NR 222 EXAM 1 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026 | NURSING
FUNDAMENTALS, ETHICS, NURSING
PROCESS & HEALTH PROMOTION | A+
STUDY GUIDE
A nurse is going to teach a patient how to perform breast self-examination.
Which behavioral objective does the nurse set to best measure the patient's
ability to perform the examination?
A. The patient will verbalize the steps involved in breast self-examination
within 1 week.
B. The nurse will explain the importance of performing breast self-
examination once a month.
C. The patient will perform breast self-examination correctly on herself
before the end of the teaching session.
D. The nurse will demonstrate breast self-examination on a breast model
provided by the American Cancer Society. - CORRECT ANSWER -C. The
patient will perform breast self-examination correctly on herself before the
end of the teaching session.
Return demonstration provides an excellent source of feedback and
reinforcement to evaluate learning.
A patient with chest pain is having an emergency cardiac catheterization.
Which teaching approach does the nurse use in this situation?
,A. Telling approach
B. Selling approach
C. Entrusting approach
D. Participating approach - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Telling approach
The telling approach is most appropriate when preparing a patient for an
emergency procedure.
The nurse is teaching a parenting class to a group of pregnant adolescents.
The nurse pretends to be the baby's father, and the adolescent mother is
asked to show how she would respond to the father if he gave her a can of
beer. Which teaching approach did the nurse use?
A. Role play
B. Discovery
C. An analogy
D. A demonstration - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Role play
In role play people are asked to play themselves or someone else in a
situation to enhance their confidence in handling that situation in the
future.
An older adult is being started on a new antihypertensive medication. In
teaching the patient about the medication, the nurse:
,A. Speaks loudly.
B. Presents the information once.
C. Expects the patient to understand the information quickly.
D. Allows the patient time to express himself or herself and ask questions. -
CORRECT ANSWER -D. Allows the patient time to express himself or
herself and ask questions.
When teaching older adults, it is important to establish rapport, involve
them in their care, and allow them to progress at their own pace.
A patient needs to learn how to administer a subcutaneous injection. Which
of the following reflects that the patient is ready to learn?
A. Describing difficulties a family member has had in taking insulin
B. Expressing the importance of learning the skill correctly
C. Being able to see and understand the markings on the syringe
D. Having the dexterity needed to prepare and inject the medication -
CORRECT ANSWER -B. Expressing the importance of learning the skill
correctly
Patients are ready to learn when they understand the importance of
learning and are motivated to learn.
A patient who is hospitalized has just been diagnosed with diabetes. He is
going to need to learn how to give himself injections. Which teaching
method does the nurse use?
, A. Simulation
B. Demonstration
C. Group instruction
D. One-on-one discussion - CORRECT ANSWER -B. Demonstration
Demonstration is used to help patients learn psychomotor skills.
When a nurse is teaching a patient about how to administer an epinephrine
injection in case of a severe allergic reaction, he or she tells the patient to
hold the injection like a dart. Which of the following instructional methods
did the nurse use?
A. Telling
B. Analogy
C. Demonstration
D. Simulation - CORRECT ANSWER -B. Analogy
Analogies use familiar images when teaching to help explain complex
information.
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026 | NURSING
FUNDAMENTALS, ETHICS, NURSING
PROCESS & HEALTH PROMOTION | A+
STUDY GUIDE
A nurse is going to teach a patient how to perform breast self-examination.
Which behavioral objective does the nurse set to best measure the patient's
ability to perform the examination?
A. The patient will verbalize the steps involved in breast self-examination
within 1 week.
B. The nurse will explain the importance of performing breast self-
examination once a month.
C. The patient will perform breast self-examination correctly on herself
before the end of the teaching session.
D. The nurse will demonstrate breast self-examination on a breast model
provided by the American Cancer Society. - CORRECT ANSWER -C. The
patient will perform breast self-examination correctly on herself before the
end of the teaching session.
Return demonstration provides an excellent source of feedback and
reinforcement to evaluate learning.
A patient with chest pain is having an emergency cardiac catheterization.
Which teaching approach does the nurse use in this situation?
,A. Telling approach
B. Selling approach
C. Entrusting approach
D. Participating approach - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Telling approach
The telling approach is most appropriate when preparing a patient for an
emergency procedure.
The nurse is teaching a parenting class to a group of pregnant adolescents.
The nurse pretends to be the baby's father, and the adolescent mother is
asked to show how she would respond to the father if he gave her a can of
beer. Which teaching approach did the nurse use?
A. Role play
B. Discovery
C. An analogy
D. A demonstration - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Role play
In role play people are asked to play themselves or someone else in a
situation to enhance their confidence in handling that situation in the
future.
An older adult is being started on a new antihypertensive medication. In
teaching the patient about the medication, the nurse:
,A. Speaks loudly.
B. Presents the information once.
C. Expects the patient to understand the information quickly.
D. Allows the patient time to express himself or herself and ask questions. -
CORRECT ANSWER -D. Allows the patient time to express himself or
herself and ask questions.
When teaching older adults, it is important to establish rapport, involve
them in their care, and allow them to progress at their own pace.
A patient needs to learn how to administer a subcutaneous injection. Which
of the following reflects that the patient is ready to learn?
A. Describing difficulties a family member has had in taking insulin
B. Expressing the importance of learning the skill correctly
C. Being able to see and understand the markings on the syringe
D. Having the dexterity needed to prepare and inject the medication -
CORRECT ANSWER -B. Expressing the importance of learning the skill
correctly
Patients are ready to learn when they understand the importance of
learning and are motivated to learn.
A patient who is hospitalized has just been diagnosed with diabetes. He is
going to need to learn how to give himself injections. Which teaching
method does the nurse use?
, A. Simulation
B. Demonstration
C. Group instruction
D. One-on-one discussion - CORRECT ANSWER -B. Demonstration
Demonstration is used to help patients learn psychomotor skills.
When a nurse is teaching a patient about how to administer an epinephrine
injection in case of a severe allergic reaction, he or she tells the patient to
hold the injection like a dart. Which of the following instructional methods
did the nurse use?
A. Telling
B. Analogy
C. Demonstration
D. Simulation - CORRECT ANSWER -B. Analogy
Analogies use familiar images when teaching to help explain complex
information.
