NURS 1117 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE &
PRACTICE TEST (2026/2027)
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - correct answer ✔✔physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem,
self-actualization
MHN: Physiological - correct answer ✔✔Breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis,
excretion
MHN: Safety - correct answer ✔✔Security of: body, employment, resources, morality, the
family, health, property
MHN: Love/belonging - correct answer ✔✔Friendship, family, sexual intimacy
MHN: Esteem - correct answer ✔✔Self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others,
respect by others
MHN: Self-actualization - correct answer ✔✔Morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving,
lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts
What need is the first level on Maslow's diagram - correct answer ✔✔Physiological need
What need is the second level on Maslow's diagram - correct answer ✔✔Safety need
What need is the third level on Maslow's diagram - correct answer ✔✔Love/belonging
What need is the fourth on Maslow's diagram - correct answer ✔✔Esteem
, What need is the fifth on Maslow's diagram - correct answer ✔✔Self-actualization
Target time - correct answer ✔✔Specifies when the patient is expected to be able to achieve
the outcome
Performance criteria - correct answer ✔✔Describes in observable, measurable terms the
expected patient behavior or other manifestations
Examples of measurable outcome verbs - correct answer ✔✔Define, prepare, identify, list,
choose, explain, demonstrate, maintain
What type of intervention is this?
"Assess the patient's pain using the pain scale" - correct answer ✔✔Independent nursing
intervention
T/F is this a measurable outcome statement?
"Mr. Myer will drink 60 mL of fluid every 2 hours, while awake." - correct answer ✔✔True
T/F is this a measurable outcome statement?
"Today the pt did not void." - correct answer ✔✔False
What type of intervention is this?
"The pharmacist put in an order for Zofran to be administered BID PO." - correct answer
✔✔Collaborative nursing intervention
What are 4 competencies (skills) nurses rely on to achieve goals of practice? - correct answer
✔✔1. Cognitive abilities/skills (critical thinking)
2. Technical Skills ( Shots, IV, general ability skills)
PRACTICE TEST (2026/2027)
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - correct answer ✔✔physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem,
self-actualization
MHN: Physiological - correct answer ✔✔Breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis,
excretion
MHN: Safety - correct answer ✔✔Security of: body, employment, resources, morality, the
family, health, property
MHN: Love/belonging - correct answer ✔✔Friendship, family, sexual intimacy
MHN: Esteem - correct answer ✔✔Self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others,
respect by others
MHN: Self-actualization - correct answer ✔✔Morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving,
lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts
What need is the first level on Maslow's diagram - correct answer ✔✔Physiological need
What need is the second level on Maslow's diagram - correct answer ✔✔Safety need
What need is the third level on Maslow's diagram - correct answer ✔✔Love/belonging
What need is the fourth on Maslow's diagram - correct answer ✔✔Esteem
, What need is the fifth on Maslow's diagram - correct answer ✔✔Self-actualization
Target time - correct answer ✔✔Specifies when the patient is expected to be able to achieve
the outcome
Performance criteria - correct answer ✔✔Describes in observable, measurable terms the
expected patient behavior or other manifestations
Examples of measurable outcome verbs - correct answer ✔✔Define, prepare, identify, list,
choose, explain, demonstrate, maintain
What type of intervention is this?
"Assess the patient's pain using the pain scale" - correct answer ✔✔Independent nursing
intervention
T/F is this a measurable outcome statement?
"Mr. Myer will drink 60 mL of fluid every 2 hours, while awake." - correct answer ✔✔True
T/F is this a measurable outcome statement?
"Today the pt did not void." - correct answer ✔✔False
What type of intervention is this?
"The pharmacist put in an order for Zofran to be administered BID PO." - correct answer
✔✔Collaborative nursing intervention
What are 4 competencies (skills) nurses rely on to achieve goals of practice? - correct answer
✔✔1. Cognitive abilities/skills (critical thinking)
2. Technical Skills ( Shots, IV, general ability skills)
