LPN TO RN TRANSITIONS ACTUAL EXAM
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ EPSLO #1: Integrate caring behaviors in practicing the art and science of
nursing within a diverse population.
Answer: What are caring behaviors?•You will perform comprehensive
assessments that include cultural diversity, psychological, sociological,
spiritual and physiological aspects of the clients across their lifespan.•How
do nurses advocate for clients and remain professional?•How do nurses
show compassion and empathy for clients?•How does quality client care
promote caring behaviors?•How does individualized EBP care plans ensure
caring and diversity
◍ what is crisis standards of care?.
Answer: care is given to pts who have the greatest chance of survival
◍ While reviewing the patient's plan of care, the nurse reads the following:
"The patient will verbalize that pain has decreased within 30 minutes of pain
medication administration." What component of the nursing process is this
considered?.
Answer: Outcome
◍ EPSLO #6: Generate teaching and learning processes to promote and
maintain health and reduce risks for a global population.
Answer: You will plan individualized health related teaching for clients
across their lifespan.•You will provide health and safety related education to
clients and families using a variety of teaching methods.•You will
implement strategies, including client/family education, that promote
wellness and safety for clients, self and others.•You will design
health-related education plans for the childbearing family and children.•You
, will evaluate the efficacy of health-related education provided to clients,
families, and groups.
◍ What are the three phases of change according to Kurt Lewin?.
Answer: Unfreezing, moving, and refreezing
◍ EPSLO #2: Implement professional standards and scope of practice within
legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks..
Answer: Where do professional standards and scope of practice
originate?•Your state board of nursing•You will review the Kansas Nurse
Practice Act. This sets the minimum standard of care.•Other standards come
from the ANA and other professional nursing organizations.•You will
complete the ATI Nurses Touch Becoming a Professional Nurse along with
the case study.•You will also review the legal and ethical implications for
the registered nurse.
◍ A group of nursing students is discussing critical thinking in class. What
should the instructor explain about critical thinking? (Select all that apply.).
Answer: It is necessary in the nursing process.It is purposeful.It assists in
decision making.It is an irrational process of thought.It uses available facts.
◍ What standards of practice make up the nursing process? (Select all that
apply.).
Answer: AssessmentDiagnosisImplementationLeadership
◍ what is a PAC?.
Answer: an arm of a corporation, association, or union formed to provide
support and resources either to work toward the election or re-election of
policymakers who support the organization's overall goals or to persuade a
policymaker to support a certain policy.
◍ __ is being conscious of and understanding oneself..
Answer: Self-awareness
◍ define control group.
Answer: subjects in a experiment who do not receive the experimental
treatment and whose performance provides the baseline agaisnt which the
, effects of the treatment can be measured. When a group true experimental
design is not used, this group is called a comparison group.
◍ National Council of State Boards of Nursing Clinical Judgement
Measurement Model.
Answer: 1: Recognize cues.2: Analyze cues.3: Priorities hypotheses4:
Generate solutions5: Take action6: Evaluate outcomes
◍ deductive reasoning.
Answer: reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general
principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises
every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.)
◍ Define Utilitarianism.
Answer: an approach that supports what is best for more people, rooted in
the assumption that an action or practice is right if it leads to the greatest
possible balance of good consequences, or to the least possible balance of
bad consequences.
◍ When participating in a search for literature for the best external evidence
regarding care of the preterm neonate, the nurse first accesses the
MEDLINE database. What is characteristic of this resource?.
Answer: Makes it challenging to find a specific topic.
◍ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) host a Strategic
National Stockpile (SNS).
Answer: The SNS has a national repository of antibiotics, chemical
antidotes, antitoxins, IV administrations, airway supplies, and other
medical-surgical items.
◍ what is constituent?.
Answer: a citizen who has to opportunity to vote for candidates in elections
for representation at the local, state, and federal levels.
◍ The nurse obtains data from a home health patient regarding current and
past health concerns. Which component of the nursing process includes this
information?.
, Answer: Assessment
◍ Adelaide Nutting.
Answer: Graduate of John Hopkins program, later principal of the school.
Obtained funding to improve the education for public health nurse and
strong advocate for reform in nursing education. Developed the nursing
department at teachers college, Columbia University. Established a 3 year
nursing program and reduction of a students work day to 8 hours.
◍ A licensed practical nurse/license vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) is planning
to return to school to become an RN and completes the Gregorc Style
Delineator, which concludes that the student prefers a concrete random
learning style. What does this information indicate about students?.
Answer: Preference is to study alone.
◍ A nurse educator is reviewing actions to take in the event of a bomb threat
by phone to a group of new nurses. Which of the following statements by a
nurse indicates understanding?
A. "I will get the caller off the phone as soon as possible so I can alert the
staff ."
B. "I will begin evacuating clients using the elevators."
C. "I will not ask any questions and just let the caller talk."
D. "I will listen for background noises.".
Answer: D. "I will listen for background noises."
◍ ___ is discriminating and prudent and does not allow emotion, feelings, or
prejudices to skew decisions..
Answer: Reasoned thought
◍ The nurse hears a client calling out for help, hurries down the hallway to the
client's room, and finds the client lying on the floor. The nurse performs an
assessment, assists the client back to bed, notifies the primary health care
provider, and completes an occurrence report. Which statement would the
nurse document on the occurrence report? 1. The client fell out of bed.2.
The client climbed over the side rails.3. The client was found lying on the
floor.4. The client became restless and tried to get out of bed..
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ EPSLO #1: Integrate caring behaviors in practicing the art and science of
nursing within a diverse population.
Answer: What are caring behaviors?•You will perform comprehensive
assessments that include cultural diversity, psychological, sociological,
spiritual and physiological aspects of the clients across their lifespan.•How
do nurses advocate for clients and remain professional?•How do nurses
show compassion and empathy for clients?•How does quality client care
promote caring behaviors?•How does individualized EBP care plans ensure
caring and diversity
◍ what is crisis standards of care?.
Answer: care is given to pts who have the greatest chance of survival
◍ While reviewing the patient's plan of care, the nurse reads the following:
"The patient will verbalize that pain has decreased within 30 minutes of pain
medication administration." What component of the nursing process is this
considered?.
Answer: Outcome
◍ EPSLO #6: Generate teaching and learning processes to promote and
maintain health and reduce risks for a global population.
Answer: You will plan individualized health related teaching for clients
across their lifespan.•You will provide health and safety related education to
clients and families using a variety of teaching methods.•You will
implement strategies, including client/family education, that promote
wellness and safety for clients, self and others.•You will design
health-related education plans for the childbearing family and children.•You
, will evaluate the efficacy of health-related education provided to clients,
families, and groups.
◍ What are the three phases of change according to Kurt Lewin?.
Answer: Unfreezing, moving, and refreezing
◍ EPSLO #2: Implement professional standards and scope of practice within
legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks..
Answer: Where do professional standards and scope of practice
originate?•Your state board of nursing•You will review the Kansas Nurse
Practice Act. This sets the minimum standard of care.•Other standards come
from the ANA and other professional nursing organizations.•You will
complete the ATI Nurses Touch Becoming a Professional Nurse along with
the case study.•You will also review the legal and ethical implications for
the registered nurse.
◍ A group of nursing students is discussing critical thinking in class. What
should the instructor explain about critical thinking? (Select all that apply.).
Answer: It is necessary in the nursing process.It is purposeful.It assists in
decision making.It is an irrational process of thought.It uses available facts.
◍ What standards of practice make up the nursing process? (Select all that
apply.).
Answer: AssessmentDiagnosisImplementationLeadership
◍ what is a PAC?.
Answer: an arm of a corporation, association, or union formed to provide
support and resources either to work toward the election or re-election of
policymakers who support the organization's overall goals or to persuade a
policymaker to support a certain policy.
◍ __ is being conscious of and understanding oneself..
Answer: Self-awareness
◍ define control group.
Answer: subjects in a experiment who do not receive the experimental
treatment and whose performance provides the baseline agaisnt which the
, effects of the treatment can be measured. When a group true experimental
design is not used, this group is called a comparison group.
◍ National Council of State Boards of Nursing Clinical Judgement
Measurement Model.
Answer: 1: Recognize cues.2: Analyze cues.3: Priorities hypotheses4:
Generate solutions5: Take action6: Evaluate outcomes
◍ deductive reasoning.
Answer: reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general
principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises
every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.)
◍ Define Utilitarianism.
Answer: an approach that supports what is best for more people, rooted in
the assumption that an action or practice is right if it leads to the greatest
possible balance of good consequences, or to the least possible balance of
bad consequences.
◍ When participating in a search for literature for the best external evidence
regarding care of the preterm neonate, the nurse first accesses the
MEDLINE database. What is characteristic of this resource?.
Answer: Makes it challenging to find a specific topic.
◍ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) host a Strategic
National Stockpile (SNS).
Answer: The SNS has a national repository of antibiotics, chemical
antidotes, antitoxins, IV administrations, airway supplies, and other
medical-surgical items.
◍ what is constituent?.
Answer: a citizen who has to opportunity to vote for candidates in elections
for representation at the local, state, and federal levels.
◍ The nurse obtains data from a home health patient regarding current and
past health concerns. Which component of the nursing process includes this
information?.
, Answer: Assessment
◍ Adelaide Nutting.
Answer: Graduate of John Hopkins program, later principal of the school.
Obtained funding to improve the education for public health nurse and
strong advocate for reform in nursing education. Developed the nursing
department at teachers college, Columbia University. Established a 3 year
nursing program and reduction of a students work day to 8 hours.
◍ A licensed practical nurse/license vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) is planning
to return to school to become an RN and completes the Gregorc Style
Delineator, which concludes that the student prefers a concrete random
learning style. What does this information indicate about students?.
Answer: Preference is to study alone.
◍ A nurse educator is reviewing actions to take in the event of a bomb threat
by phone to a group of new nurses. Which of the following statements by a
nurse indicates understanding?
A. "I will get the caller off the phone as soon as possible so I can alert the
staff ."
B. "I will begin evacuating clients using the elevators."
C. "I will not ask any questions and just let the caller talk."
D. "I will listen for background noises.".
Answer: D. "I will listen for background noises."
◍ ___ is discriminating and prudent and does not allow emotion, feelings, or
prejudices to skew decisions..
Answer: Reasoned thought
◍ The nurse hears a client calling out for help, hurries down the hallway to the
client's room, and finds the client lying on the floor. The nurse performs an
assessment, assists the client back to bed, notifies the primary health care
provider, and completes an occurrence report. Which statement would the
nurse document on the occurrence report? 1. The client fell out of bed.2.
The client climbed over the side rails.3. The client was found lying on the
floor.4. The client became restless and tried to get out of bed..
