NR 222 Exam 1 Practice
Questions 2026 Exam All
Answers and Illustrations
Given
You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a
patient with terminal cancer. You talk with your colleagues about using
the nursing code of ethics for professional registered nurses to guide
care decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks about this code. Which of
the following statements best describes this code?
A. Improves self-health care
B. Protects the patient's confidentiality
,C. Ensures identical care to all patients
D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care -
ANSWER ✔✔D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide
patient care
When giving care, it is essential to provide a specified service according
to standards of practice and to follow a code of ethics. The code of
ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the
principles you will use to provide care for your patients. The code serves
as a guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities to provide quality
nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and
cough. The nurse obtains her vital signs, auscultates her lung sounds,
listens to her heart sounds, determines her level of comfort, and collects
blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is
performed?
A. Diagnosis
B. Evaluation
,C. Assessment
D. Implementation - ANSWER ✔✔C. Assessment
Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the
patient's health and/or the situation.
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and
shortness of breath. The nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer
treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of practice is performed?
A. Planning
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Implementation - ANSWER ✔✔D. Implementation
Implementation is completing coordinating care and the prescribed plan
of care.
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient
wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the
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, patient to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk
and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the patient's
wishes with the family. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
A. Educator
B. Advocate
C. Caregiver
D. Case manager - ANSWER ✔✔B. Advocate
An advocate protects the patient's human and legal right to make
choices about his or her care. An advocate may also provide additional
information to help a patient decide whether or not to accept a treatment
or find an interpreter to help family members communicate their
concerns.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
Questions 2026 Exam All
Answers and Illustrations
Given
You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a
patient with terminal cancer. You talk with your colleagues about using
the nursing code of ethics for professional registered nurses to guide
care decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks about this code. Which of
the following statements best describes this code?
A. Improves self-health care
B. Protects the patient's confidentiality
,C. Ensures identical care to all patients
D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care -
ANSWER ✔✔D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide
patient care
When giving care, it is essential to provide a specified service according
to standards of practice and to follow a code of ethics. The code of
ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the
principles you will use to provide care for your patients. The code serves
as a guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities to provide quality
nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and
cough. The nurse obtains her vital signs, auscultates her lung sounds,
listens to her heart sounds, determines her level of comfort, and collects
blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is
performed?
A. Diagnosis
B. Evaluation
,C. Assessment
D. Implementation - ANSWER ✔✔C. Assessment
Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the
patient's health and/or the situation.
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and
shortness of breath. The nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer
treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of practice is performed?
A. Planning
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Implementation - ANSWER ✔✔D. Implementation
Implementation is completing coordinating care and the prescribed plan
of care.
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient
wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the
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, patient to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk
and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the patient's
wishes with the family. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
A. Educator
B. Advocate
C. Caregiver
D. Case manager - ANSWER ✔✔B. Advocate
An advocate protects the patient's human and legal right to make
choices about his or her care. An advocate may also provide additional
information to help a patient decide whether or not to accept a treatment
or find an interpreter to help family members communicate their
concerns.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
