INTRO TO NURSING ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
2026
▶ The nurse discussing the important of a professional nursing
organization setting standards should include which statement? Answer: It
helps identify nursing as a profession
▶ Which scenario is the best example of a nurse implementing care
according to ANA standards of practice? Answer: Providing nutrition
teaching to a client with diabetes.
▶ Florence Nightingale was a nurse pioneer who challenges prejudices
against women and elevated the status of all nurses. Which statement
accurately describes one of her accomplishments? Answer: She promoted
the publication of book about nursing and health care
▶ A nurse is providing care for clients in a long-term care facility. What
should be the central focus of this care? Answer: The client receiving the
care
▶ Which nursing actions demonstrate the aim of nursing to facilitate
coping? Answer: -assisting a client and his family to prepare for death
-teaching a client and her family how to live with diabetes
-providing counseling for the family of a teenager with an eating disorder
▶ A nurse must possess several characteristics to be successful in this
profession. Secondary to critical thinking skills, which is of great value?
Answer: Advocating for the client at all times
▶ Which challenge associated with technology most affects nurses today?
Answer: Client privacy issues with social media realm
▶ Which social force has most significant impacted the future supply and
demand of nurses? Answer: aging
, ▶ The nurse is caring for a client who cannot meet health needs
independently. Which action made by the nurse depicts concern and
attachment? Answer: Asking the client, "How are you doing today? I am
really worried about you."
▶ The nurse is caring for a postoperative client. The health care provider
has written a prescription for pain medication, and the prescription gives a
dosage range for the amount the nurse may give depending on the severity
of the client's pain. This type of functioning within the health care team is
called: Answer: collaborative functioning
▶ The nurse graduated several years ago from a 2-year nursing program
at a community college near the home city. Recently, the nurse has
considered moving from providing direct care into a administrative role, but
recognizes the need to further education to be considered for the position.
The nurse is most likely possesses which nursing qualification? Answer:
Associates degree
▶ Which organization has established standards that help the nurse
determine which clinical action fall under the scope of nursing practice?
Answer: American Nurse Association
▶ The nurse is conducting a class for nursing assistants. One of the
students ask the nurse, why blood pressure, pulse, temperature are called
vital signs.Which explanation would the nurse offer the student? Answer:
Because significant deviation from normal is not compatible with life
▶ Due to the rising cost of health services, many procedures and
treatments are being delivered in what type of setting? Answer: outpatient
facilities
▶ A prospective nursing student desires a career that will allow the
opportunity to provide care and to assist professional nurses with routine
technical procedures. This prospective student needs to be employed in a
full-time position quickly due to economic hardship. What type of nursing
program would best suit this student. Answer: Licensed or vocational
nursing program
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
2026
▶ The nurse discussing the important of a professional nursing
organization setting standards should include which statement? Answer: It
helps identify nursing as a profession
▶ Which scenario is the best example of a nurse implementing care
according to ANA standards of practice? Answer: Providing nutrition
teaching to a client with diabetes.
▶ Florence Nightingale was a nurse pioneer who challenges prejudices
against women and elevated the status of all nurses. Which statement
accurately describes one of her accomplishments? Answer: She promoted
the publication of book about nursing and health care
▶ A nurse is providing care for clients in a long-term care facility. What
should be the central focus of this care? Answer: The client receiving the
care
▶ Which nursing actions demonstrate the aim of nursing to facilitate
coping? Answer: -assisting a client and his family to prepare for death
-teaching a client and her family how to live with diabetes
-providing counseling for the family of a teenager with an eating disorder
▶ A nurse must possess several characteristics to be successful in this
profession. Secondary to critical thinking skills, which is of great value?
Answer: Advocating for the client at all times
▶ Which challenge associated with technology most affects nurses today?
Answer: Client privacy issues with social media realm
▶ Which social force has most significant impacted the future supply and
demand of nurses? Answer: aging
, ▶ The nurse is caring for a client who cannot meet health needs
independently. Which action made by the nurse depicts concern and
attachment? Answer: Asking the client, "How are you doing today? I am
really worried about you."
▶ The nurse is caring for a postoperative client. The health care provider
has written a prescription for pain medication, and the prescription gives a
dosage range for the amount the nurse may give depending on the severity
of the client's pain. This type of functioning within the health care team is
called: Answer: collaborative functioning
▶ The nurse graduated several years ago from a 2-year nursing program
at a community college near the home city. Recently, the nurse has
considered moving from providing direct care into a administrative role, but
recognizes the need to further education to be considered for the position.
The nurse is most likely possesses which nursing qualification? Answer:
Associates degree
▶ Which organization has established standards that help the nurse
determine which clinical action fall under the scope of nursing practice?
Answer: American Nurse Association
▶ The nurse is conducting a class for nursing assistants. One of the
students ask the nurse, why blood pressure, pulse, temperature are called
vital signs.Which explanation would the nurse offer the student? Answer:
Because significant deviation from normal is not compatible with life
▶ Due to the rising cost of health services, many procedures and
treatments are being delivered in what type of setting? Answer: outpatient
facilities
▶ A prospective nursing student desires a career that will allow the
opportunity to provide care and to assist professional nurses with routine
technical procedures. This prospective student needs to be employed in a
full-time position quickly due to economic hardship. What type of nursing
program would best suit this student. Answer: Licensed or vocational
nursing program
