CLINICAL NURSE LEADER (CNL)
FINAL EXAM 2025-2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
A+
As a CNL looking to improve the wellness of a pt you recognize a person is most
likely to be in need of a new knowledge in which of Prochaska's stages of change?
a. Precontemplation
b. Contemplation
c. Preparation
d. Action
A. Pts who have not considered altering risky health behavior are most likely to
have a deficit of knowledge regarding the issue. A pt may have little incentive to
modify such behavior w/o foundational knowledge of how a behavior poses a risk.
When designing or implementing health promotion of disease prevention it is
important for the CNL to include consideration of modifiable and nonmodifiable
risk factors. Which of the following best represents a nonmodifiable risk factor?
,a. Obesity
b. Depression
c. Family hx
d. Tobacco use
C. Family hx considers genetics which are a non-modifiable factor. Obesity and
tobacco use are individual behaviors that are modifiable, depression is also
modifiable through tx.
When designing or implementing health promotion of disease prevention it is
important for the CNL to include consideration of modifiable and nonmodifiable
risk factors. Which of the following best represents a modifiable risk factor?
a. Ethnicity
b. Age
c. Diet
d. Gender
C. Diet is the only risk factor modifiable. The others are nonmodifiable w/ regard
to health risk.
,Effective engagement in primary prevention has a number of benefits and
advantages. Which of the following is not a benefit of primary prevention?
a. Lower costs of care
b. Better pt outcomes
c. Improved academic research
d. Enhanced pt wellness
C. Better academic research is not a benefit or primary prevention. Although new
opportunities for research may become available w/ well-executed primary
prevention, it is not pt centered or a result of primary prevention itself.
As a CNL, you recognize primary prevention occurs when:
a. Illness is detected early
b. Illness is tx'd rapidly
c. Illness is prevented entirely
d. Illness impacts the pt as little as possible
C. Total prevention of potential illness is the defining characteristic of primary
prevention.
, Which of the following is the best example of a CNL acting at a primary
prevention level?
a. Organizing a community screening for high BP
b. Initiating a community nutrition and wt loss initiative
c. Coordinating f/u care for newly dx'd diabetics
d. Developing a discharge wound care instruction packet for all orthopedic pts
B. Initiating a community nutrition and wt loss initiative aims to prevent dz before
it occurs
Health promotion acts to enhance the health outcomes of ppl by acting to prevent
and mitigate illness before it occurs or is in its early stages. Which of the following
best represents the reason health promotion is central to the CNL?
a. Health promotion helps keep the cost of care low
b. Health promotion helps preserve resources for ppl w/ non preventable diseases
c. Health promotion improves hospital satisfaction scores
d. Health promotion helps ppl live longer healthier lives
D. Helping ppl live longer healthier lives is the only pt centered intervention.
Although the CNL can use health promotion to impact areas in other responses the
focus must remain on the pt and his/her wellness
FINAL EXAM 2025-2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
A+
As a CNL looking to improve the wellness of a pt you recognize a person is most
likely to be in need of a new knowledge in which of Prochaska's stages of change?
a. Precontemplation
b. Contemplation
c. Preparation
d. Action
A. Pts who have not considered altering risky health behavior are most likely to
have a deficit of knowledge regarding the issue. A pt may have little incentive to
modify such behavior w/o foundational knowledge of how a behavior poses a risk.
When designing or implementing health promotion of disease prevention it is
important for the CNL to include consideration of modifiable and nonmodifiable
risk factors. Which of the following best represents a nonmodifiable risk factor?
,a. Obesity
b. Depression
c. Family hx
d. Tobacco use
C. Family hx considers genetics which are a non-modifiable factor. Obesity and
tobacco use are individual behaviors that are modifiable, depression is also
modifiable through tx.
When designing or implementing health promotion of disease prevention it is
important for the CNL to include consideration of modifiable and nonmodifiable
risk factors. Which of the following best represents a modifiable risk factor?
a. Ethnicity
b. Age
c. Diet
d. Gender
C. Diet is the only risk factor modifiable. The others are nonmodifiable w/ regard
to health risk.
,Effective engagement in primary prevention has a number of benefits and
advantages. Which of the following is not a benefit of primary prevention?
a. Lower costs of care
b. Better pt outcomes
c. Improved academic research
d. Enhanced pt wellness
C. Better academic research is not a benefit or primary prevention. Although new
opportunities for research may become available w/ well-executed primary
prevention, it is not pt centered or a result of primary prevention itself.
As a CNL, you recognize primary prevention occurs when:
a. Illness is detected early
b. Illness is tx'd rapidly
c. Illness is prevented entirely
d. Illness impacts the pt as little as possible
C. Total prevention of potential illness is the defining characteristic of primary
prevention.
, Which of the following is the best example of a CNL acting at a primary
prevention level?
a. Organizing a community screening for high BP
b. Initiating a community nutrition and wt loss initiative
c. Coordinating f/u care for newly dx'd diabetics
d. Developing a discharge wound care instruction packet for all orthopedic pts
B. Initiating a community nutrition and wt loss initiative aims to prevent dz before
it occurs
Health promotion acts to enhance the health outcomes of ppl by acting to prevent
and mitigate illness before it occurs or is in its early stages. Which of the following
best represents the reason health promotion is central to the CNL?
a. Health promotion helps keep the cost of care low
b. Health promotion helps preserve resources for ppl w/ non preventable diseases
c. Health promotion improves hospital satisfaction scores
d. Health promotion helps ppl live longer healthier lives
D. Helping ppl live longer healthier lives is the only pt centered intervention.
Although the CNL can use health promotion to impact areas in other responses the
focus must remain on the pt and his/her wellness
