NUR 3816 – Professional Nursing
Concepts Exam | 2025/2026 Verified
Questions & Answers
Focus Area 1: Nursing Roles – Questions 1-11
Question 1: In the ANA Scope of Practice (2025), the nurse's role in care coordination
emphasizes?
A. Independent prescribing
B. Interprofessional collaboration for seamless transitions
C. Sole accountability for outcomes
D. Administrative oversight
Rationale: Care coordination involves facilitating communication among providers to optimize
patient outcomes, per ANA 2025 standards, reducing readmissions through shared plans rather
than isolation (A/C) or hierarchy (D).
Question 2: A school nurse identifies lead exposure in a child. This exemplifies the public
health role of?
A. Direct treatment
B. Surveillance and prevention
C. Medication administration
D. Family counseling only
Rationale: Public health nursing focuses on population-level monitoring and interventions to
mitigate risks, as outlined in Quad Council 2025 competencies, linking individual cases to
community education on environmental hazards.
Question 3: In telehealth nursing per HIMSS 2025 guidelines, the role includes?
A. In-person diagnostics
B. Virtual triage and health education
C. Surgical assistance
D. Lab result collection
Rationale: Telehealth expands access via remote assessment, emphasizing digital literacy and
privacy (HIPAA 2025), enabling equitable care without physical presence (A/C/D).
Question 4: The forensic nurse's role in intimate partner violence involves?
A. Legal prosecution
B. Evidence collection and trauma-informed support
, C. Counseling therapy
D. Policy enforcement
Rationale: Forensic nursing bridges healthcare and justice by preserving chain of custody while
prioritizing patient safety, per IAFN 2025 standards, distinct from therapy (C) or enforcement
(A/D).
Question 5: In disaster response, the nurse's triage role follows?
A. Alphabetical order
B. START method for immediate vs. delayed care
C. Age priority
D. Resource availability only
Rationale: Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) categorizes based on
respiratory/circulatory stability, per FEMA/ANA 2025, ensuring efficient resource allocation in
mass casualty events.
Question 6: The informatics nurse role per ANIA 2025 integrates?
A. Sole technology repair
B. Data analytics for evidence-based improvements
C. Billing management
D. Hardware procurement
Rationale: Informatics leverages EHRs for quality metrics, supporting QI initiatives like reducing
errors, unlike operational tasks (A/C/D).
Question 7: In community health, the nurse's role in health promotion includes?
A. Curative interventions
B. Assessing social determinants and facilitating access
C. Hospital referrals only
D. Individual prescriptions
Rationale: Upstream focus on SDOH per Healthy People 2030/ANA 2025 addresses inequities,
promoting preventive education over treatment (A/C).
Question 8: The perioperative nurse's circulating role ensures?
A. Surgical performance
B. Patient advocacy and sterile field maintenance
C. Anesthesia administration
D. Instrument sterilization
Concepts Exam | 2025/2026 Verified
Questions & Answers
Focus Area 1: Nursing Roles – Questions 1-11
Question 1: In the ANA Scope of Practice (2025), the nurse's role in care coordination
emphasizes?
A. Independent prescribing
B. Interprofessional collaboration for seamless transitions
C. Sole accountability for outcomes
D. Administrative oversight
Rationale: Care coordination involves facilitating communication among providers to optimize
patient outcomes, per ANA 2025 standards, reducing readmissions through shared plans rather
than isolation (A/C) or hierarchy (D).
Question 2: A school nurse identifies lead exposure in a child. This exemplifies the public
health role of?
A. Direct treatment
B. Surveillance and prevention
C. Medication administration
D. Family counseling only
Rationale: Public health nursing focuses on population-level monitoring and interventions to
mitigate risks, as outlined in Quad Council 2025 competencies, linking individual cases to
community education on environmental hazards.
Question 3: In telehealth nursing per HIMSS 2025 guidelines, the role includes?
A. In-person diagnostics
B. Virtual triage and health education
C. Surgical assistance
D. Lab result collection
Rationale: Telehealth expands access via remote assessment, emphasizing digital literacy and
privacy (HIPAA 2025), enabling equitable care without physical presence (A/C/D).
Question 4: The forensic nurse's role in intimate partner violence involves?
A. Legal prosecution
B. Evidence collection and trauma-informed support
, C. Counseling therapy
D. Policy enforcement
Rationale: Forensic nursing bridges healthcare and justice by preserving chain of custody while
prioritizing patient safety, per IAFN 2025 standards, distinct from therapy (C) or enforcement
(A/D).
Question 5: In disaster response, the nurse's triage role follows?
A. Alphabetical order
B. START method for immediate vs. delayed care
C. Age priority
D. Resource availability only
Rationale: Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) categorizes based on
respiratory/circulatory stability, per FEMA/ANA 2025, ensuring efficient resource allocation in
mass casualty events.
Question 6: The informatics nurse role per ANIA 2025 integrates?
A. Sole technology repair
B. Data analytics for evidence-based improvements
C. Billing management
D. Hardware procurement
Rationale: Informatics leverages EHRs for quality metrics, supporting QI initiatives like reducing
errors, unlike operational tasks (A/C/D).
Question 7: In community health, the nurse's role in health promotion includes?
A. Curative interventions
B. Assessing social determinants and facilitating access
C. Hospital referrals only
D. Individual prescriptions
Rationale: Upstream focus on SDOH per Healthy People 2030/ANA 2025 addresses inequities,
promoting preventive education over treatment (A/C).
Question 8: The perioperative nurse's circulating role ensures?
A. Surgical performance
B. Patient advocacy and sterile field maintenance
C. Anesthesia administration
D. Instrument sterilization
