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CNL EXAM VERSION 1 AND 2 NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BEST
BRANDNEW EDITION||SURE EXAMS||SURE PASS!!!
VERSION 1
A university health center organizes an annual influenza vaccine
clinic to vaccinate large numbers of university students at once.
Influenza vaccines are an example of which level of prevention?
A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Administering influenza vaccines is not a level of prevention.
- ANSWER-A. Primary prevention
You are the only CNL on your trauma step-down unit. Thus, you
are working to help the unit clinical manager update the
staffing matrix. This needs to be done because of unit changes
including the addition of a new higher-acuity patient population
and increased nurse staff needs on your unit. The increase in
worked hours per patient day needed for this higher-acuity
patient population is an example of what type of cost increase?
A. Direct unit costs
B. Indirect unit costs
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C. Fixed unit costs
D. Imputed costs - ANSWER-A. Direct unit costs
Direct costs are costs that are directly identifiable with a
particular service. This includes personnel and equipment.
Prior to discharge, a CNL named Jason goes in to stress the
importance of smoking cessation for a patient with COPD. The
patient tells Jason he completely agrees that he needs to stop
smoking sometime soon, maybe even after he finishes his
carton of cigarettes or at least in the next 2 months. Jason
recognizes this patient is in which stage of Prochaska and
DiClemente's Transtheoretical Model for stages of change?
A. Precontemplation
B. Action
C. Preparation
D. Contemplation - ANSWER-D. Contemplation
While performing a 5 "P" assessment of your medical-surgical
unit, you observe that most communication between the
healthcare disciplines occurs through the electronic medical
record. This results in delays in care, missed care, and an
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increased length of stay. What is the best way to improve team
communication?
A. Create a paper template for all team members to document
the plan of care.
B. Initiate daily interprofessional rounds that include a member
of each discipline.
C. Round with each member of the team and share the plan of
care.
D. Provide education on the importance of complete and timely
documentation. - ANSWER-B. Initiate daily interprofessional
rounds that include a member of each discipline.
The new CNL recognizes the importance of incorporating the
goals of Healthy People 2030 into his or her microsystem/unit's
process improvement goals and projects. Which of the
following are overarching goals of the Healthy People
initiatives?
A. Improve HCAHP scores, increase healthcare access, and
decrease sentinel events.
B. Identify health improvement priorities and clear targets to
monitor progress for the United States.
C. Increase healthcare access, decrease sentinel events, and
eliminate health disparities.
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D. Increase public awareness about healthcare access and
sentinel events in the United States - ANSWER-B. Identify
health improvement priorities and clear targets to monitor
progress for the United States.
There are five stages of group development. The stage that
requires the team leader to be adept in facilitating group
discussion to ensure team members are listening to each other
and respecting differences and ideas is called:
A. Attacking
B. Norming
C. Creating
D. Storming - ANSWER-D. Storming
As a CNL utilizing horizontal leadership, it is also important for
the CNL to be aware of the different theories that serve as a
foundation of healthcare delivery. Which theory is derived from
the chaos model and is used to understand a rapidly changing,
unpredictable healthcare environment?
A. Change Theory
B. Systems Theory
C. Unpredictable Theory
D. Complexity Theory - ANSWER-Complexity theory
CNL EXAM VERSION 1 AND 2 NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BEST
BRANDNEW EDITION||SURE EXAMS||SURE PASS!!!
VERSION 1
A university health center organizes an annual influenza vaccine
clinic to vaccinate large numbers of university students at once.
Influenza vaccines are an example of which level of prevention?
A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Administering influenza vaccines is not a level of prevention.
- ANSWER-A. Primary prevention
You are the only CNL on your trauma step-down unit. Thus, you
are working to help the unit clinical manager update the
staffing matrix. This needs to be done because of unit changes
including the addition of a new higher-acuity patient population
and increased nurse staff needs on your unit. The increase in
worked hours per patient day needed for this higher-acuity
patient population is an example of what type of cost increase?
A. Direct unit costs
B. Indirect unit costs
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C. Fixed unit costs
D. Imputed costs - ANSWER-A. Direct unit costs
Direct costs are costs that are directly identifiable with a
particular service. This includes personnel and equipment.
Prior to discharge, a CNL named Jason goes in to stress the
importance of smoking cessation for a patient with COPD. The
patient tells Jason he completely agrees that he needs to stop
smoking sometime soon, maybe even after he finishes his
carton of cigarettes or at least in the next 2 months. Jason
recognizes this patient is in which stage of Prochaska and
DiClemente's Transtheoretical Model for stages of change?
A. Precontemplation
B. Action
C. Preparation
D. Contemplation - ANSWER-D. Contemplation
While performing a 5 "P" assessment of your medical-surgical
unit, you observe that most communication between the
healthcare disciplines occurs through the electronic medical
record. This results in delays in care, missed care, and an
,3|Page
increased length of stay. What is the best way to improve team
communication?
A. Create a paper template for all team members to document
the plan of care.
B. Initiate daily interprofessional rounds that include a member
of each discipline.
C. Round with each member of the team and share the plan of
care.
D. Provide education on the importance of complete and timely
documentation. - ANSWER-B. Initiate daily interprofessional
rounds that include a member of each discipline.
The new CNL recognizes the importance of incorporating the
goals of Healthy People 2030 into his or her microsystem/unit's
process improvement goals and projects. Which of the
following are overarching goals of the Healthy People
initiatives?
A. Improve HCAHP scores, increase healthcare access, and
decrease sentinel events.
B. Identify health improvement priorities and clear targets to
monitor progress for the United States.
C. Increase healthcare access, decrease sentinel events, and
eliminate health disparities.
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D. Increase public awareness about healthcare access and
sentinel events in the United States - ANSWER-B. Identify
health improvement priorities and clear targets to monitor
progress for the United States.
There are five stages of group development. The stage that
requires the team leader to be adept in facilitating group
discussion to ensure team members are listening to each other
and respecting differences and ideas is called:
A. Attacking
B. Norming
C. Creating
D. Storming - ANSWER-D. Storming
As a CNL utilizing horizontal leadership, it is also important for
the CNL to be aware of the different theories that serve as a
foundation of healthcare delivery. Which theory is derived from
the chaos model and is used to understand a rapidly changing,
unpredictable healthcare environment?
A. Change Theory
B. Systems Theory
C. Unpredictable Theory
D. Complexity Theory - ANSWER-Complexity theory
