EAQ ELSEVIER ADAPTIVE QUIZZING
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 2025–2026
COMPLETE MASTER STUDY GUIDE & VERIFIED
EXAM BANK
This comprehensive 200-question exam bank provides detailed
multiple-choice questions with verified answers and in-depth
rationales mapped directly to foundational nursing concepts.
Designed specifically for the 2025–2026 curriculum, it targets
critical areas including safety, infection control, pharmacology
math, and clinical judgment to optimize your study efficiency. It
serves as an essential remediation tool and high-yield study
guide to help you master adaptive quizzing and excel on your
nursing exams.
Module 1: Nursing History, Theory, and Professional
Practice
1. A nurse provides patient-centered care by
respecting a patient’s cultural preferences
regarding dietary choices. Which professional
nursing value does this action best reflect?
A. Autonomy
B. Integrity
C. Human dignity
D. Social justice
Answer: C. Human dignity
Rationale: Respecting a patient's unique cultural
,background, preferences, and inherent worth
directly demonstrates the professional value of
human dignity. Autonomy refers to self-
determination, integrity involves ethical practice,
and social justice focuses on fairness in care
distribution.
2. According to Florence Nightingale’s
Environmental Theory, what is the primary focus of
the nurse's role?
A. Achieving behavioral balance and stability
B. Manipulating the patient's surroundings to
facilitate healing
C. Meeting the fourteen basic human needs
D. Promoting adaptation across physiological
modes
Answer: B. Manipulating the patient's surroundings
to facilitate healing
Rationale: Nightingale's theory focuses heavily on
the environment, asserting that fresh air, pure
water, efficient drainage, cleanliness, and light are
essential for a patient's recovery.
3. A registered nurse (RN) is practicing within the
established scope of practice defined by their state.
Which legal document regulates this scope?
,A. American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of
Ethics
B. State Nurse Practice Act (NPA)
C. Institutional Policy and Procedures Manual
D. National League for Nursing (NLN) Guidelines
Answer: B. State Nurse Practice Act (NPA)
Rationale: The Nurse Practice Act (NPA) of each
state is the statutory law that defines and regulates
the legal scope of nursing practice within that
specific jurisdiction to protect the public.
4. Which career role allows a nurse to provide
advanced, direct primary or acute care to a specific
patient population independently or in collaboration
with a physician?
A. Nurse Administrator
B. Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
C. Nurse Practitioner (NP)
D. Nurse Researcher
Answer: C. Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Rationale: Nurse Practitioners are advanced
practice registered nurses (APRNs) qualified to
deliver comprehensive primary, acute, or specialty
care, including diagnosing illnesses and prescribing
medications.
, 5. A nurse participates in a continuous quality
improvement (CQI) committee to reduce medication
administration errors on a medical-surgical unit.
Which QSEN competency is directly addressed?
A. Informatics
B. Quality Improvement
C. Evidence-Based Practice
D. Patient-Centered Care
Answer: B. Quality Improvement
Rationale: The Quality Improvement competency
focuses on using data to monitor the outcomes of
care processes and using improvement methods to
design and test changes to continuously improve
the quality and safety of healthcare systems.
Module 2: Health Care Delivery Systems, Quality,
and Safety
6. A patient is discharged from an acute care
hospital and transferred to a facility that provides
long-term, skilled nursing care and rehabilitation.
What level of healthcare services does this facility
represent?
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 2025–2026
COMPLETE MASTER STUDY GUIDE & VERIFIED
EXAM BANK
This comprehensive 200-question exam bank provides detailed
multiple-choice questions with verified answers and in-depth
rationales mapped directly to foundational nursing concepts.
Designed specifically for the 2025–2026 curriculum, it targets
critical areas including safety, infection control, pharmacology
math, and clinical judgment to optimize your study efficiency. It
serves as an essential remediation tool and high-yield study
guide to help you master adaptive quizzing and excel on your
nursing exams.
Module 1: Nursing History, Theory, and Professional
Practice
1. A nurse provides patient-centered care by
respecting a patient’s cultural preferences
regarding dietary choices. Which professional
nursing value does this action best reflect?
A. Autonomy
B. Integrity
C. Human dignity
D. Social justice
Answer: C. Human dignity
Rationale: Respecting a patient's unique cultural
,background, preferences, and inherent worth
directly demonstrates the professional value of
human dignity. Autonomy refers to self-
determination, integrity involves ethical practice,
and social justice focuses on fairness in care
distribution.
2. According to Florence Nightingale’s
Environmental Theory, what is the primary focus of
the nurse's role?
A. Achieving behavioral balance and stability
B. Manipulating the patient's surroundings to
facilitate healing
C. Meeting the fourteen basic human needs
D. Promoting adaptation across physiological
modes
Answer: B. Manipulating the patient's surroundings
to facilitate healing
Rationale: Nightingale's theory focuses heavily on
the environment, asserting that fresh air, pure
water, efficient drainage, cleanliness, and light are
essential for a patient's recovery.
3. A registered nurse (RN) is practicing within the
established scope of practice defined by their state.
Which legal document regulates this scope?
,A. American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of
Ethics
B. State Nurse Practice Act (NPA)
C. Institutional Policy and Procedures Manual
D. National League for Nursing (NLN) Guidelines
Answer: B. State Nurse Practice Act (NPA)
Rationale: The Nurse Practice Act (NPA) of each
state is the statutory law that defines and regulates
the legal scope of nursing practice within that
specific jurisdiction to protect the public.
4. Which career role allows a nurse to provide
advanced, direct primary or acute care to a specific
patient population independently or in collaboration
with a physician?
A. Nurse Administrator
B. Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
C. Nurse Practitioner (NP)
D. Nurse Researcher
Answer: C. Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Rationale: Nurse Practitioners are advanced
practice registered nurses (APRNs) qualified to
deliver comprehensive primary, acute, or specialty
care, including diagnosing illnesses and prescribing
medications.
, 5. A nurse participates in a continuous quality
improvement (CQI) committee to reduce medication
administration errors on a medical-surgical unit.
Which QSEN competency is directly addressed?
A. Informatics
B. Quality Improvement
C. Evidence-Based Practice
D. Patient-Centered Care
Answer: B. Quality Improvement
Rationale: The Quality Improvement competency
focuses on using data to monitor the outcomes of
care processes and using improvement methods to
design and test changes to continuously improve
the quality and safety of healthcare systems.
Module 2: Health Care Delivery Systems, Quality,
and Safety
6. A patient is discharged from an acute care
hospital and transferred to a facility that provides
long-term, skilled nursing care and rehabilitation.
What level of healthcare services does this facility
represent?
