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CHAPTERS 2026 TEST PAPER REVIEW SHEET
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TOP
RESULT A+
◉ Which type of facility is appropriate for a patient needing
continued rehabilitation after surgery? Answer: A transitional care
facility.
◉ What task can a home health aide perform for a patient with
diabetes? Answer: Help the patient with a daily bath and oral care.
◉ What is the impact of health care financing on quality care?
Answer: Payment for patient care is primarily based on clinical
outcomes and patient satisfaction.
◉ What competency is demonstrated by a nurse documenting in the
electronic health record? Answer: Informatics and technology.
◉ What factors should a nurse consider when delegating tasks to an
LPN/VN? Answer: Agency policies, stability of the patients, state
nurse practice act, experience of the LPN/VN.
,◉ Which actions promote safe delivery of patient care when
administering medications? Answer: Discarding unlabeled
medications, using hand sanitizer, checking lab results, providing a
list of current medications upon discharge.
◉ What should a nurse do to identify a patient before medication
administration? Answer: Use at least 2 reliable ways, such as asking
the patient's full name and date of birth.
◉ What actions by a nurse demonstrate nursing clinical judgment?
Answer: Identifying priority problems, noticing a change in patient
status, assessing data about a patient situation, generating possible
solutions to a patient problem, making decisions based on the
implications of a patient's situation.
◉ Which data from the patient's health history should be the focus
for patient teaching? Answer: Dietary fat intake.
◉ What strategy can a nurse implement to decrease health care
disparities in a Hispanic community? Answer: Teach clinic staff
about cultural health beliefs.
◉ Which information would the nurse collect as a measure of
community health? Answer: Most common causes of death.
, ◉ What action by the nurse demonstrates cultural competence with
a Native American patient? Answer: Ask the patient whether it is
important that a cultural healer is contacted.
◉ What respectful action should a nurse take when interviewing an
Asian patient? Answer: Observe and follow the patient's use of eye
contact.
◉ If an interpreter is not available, what action should the nurse
take to communicate with a patient who speaks a different
language? Answer: Use gestures or pictures to demonstrate
meaning.
◉ What action should the nurse include in the plan of care for a
patient using culturally based treatments? Answer: Coordinate the
use of requested treatments with prescribed medical therapies.
◉ Which intervention is considered appropriate across most
cultures? Answer: Ask permission before touching a patient during
the physical assessment.
◉ What actions improve patient safety in nursing? Answer:
Performing hand hygiene, disposing of unlabeled medications,
completing appropriate assessments before administering
medications, giving a list of current medicines to the patient and
caregiver before discharge.
CHAPTERS 2026 TEST PAPER REVIEW SHEET
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TOP
RESULT A+
◉ Which type of facility is appropriate for a patient needing
continued rehabilitation after surgery? Answer: A transitional care
facility.
◉ What task can a home health aide perform for a patient with
diabetes? Answer: Help the patient with a daily bath and oral care.
◉ What is the impact of health care financing on quality care?
Answer: Payment for patient care is primarily based on clinical
outcomes and patient satisfaction.
◉ What competency is demonstrated by a nurse documenting in the
electronic health record? Answer: Informatics and technology.
◉ What factors should a nurse consider when delegating tasks to an
LPN/VN? Answer: Agency policies, stability of the patients, state
nurse practice act, experience of the LPN/VN.
,◉ Which actions promote safe delivery of patient care when
administering medications? Answer: Discarding unlabeled
medications, using hand sanitizer, checking lab results, providing a
list of current medications upon discharge.
◉ What should a nurse do to identify a patient before medication
administration? Answer: Use at least 2 reliable ways, such as asking
the patient's full name and date of birth.
◉ What actions by a nurse demonstrate nursing clinical judgment?
Answer: Identifying priority problems, noticing a change in patient
status, assessing data about a patient situation, generating possible
solutions to a patient problem, making decisions based on the
implications of a patient's situation.
◉ Which data from the patient's health history should be the focus
for patient teaching? Answer: Dietary fat intake.
◉ What strategy can a nurse implement to decrease health care
disparities in a Hispanic community? Answer: Teach clinic staff
about cultural health beliefs.
◉ Which information would the nurse collect as a measure of
community health? Answer: Most common causes of death.
, ◉ What action by the nurse demonstrates cultural competence with
a Native American patient? Answer: Ask the patient whether it is
important that a cultural healer is contacted.
◉ What respectful action should a nurse take when interviewing an
Asian patient? Answer: Observe and follow the patient's use of eye
contact.
◉ If an interpreter is not available, what action should the nurse
take to communicate with a patient who speaks a different
language? Answer: Use gestures or pictures to demonstrate
meaning.
◉ What action should the nurse include in the plan of care for a
patient using culturally based treatments? Answer: Coordinate the
use of requested treatments with prescribed medical therapies.
◉ Which intervention is considered appropriate across most
cultures? Answer: Ask permission before touching a patient during
the physical assessment.
◉ What actions improve patient safety in nursing? Answer:
Performing hand hygiene, disposing of unlabeled medications,
completing appropriate assessments before administering
medications, giving a list of current medicines to the patient and
caregiver before discharge.
