Beginning Test Questions and Correct
Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
A nurse in a local Clinic is caring for a female client who is 35 years old. Which of the following
screening should the nurse recommend to the client? - Answer Dermatologist evaluation
every three years to detect skin cancer
Men and women between the ages of 20 and 40 should have skin cancer screening by a
dermatologist every 3 years. Clients above the age of 40 should have annual evaluations
A nurse is caring for a client who has cancer. The client has decided to stop treatment and
request a referral to hospice. They making the referral as requested the nurses illustrating which
type of ethical principles? - Answer Autonomy
Autonomy is respecting the client's right to make personal health care decisions, whether or not
the nurse believes those decisions are in the best interest of the client. This is the ethical
principle the nurse is illustration by making the referral as requested
A nurse is reviewing the documentation of a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
actions by the newly licensed nurse while documenting requires a nurse preceptor to
intervene? - Answer Including in a client notes that an incident report was completed after a
medication error
When an incident report should be completed for a medication error, this report is not referred
to, nor does it become part of, the client's permanent record
A nurse is caring for a client who has been admitted to the medical unit with vomiting and
possible dehydration which of the following findings requires immediate intervention - Answer
Potassium 2.5 mEq/L
A potassium level of 2.5 mEq/L is below the expected reference range. Hypokalemia can lead to
arrhythmia's or cardiac arrest. Because this level is life threatening, it is the priority at this time.
Hunter's is caring for a client who is diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis is taking
isoniazid (INH) and ethambutol (Myambutol). Which of the following manifestations reported