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NURSING EXAM PREP
NURS 6001
EXAM 1
NURSING PROCESS, INFECTION CONTROL,
PATIENT SAFETY & HEALTH ASSESSMENT
NURSING
2026/2027
EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
PLUS DETAILED RATIONALES
• ✓ • •
100 CORRECT DETAILED LATEST
PRACTICE ANSWERS RATIONALES 2026/2027
QUESTIONS
,NURS 6001 Exam 1 (pdf) | 2026/2027 | Nursing Process,
Infection Control, Patient Safety & Health Assessment
Practice Q&A | Nursing
1. Which type of nursing assessment establishes comprehensive baseline data for future
comparison?
A) Comprehensive assessment
B) Emergency assessment
C) Episodic assessment
D) Focused reassessment
Correct Answer: Comprehensive assessment
Rationale: A comprehensive assessment collects extensive baseline information about the individual's
overall health status and is commonly completed during an initial encounter. It supports problem
identification and care planning. Episodic assessments address narrower concerns, while emergency
assessments prioritize immediate threats to life. Baseline data also provide a reference for later
evaluation.
2. What is the correct sequence of the nursing process?
A) Planning, assessment, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation
B) Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation
C) Diagnosis, assessment, implementation, planning, evaluation
D) Assessment, planning, diagnosis, evaluation, implementation
Correct Answer: Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation
Rationale: The nursing process follows ADPIE: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and
evaluation. Assessment gathers relevant data, diagnosis identifies human responses, and planning
establishes outcomes and interventions. Implementation puts the plan into action, while evaluation
determines whether expected outcomes were achieved and whether the plan requires modification.
3. An individual arrives in the emergency department with severe respiratory distress. Which
assessment approach has priority?
A) Comprehensive assessment
B) Complete family assessment
C) Emergency assessment using ABCDE priorities
D) Routine wellness assessment
Correct Answer: Emergency assessment using ABCDE priorities
Rationale: Emergency assessment rapidly identifies and manages immediate threats using airway,
breathing, circulation, disability, and exposure priorities. A lengthy comprehensive assessment could
delay lifesaving interventions. Once immediate threats are stabilized, additional history and
,examination can be completed. The assessment method must therefore correspond to the urgency
and stability of the clinical situation.
4. During which nursing-process phase does the nurse carry out planned interventions?
A) Assessment
B) Diagnosis
C) Planning
D) Implementation
Correct Answer: Implementation
Rationale: Implementation is the action phase in which planned nursing interventions are performed,
delegated when appropriate, and documented. Assessment gathers information, diagnosis interprets
relevant data, and planning establishes priorities and expected outcomes. Evaluation follows
implementation and determines whether the interventions produced the desired response or require
modification.
5. Which activity is part of the assessment phase of the nursing process?
A) Collecting subjective and objective data
B) Selecting nursing interventions
C) Establishing outcome criteria
D) Determining whether goals were achieved
Correct Answer: Collecting subjective and objective data
Rationale: Assessment involves systematically collecting and validating information about health
status. Subjective data come primarily from the individual's report, while objective data are observed
or measured. Selecting interventions and establishing outcomes occur during planning, whereas
determining whether the expected outcomes were achieved belongs to the evaluation phase.
6. How does a nursing diagnosis differ from a medical diagnosis?
A) It identifies the disease pathology exclusively
B) It focuses on human responses to actual or potential health problems
C) It can be made only by a physician
D) It remains unchanged throughout hospitalization
Correct Answer: It focuses on human responses to actual or potential health problems
Rationale: Nursing diagnoses describe individual, family, or community responses to health
conditions and life processes that nurses can address through nursing interventions. Medical
diagnoses primarily identify diseases or pathologic conditions. Nursing diagnoses may change as the
person's condition changes and are developed through assessment and clinical judgment rather than
physician determination.
7. After clustering assessment findings, what should the nurse do next within ADPIE?
A) Immediately discharge the individual
B) Begin evaluation
, C) Formulate appropriate nursing diagnoses
D) Skip directly to implementation
Correct Answer: Formulate appropriate nursing diagnoses
Rationale: After collecting, validating, and organizing assessment data, the nurse analyzes patterns
and clusters to identify nursing diagnoses. These diagnoses provide the foundation for selecting
outcomes and interventions. Moving directly to implementation without identifying problems and
priorities can produce unfocused care and makes systematic evaluation of nursing outcomes more
difficult.
8. Which statement best describes evaluation in the nursing process?
A) It occurs only during admission
B) It establishes the medical diagnosis
C) It consists exclusively of documentation
D) It determines whether outcomes have been achieved and whether care should change
Correct Answer: It determines whether outcomes have been achieved and whether care should
change
Rationale: Evaluation compares actual responses with established expected outcomes and
determines the effectiveness of nursing interventions. Findings can support continuing, modifying, or
discontinuing parts of the care plan. Evaluation is ongoing rather than restricted to admission and
depends on reassessment and clinical judgment rather than documentation alone.
9. Which outcome is written most appropriately?
A) The individual will ambulate 50 feet with assistance by 1600 today
B) The individual will feel better soon
C) The nurse will encourage activity
D) Mobility will improve eventually
Correct Answer: The individual will ambulate 50 feet with assistance by 1600 today
Rationale: Effective outcomes are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time limited. Stating
the distance, required assistance, and target time provides objective criteria for evaluation. “Feel
better” and “eventually” are difficult to measure, while describing what the nurse will do identifies an
intervention rather than an individual-centered outcome.
10. What is the primary purpose of prioritizing nursing diagnoses?
A) To eliminate reassessment
B) To address the most urgent health and safety needs first
C) To reduce communication with other professionals
D) To ensure every diagnosis receives identical attention
Correct Answer: To address the most urgent health and safety needs first
NURSING EXAM PREP
NURS 6001
EXAM 1
NURSING PROCESS, INFECTION CONTROL,
PATIENT SAFETY & HEALTH ASSESSMENT
NURSING
2026/2027
EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
PLUS DETAILED RATIONALES
• ✓ • •
100 CORRECT DETAILED LATEST
PRACTICE ANSWERS RATIONALES 2026/2027
QUESTIONS
,NURS 6001 Exam 1 (pdf) | 2026/2027 | Nursing Process,
Infection Control, Patient Safety & Health Assessment
Practice Q&A | Nursing
1. Which type of nursing assessment establishes comprehensive baseline data for future
comparison?
A) Comprehensive assessment
B) Emergency assessment
C) Episodic assessment
D) Focused reassessment
Correct Answer: Comprehensive assessment
Rationale: A comprehensive assessment collects extensive baseline information about the individual's
overall health status and is commonly completed during an initial encounter. It supports problem
identification and care planning. Episodic assessments address narrower concerns, while emergency
assessments prioritize immediate threats to life. Baseline data also provide a reference for later
evaluation.
2. What is the correct sequence of the nursing process?
A) Planning, assessment, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation
B) Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation
C) Diagnosis, assessment, implementation, planning, evaluation
D) Assessment, planning, diagnosis, evaluation, implementation
Correct Answer: Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation
Rationale: The nursing process follows ADPIE: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and
evaluation. Assessment gathers relevant data, diagnosis identifies human responses, and planning
establishes outcomes and interventions. Implementation puts the plan into action, while evaluation
determines whether expected outcomes were achieved and whether the plan requires modification.
3. An individual arrives in the emergency department with severe respiratory distress. Which
assessment approach has priority?
A) Comprehensive assessment
B) Complete family assessment
C) Emergency assessment using ABCDE priorities
D) Routine wellness assessment
Correct Answer: Emergency assessment using ABCDE priorities
Rationale: Emergency assessment rapidly identifies and manages immediate threats using airway,
breathing, circulation, disability, and exposure priorities. A lengthy comprehensive assessment could
delay lifesaving interventions. Once immediate threats are stabilized, additional history and
,examination can be completed. The assessment method must therefore correspond to the urgency
and stability of the clinical situation.
4. During which nursing-process phase does the nurse carry out planned interventions?
A) Assessment
B) Diagnosis
C) Planning
D) Implementation
Correct Answer: Implementation
Rationale: Implementation is the action phase in which planned nursing interventions are performed,
delegated when appropriate, and documented. Assessment gathers information, diagnosis interprets
relevant data, and planning establishes priorities and expected outcomes. Evaluation follows
implementation and determines whether the interventions produced the desired response or require
modification.
5. Which activity is part of the assessment phase of the nursing process?
A) Collecting subjective and objective data
B) Selecting nursing interventions
C) Establishing outcome criteria
D) Determining whether goals were achieved
Correct Answer: Collecting subjective and objective data
Rationale: Assessment involves systematically collecting and validating information about health
status. Subjective data come primarily from the individual's report, while objective data are observed
or measured. Selecting interventions and establishing outcomes occur during planning, whereas
determining whether the expected outcomes were achieved belongs to the evaluation phase.
6. How does a nursing diagnosis differ from a medical diagnosis?
A) It identifies the disease pathology exclusively
B) It focuses on human responses to actual or potential health problems
C) It can be made only by a physician
D) It remains unchanged throughout hospitalization
Correct Answer: It focuses on human responses to actual or potential health problems
Rationale: Nursing diagnoses describe individual, family, or community responses to health
conditions and life processes that nurses can address through nursing interventions. Medical
diagnoses primarily identify diseases or pathologic conditions. Nursing diagnoses may change as the
person's condition changes and are developed through assessment and clinical judgment rather than
physician determination.
7. After clustering assessment findings, what should the nurse do next within ADPIE?
A) Immediately discharge the individual
B) Begin evaluation
, C) Formulate appropriate nursing diagnoses
D) Skip directly to implementation
Correct Answer: Formulate appropriate nursing diagnoses
Rationale: After collecting, validating, and organizing assessment data, the nurse analyzes patterns
and clusters to identify nursing diagnoses. These diagnoses provide the foundation for selecting
outcomes and interventions. Moving directly to implementation without identifying problems and
priorities can produce unfocused care and makes systematic evaluation of nursing outcomes more
difficult.
8. Which statement best describes evaluation in the nursing process?
A) It occurs only during admission
B) It establishes the medical diagnosis
C) It consists exclusively of documentation
D) It determines whether outcomes have been achieved and whether care should change
Correct Answer: It determines whether outcomes have been achieved and whether care should
change
Rationale: Evaluation compares actual responses with established expected outcomes and
determines the effectiveness of nursing interventions. Findings can support continuing, modifying, or
discontinuing parts of the care plan. Evaluation is ongoing rather than restricted to admission and
depends on reassessment and clinical judgment rather than documentation alone.
9. Which outcome is written most appropriately?
A) The individual will ambulate 50 feet with assistance by 1600 today
B) The individual will feel better soon
C) The nurse will encourage activity
D) Mobility will improve eventually
Correct Answer: The individual will ambulate 50 feet with assistance by 1600 today
Rationale: Effective outcomes are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time limited. Stating
the distance, required assistance, and target time provides objective criteria for evaluation. “Feel
better” and “eventually” are difficult to measure, while describing what the nurse will do identifies an
intervention rather than an individual-centered outcome.
10. What is the primary purpose of prioritizing nursing diagnoses?
A) To eliminate reassessment
B) To address the most urgent health and safety needs first
C) To reduce communication with other professionals
D) To ensure every diagnosis receives identical attention
Correct Answer: To address the most urgent health and safety needs first
