) Guarantees safe nursing care for all clients
B) Ensures standard nursing care for all clients
C) Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
D) Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for practice - ANS D. The RN licensure
examination provides a minimum standard of knowledge for nurses. The examination cannot
guarantee or ensure care for clients.
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) generally:
A) Work in acute care settings
B) Function independently
C) Function as unit directors
D) Work in the university setting - ANS B. APNs are generally the most independently
functioning nurses. An APN can work in a primary, acute, or restorative care setting. The setting
may be a private, public, or university facility. The APN may function as a clinician, educator,
case manager, consultant, or researcher.
Nursing practice in the twenty-first century is an art and science that is centered on:
A) The client
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, B) The nursing process
C) Cultural diversity
D) The health care facility - ANS A. The client is the correct choice. The health care facility is
where the client goes to receive treatment. The nursing process is how nurses proceed to plan
care for the client. Cultural diversity is not the correct choice.
Who acted to decrease mortality by improving sanitation in the battlefields, which resulted in a
decline in illness and infection?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Clara Barton
D) Florence Nightingale - ANS D. Florence Nightingale is the correct choice. Barton founded
the Red Cross. Dix organized hospitals, nurses, and supply lines to support the troops of the
Union Army. Wald opened the first community health service for the poor.
The professional nurse responsible for increasing respect for the individual and awareness of
cultural diversity was:
A) Harriet Tubman
B) Mary Mahoney
C) Isabel Hampton
D) Mary Adelaide Nutting - ANS B. Mary Mahoney, the first African American professional
nurse, worked to bring respect to individuals regardless of race, color, background, or religion.
Tubman assisted slaves to freedom during the Civil War. Hampton founded the Nurses
Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, which later became the American Nurses
Association (ANA). Nutting was instrumental in the affiliation of nursing education with
universities.
The document that developed goals and objectives to meet the health of the public is known
as:
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