GATEWAY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE NSG 101 EXAM 2
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | NURSING PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
& REVIEW
Autonomy - ANS ✔✔freedom or independence to make own decisions
Beneficence - ANS ✔✔actions guided by compassion/kindness
Non-maleficence - ANS ✔✔DO NO HARM
Veracity - ANS ✔✔Telling the truth
Fidelity - ANS ✔✔keeping promises or commitments
justice - ANS ✔✔actions are fair and equitable
Nursing values - ANS ✔✔1. Altruism
2. Human dignity
3. integrity
4. Autonomy
5. Social Justice
Moral Distress - ANS ✔✔healthcare professional feels unable to act in accordance with their ethical
principles and values
-due to constraints within the healthcare system or external factors
Malpractice - ANS ✔✔nurses act in a manner that is not consistent with best-practice standards and
harm is caused
Tort Law - ANS ✔✔An individual carries out an act or fails to carry out an act that results in injury or
harm to the client
-civil wrong committed against an individual
Implied consent - ANS ✔✔consent applied by actions
informed consent - ANS ✔✔-consent expressed in writing
-risks ,benefits, and alternatives to the procedure are explained
Good Samaritan Law - ANS ✔✔-Nurses are not required by law to provide care outside of work
-protects nurses from being held responsible for harm
Whistleblowing - ANS ✔✔A person formally reports on illegal, wrongdoing, or unethical practices
Mandatory reporting - ANS ✔✔legal duty to report information that prevents maltreatment and
provides safety to another individual
,-abuse, neglect, etc.
Health Promotion - ANS ✔✔enhancing people's influence over the improvement of their health
Disease Prevention - ANS ✔✔Primary and secondary preventative measures aimed at reducing the
burden of diseases and associated risk factors
Health outcomes - ANS ✔✔The result of health promotion and disease prevention measures
Healthy People Initiative - ANS ✔✔health promotion and disease prevention objectives developed every
10 years to improve American health
Modifiable Risk factors - ANS ✔✔-smoking
-weight
-alcohol
-stress
-drugs
Non-modifiable Risk Factors - ANS ✔✔-age
-genetics
-gender
-race
Primary prevention - ANS ✔✔The act of intervening before negative health effects occur
-education, immunizations
Secondary prevention - ANS ✔✔the detection and treatment of preclinical changes to reduce the impact
of disease or injury
-screenings, tests
tertiary prevention - ANS ✔✔Aims to reverse, minimize, or delay the effects of a disease or disability
-begins after injury or illness, prevention
Social determinants of health - ANS ✔✔-education access and quality
-healthcare access and quality
-neighborhood and built environment
-social and community context
-economic stability
promoting wellness - ANS ✔✔-stress management
-sleep and rest
-diet
-physical activity
-sun protection
-avoid tobacco use
-safety gear
-Safe sex
-engage with community
, Client Education - ANS ✔✔ongoing, goal-driven, interactive process that provides clients with new
information
Client education goals - ANS ✔✔health promotion, restoration of health, adaptation to permanent
illness or injury
Cognitive (Domain of learning) - ANS ✔✔The thinking domain
-thinking through information and comprehending it
Affective (Domain or learning) - ANS ✔✔the feeling domain
-client's feelings, regarding values, attitudes, and beliefs
psychomotor - ANS ✔✔the doing domain
-physical or mental activities required to learn skills
Relevance - ANS ✔✔clients' understanding of why they are learning new information
motivation - ANS ✔✔The clients ability to engage in the learning process
-when, where, and how they will learn
factors that promote learning - ANS ✔✔-perceived benefit
-enhanced health literacy
-client participation
-nonjudgmental support
-quiet, low-stimulus environment
-repetition
-engaging family/support
-plain language
factors that hinder learning - ANS ✔✔-fear
-anxiety
-depression
-lack of motivation
-environmental distractions
-psychomotor deficits
-physical discomfort
-timing
-vocabulary/terminology
health literacy - ANS ✔✔ability to obtain, read, and understand basic health information
teach back - ANS ✔✔asking the client to repeat or demonstrate educational information back to you
SBAR - ANS ✔✔situation, background, assessment, recommendations
Verbal communication - ANS ✔✔what is said
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | NURSING PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
& REVIEW
Autonomy - ANS ✔✔freedom or independence to make own decisions
Beneficence - ANS ✔✔actions guided by compassion/kindness
Non-maleficence - ANS ✔✔DO NO HARM
Veracity - ANS ✔✔Telling the truth
Fidelity - ANS ✔✔keeping promises or commitments
justice - ANS ✔✔actions are fair and equitable
Nursing values - ANS ✔✔1. Altruism
2. Human dignity
3. integrity
4. Autonomy
5. Social Justice
Moral Distress - ANS ✔✔healthcare professional feels unable to act in accordance with their ethical
principles and values
-due to constraints within the healthcare system or external factors
Malpractice - ANS ✔✔nurses act in a manner that is not consistent with best-practice standards and
harm is caused
Tort Law - ANS ✔✔An individual carries out an act or fails to carry out an act that results in injury or
harm to the client
-civil wrong committed against an individual
Implied consent - ANS ✔✔consent applied by actions
informed consent - ANS ✔✔-consent expressed in writing
-risks ,benefits, and alternatives to the procedure are explained
Good Samaritan Law - ANS ✔✔-Nurses are not required by law to provide care outside of work
-protects nurses from being held responsible for harm
Whistleblowing - ANS ✔✔A person formally reports on illegal, wrongdoing, or unethical practices
Mandatory reporting - ANS ✔✔legal duty to report information that prevents maltreatment and
provides safety to another individual
,-abuse, neglect, etc.
Health Promotion - ANS ✔✔enhancing people's influence over the improvement of their health
Disease Prevention - ANS ✔✔Primary and secondary preventative measures aimed at reducing the
burden of diseases and associated risk factors
Health outcomes - ANS ✔✔The result of health promotion and disease prevention measures
Healthy People Initiative - ANS ✔✔health promotion and disease prevention objectives developed every
10 years to improve American health
Modifiable Risk factors - ANS ✔✔-smoking
-weight
-alcohol
-stress
-drugs
Non-modifiable Risk Factors - ANS ✔✔-age
-genetics
-gender
-race
Primary prevention - ANS ✔✔The act of intervening before negative health effects occur
-education, immunizations
Secondary prevention - ANS ✔✔the detection and treatment of preclinical changes to reduce the impact
of disease or injury
-screenings, tests
tertiary prevention - ANS ✔✔Aims to reverse, minimize, or delay the effects of a disease or disability
-begins after injury or illness, prevention
Social determinants of health - ANS ✔✔-education access and quality
-healthcare access and quality
-neighborhood and built environment
-social and community context
-economic stability
promoting wellness - ANS ✔✔-stress management
-sleep and rest
-diet
-physical activity
-sun protection
-avoid tobacco use
-safety gear
-Safe sex
-engage with community
, Client Education - ANS ✔✔ongoing, goal-driven, interactive process that provides clients with new
information
Client education goals - ANS ✔✔health promotion, restoration of health, adaptation to permanent
illness or injury
Cognitive (Domain of learning) - ANS ✔✔The thinking domain
-thinking through information and comprehending it
Affective (Domain or learning) - ANS ✔✔the feeling domain
-client's feelings, regarding values, attitudes, and beliefs
psychomotor - ANS ✔✔the doing domain
-physical or mental activities required to learn skills
Relevance - ANS ✔✔clients' understanding of why they are learning new information
motivation - ANS ✔✔The clients ability to engage in the learning process
-when, where, and how they will learn
factors that promote learning - ANS ✔✔-perceived benefit
-enhanced health literacy
-client participation
-nonjudgmental support
-quiet, low-stimulus environment
-repetition
-engaging family/support
-plain language
factors that hinder learning - ANS ✔✔-fear
-anxiety
-depression
-lack of motivation
-environmental distractions
-psychomotor deficits
-physical discomfort
-timing
-vocabulary/terminology
health literacy - ANS ✔✔ability to obtain, read, and understand basic health information
teach back - ANS ✔✔asking the client to repeat or demonstrate educational information back to you
SBAR - ANS ✔✔situation, background, assessment, recommendations
Verbal communication - ANS ✔✔what is said
