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NSG 444/ NSG444 | Exam 2 Prep | Transition to
Practice | Questions & Answers | Grade A| 100%
Correct | (NEW 2025/ 2026) GCU
1. What is communicate high expectations, are good listeners, show
empathy, and are nonjudgmental. Successful mentors are not
passive but are actively involved with the growth of the mentee:
Three characteristics of a successful mentor.
2. What is acuity level?: Organizations use a variety of systems such as
rating scales based on nursing care delivery, patient stability, and care
needs to determine this level.
3. Of the following, what requires immediate action:
Routine VS
Dressing change
Serum Sodium level of 125
Client found lying on the floor: Serum Sodium level of 125
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4. The overarching purpose of the Self Determination Act calls on
nurses and hospitals to educate patients on this.: Advance
directives
5. What is deontological ethics?: This rigid approach to ethical decision
making treats all individuals the same.
6. What is The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare
Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)?: This survey rates hospitals on
communication, responsiveness, pain management, discharge
information, cleanliness of the facility, quietness of the environment,
and if patients would recommend the hospital.
7. What is the focus on the patients?: A graduate nurse who is nervous
about floating to another unit
8. Three of the six admitting diagnosis included in core measures.:
What is acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, community-acquired
pneumonia, surgical infections, pregnancy-related conditions, and
deep vein thrombosis.
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9. A nurse is a team member assisting with the define-measure-
analyze-improve-control (DMAIC) process. Which action would
the nurse take during the DEFINE phase?
a. Identify the stakeholders.
b. Agree on the key performance indicators.
c Identify gaps between performance and goals.
d. Identify those responsible for data collection.: a. Identify the
stakeholders.
10. What is an example of a regulatory agency or requirement that will
affect health care policy with regard to informatics?
a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA) b. American Nursing Credentialing Center
(ANCC)
c. American Nurses Association (ANA) .
d. Medicare/Medicaid authorization: a Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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11. A nurse is educating a group of nursing students on the
deontological model of ethical reasoning. The nurse determines that
the teaching has been effective when a student states
a. "All life is worthy of respect."
b. "Abortions are ethical."
c. "Euthanasia is acceptable in certain situations."
d. "Lying is acceptable if it benefits the patient.": a. "All life is worthy of
respect." 12. Advance directives such as the health care proxy and
living will support what ethical principle? a. Veracity
b. Advocacy
c. Beneficence
d. Autonomy: d. Autonomy
`13. A nurse is educating a nurse aide on patient confidentiality. The
nurse believes the teaching to be effective when the nurse aide states
that confidentiality will be maintained by a nurse who believes in and
values the ethical principle of a. Veracity
b. autonomy.
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NSG 444
NSG 444/ NSG444 | Exam 2 Prep | Transition to
Practice | Questions & Answers | Grade A| 100%
Correct | (NEW 2025/ 2026) GCU
1. What is communicate high expectations, are good listeners, show
empathy, and are nonjudgmental. Successful mentors are not
passive but are actively involved with the growth of the mentee:
Three characteristics of a successful mentor.
2. What is acuity level?: Organizations use a variety of systems such as
rating scales based on nursing care delivery, patient stability, and care
needs to determine this level.
3. Of the following, what requires immediate action:
Routine VS
Dressing change
Serum Sodium level of 125
Client found lying on the floor: Serum Sodium level of 125
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4. The overarching purpose of the Self Determination Act calls on
nurses and hospitals to educate patients on this.: Advance
directives
5. What is deontological ethics?: This rigid approach to ethical decision
making treats all individuals the same.
6. What is The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare
Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)?: This survey rates hospitals on
communication, responsiveness, pain management, discharge
information, cleanliness of the facility, quietness of the environment,
and if patients would recommend the hospital.
7. What is the focus on the patients?: A graduate nurse who is nervous
about floating to another unit
8. Three of the six admitting diagnosis included in core measures.:
What is acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, community-acquired
pneumonia, surgical infections, pregnancy-related conditions, and
deep vein thrombosis.
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9. A nurse is a team member assisting with the define-measure-
analyze-improve-control (DMAIC) process. Which action would
the nurse take during the DEFINE phase?
a. Identify the stakeholders.
b. Agree on the key performance indicators.
c Identify gaps between performance and goals.
d. Identify those responsible for data collection.: a. Identify the
stakeholders.
10. What is an example of a regulatory agency or requirement that will
affect health care policy with regard to informatics?
a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA) b. American Nursing Credentialing Center
(ANCC)
c. American Nurses Association (ANA) .
d. Medicare/Medicaid authorization: a Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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11. A nurse is educating a group of nursing students on the
deontological model of ethical reasoning. The nurse determines that
the teaching has been effective when a student states
a. "All life is worthy of respect."
b. "Abortions are ethical."
c. "Euthanasia is acceptable in certain situations."
d. "Lying is acceptable if it benefits the patient.": a. "All life is worthy of
respect." 12. Advance directives such as the health care proxy and
living will support what ethical principle? a. Veracity
b. Advocacy
c. Beneficence
d. Autonomy: d. Autonomy
`13. A nurse is educating a nurse aide on patient confidentiality. The
nurse believes the teaching to be effective when the nurse aide states
that confidentiality will be maintained by a nurse who believes in and
values the ethical principle of a. Veracity
b. autonomy.
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