PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026|GUARANTEED A+

EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|LATEST

Describe the historical highlights of 21st century Nursing - ANSWER-
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Advances in technology and informatics B B B B




-acuity level: patients are more sick, but are living longer with the sickness
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- early discharge- more revenue to get people in and out quickly
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- evolving nursing practice and education (culture, ethics, end of life care, safety, quality)
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What are some of the influences on Today's practice? - ANSWER-
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-demographic changes B




-more medically underserved
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-threat of bioterrorism B B




-rising health care costs (evaluate clients ability, evaluate products)
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nursing shortage: there is a lot of pressure to get patients out of the hospital, but with the best
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Why should you evaluate a patients ability and the products they are on? - ANSWER-
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to determine whether or not they can afford what is being prescribe to them, and if it w
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ill conflict with anything else that they are on.
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What are the Scopes and Standards of practice for the Nursing Profession? (acts and associati
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ons) - ANSWER-
B B -American Nurses Association (ANA) B B B




B -Standards of Nursing Practice (minimal level of competency you are expected to have)
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B -Standards of Professional Performance (competency level of behavior)
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-American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statement
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-State Board Nurses Practice Acts
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, What do the State Board Nurses Practice Acts regulate? - ANSWER-
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the scope of nursing practice to protect the public
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-legal regulations B




What are the six standards of practice? - ANSWER-
B B B B B B B B 1. Assessment
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2. Diagnosis
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3. Outcome identifications
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4. Planning
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5. Implementation
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6. Evaluation
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What is the Licensure and Certification to be come an RN - ANSWER-
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Graduate of an accredited nursing school B B B B B




-Pass the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-
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RN) administered by individual State Board of Nursing
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-Licensed by State Board of Nursing B B B B B




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Certification, is offered by national nursing organization, and may be obtained in a specific are
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a of the nursing practice. (ongoing education is required)
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What is the Art and Science of Nursing? - ANSWER-
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It requires a blend of current knowledge and practice standards with an insightful and h
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umane approach to client care
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-Care should reflect the needs and values of the
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society

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Must use critical thinking to integrate information from the science and nursing knowledge ba
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ses



What does autonomy mean in terms of nursing? - ANSWER-
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to be independent in nursing interventions
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