WGU D439 FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING OA
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
• The nurse is caring for four clients. The client with which clinical
manifestation requires immediate attention from the nurse?.
Answer: Respiratory rate of 25 breaths per minute after resting for 3 minutes
after activity
• The nurse places a client who had abdominal surgery in the semi-Fowler
position. The client states, "I prefer to lie flat when in bed. I feel like I am
almost sitting up." Which is an appropriate response by the nurse?.
Answer: "Lifting your chest above your abdomen facilitates drainage in your
wound drains."
• The nurse is educating a client who has just been prescribed a diuretic about
how to safely perform activities of daily living. Which statement should the
nurse include in the teaching.
Answer: Change positions slowly to minimize orthostatic hypotension
• profession.
Answer: has been defined as an occupation that requires extensive education
or a calling that requires special knowledge, skill, and preparation. It is
generally distinguished from other occupations by: requirement of
prolonged, specialized training, orientation toward service (community or
organization), ongoing research, code of ethics, autonomy, or a professional
organization.
• The nurse recognizes that which statements made by a patient indicate an
understanding of behaviors that will promote sleep? (Select all that apply.).
Answer: "I will not watch television in bed." "I will not drink caffeine later
in the day." "I will start to exercise regularly during the day."
• Your patient is being discharged home and will be required to
, self-administer injectable Heparin. You are observing the patient administer
their scheduled dose of Heparin to confirm that the patient knows how to do
it correctly. What action by the patient requires you to re-educate them
about how to administer Heparin?.
Answer: The patient injects the needle 1 inch away from the umbilicus
• spectator sport.
Answer: Nursing is NOT a what?
• A nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility is often required to
collect urine specimens from patients for laboratory testing. Which
techniques for urine collection are performed correctly? Select all that
apply..
Answer: The nurse collects about 3 mL of urine from a patient's indwelling
catheter to send for a urine culture. The nurse discards the first urine of the
day when performing a 24-hour urine specimen collection on a patient.
• nutrix.
Answer: Nursing originated from the Latin word
________________________, meaning to nourish.
• The nurse is caring for a 60-year-old client with a diagnosis of C-diff and is
incontinent who requires frequent linen changes. What should the nurse be
most concerned for.
Answer: Impaired skin integrity
• patient.
Answer: Who/what is the central focus of all definitions, including physical,
emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of the patient?
• nursing.
Answer: the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the
diagnoses and treatment of human response and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations (American Nurses
Association (ANA)) 2004
, • D.
Answer: A hospital nurse works collaboratively with a physician, social
worker, physical therapist, and home healthcare nurse to provide nursing
care for a patient following a motor vehicle accident. What should be the
central focus of this care? A. the nurses B. the physician C. the nursing care
plan D. the patient E. the physical therapist
• settings.
Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline requires you to practice in a
wide variety of _____________________.
• body of knowledge.
Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline requires you to develop a
specific ________________________.
• The nurse is making an occupied bed. Which nursing action is most
important.
Answer: Ensuring that the client's head is supported and is in functional
alignment
• nursing research.
Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline requires you to conduct and
publish _____________________________.
• When giving a client a bed bath, a nurse washes the client's extremities from
distal to proximal. Which of the following rationales best supports this
nursing action?.
Answer: Stimulates Venous return
• The nurse is caring for a debilitated female client with nocturia. Which
nursing intervention is the priority when planning to meet this client's needs.
Answer: Positioning a bedside commode near the bed
• The nurse plans to teach a client with hemiparesis to use a cane. Which
should the nurse teach the client to do? Select all that apply..
Answer: Hold the cane in the strong hand when walking
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
• The nurse is caring for four clients. The client with which clinical
manifestation requires immediate attention from the nurse?.
Answer: Respiratory rate of 25 breaths per minute after resting for 3 minutes
after activity
• The nurse places a client who had abdominal surgery in the semi-Fowler
position. The client states, "I prefer to lie flat when in bed. I feel like I am
almost sitting up." Which is an appropriate response by the nurse?.
Answer: "Lifting your chest above your abdomen facilitates drainage in your
wound drains."
• The nurse is educating a client who has just been prescribed a diuretic about
how to safely perform activities of daily living. Which statement should the
nurse include in the teaching.
Answer: Change positions slowly to minimize orthostatic hypotension
• profession.
Answer: has been defined as an occupation that requires extensive education
or a calling that requires special knowledge, skill, and preparation. It is
generally distinguished from other occupations by: requirement of
prolonged, specialized training, orientation toward service (community or
organization), ongoing research, code of ethics, autonomy, or a professional
organization.
• The nurse recognizes that which statements made by a patient indicate an
understanding of behaviors that will promote sleep? (Select all that apply.).
Answer: "I will not watch television in bed." "I will not drink caffeine later
in the day." "I will start to exercise regularly during the day."
• Your patient is being discharged home and will be required to
, self-administer injectable Heparin. You are observing the patient administer
their scheduled dose of Heparin to confirm that the patient knows how to do
it correctly. What action by the patient requires you to re-educate them
about how to administer Heparin?.
Answer: The patient injects the needle 1 inch away from the umbilicus
• spectator sport.
Answer: Nursing is NOT a what?
• A nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility is often required to
collect urine specimens from patients for laboratory testing. Which
techniques for urine collection are performed correctly? Select all that
apply..
Answer: The nurse collects about 3 mL of urine from a patient's indwelling
catheter to send for a urine culture. The nurse discards the first urine of the
day when performing a 24-hour urine specimen collection on a patient.
• nutrix.
Answer: Nursing originated from the Latin word
________________________, meaning to nourish.
• The nurse is caring for a 60-year-old client with a diagnosis of C-diff and is
incontinent who requires frequent linen changes. What should the nurse be
most concerned for.
Answer: Impaired skin integrity
• patient.
Answer: Who/what is the central focus of all definitions, including physical,
emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of the patient?
• nursing.
Answer: the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the
diagnoses and treatment of human response and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations (American Nurses
Association (ANA)) 2004
, • D.
Answer: A hospital nurse works collaboratively with a physician, social
worker, physical therapist, and home healthcare nurse to provide nursing
care for a patient following a motor vehicle accident. What should be the
central focus of this care? A. the nurses B. the physician C. the nursing care
plan D. the patient E. the physical therapist
• settings.
Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline requires you to practice in a
wide variety of _____________________.
• body of knowledge.
Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline requires you to develop a
specific ________________________.
• The nurse is making an occupied bed. Which nursing action is most
important.
Answer: Ensuring that the client's head is supported and is in functional
alignment
• nursing research.
Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline requires you to conduct and
publish _____________________________.
• When giving a client a bed bath, a nurse washes the client's extremities from
distal to proximal. Which of the following rationales best supports this
nursing action?.
Answer: Stimulates Venous return
• The nurse is caring for a debilitated female client with nocturia. Which
nursing intervention is the priority when planning to meet this client's needs.
Answer: Positioning a bedside commode near the bed
• The nurse plans to teach a client with hemiparesis to use a cane. Which
should the nurse teach the client to do? Select all that apply..
Answer: Hold the cane in the strong hand when walking
