NSC 101 EXAM 1 2025/2026 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS,
Exams of Nursing Graded A+|Certified Pass
The nurse is caring for a patient who does not follow the prescribed regimen for
diabetes management. As a prescriber to Orem's theory, the nurse interviews the
patient in an attempt to identify the cause of the patient's ―nonadherence. What
is the rationale for the nurse's behavior?
a. Orem's theory is useful in designing interventions to promote self-care.
b. Orem's theory focuses on cultural issues that may affect compliance.
c. Orem's theory allows for reduction of anxiety with communication.
d. Orem's theory helps nurses manipulate the patient's environment. -
ANSWERS-ANS: A
When applying Orem's theory, a nurse continually assesses a patient's ability to
perform self-care and intervenes as needed to ensure that the patients meet
physical, psychological, sociological, and developmental needs. According to
Orem, people who participate in self-care activities are more likely to improve
their health outcomes. Leininger's culture care theory focuses on culture diversity
and provides culturally specific nursing care. According to Peplau, nurses help
patients reduce anxiety by converting it into constructive actions, using
therapeutic communication. Nightingale's grand theory is a patient's environment
can be manipulated by nurses to restore a patient to health.
The patient is newly diagnosed with diabetes and will be discharged in the next
day or so. The nurse is teaching the patient how to draw up and self-administer
insulin. Which nursing theory is the nurse utilizing?
,a. Watson's theory
b. Orem's theory
c. Roger's theory
d. Henderson's theory - ANSWERS-ANS: B
The goal of Orem's theory is to help the patient perform self-care. In Watson's
theory, the nurse is concerned with promoting and restoring health and
preventing illness. Roger's theory considers caring as a fundamental component of
professional nursing practice and is based upon 10 curative factors. Henderson
defines nursing as assisting patients with 14 activities until patients can meet
these needs for themselves.
A nurse is reviewing research studies for evidence-based practice. Which article
should the nurse use for qualitative nursing research?
a. An article about the number of falls after use of no side rails
b. An article about infection rates after use of a new wound dressing
c. An article about the percentage of new admissions on a new floor
d. An article about emotional needs of dying patients and their families -
ANSWERS-ANS: D
Studying emotional needs is a qualitative study. Qualitative nursing research is the
study of phenomena that are difficult to quantify or categorize, such as patients'
perceptions of illness. The number of falls, infection rates, and percentages of new
admissions are all examples of quantitative research.
The nurse is trying to identify common general themes relative to the
effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation from patients who have had heart attacks
,and have gone through cardiac rehabilitation programs. The nurse conducts
interviews and focus groups. Which type of research is the nurse conducting?
a. Nonexperimental research
b. Experimental research
c. Qualitative research
d. Evaluation research - ANSWERS-ANS: C
Qualitative research involves using inductive reasoning to develop generalizations
or theories from specific observations or interviews. Evaluation and experimental
research are forms of quantitative research. Nonexperimental descriptive studies
describe, explain, or predict phenomena such as factors that lead to an
adolescent's decision to smoke cigarettes.
1.) A nurse is trying to decrease the rate of falls on the unit. After reviewing the
literature, a strategy is implemented on the unit. After 3 months, the nurse finds
that the falls have decreased. Which process did the nurse institute?
a. Performance improvement
b. Peer-reviewed project
c. Generalizability study
d. Qualitative research - ANSWERS-ANS: A
Performance improvement focuses on performance issues like falls or pressure
injury incidence. A peer-reviewed article is reviewed for accuracy, validity, and
rigor and approved for publication by experts before it is published.
Generalizability is not study/research; it is if the results of a study can be
compared to other patients with similar experiences. This is a quantitative study,
not a qualitative study.
, The nurse is preparing to conduct research that will allow precise measurement of
a phenomenon. Which methods will provide the nurse with the right kind of data?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Surveys
b. Phenomenology
c. Grounded theory
d. Evaluation research
e. Nonexperimental research - ANSWERS-ANS: A, D, E
Experimental research, nonexperimental research, surveys, and evaluation
research are all forms of quantitative research that allow for precise
measurement. Phenomenology and grounded theory are forms of qualitative
research.
The nurse is caring for an older-adult patient and notes that the temperature is
96.8°F (36°C). How will the nurse interpret this finding?
a. The patient has hyperthermia.
b. The patient has a normal temperature.
c. The patient is suffering from hypothermia.
d. The patient is demonstrating increased metabolism. - ANSWERS-ANS: B
The average body temperature of older adults is approximately 35° to 36.1°C (95°
to 97°F). This is not hypothermia or hyperthermia. Older adults have poor
vasomotor control, reduced amounts of subcutaneous tissue, reduced sweat
Exams of Nursing Graded A+|Certified Pass
The nurse is caring for a patient who does not follow the prescribed regimen for
diabetes management. As a prescriber to Orem's theory, the nurse interviews the
patient in an attempt to identify the cause of the patient's ―nonadherence. What
is the rationale for the nurse's behavior?
a. Orem's theory is useful in designing interventions to promote self-care.
b. Orem's theory focuses on cultural issues that may affect compliance.
c. Orem's theory allows for reduction of anxiety with communication.
d. Orem's theory helps nurses manipulate the patient's environment. -
ANSWERS-ANS: A
When applying Orem's theory, a nurse continually assesses a patient's ability to
perform self-care and intervenes as needed to ensure that the patients meet
physical, psychological, sociological, and developmental needs. According to
Orem, people who participate in self-care activities are more likely to improve
their health outcomes. Leininger's culture care theory focuses on culture diversity
and provides culturally specific nursing care. According to Peplau, nurses help
patients reduce anxiety by converting it into constructive actions, using
therapeutic communication. Nightingale's grand theory is a patient's environment
can be manipulated by nurses to restore a patient to health.
The patient is newly diagnosed with diabetes and will be discharged in the next
day or so. The nurse is teaching the patient how to draw up and self-administer
insulin. Which nursing theory is the nurse utilizing?
,a. Watson's theory
b. Orem's theory
c. Roger's theory
d. Henderson's theory - ANSWERS-ANS: B
The goal of Orem's theory is to help the patient perform self-care. In Watson's
theory, the nurse is concerned with promoting and restoring health and
preventing illness. Roger's theory considers caring as a fundamental component of
professional nursing practice and is based upon 10 curative factors. Henderson
defines nursing as assisting patients with 14 activities until patients can meet
these needs for themselves.
A nurse is reviewing research studies for evidence-based practice. Which article
should the nurse use for qualitative nursing research?
a. An article about the number of falls after use of no side rails
b. An article about infection rates after use of a new wound dressing
c. An article about the percentage of new admissions on a new floor
d. An article about emotional needs of dying patients and their families -
ANSWERS-ANS: D
Studying emotional needs is a qualitative study. Qualitative nursing research is the
study of phenomena that are difficult to quantify or categorize, such as patients'
perceptions of illness. The number of falls, infection rates, and percentages of new
admissions are all examples of quantitative research.
The nurse is trying to identify common general themes relative to the
effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation from patients who have had heart attacks
,and have gone through cardiac rehabilitation programs. The nurse conducts
interviews and focus groups. Which type of research is the nurse conducting?
a. Nonexperimental research
b. Experimental research
c. Qualitative research
d. Evaluation research - ANSWERS-ANS: C
Qualitative research involves using inductive reasoning to develop generalizations
or theories from specific observations or interviews. Evaluation and experimental
research are forms of quantitative research. Nonexperimental descriptive studies
describe, explain, or predict phenomena such as factors that lead to an
adolescent's decision to smoke cigarettes.
1.) A nurse is trying to decrease the rate of falls on the unit. After reviewing the
literature, a strategy is implemented on the unit. After 3 months, the nurse finds
that the falls have decreased. Which process did the nurse institute?
a. Performance improvement
b. Peer-reviewed project
c. Generalizability study
d. Qualitative research - ANSWERS-ANS: A
Performance improvement focuses on performance issues like falls or pressure
injury incidence. A peer-reviewed article is reviewed for accuracy, validity, and
rigor and approved for publication by experts before it is published.
Generalizability is not study/research; it is if the results of a study can be
compared to other patients with similar experiences. This is a quantitative study,
not a qualitative study.
, The nurse is preparing to conduct research that will allow precise measurement of
a phenomenon. Which methods will provide the nurse with the right kind of data?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Surveys
b. Phenomenology
c. Grounded theory
d. Evaluation research
e. Nonexperimental research - ANSWERS-ANS: A, D, E
Experimental research, nonexperimental research, surveys, and evaluation
research are all forms of quantitative research that allow for precise
measurement. Phenomenology and grounded theory are forms of qualitative
research.
The nurse is caring for an older-adult patient and notes that the temperature is
96.8°F (36°C). How will the nurse interpret this finding?
a. The patient has hyperthermia.
b. The patient has a normal temperature.
c. The patient is suffering from hypothermia.
d. The patient is demonstrating increased metabolism. - ANSWERS-ANS: B
The average body temperature of older adults is approximately 35° to 36.1°C (95°
to 97°F). This is not hypothermia or hyperthermia. Older adults have poor
vasomotor control, reduced amounts of subcutaneous tissue, reduced sweat
