NCLEX Practice Questions for Exam 3 with Correct
Answers.
a nurse is engaged in community health promotion activities. What activity best reflects
this type of health promotion?
a. teaching about fall prevention and home safety at a senior center
b. holding a blood glucose screening for diabetes at a local church
c. educating hospice volunteers on therapeutic communication
d. providing education on crutch walking to a child with a fractured tibia - Correct Answer
a
nursing students are learning about the criteria that establishes nursing as a profession.
Which statements by the students indicate they have correctly described characteristics
of a profession? Select all that apply.
a. nursing is composed of a well-defined body of general knowledge
b. nursing interventions are dependent upon medical practice
c. nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group
d. nursing practice is regulated by the medical profession
e. nursing has a code of ethics
f. nursing is influenced by ongoing research - Correct Answer c,e,f
A nurse considers returning to school to obtain a masters degree in nursing. Which
practice discipline requiring graduate level education could the nurse consider?
a. rehabilitation nurse
b. critical care nurse
c. oncology nurse
d. nurse practitioner - Correct Answer d
Nurses in the U.S. follow regulations outlined by each state's nurse practice act. A nurse
moving to a different state anticipates finding which elements are common to all states'
practice acts?
a. definition of the legal scope of nursing practice for those registered
,b. provision of continuing education
c. determining the scope of content covered in the NCLEX exam
d. creating institutional policies for health care practices - Correct Answer a
A community health nurse cares for vulnerable populations. What problem will the nurse
prioritize for a patient who is homeless?
a. love and belonging
b. safety
c. self-esteem
d. self-actualization - Correct Answer b
a nurse is caring for a patient who has been managing chronic spasticity well for 10
years. The patients states having had increasing spasticity and few falls due to
unremetting muscle spasms. The nurse, patient, and health care provider discuss the
possibility the patient may be experiencing which phase of illness.
a. acute onset of illness
b. permanent complication
c. need for hospice care
d. exacerbation of disease - Correct Answer d
When documenting a dressing change to a residual right limb, the nurse erroneously
documents that dressing change was preformed on the left leg. How will the nurse most
appropriately correct the documentation?
a. Use white correction fluid to cover the error and neatly write over the correction
b. draw a single line through the error, write "mistaken entry" add correct info and date
and initial
c. blacken out the error with permanent marker and rewrite the note in the next available
space
d. leave the entry in place, create a correctly written entry below and cite the charting
error above - Correct Answer b
A patient being discharged from the hospital asks to receive a copy of their medical
record. What info will the nurse give the patient?
, a. "Im sorry but patients are not allowed to copy their medical records"
b. "I can make a copy of your records for you right now"
c. "You can read your record while you are still a patient, but copying records is not
permitted according to the HIPAA rules"
d. "I'll check with the medical records department to determine how you request a copy" -
Correct Answer d
A graduate nurse and preceptor are discussing protected health info (PHI) and HIPAA
laws. The preceptor explains the PHI can be released without the patients signed
authorization in which situations? Select all that apply.
a. news media are preparing to report on a patient who is a public figure
b. data are needed for the tracking and notification of disease outbreaks
c. protected health information is needed by a coroner
d. child abuse and neglect are suspected
e. protected health info is needed to facilitate organ donation
f. the sister of the patient with Alzheimer's disease wants to help provide care - Correct
Answer b,c,d,e
A nurse receives a call from a friend requesting info on her mother in law who was just
admitted to the hospital. How does the nurse best respond?
a. "You shouldn't be asking me to do this. I could be fined or lose my job for disclosing this
info."
b. "Im sorry, per privacy laws, I cant give out patient info, even to my best friend or a
family member"
c. "Because of HIPAA you could get in trouble for asking for this info unless you are
authorized by the patient to receive it"
d. "Why are you asking? Are you extremely worried?" - Correct Answer b
A health care provider has been urgently paged to another unit and ask for a nurse to
enter a pain medication prescription for the patient in the electronic medical record.
Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. "Thank you for taking care of this I'll be happy to enter a verbal order into the electronic
health record."
Answers.
a nurse is engaged in community health promotion activities. What activity best reflects
this type of health promotion?
a. teaching about fall prevention and home safety at a senior center
b. holding a blood glucose screening for diabetes at a local church
c. educating hospice volunteers on therapeutic communication
d. providing education on crutch walking to a child with a fractured tibia - Correct Answer
a
nursing students are learning about the criteria that establishes nursing as a profession.
Which statements by the students indicate they have correctly described characteristics
of a profession? Select all that apply.
a. nursing is composed of a well-defined body of general knowledge
b. nursing interventions are dependent upon medical practice
c. nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group
d. nursing practice is regulated by the medical profession
e. nursing has a code of ethics
f. nursing is influenced by ongoing research - Correct Answer c,e,f
A nurse considers returning to school to obtain a masters degree in nursing. Which
practice discipline requiring graduate level education could the nurse consider?
a. rehabilitation nurse
b. critical care nurse
c. oncology nurse
d. nurse practitioner - Correct Answer d
Nurses in the U.S. follow regulations outlined by each state's nurse practice act. A nurse
moving to a different state anticipates finding which elements are common to all states'
practice acts?
a. definition of the legal scope of nursing practice for those registered
,b. provision of continuing education
c. determining the scope of content covered in the NCLEX exam
d. creating institutional policies for health care practices - Correct Answer a
A community health nurse cares for vulnerable populations. What problem will the nurse
prioritize for a patient who is homeless?
a. love and belonging
b. safety
c. self-esteem
d. self-actualization - Correct Answer b
a nurse is caring for a patient who has been managing chronic spasticity well for 10
years. The patients states having had increasing spasticity and few falls due to
unremetting muscle spasms. The nurse, patient, and health care provider discuss the
possibility the patient may be experiencing which phase of illness.
a. acute onset of illness
b. permanent complication
c. need for hospice care
d. exacerbation of disease - Correct Answer d
When documenting a dressing change to a residual right limb, the nurse erroneously
documents that dressing change was preformed on the left leg. How will the nurse most
appropriately correct the documentation?
a. Use white correction fluid to cover the error and neatly write over the correction
b. draw a single line through the error, write "mistaken entry" add correct info and date
and initial
c. blacken out the error with permanent marker and rewrite the note in the next available
space
d. leave the entry in place, create a correctly written entry below and cite the charting
error above - Correct Answer b
A patient being discharged from the hospital asks to receive a copy of their medical
record. What info will the nurse give the patient?
, a. "Im sorry but patients are not allowed to copy their medical records"
b. "I can make a copy of your records for you right now"
c. "You can read your record while you are still a patient, but copying records is not
permitted according to the HIPAA rules"
d. "I'll check with the medical records department to determine how you request a copy" -
Correct Answer d
A graduate nurse and preceptor are discussing protected health info (PHI) and HIPAA
laws. The preceptor explains the PHI can be released without the patients signed
authorization in which situations? Select all that apply.
a. news media are preparing to report on a patient who is a public figure
b. data are needed for the tracking and notification of disease outbreaks
c. protected health information is needed by a coroner
d. child abuse and neglect are suspected
e. protected health info is needed to facilitate organ donation
f. the sister of the patient with Alzheimer's disease wants to help provide care - Correct
Answer b,c,d,e
A nurse receives a call from a friend requesting info on her mother in law who was just
admitted to the hospital. How does the nurse best respond?
a. "You shouldn't be asking me to do this. I could be fined or lose my job for disclosing this
info."
b. "Im sorry, per privacy laws, I cant give out patient info, even to my best friend or a
family member"
c. "Because of HIPAA you could get in trouble for asking for this info unless you are
authorized by the patient to receive it"
d. "Why are you asking? Are you extremely worried?" - Correct Answer b
A health care provider has been urgently paged to another unit and ask for a nurse to
enter a pain medication prescription for the patient in the electronic medical record.
Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. "Thank you for taking care of this I'll be happy to enter a verbal order into the electronic
health record."
