NCLEX Practice Questions Exam 1
2025 Questions and Answers
A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs. For which nursing
activities is this approach useful?
a. Making accurate nursing diagnoses
b. Establishing priorities of care
c. Communicating concerns more concisely
d. Integrating science into nursing care - ANSWER✔✔-b. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs
is useful for establishing priorities of care.
The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care facility. Which examples of
nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Select all that apply.
a. Preventing falls in the facility
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
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,d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group. - ANSWER✔✔-b, d. Physiologic needs—oxygen,
water, food, elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and rest—must be met at least
minimally to maintain life. Providing food and oxygen are examples of interventions to meet these
needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and security needs, providing art supplies may help meet
self-actualization needs, facilitating visits from loved ones helps meet self-esteem needs, and
referring a patient to a support group helps meet love and belonging needs.
The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and sterile techniques when
handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs is being met by this nurse?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
d. Love and belonging - ANSWER✔✔-b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and using sterile
technique, nurses provide safety from infection. An example of a physiologic need is clearing a
patient's airway. Self-esteem needs may be met by allowing an older adult to talk about a past career.
An example of helping meet a love and belonging need is contacting a hospitalized patient's family
to arrange a visit.
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, The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that the highest level on Maslow's
hierarchy of needs is self-actualization needs. Which statements accurately describe the achievement
of self-actualization? Select all that apply.
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems. - ANSWER✔✔-c, e, f. Self-
actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a process that continues throughout life. A person
achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself and using creativity as a
guideline for solving problems and pursuing interests. Humans are not born with a fully developed
sense of self-actualization, and self-actualization needs are not met specifically by depending on
others for help. Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of unmet self-actualization needs.
A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility. What is the best
broad definition of a family?
a. A father, a mother, and children
b. A group whose members are biologically related
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2025 Questions and Answers
A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs. For which nursing
activities is this approach useful?
a. Making accurate nursing diagnoses
b. Establishing priorities of care
c. Communicating concerns more concisely
d. Integrating science into nursing care - ANSWER✔✔-b. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs
is useful for establishing priorities of care.
The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care facility. Which examples of
nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Select all that apply.
a. Preventing falls in the facility
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
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,d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group. - ANSWER✔✔-b, d. Physiologic needs—oxygen,
water, food, elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and rest—must be met at least
minimally to maintain life. Providing food and oxygen are examples of interventions to meet these
needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and security needs, providing art supplies may help meet
self-actualization needs, facilitating visits from loved ones helps meet self-esteem needs, and
referring a patient to a support group helps meet love and belonging needs.
The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and sterile techniques when
handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs is being met by this nurse?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
d. Love and belonging - ANSWER✔✔-b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and using sterile
technique, nurses provide safety from infection. An example of a physiologic need is clearing a
patient's airway. Self-esteem needs may be met by allowing an older adult to talk about a past career.
An example of helping meet a love and belonging need is contacting a hospitalized patient's family
to arrange a visit.
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, The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that the highest level on Maslow's
hierarchy of needs is self-actualization needs. Which statements accurately describe the achievement
of self-actualization? Select all that apply.
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems. - ANSWER✔✔-c, e, f. Self-
actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a process that continues throughout life. A person
achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself and using creativity as a
guideline for solving problems and pursuing interests. Humans are not born with a fully developed
sense of self-actualization, and self-actualization needs are not met specifically by depending on
others for help. Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of unmet self-actualization needs.
A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility. What is the best
broad definition of a family?
a. A father, a mother, and children
b. A group whose members are biologically related
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