NURSING 202: EXAM 1 | COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE, NCLEX-STYLE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Affordable Care Act - correct answer ✔✔Composed of two laws, The patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act and The Health care and Education Affordability Act
The care of strangers - correct answer ✔✔Professional caring, learned through focused
education and deliberate socialization
A culturally diverse nursing workforce - correct answer ✔✔High-quality, culturally competent
nursing care depends on this
Registered Nurses (RNs) - correct answer ✔✔The largest group of health care providers in the
United States
90% - correct answer ✔✔___ % of nurses younger than 50 were employed in nursing either full
or part time and fewer than half of the nurses older than 65 were working in nursing
50% - correct answer ✔✔The percentage of men in nursing increased by ___ % between 2000-
2008
7% - correct answer ✔✔Overall ___ % of nurses are men
Slowed - correct answer ✔✔The rate of aging of nurses in the work force has...
31
28 - correct answer ✔✔The average age of graduates from all nursing programs has been ___
years old
, BSN graduates at an average age of ___ years old
Layoffs and downsizing in other professions - correct answer ✔✔Older nurses are more likely to
remain in the work force because the nursing field is reasonably protected from the...
1/3 - correct answer ✔✔___ of the current nursing work force is older than 50
1) 4-year education at a college or university conferring a bachelor of science in nursing
2) 2-year education at a community college or technical school conferring an associate degree in
nursing
3) A diploma in nursing, awarded after the successful completion of a hospital-based program
that typically takes 3 years to complete - correct answer ✔✔Three mechanisms by which you
can get basic nursing education to qualify to take the NCLEX
Declined
4% - correct answer ✔✔The number of diploma programs has slowly ___ , educating ___ % of
all new RNs in 2013
The Hospital - correct answer ✔✔The most common setting for an RN to work is
Ambulatory care - correct answer ✔✔medical care provided on an outpatient basis, including
diagnosis, observation, consultation, treatment, intervention, and rehabilitation services.
Nurse-based practices, physician-based practices, and free-standing emergency and surgical
centers, accounted for 10.5% making it the second largest segment of the nurse workforce
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Affordable Care Act - correct answer ✔✔Composed of two laws, The patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act and The Health care and Education Affordability Act
The care of strangers - correct answer ✔✔Professional caring, learned through focused
education and deliberate socialization
A culturally diverse nursing workforce - correct answer ✔✔High-quality, culturally competent
nursing care depends on this
Registered Nurses (RNs) - correct answer ✔✔The largest group of health care providers in the
United States
90% - correct answer ✔✔___ % of nurses younger than 50 were employed in nursing either full
or part time and fewer than half of the nurses older than 65 were working in nursing
50% - correct answer ✔✔The percentage of men in nursing increased by ___ % between 2000-
2008
7% - correct answer ✔✔Overall ___ % of nurses are men
Slowed - correct answer ✔✔The rate of aging of nurses in the work force has...
31
28 - correct answer ✔✔The average age of graduates from all nursing programs has been ___
years old
, BSN graduates at an average age of ___ years old
Layoffs and downsizing in other professions - correct answer ✔✔Older nurses are more likely to
remain in the work force because the nursing field is reasonably protected from the...
1/3 - correct answer ✔✔___ of the current nursing work force is older than 50
1) 4-year education at a college or university conferring a bachelor of science in nursing
2) 2-year education at a community college or technical school conferring an associate degree in
nursing
3) A diploma in nursing, awarded after the successful completion of a hospital-based program
that typically takes 3 years to complete - correct answer ✔✔Three mechanisms by which you
can get basic nursing education to qualify to take the NCLEX
Declined
4% - correct answer ✔✔The number of diploma programs has slowly ___ , educating ___ % of
all new RNs in 2013
The Hospital - correct answer ✔✔The most common setting for an RN to work is
Ambulatory care - correct answer ✔✔medical care provided on an outpatient basis, including
diagnosis, observation, consultation, treatment, intervention, and rehabilitation services.
Nurse-based practices, physician-based practices, and free-standing emergency and surgical
centers, accounted for 10.5% making it the second largest segment of the nurse workforce
