ANCC Med-Surg Certification Exam
Questions and Answers Latest 2025/2026
GRADED A
- CORRECT ANSWER-Anticonvulsan
1. Cognitive: Learning and gaining intellectual skills and mastering categories of
effective learning (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and
evaluation). ·
2. Affective: Recognizing categories of feelings and values from simple to complex
(receiving and responding to phenomena, valuing, organizing, and internalizing values).
·
3. Psychomotor: Mastering motor skills necessary for independence, following a
progression from simple to complex (perception, set, guided response, mechanism,
complex overt response, adaptation, and origination). - CORRECT ANSWER-Bloom's
Taxonomy(3 types of learning)
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance - CORRECT ANSWER-Five Stages of grief
1. Nystagmas- repetitive uncontrolled movements of the eyes
,2. Intention tremor- tremor that worsens as approaches end of intended movement
3. Scanning or staccato speech- broken speech and each syllable pronounced
separately - CORRECT ANSWER-Charcot's triad for MS
1. Right task: The nurse determines an appropriate task to delegate for a specific
patient. 2. Right circumstance: The nurse has considered all relevant information to
determine appropriateness of delegation. ·
3. Right Person: The nurse chooses the right person based on education and skills to
perform the task. ·
4. Right direction: The nurse provides a clear description of the task, purpose, limits,
and expected outcomes. ·
5.Right supervision: The nurse must supervise, intervene as needed, and evaluate
performance. - CORRECT ANSWER-"5 rights of delegation"
1) Activity/Rest
2) Comfort
3) Coping/Stress Tolerance
4) Elimination
5)Growth/ Development
6)Health Promotion
7) Life Principles
8) Nutrition
9) Perception/Cognition
10) Role Relationships
11) Safety/Precautions
12) Self-Perception
13)Sexuality - CORRECT ANSWER-Nursing Diagnoses, Domains (13)
1) Acute MI
,2) Heart Failure
3) Pneumonia
4) Venous thromboembolism (VTE)
5) Stroke
6) Children's Asthma Care - CORRECT ANSWER-Core Measures (Diseases)
1) Champions staff as the most important asset of the organization
2) Encourages autonomy, empowerment, involvement, and participation
3) Teams and groups are designed to be self led and self managed. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Tenets of Shared Governance (3)
1) Denial - avoiding the inevitable
2) Anger - expressing emotions previously bottled up
3) Bargaining - Trying to find a way out
4) Depression - Acknowledging the inevitable
5) Acceptance - moving forward - CORRECT ANSWER-Kubler-Ross Stages of Grief ( 5)
1) Glyburide
2) HCTZ
3) Furosomide
4) Celecoxib
5) Sumatripan - CORRECT ANSWER-Common sulfonomides (5)
1) Illness Prevention
2) Illness Treatment
3) Health Promotion - CORRECT ANSWER-Three categories of Nursing Interventions
1) Immunization
, 2) Tobacco Cessation
3) Substance Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER-Core Measures: Prevention (3)
1) immunization,
2) access to health care,
3) environmental quality,
4) rates of injury and violence,
5) mental health care,
6) responsible sexual behavior,
7) rates of substance abuse and tobacco use,
8) rates of overweight and obesity, and
9) levels of physical activity. - CORRECT ANSWER-Leading health indicators include:
1) Integrates individuality, professionalism, and empowerment
2) Involves a process of analyzing, counseling, responding, and shielding - CORRECT
ANSWER-Nursing Advocacy Components (2)
1) Physiological - basic needs including comfort ( free from pain)
2) Safety - free from harm or threat. Stability
3) Love - friendship, acceptance, affection; a support system
4) Esteem - self-respect, self-confidence; rewarding work/relationships
5) Self-actualization - truth, justice, beauty, personal growth; "born to do"
These needs are met in order. - CORRECT ANSWER-Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (5)
1) Physiological; basic
2) Physiological; complex
3) Behavioral
Questions and Answers Latest 2025/2026
GRADED A
- CORRECT ANSWER-Anticonvulsan
1. Cognitive: Learning and gaining intellectual skills and mastering categories of
effective learning (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and
evaluation). ·
2. Affective: Recognizing categories of feelings and values from simple to complex
(receiving and responding to phenomena, valuing, organizing, and internalizing values).
·
3. Psychomotor: Mastering motor skills necessary for independence, following a
progression from simple to complex (perception, set, guided response, mechanism,
complex overt response, adaptation, and origination). - CORRECT ANSWER-Bloom's
Taxonomy(3 types of learning)
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance - CORRECT ANSWER-Five Stages of grief
1. Nystagmas- repetitive uncontrolled movements of the eyes
,2. Intention tremor- tremor that worsens as approaches end of intended movement
3. Scanning or staccato speech- broken speech and each syllable pronounced
separately - CORRECT ANSWER-Charcot's triad for MS
1. Right task: The nurse determines an appropriate task to delegate for a specific
patient. 2. Right circumstance: The nurse has considered all relevant information to
determine appropriateness of delegation. ·
3. Right Person: The nurse chooses the right person based on education and skills to
perform the task. ·
4. Right direction: The nurse provides a clear description of the task, purpose, limits,
and expected outcomes. ·
5.Right supervision: The nurse must supervise, intervene as needed, and evaluate
performance. - CORRECT ANSWER-"5 rights of delegation"
1) Activity/Rest
2) Comfort
3) Coping/Stress Tolerance
4) Elimination
5)Growth/ Development
6)Health Promotion
7) Life Principles
8) Nutrition
9) Perception/Cognition
10) Role Relationships
11) Safety/Precautions
12) Self-Perception
13)Sexuality - CORRECT ANSWER-Nursing Diagnoses, Domains (13)
1) Acute MI
,2) Heart Failure
3) Pneumonia
4) Venous thromboembolism (VTE)
5) Stroke
6) Children's Asthma Care - CORRECT ANSWER-Core Measures (Diseases)
1) Champions staff as the most important asset of the organization
2) Encourages autonomy, empowerment, involvement, and participation
3) Teams and groups are designed to be self led and self managed. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Tenets of Shared Governance (3)
1) Denial - avoiding the inevitable
2) Anger - expressing emotions previously bottled up
3) Bargaining - Trying to find a way out
4) Depression - Acknowledging the inevitable
5) Acceptance - moving forward - CORRECT ANSWER-Kubler-Ross Stages of Grief ( 5)
1) Glyburide
2) HCTZ
3) Furosomide
4) Celecoxib
5) Sumatripan - CORRECT ANSWER-Common sulfonomides (5)
1) Illness Prevention
2) Illness Treatment
3) Health Promotion - CORRECT ANSWER-Three categories of Nursing Interventions
1) Immunization
, 2) Tobacco Cessation
3) Substance Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER-Core Measures: Prevention (3)
1) immunization,
2) access to health care,
3) environmental quality,
4) rates of injury and violence,
5) mental health care,
6) responsible sexual behavior,
7) rates of substance abuse and tobacco use,
8) rates of overweight and obesity, and
9) levels of physical activity. - CORRECT ANSWER-Leading health indicators include:
1) Integrates individuality, professionalism, and empowerment
2) Involves a process of analyzing, counseling, responding, and shielding - CORRECT
ANSWER-Nursing Advocacy Components (2)
1) Physiological - basic needs including comfort ( free from pain)
2) Safety - free from harm or threat. Stability
3) Love - friendship, acceptance, affection; a support system
4) Esteem - self-respect, self-confidence; rewarding work/relationships
5) Self-actualization - truth, justice, beauty, personal growth; "born to do"
These needs are met in order. - CORRECT ANSWER-Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (5)
1) Physiological; basic
2) Physiological; complex
3) Behavioral
