FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 12TH EDITION
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE EXAM CONSISTING OF
MOST TESTED 100 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH RELIABLE RATIONALES
PLUS ANSWER KEY 2026-2027 Q&A A+ GRADE
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1. A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a newly licensed nurse about the
scope of professional nursing practice. Which statement best describes the
primary focus of professional nursing?
A. Diagnosing and prescribing treatment for common conditions.
B. Caring for the person, family, and community to achieve optimal health and
functioning.
C. Providing clerical support for the healthcare team.
D. Supervising all ancillary staff and delegating all clinical tasks.
Rationale: Professional nursing centers on care of individuals, families, and
communities to promote, maintain, and restore health. Diagnosis and
prescribing are outside typical RN scope in most jurisdictions. Clerical support
and delegation are components of nursing work but not the primary focus.
,2. Which action is most consistent with the nursing code of ethics?
A. Reporting a colleague for suspected substance abuse to the appropriate
authority.
B. Sharing a patient's personal health information with family without consent.
C. Refusing to care for an assigned patient due to busy schedule.
D. Accepting a gift of cash from a grateful patient.
Rationale: Reporting impaired colleagues protects patient safety and aligns with
ethical duties. Sharing PHI without consent violates confidentiality. Refusing
assignment without appropriate reason may be abandonment. Accepting cash
gifts can create conflict of interest.
3. A nurse practices using evidence-based practice (EBP). Which example best
demonstrates EBP?
A. Following unit tradition for wound care.
B. Using the newest journal article and clinical guidelines plus clinical expertise
when deciding on care.
C. Always relying on what the most senior nurse says.
D. Searching only for textbooks published more than 10 years ago.
Rationale: EBP integrates best research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient
preferences. Tradition or seniority alone are not EBP.
4. Select all that apply: Which activities are within the responsibility of a
registered nurse when delegating tasks to nursing assistants?
A. Assessing the patient's needs and determining whether delegation is
appropriate.
B. Delegating the task without ensuring the assistant's competency.
C. Providing clear instructions and expected outcomes.
,D. Supervising and evaluating the outcome of the delegated task.
E. Delegating medication administration requiring clinical judgment.
Rationale: RNs must assess, delegate appropriately, give clear instructions, and
supervise/evaluate. Delegating without ensuring competency is unsafe.
Medication administration requiring judgment is typically not delegable to
unlicensed assistants.
5. A nurse documents care incompletely. The primary risk is:
A. Increasing the patient's length of stay.
B. Creating a legal vulnerability for the nurse and facility.
C. Automatically causing medication errors.
D. Causing immediate harm to the patient.
Rationale: Incomplete documentation creates legal risk because the record is the
primary evidence of care. It may contribute indirectly to poor continuity but does
not automatically cause a medication error or immediate harm.
6. A nurse in a busy med-surg unit is asked to float to the telemetry unit for the
shift. The nurse has basic telemetry experience but limited recent exposure.
Which action should the nurse take first?
A. Accept the assignment and manage as best as possible.
B. Refuse and request to remain on med-surg.
C. Inform the charge nurse of competency limits and request orientation or
assistance.
D. Work on both units simultaneously.
Rationale: The nurse must first communicate competency limits and request
appropriate orientation or support to ensure safe patient care. Accepting an
assignment outside one's competency or refusing without discussion are not
appropriate responses.
, 7. A nurse needs to make a clinical decision about a patient's care. Which action
reflects the use of critical thinking?
A. Making decisions based on intuition
B. Accepting one established way to provide care
C. Considering what is important in any given situation
D. Reading and following the health care provider's orders
Rationale: A critical thinker considers what is important in each clinical
situation, explores alternatives, and applies evidence-based knowledge. The
distractors target the three most common substitutes for critical thinking; gut
feeling, habit, and deference to authority.
8. A nurse is performing a perineal assessment and is wearing sterile gloves. An
IV pump alarm sounds. What is the correct sequence of actions?
A. Complete the assessment, remove gloves, and silence the alarm
B. Discontinue the assessment, silence the alarm, and assess the IV site
C. Complete the assessment, remove gloves, wash hands, and assess the IV
infusion
D. Discontinue the assessment, remove gloves, use hand gel, and assess the IV
infusion
Rationale: Option C completes the assessment, removes contaminated gloves,
washes hands properly, and then addresses the IV, the correct sequence in every
step. Option A skips hand washing after contact with body fluids. Option B
discontinues the assessment prematurely and skips glove removal and hand
decontamination. Option D uses hand gel after exposure to body fluids, but soap
and water hand washing is required after contact with body fluids.
9. The single most important infection prevention action is:
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE EXAM CONSISTING OF
MOST TESTED 100 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH RELIABLE RATIONALES
PLUS ANSWER KEY 2026-2027 Q&A A+ GRADE
GUARANTEED BRAND NEW!!!
1. A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a newly licensed nurse about the
scope of professional nursing practice. Which statement best describes the
primary focus of professional nursing?
A. Diagnosing and prescribing treatment for common conditions.
B. Caring for the person, family, and community to achieve optimal health and
functioning.
C. Providing clerical support for the healthcare team.
D. Supervising all ancillary staff and delegating all clinical tasks.
Rationale: Professional nursing centers on care of individuals, families, and
communities to promote, maintain, and restore health. Diagnosis and
prescribing are outside typical RN scope in most jurisdictions. Clerical support
and delegation are components of nursing work but not the primary focus.
,2. Which action is most consistent with the nursing code of ethics?
A. Reporting a colleague for suspected substance abuse to the appropriate
authority.
B. Sharing a patient's personal health information with family without consent.
C. Refusing to care for an assigned patient due to busy schedule.
D. Accepting a gift of cash from a grateful patient.
Rationale: Reporting impaired colleagues protects patient safety and aligns with
ethical duties. Sharing PHI without consent violates confidentiality. Refusing
assignment without appropriate reason may be abandonment. Accepting cash
gifts can create conflict of interest.
3. A nurse practices using evidence-based practice (EBP). Which example best
demonstrates EBP?
A. Following unit tradition for wound care.
B. Using the newest journal article and clinical guidelines plus clinical expertise
when deciding on care.
C. Always relying on what the most senior nurse says.
D. Searching only for textbooks published more than 10 years ago.
Rationale: EBP integrates best research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient
preferences. Tradition or seniority alone are not EBP.
4. Select all that apply: Which activities are within the responsibility of a
registered nurse when delegating tasks to nursing assistants?
A. Assessing the patient's needs and determining whether delegation is
appropriate.
B. Delegating the task without ensuring the assistant's competency.
C. Providing clear instructions and expected outcomes.
,D. Supervising and evaluating the outcome of the delegated task.
E. Delegating medication administration requiring clinical judgment.
Rationale: RNs must assess, delegate appropriately, give clear instructions, and
supervise/evaluate. Delegating without ensuring competency is unsafe.
Medication administration requiring judgment is typically not delegable to
unlicensed assistants.
5. A nurse documents care incompletely. The primary risk is:
A. Increasing the patient's length of stay.
B. Creating a legal vulnerability for the nurse and facility.
C. Automatically causing medication errors.
D. Causing immediate harm to the patient.
Rationale: Incomplete documentation creates legal risk because the record is the
primary evidence of care. It may contribute indirectly to poor continuity but does
not automatically cause a medication error or immediate harm.
6. A nurse in a busy med-surg unit is asked to float to the telemetry unit for the
shift. The nurse has basic telemetry experience but limited recent exposure.
Which action should the nurse take first?
A. Accept the assignment and manage as best as possible.
B. Refuse and request to remain on med-surg.
C. Inform the charge nurse of competency limits and request orientation or
assistance.
D. Work on both units simultaneously.
Rationale: The nurse must first communicate competency limits and request
appropriate orientation or support to ensure safe patient care. Accepting an
assignment outside one's competency or refusing without discussion are not
appropriate responses.
, 7. A nurse needs to make a clinical decision about a patient's care. Which action
reflects the use of critical thinking?
A. Making decisions based on intuition
B. Accepting one established way to provide care
C. Considering what is important in any given situation
D. Reading and following the health care provider's orders
Rationale: A critical thinker considers what is important in each clinical
situation, explores alternatives, and applies evidence-based knowledge. The
distractors target the three most common substitutes for critical thinking; gut
feeling, habit, and deference to authority.
8. A nurse is performing a perineal assessment and is wearing sterile gloves. An
IV pump alarm sounds. What is the correct sequence of actions?
A. Complete the assessment, remove gloves, and silence the alarm
B. Discontinue the assessment, silence the alarm, and assess the IV site
C. Complete the assessment, remove gloves, wash hands, and assess the IV
infusion
D. Discontinue the assessment, remove gloves, use hand gel, and assess the IV
infusion
Rationale: Option C completes the assessment, removes contaminated gloves,
washes hands properly, and then addresses the IV, the correct sequence in every
step. Option A skips hand washing after contact with body fluids. Option B
discontinues the assessment prematurely and skips glove removal and hand
decontamination. Option D uses hand gel after exposure to body fluids, but soap
and water hand washing is required after contact with body fluids.
9. The single most important infection prevention action is:
