NCLEX Practice Questions Exam 1
Latest Update 2026 GRADED A+
A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs. For
which nursing activities is this approach useful?
a. Making accurate nursing diagnoses
b. Establishing priorities of care
c. Communicating concerns more concisely
d. Integrating science into nursing care - correct answerb. Maslow's hierarchy of basic
human needs is useful for establishing priorities of care.
The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care facility. Which
examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Select all that apply.
a. Preventing falls in the facility
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group. - correct answerb, d. Physiologic
needs—oxygen, water, food, elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and
rest—must be met at least minimally to maintain life. Providing food and oxygen are
examples of interventions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and
security needs, providing art supplies may help meet self-actualization needs,
facilitating visits from loved ones helps meet self-esteem needs, and referring a patient
to a support group helps meet love and belonging needs.
The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and sterile
techniques when handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs is being met
by this nurse?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
d. Love and belonging - correct answerb. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and
using sterile technique, nurses provide safety from infection. An example of a
physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-esteem needs may be met by
allowing an older adult to talk about a past career. An example of helping meet a love
and belonging need is contacting a hospitalized patient's family to arrange a visit.
, The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that the highest level on
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-actualization needs. Which statements accurately
describe the achievement of self-actualization? Select all that apply.
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems. - correct
answerc, e, f. Self-actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a process that
continues throughout life. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems
outside oneself and using creativity as a guideline for solving problems and pursuing
interests. Humans are not born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization, and
self-actualization needs are not met specifically by depending on others for help.
Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of unmet self-actualization needs.
A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility. What is
the best broad definition of a family?
a. A father, a mother, and children
b. A group whose members are biologically related
c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
d. A group of people who live together and depend on each other for support - correct
answerd. Although all the responses may be true, the best definition is a group of
people who live together and depend on each other for physical, emotional, or financial
support.
A nurse performs an assessment of a family consisting of a single mother, a
grandmother, and two children. Which interview questions directed to the single mother
could the nurse use to assess the affective and coping family function? Select all that
apply.
a. Who is the person you depend on for emotional support?
b. Who is the breadwinner in your family?
c. Do you plan on having any more children?
d. Who keeps your family together in times of stress?
e. What family traditions do you pass on to your children?
f. Do you live in an environment that you consider safe? - correct answera, d. The five
major areas of family function are physical, economic, reproductive, affective and
coping, and socialization. Asking who provides emotional support in times of stress
assesses the affective and coping function. Assessing the breadwinner focuses on the
economic function. Inquiring about having more children assesses the reproductive
function, asking about family traditions assesses the socialization function, and
checking the environment assesses the physical function.
Latest Update 2026 GRADED A+
A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs. For
which nursing activities is this approach useful?
a. Making accurate nursing diagnoses
b. Establishing priorities of care
c. Communicating concerns more concisely
d. Integrating science into nursing care - correct answerb. Maslow's hierarchy of basic
human needs is useful for establishing priorities of care.
The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care facility. Which
examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Select all that apply.
a. Preventing falls in the facility
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group. - correct answerb, d. Physiologic
needs—oxygen, water, food, elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and
rest—must be met at least minimally to maintain life. Providing food and oxygen are
examples of interventions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and
security needs, providing art supplies may help meet self-actualization needs,
facilitating visits from loved ones helps meet self-esteem needs, and referring a patient
to a support group helps meet love and belonging needs.
The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and sterile
techniques when handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs is being met
by this nurse?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
d. Love and belonging - correct answerb. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and
using sterile technique, nurses provide safety from infection. An example of a
physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-esteem needs may be met by
allowing an older adult to talk about a past career. An example of helping meet a love
and belonging need is contacting a hospitalized patient's family to arrange a visit.
, The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that the highest level on
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-actualization needs. Which statements accurately
describe the achievement of self-actualization? Select all that apply.
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems. - correct
answerc, e, f. Self-actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a process that
continues throughout life. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems
outside oneself and using creativity as a guideline for solving problems and pursuing
interests. Humans are not born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization, and
self-actualization needs are not met specifically by depending on others for help.
Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of unmet self-actualization needs.
A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility. What is
the best broad definition of a family?
a. A father, a mother, and children
b. A group whose members are biologically related
c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
d. A group of people who live together and depend on each other for support - correct
answerd. Although all the responses may be true, the best definition is a group of
people who live together and depend on each other for physical, emotional, or financial
support.
A nurse performs an assessment of a family consisting of a single mother, a
grandmother, and two children. Which interview questions directed to the single mother
could the nurse use to assess the affective and coping family function? Select all that
apply.
a. Who is the person you depend on for emotional support?
b. Who is the breadwinner in your family?
c. Do you plan on having any more children?
d. Who keeps your family together in times of stress?
e. What family traditions do you pass on to your children?
f. Do you live in an environment that you consider safe? - correct answera, d. The five
major areas of family function are physical, economic, reproductive, affective and
coping, and socialization. Asking who provides emotional support in times of stress
assesses the affective and coping function. Assessing the breadwinner focuses on the
economic function. Inquiring about having more children assesses the reproductive
function, asking about family traditions assesses the socialization function, and
checking the environment assesses the physical function.
