WGU D439 FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING
OA CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ A nurse is caring for patients with variety of wounds. Which wound will
most likely heal by primary intention?.
Answer: Cut in the skin from a kitchen knife
◍ 5.
Answer: in Neuman's grand nursing theory, how many components interact
with each other to represent the patient as a system?
◍ nursing science, basic science, experience, standards of practice.
Answer: which type of knowledge is important for theory-based nursing
practice? select all that apply.
◍ A postoperative client has been placed on a clear liquid diet.Which items is
the client allowed to consume. Select all that apply:.
Answer: BrothCoffeeGelatinPopsicle
◍ When teaching a female patient how to take a sublingual tablet, the nurse
should instruct the patient to place the tablet on the:.
Answer: Floor of the mouth
◍ input.
Answer: data entering the system
◍ An unconscious client who had oral surgery is admitted to the post
anesthesia care unit. In which position should the nurse place the client?.
Answer: Lateral
◍ middle-range theory.
Answer: they address a specific phenomenon and reflect practice
, (administration, clinical, or teaching)
◍ Abdella's Theory.
Answer: nursing theory that states that the nurse involves the patient's
family in care when appropriate
◍ self-actualization.
Answer: what is the fifth and top level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
(recognition and realization of one's potential, growth, health, and
autonomy)
◍ descriptive theory.
Answer: is the first level of theory development and describes the
phenomena and identify circumstances in which the phenomena occur
◍ A mother whose young daughter has died of leukemia is crying and is
unable to talk about her feelings. Which is the best response by the nurse?.
Answer: "It must be hard to deal with such a precious loss."
◍ A client has thick, tenacious respiratory secretions. Which should the nurse
do to liquefy the client's respiratory secretions?.
Answer: Encourage the client to drink more fluid
◍ 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
◍ self-esteem.
Answer: what is the fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
(self-worth, self-respect, independence, privacy, status, dignity, and
self-reliance)
◍ metatheory.
Answer: an area of study that looks at the relationships of various
components that make up the knowledge of a discipline.
◍ 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
◍ to promote self-healing using carative factors.
Answer: which goal is typical of Watson's nursing theory?
◍ Pender's theory.
Answer: theory that focuses on health promotion
◍ educational theory.
Answer: focuses on the teaching-learning process by examining behavioral,
cognitive, and adult learning principles
◍ 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
◍ nursing theory.
Answer: conceptualizes an aspect of nursing to describe, explain, predict, or
prescribe nursing care
◍ environment/situation.
Answer: includes all possible conditions affecting patients and the settings
where they go for their health care. there is a continuous interaction between
a patient and the environment.
◍ psychosocial.
Answer: which type of shred theory focuses on explanations or predictions
of human responses within the physiological, psychological, sociocultural,
developmental, and spiritual domains?
◍ integrate the patient's cultural traditions, values, and beliefs into the care
plan.
Answer: which principle of Leininger's theory would the nurse use to
develop a diet plan for a devout Hindu patient who is vegetarian?
◍ practice theory.
OA CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ A nurse is caring for patients with variety of wounds. Which wound will
most likely heal by primary intention?.
Answer: Cut in the skin from a kitchen knife
◍ 5.
Answer: in Neuman's grand nursing theory, how many components interact
with each other to represent the patient as a system?
◍ nursing science, basic science, experience, standards of practice.
Answer: which type of knowledge is important for theory-based nursing
practice? select all that apply.
◍ A postoperative client has been placed on a clear liquid diet.Which items is
the client allowed to consume. Select all that apply:.
Answer: BrothCoffeeGelatinPopsicle
◍ When teaching a female patient how to take a sublingual tablet, the nurse
should instruct the patient to place the tablet on the:.
Answer: Floor of the mouth
◍ input.
Answer: data entering the system
◍ An unconscious client who had oral surgery is admitted to the post
anesthesia care unit. In which position should the nurse place the client?.
Answer: Lateral
◍ middle-range theory.
Answer: they address a specific phenomenon and reflect practice
, (administration, clinical, or teaching)
◍ Abdella's Theory.
Answer: nursing theory that states that the nurse involves the patient's
family in care when appropriate
◍ self-actualization.
Answer: what is the fifth and top level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
(recognition and realization of one's potential, growth, health, and
autonomy)
◍ descriptive theory.
Answer: is the first level of theory development and describes the
phenomena and identify circumstances in which the phenomena occur
◍ A mother whose young daughter has died of leukemia is crying and is
unable to talk about her feelings. Which is the best response by the nurse?.
Answer: "It must be hard to deal with such a precious loss."
◍ A client has thick, tenacious respiratory secretions. Which should the nurse
do to liquefy the client's respiratory secretions?.
Answer: Encourage the client to drink more fluid
◍ 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
◍ self-esteem.
Answer: what is the fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
(self-worth, self-respect, independence, privacy, status, dignity, and
self-reliance)
◍ metatheory.
Answer: an area of study that looks at the relationships of various
components that make up the knowledge of a discipline.
◍ 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
◍ to promote self-healing using carative factors.
Answer: which goal is typical of Watson's nursing theory?
◍ Pender's theory.
Answer: theory that focuses on health promotion
◍ educational theory.
Answer: focuses on the teaching-learning process by examining behavioral,
cognitive, and adult learning principles
◍ 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
◍ nursing theory.
Answer: conceptualizes an aspect of nursing to describe, explain, predict, or
prescribe nursing care
◍ environment/situation.
Answer: includes all possible conditions affecting patients and the settings
where they go for their health care. there is a continuous interaction between
a patient and the environment.
◍ psychosocial.
Answer: which type of shred theory focuses on explanations or predictions
of human responses within the physiological, psychological, sociocultural,
developmental, and spiritual domains?
◍ integrate the patient's cultural traditions, values, and beliefs into the care
plan.
Answer: which principle of Leininger's theory would the nurse use to
develop a diet plan for a devout Hindu patient who is vegetarian?
◍ practice theory.
