PROFESSIONAL NURSING 10TH
EDITIONTEST BANK 2025
1. The nursing director attends a workshop and is presenting information on the
ANA's seven essential features in Nursing's Social Policy Statement (2010). Which
one of the seven essential features of nursing is included in the publication?
A) Application of professional judgment and critical thinking to assess and
implement treatment based on human responses and experiences.
B) Use public policy of current legislature to shape the future of the nursing
profession.
C) Use scientific knowledge to ration care to those individuals with noncomplex
diagnoses and simple treatment options.
D) Use assessment as the guide in order to treat the full range of human
responses "within the physical environment."
- CORRECT ANS -A
2. 2. A caregiver who has worked for 15 years in the hospital has an opportunity to
attend an RN-to-BSN program in her local community, and the hospital will pay for
the cost of tuition if the caregiver agrees to work there for 2 years following
graduation. The caregiver has accepted and is in the first term at the local college. If
the caregiver wants to work on her critical and reflective thinking skills, which
activity should she/he focus on developing?
A) Reading a chapter on "Care of the Cardiac Patient.
B) Speaking to the caregivers on the clinical unit.
C) Listening to family as they share the patient's story.
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, D) Writing a paper on nursing for the palliative patient.
- CORRECT ANS -D
3. A caregiver in the long-term care facility has decided to return to nursing school to
earn a higher degree. The caregiver is full of positive thoughts and energy when
contemplates all the new things to learn. According to Shane's returning-to-school
syndrome, which phase is this caregiver experiencing?
A) conflict phase
B) reintegration phase
C) integration phase
D) honeymoon phase
- CORRECT ANS -D
4. A student caregiver, who is in the second semester of nursing school, is experiencing
an unsettled feeling. The caregiver notes a lack of confidence in knowing how to act
or what questions to ask. According to Bridges' Managing Transitions theory, what
phase of transition is this student experiencing?
A) new beginning
B) neutral zone
C) transition one
D) letting go
- CORRECT ANS -B
5. A caregiver returns to school to complete an advanced nursing degree and is finding
it difficult to meet all expectations of her life. The caregiver is a new parent, a
student, a spouse, and a full-time employee. The caregiver is experiencing what type
of issue?
A) value conflict
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, B) behavioral conflict
C) role conflict
D) attitude conflict
- CORRECT ANS -C
6. The characteristics of a profession are many, and nursing is delineated as an
emerging profession because of the absence of what characteristic?
A) use of a specialized database
B) standardized educational entry
C) specialized competencies
D) autonomy and control over work
- CORRECT ANS -B
7. A caregiver works in the medical-surgical unit of a suburban hospital and is taking
care of a patient who has many complex physiologic processes going on at the same
time. The caregiver exhibits flexibility, inquisitiveness, and open mindedness in
caring for the patient as their condition changes from day-to-day. The caregiver is
primarily exhibiting which type of thinking?
A) critical thinking
B) creative thinking
C) reflective thinking
D) independent thinking –
CORRECT ANS -A
8. A nursing student is in the senior semester of nursing school. In addition to going to
clinical sessions, didactic lectures, and applying for nursing position, the student is
reviewing for the NCLEX exam. Which of these intellectual characteristics of a
nursing student is involved with licensure?
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, A) specialized education
B) body of knowledge
C) the ability to think critically
D) the ability to manage colleagues
- CORRECT ANS -A
9. In order to attain professional status, which nursing role will nursing personnel
need to be performing on a regular basis?
A) Work individually to showcase contributions to society.
B) Maintain three levels of education for caregivers collectively.
C) Work together to collaborate through professional organizations.
D) Ethically maintain standards of care for patients.
- CORRECT ANS -C
10. A caregiver enters the room of a patient and teaches about pain medication while
simultaneously relieving stress with therapeutic massage. The caregiver is also able
to determine what theories pertain to the nursing actions. Which type of thinking is
the caregiver exhibiting when he/she processes caring for the pain of this patient?
A) independent thinking
B) critical thinking
C) reflective thinking
D) creative thinking
- CORRECT ANS -C
11. A staff caregiver is providing education to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)
on the unit about safe gowning and gloving when caring for patients with MRSA.
Which role will the staff caregiver undertake when providing this education?
A) caregiver
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EDITIONTEST BANK 2025
1. The nursing director attends a workshop and is presenting information on the
ANA's seven essential features in Nursing's Social Policy Statement (2010). Which
one of the seven essential features of nursing is included in the publication?
A) Application of professional judgment and critical thinking to assess and
implement treatment based on human responses and experiences.
B) Use public policy of current legislature to shape the future of the nursing
profession.
C) Use scientific knowledge to ration care to those individuals with noncomplex
diagnoses and simple treatment options.
D) Use assessment as the guide in order to treat the full range of human
responses "within the physical environment."
- CORRECT ANS -A
2. 2. A caregiver who has worked for 15 years in the hospital has an opportunity to
attend an RN-to-BSN program in her local community, and the hospital will pay for
the cost of tuition if the caregiver agrees to work there for 2 years following
graduation. The caregiver has accepted and is in the first term at the local college. If
the caregiver wants to work on her critical and reflective thinking skills, which
activity should she/he focus on developing?
A) Reading a chapter on "Care of the Cardiac Patient.
B) Speaking to the caregivers on the clinical unit.
C) Listening to family as they share the patient's story.
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, D) Writing a paper on nursing for the palliative patient.
- CORRECT ANS -D
3. A caregiver in the long-term care facility has decided to return to nursing school to
earn a higher degree. The caregiver is full of positive thoughts and energy when
contemplates all the new things to learn. According to Shane's returning-to-school
syndrome, which phase is this caregiver experiencing?
A) conflict phase
B) reintegration phase
C) integration phase
D) honeymoon phase
- CORRECT ANS -D
4. A student caregiver, who is in the second semester of nursing school, is experiencing
an unsettled feeling. The caregiver notes a lack of confidence in knowing how to act
or what questions to ask. According to Bridges' Managing Transitions theory, what
phase of transition is this student experiencing?
A) new beginning
B) neutral zone
C) transition one
D) letting go
- CORRECT ANS -B
5. A caregiver returns to school to complete an advanced nursing degree and is finding
it difficult to meet all expectations of her life. The caregiver is a new parent, a
student, a spouse, and a full-time employee. The caregiver is experiencing what type
of issue?
A) value conflict
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, B) behavioral conflict
C) role conflict
D) attitude conflict
- CORRECT ANS -C
6. The characteristics of a profession are many, and nursing is delineated as an
emerging profession because of the absence of what characteristic?
A) use of a specialized database
B) standardized educational entry
C) specialized competencies
D) autonomy and control over work
- CORRECT ANS -B
7. A caregiver works in the medical-surgical unit of a suburban hospital and is taking
care of a patient who has many complex physiologic processes going on at the same
time. The caregiver exhibits flexibility, inquisitiveness, and open mindedness in
caring for the patient as their condition changes from day-to-day. The caregiver is
primarily exhibiting which type of thinking?
A) critical thinking
B) creative thinking
C) reflective thinking
D) independent thinking –
CORRECT ANS -A
8. A nursing student is in the senior semester of nursing school. In addition to going to
clinical sessions, didactic lectures, and applying for nursing position, the student is
reviewing for the NCLEX exam. Which of these intellectual characteristics of a
nursing student is involved with licensure?
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, A) specialized education
B) body of knowledge
C) the ability to think critically
D) the ability to manage colleagues
- CORRECT ANS -A
9. In order to attain professional status, which nursing role will nursing personnel
need to be performing on a regular basis?
A) Work individually to showcase contributions to society.
B) Maintain three levels of education for caregivers collectively.
C) Work together to collaborate through professional organizations.
D) Ethically maintain standards of care for patients.
- CORRECT ANS -C
10. A caregiver enters the room of a patient and teaches about pain medication while
simultaneously relieving stress with therapeutic massage. The caregiver is also able
to determine what theories pertain to the nursing actions. Which type of thinking is
the caregiver exhibiting when he/she processes caring for the pain of this patient?
A) independent thinking
B) critical thinking
C) reflective thinking
D) creative thinking
- CORRECT ANS -C
11. A staff caregiver is providing education to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)
on the unit about safe gowning and gloving when caring for patients with MRSA.
Which role will the staff caregiver undertake when providing this education?
A) caregiver
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