NUR 514 EXAM 1 | COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
statements should the nurse make? - ANS ✔✔critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision
making.
In what order should an RN perform the steps of the nursing process? - ANS ✔✔Assessment, Analysis,
Planning , Implementation, and Evaluation
A nurse is caring for a client who is in an acute care facility. The nurse should recognize that the clients
care requires clinical reasoning when it is complicated by which of the following factors? - ANS ✔✔When
it is complicated by complex clinical situations and ongoing client and family concerns, that is when the
nurse should use clinical reasoning
A charge nurse is planning to discuss factors that can influence the clinical decision-making process in
client care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following factors should the charge nurse include? -
ANS ✔✔available resources, awareness of client status, and support from other staff are all important
factors a nurse should include.
A nurse asks a client to rate their current level of pain using a scale of 0-10 after administering pain
medication 30 min ago. Which of the following steps of the nursing process is the nurse performing? -
ANS ✔✔evaluation
A nurse is caring for a client who has been wheezing. The nurse asks an assistive personnel to use a
stethoscope and listen to the client's lung sounds to determine if their wheezing has improved. This is an
example of the following concepts? - ANS ✔✔delegation of the wrong task
A nurse at an urgent care clinic is auscultating the lungs of a client who reports a cough and shortness of
breath. Which of the following steps of the nursing process is the nurse using? - ANS ✔✔assessment
A charge nurse is preparing to discuss critical thinking skills with a group of newly licensed nurses. Which
of the following skills should the nurse plan to include in the discussion? - ANS ✔✔inspection, inference,
creativity and inductive reasoning
A nurse is reviewing methods created to assist nurses in using evidence practice. Which of the following
is a NCSBN model that can assist the nurse with critical thinking and decision making? - ANS ✔✔Clinical
Judgement
A nurse is developing a goal for a client to ambulate with assistance at least once by the end of the shift.
The nurse should identify that this is an example of which of the following steps of the nursing process? -
ANS ✔✔planning
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about airborne infection isolation rooms (AIIR).
Which of the following information should the nurse include? - ANS ✔✔the door to the AIIR should
remain closed
PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
statements should the nurse make? - ANS ✔✔critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision
making.
In what order should an RN perform the steps of the nursing process? - ANS ✔✔Assessment, Analysis,
Planning , Implementation, and Evaluation
A nurse is caring for a client who is in an acute care facility. The nurse should recognize that the clients
care requires clinical reasoning when it is complicated by which of the following factors? - ANS ✔✔When
it is complicated by complex clinical situations and ongoing client and family concerns, that is when the
nurse should use clinical reasoning
A charge nurse is planning to discuss factors that can influence the clinical decision-making process in
client care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following factors should the charge nurse include? -
ANS ✔✔available resources, awareness of client status, and support from other staff are all important
factors a nurse should include.
A nurse asks a client to rate their current level of pain using a scale of 0-10 after administering pain
medication 30 min ago. Which of the following steps of the nursing process is the nurse performing? -
ANS ✔✔evaluation
A nurse is caring for a client who has been wheezing. The nurse asks an assistive personnel to use a
stethoscope and listen to the client's lung sounds to determine if their wheezing has improved. This is an
example of the following concepts? - ANS ✔✔delegation of the wrong task
A nurse at an urgent care clinic is auscultating the lungs of a client who reports a cough and shortness of
breath. Which of the following steps of the nursing process is the nurse using? - ANS ✔✔assessment
A charge nurse is preparing to discuss critical thinking skills with a group of newly licensed nurses. Which
of the following skills should the nurse plan to include in the discussion? - ANS ✔✔inspection, inference,
creativity and inductive reasoning
A nurse is reviewing methods created to assist nurses in using evidence practice. Which of the following
is a NCSBN model that can assist the nurse with critical thinking and decision making? - ANS ✔✔Clinical
Judgement
A nurse is developing a goal for a client to ambulate with assistance at least once by the end of the shift.
The nurse should identify that this is an example of which of the following steps of the nursing process? -
ANS ✔✔planning
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about airborne infection isolation rooms (AIIR).
Which of the following information should the nurse include? - ANS ✔✔the door to the AIIR should
remain closed
