NR222 LATEST EXAM TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A diagnostic error can influence the application of the nursing care plan. A likely
source for a nursing diagnosis error is the nurse:
a) Validates the assessment information in the data base
b) Formulates a diagnosis too closely resembling a medical diagnosis
c) Uses the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, International (NANDA-I)
NANDA-I list of diagnoses as a primary source
d) Distinguishes the nursing focus instead of other health care disciplines - ✔✔b)
Formulates a diagnosis too closely resembling a medical diagnosis
✔✔A nurse is trying to reduce barriers that patients may face as they work to achieve
their outcomes. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
a) Criticize patients who do not adhere to nursing care plans
b) Develop trial-and-error approaches to implementing patients' care plans
c) Ensure that patients are involved in the plan of care
d) Teach patients how to develop a nursing care plan - ✔✔c) Ensure that patients are
involved in the plan of care
✔✔When modifying a care plan to meet a patient whose status has changed
significantly over the past few days, the nurse should:
a) Add more nursing interventions from a standardized plan of care
b) Redevelop the entire patient care plan
c) Perform a complete reassessment of all patient factors
d) Focus on changing the nursing diagnoses and goals - ✔✔c) Perform a complete
reassessment of all patient factors
✔✔A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person's
potential and is experienced within a developmental context is known as:
a) Functioning
b) high-level wellness
c) Growth and development
d) health - ✔✔d) health
✔✔Standards of care in nursing __________
a) Serve as laws that must be abided by in providing nursing care
b) Allow professional nurses to practice without boundaries
c) Serve as safety guidelines established by the profession for nursing practice
d) Determine a professional nurse's rights in delivering nursing care - ✔✔Serve as
safety guidelines established by the profession for nursing practice
, ✔✔An adult patient has recently been diagnosed with cancer. The patient's family has
asked the nurse to withhold this information from the patient because they feel that this
information would cause the patient to give up on life and become very depressed. The
nurse believes the patient should be told this information. Which ethical principle is
being upheld by the nurse?
a) Veracity
b) Nonmaleficence
c) Justice
d) Beneficence - ✔✔a) Veracity
✔✔What is the concept of ethics that is described as the "duty to maximize the benefits
of actions while minimizing harm"
a) Autonomy
b) Justice
c) Beneficence
d) Advocacy - ✔✔c) Beneficence
✔✔A primary prevention method for obesity is to:
a) Create an eating plan for overweight children
b) Encourage an active lifestyle during childhood years
c) Start a support group for parents of obese children
d) Establish an exercise program for obese children - ✔✔b) Encourage an active
lifestyle during childhood years
✔✔The best approach a nurse should consider for a person who states he is ready to
start exercising is to:
a) Schedule a follow-up in two months to see if he still feels the same way
b) Provide him with information on the benefits of exercising
c) Develop an exercise plan with him
d) Do nothing, because he has already made the decision to implement a change -
✔✔c) Develop an exercise plan with him
✔✔During a parent-teachers association meeting at the school, the nurse explains the
need for nutritional aid for low income children who are not getting meals at home and
encourages the school to start a free breakfast and lunch program for these children.
What role does the
nurse fulfill?
a) Consultant
b) Educator
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A diagnostic error can influence the application of the nursing care plan. A likely
source for a nursing diagnosis error is the nurse:
a) Validates the assessment information in the data base
b) Formulates a diagnosis too closely resembling a medical diagnosis
c) Uses the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, International (NANDA-I)
NANDA-I list of diagnoses as a primary source
d) Distinguishes the nursing focus instead of other health care disciplines - ✔✔b)
Formulates a diagnosis too closely resembling a medical diagnosis
✔✔A nurse is trying to reduce barriers that patients may face as they work to achieve
their outcomes. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
a) Criticize patients who do not adhere to nursing care plans
b) Develop trial-and-error approaches to implementing patients' care plans
c) Ensure that patients are involved in the plan of care
d) Teach patients how to develop a nursing care plan - ✔✔c) Ensure that patients are
involved in the plan of care
✔✔When modifying a care plan to meet a patient whose status has changed
significantly over the past few days, the nurse should:
a) Add more nursing interventions from a standardized plan of care
b) Redevelop the entire patient care plan
c) Perform a complete reassessment of all patient factors
d) Focus on changing the nursing diagnoses and goals - ✔✔c) Perform a complete
reassessment of all patient factors
✔✔A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person's
potential and is experienced within a developmental context is known as:
a) Functioning
b) high-level wellness
c) Growth and development
d) health - ✔✔d) health
✔✔Standards of care in nursing __________
a) Serve as laws that must be abided by in providing nursing care
b) Allow professional nurses to practice without boundaries
c) Serve as safety guidelines established by the profession for nursing practice
d) Determine a professional nurse's rights in delivering nursing care - ✔✔Serve as
safety guidelines established by the profession for nursing practice
, ✔✔An adult patient has recently been diagnosed with cancer. The patient's family has
asked the nurse to withhold this information from the patient because they feel that this
information would cause the patient to give up on life and become very depressed. The
nurse believes the patient should be told this information. Which ethical principle is
being upheld by the nurse?
a) Veracity
b) Nonmaleficence
c) Justice
d) Beneficence - ✔✔a) Veracity
✔✔What is the concept of ethics that is described as the "duty to maximize the benefits
of actions while minimizing harm"
a) Autonomy
b) Justice
c) Beneficence
d) Advocacy - ✔✔c) Beneficence
✔✔A primary prevention method for obesity is to:
a) Create an eating plan for overweight children
b) Encourage an active lifestyle during childhood years
c) Start a support group for parents of obese children
d) Establish an exercise program for obese children - ✔✔b) Encourage an active
lifestyle during childhood years
✔✔The best approach a nurse should consider for a person who states he is ready to
start exercising is to:
a) Schedule a follow-up in two months to see if he still feels the same way
b) Provide him with information on the benefits of exercising
c) Develop an exercise plan with him
d) Do nothing, because he has already made the decision to implement a change -
✔✔c) Develop an exercise plan with him
✔✔During a parent-teachers association meeting at the school, the nurse explains the
need for nutritional aid for low income children who are not getting meals at home and
encourages the school to start a free breakfast and lunch program for these children.
What role does the
nurse fulfill?
a) Consultant
b) Educator
