NURSE EXECUTIVE PRACTICE EXAMS
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS 2026/2027
/UPDATED EXAMS
1. A patient has requested not to be intubated based on his increasingly
poor health and his previous experience on a ventilator. After he
becomes comatose, his daughter arrives from out of state and
demands that her father be intubated. The physician agrees to
intubate in order to resolve the conflict but decides to have an
anesthesia intern do the intubation "for practice." The nurse's first
ethical obligation is to the: - ANSWER-Patient
2. A professional practice model is differentiated from a model of care
delivery by the following: - ANSWER-Clinical decision-making and
interdisciplinary communication are basic elements of a care delivery
model.
3. An area of technology that is increasing access to health care by
allowing providers to treat patients remotely is: - ANSWER-Telehealth
4. As a nurse executive, you have been asked to seek approval to open
five additional NICU beds. Occupancy approval is a part of the licensing
process and rests with the: - ANSWER-State government
5. As the leader of the crisis management team responding to a serious
issue regarding contaminated implants placed in patients during
surgery, the nurse executive applies this essential approach to the
main public trust. - ANSWER-Truthful disclosure
, 6. Evidence of exemplary professional practice in a Magnet hospital would
include: - ANSWER-Self-scheduling
7. Federal regulations government the quality of care provided by
healthcare facilities are enforced by: - ANSWER-The Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services
8. If a nurse leaves a unit without adequate coverage or before relief
arrives and something untoward happens to a patient: - ANSWER-An
abandonment argument can be made.
9. In healthcare, when the term "customers" is used, it usually refers to
clients or patients and their families. However, a broader definition
would be: - ANSWER-Those whom we exist to serve
10. In the Code of Ethics for Nurses, one of the core ethical principals
is: - ANSWER-Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Justice.
11. In their classic work on managers and leaders, Bennis and Nanus
(1985,1987) asserted that managers and leaders differ in how they
think and act. Leaders focus on purposes, use strategy as common
methodology, and are challenged to "do the right things," while
managers: - ANSWER-Focus on structure and procedures, use
schedules as common methodology, and are challenged to "do things
right."
12. Incident reports are a mechanism for formal reporting of critical
events so that organizations can focus on and improve patient safety.
However, nurses and physicians should not reference incident reports
in notes or orders in the patient record because: - ANSWER-It may alter
protection from discovery and alert the plaintiff's attorney to its
existence
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS 2026/2027
/UPDATED EXAMS
1. A patient has requested not to be intubated based on his increasingly
poor health and his previous experience on a ventilator. After he
becomes comatose, his daughter arrives from out of state and
demands that her father be intubated. The physician agrees to
intubate in order to resolve the conflict but decides to have an
anesthesia intern do the intubation "for practice." The nurse's first
ethical obligation is to the: - ANSWER-Patient
2. A professional practice model is differentiated from a model of care
delivery by the following: - ANSWER-Clinical decision-making and
interdisciplinary communication are basic elements of a care delivery
model.
3. An area of technology that is increasing access to health care by
allowing providers to treat patients remotely is: - ANSWER-Telehealth
4. As a nurse executive, you have been asked to seek approval to open
five additional NICU beds. Occupancy approval is a part of the licensing
process and rests with the: - ANSWER-State government
5. As the leader of the crisis management team responding to a serious
issue regarding contaminated implants placed in patients during
surgery, the nurse executive applies this essential approach to the
main public trust. - ANSWER-Truthful disclosure
, 6. Evidence of exemplary professional practice in a Magnet hospital would
include: - ANSWER-Self-scheduling
7. Federal regulations government the quality of care provided by
healthcare facilities are enforced by: - ANSWER-The Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services
8. If a nurse leaves a unit without adequate coverage or before relief
arrives and something untoward happens to a patient: - ANSWER-An
abandonment argument can be made.
9. In healthcare, when the term "customers" is used, it usually refers to
clients or patients and their families. However, a broader definition
would be: - ANSWER-Those whom we exist to serve
10. In the Code of Ethics for Nurses, one of the core ethical principals
is: - ANSWER-Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Justice.
11. In their classic work on managers and leaders, Bennis and Nanus
(1985,1987) asserted that managers and leaders differ in how they
think and act. Leaders focus on purposes, use strategy as common
methodology, and are challenged to "do the right things," while
managers: - ANSWER-Focus on structure and procedures, use
schedules as common methodology, and are challenged to "do things
right."
12. Incident reports are a mechanism for formal reporting of critical
events so that organizations can focus on and improve patient safety.
However, nurses and physicians should not reference incident reports
in notes or orders in the patient record because: - ANSWER-It may alter
protection from discovery and alert the plaintiff's attorney to its
existence
