TEST 2 INTRO TO NURSING QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025.
D. Child custody case correct answer: which of the following is an
example of civil law?
A. Possession of marijuana
B. Assault and battery
C. Giving alcohol to a minor
D. Child custody case
A. They determine the educational requirements for licensure.
Correct answer: the nurse practice act of a state defines the
scope and responsibilities of nursing practice in that state. Which
of the following is true regarding nurse practice acts?
A. They determine the educational requirements for licensure.
B. They describe the process for gaining membership to a
professional organization.
C. They regulate how many professional nursing organizations
may be formed.
D. They define the practice of medicine in relation to nursing.
A. Approving or reject applications for new nursing education
programs correct answer: which of the following falls under the
jurisdiction of the state board of nursing?
A. Approving or reject applications for new nursing education
programs
,B. Expanding the provisions of the nurse practice act
C. Reducing the provisions of the nurse practice act
D. Right to suspend the need for licensure of registered nurses
(rns) in times of extreme shortage
C. Practicing while impaired. Correct answer: the most common
reason that nurses are disciplined by the state board of nursing is
A. Making medication errors.
B. Following unsafe nursing practice.
C. Practicing while impaired.
D. Abandoning patients.
B. Developing the nclex-rn® and nclex-pn® licensing
examinations correct answer: what is the primary function of the
national council of state boards of nursing (ncsbn)?
A. Overseeing decisions made by state boards of nursing
B. Developing the nclex-rn® and nclex-pn® licensing
examinations
C. Administering the nclex examination at testing centers
D. Overseeing granting licensure by endorsement
C. Placing the head of the bed flat when a patient is receiving a
tube feeding, causing the patient to aspirate the mixture correct
answer: which of the following actions by the nurse constitutes
professional malpractice?
,A. Administering a preoperative sedative in the patient holding
area instead of in the patient's room
B. Failing to notify the physician of a potassium level of 4 meq/l
C. Placing the head of the bed flat when a patient is receiving a
tube feeding, causing the patient to aspirate the mixture
D. Administering a routine medication 10 minutes late because of
a unit emergency
D. Proximate cause correct answer: the nurse forgets to give the
patient a dose of antibiotic. Later in the shift, the patient goes into
cardiac arrest and dies. What element is lacking to support
malpractice?
A. Duty of care
B. Breach of duty
C. Specific injury
D. Proximate cause
A. Acute care correct answer: analysis of cases of reported
negligence from 1995 to 2001 demonstrated that the majority of
cases occurred in which patient care setting?
A. Acute care
B. Psychiatric
C. Nursing homes and long-term care facilities
D. Home health
C. Communicate with a patient. Correct answer: a competent
resident in a long-term care facility refuses an ordered
, antidepressant medication. The nurse believes the patient needs
the medication because he is clearly showing signs of depression
and dissolves the medication in juice without telling the patient.
This illustrates negligence by failure to
A. Follow the standard of care.
B. Assess and monitor a patient.
C. Communicate with a patient.
D. Document.
C. "no, posting pictures of patients and families on social media
sites is not acceptable." correct answer: a nursing student got a
thank-you card from a patient's family and had another student
take a photo of the student with the family. The student asks the
nursing instructor if it would be alright to post the photo on
facebook. Which response by the instructor is best?
A. "yes, as long as you ask the family if that would be ok."
B. "i think that would be ok, but you should check hospital policy."
C. "no, posting pictures of patients and families on social media
sites is not acceptable."
D. "no, that could lead to a malpractice suit by the patient or
family."
D. Notifying the physician of these findings before giving the
medication correct answer: the nurse giving medications to a
pediatric patient notes that an order for a medication is
considerably larger than the usual dose. The nurse looks up the
medication in a pharmacology book and finds the prescribed dose
is too large. Which action should the nurse take?
AND ANSWERS 2025.
D. Child custody case correct answer: which of the following is an
example of civil law?
A. Possession of marijuana
B. Assault and battery
C. Giving alcohol to a minor
D. Child custody case
A. They determine the educational requirements for licensure.
Correct answer: the nurse practice act of a state defines the
scope and responsibilities of nursing practice in that state. Which
of the following is true regarding nurse practice acts?
A. They determine the educational requirements for licensure.
B. They describe the process for gaining membership to a
professional organization.
C. They regulate how many professional nursing organizations
may be formed.
D. They define the practice of medicine in relation to nursing.
A. Approving or reject applications for new nursing education
programs correct answer: which of the following falls under the
jurisdiction of the state board of nursing?
A. Approving or reject applications for new nursing education
programs
,B. Expanding the provisions of the nurse practice act
C. Reducing the provisions of the nurse practice act
D. Right to suspend the need for licensure of registered nurses
(rns) in times of extreme shortage
C. Practicing while impaired. Correct answer: the most common
reason that nurses are disciplined by the state board of nursing is
A. Making medication errors.
B. Following unsafe nursing practice.
C. Practicing while impaired.
D. Abandoning patients.
B. Developing the nclex-rn® and nclex-pn® licensing
examinations correct answer: what is the primary function of the
national council of state boards of nursing (ncsbn)?
A. Overseeing decisions made by state boards of nursing
B. Developing the nclex-rn® and nclex-pn® licensing
examinations
C. Administering the nclex examination at testing centers
D. Overseeing granting licensure by endorsement
C. Placing the head of the bed flat when a patient is receiving a
tube feeding, causing the patient to aspirate the mixture correct
answer: which of the following actions by the nurse constitutes
professional malpractice?
,A. Administering a preoperative sedative in the patient holding
area instead of in the patient's room
B. Failing to notify the physician of a potassium level of 4 meq/l
C. Placing the head of the bed flat when a patient is receiving a
tube feeding, causing the patient to aspirate the mixture
D. Administering a routine medication 10 minutes late because of
a unit emergency
D. Proximate cause correct answer: the nurse forgets to give the
patient a dose of antibiotic. Later in the shift, the patient goes into
cardiac arrest and dies. What element is lacking to support
malpractice?
A. Duty of care
B. Breach of duty
C. Specific injury
D. Proximate cause
A. Acute care correct answer: analysis of cases of reported
negligence from 1995 to 2001 demonstrated that the majority of
cases occurred in which patient care setting?
A. Acute care
B. Psychiatric
C. Nursing homes and long-term care facilities
D. Home health
C. Communicate with a patient. Correct answer: a competent
resident in a long-term care facility refuses an ordered
, antidepressant medication. The nurse believes the patient needs
the medication because he is clearly showing signs of depression
and dissolves the medication in juice without telling the patient.
This illustrates negligence by failure to
A. Follow the standard of care.
B. Assess and monitor a patient.
C. Communicate with a patient.
D. Document.
C. "no, posting pictures of patients and families on social media
sites is not acceptable." correct answer: a nursing student got a
thank-you card from a patient's family and had another student
take a photo of the student with the family. The student asks the
nursing instructor if it would be alright to post the photo on
facebook. Which response by the instructor is best?
A. "yes, as long as you ask the family if that would be ok."
B. "i think that would be ok, but you should check hospital policy."
C. "no, posting pictures of patients and families on social media
sites is not acceptable."
D. "no, that could lead to a malpractice suit by the patient or
family."
D. Notifying the physician of these findings before giving the
medication correct answer: the nurse giving medications to a
pediatric patient notes that an order for a medication is
considerably larger than the usual dose. The nurse looks up the
medication in a pharmacology book and finds the prescribed dose
is too large. Which action should the nurse take?
