NUR 3805 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE
QUESTIONS 2026/2027
Which of the following should a nurse meeting the Nurse of the Future: Nursing Core
Competencies manifest? - Correct answer ✔✔ Teamwork and collaboration
Compared to a generation ago, the work of RNs: - Correct answer ✔✔ involves significantly
more responsibilities
Which of the following characteristics is indicative of critical thinking? - Correct answer ✔✔
Critical thinking is rational and reasonable and requires reflection
The nurse who is administering medications should take measures to avoid interruptions to
prevent which type of error - Correct answer ✔✔ Skill-based
Outside the core competencies for nurses in the KSA lies what? - Correct answer ✔✔ Practive
environment
Professional socialization of nurses includes the internalization of what has been referred to as
the five Cs. Which of the following options embodies the caring for self and others espoused by
the profession of nursing? - Correct answer ✔✔ Compassion, competence, confidence,
conscience, and commitment
When, during profesisonal formation, should a nurse focus on rules and guidelines? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Novice
,The nurse is caring for five patients on a busy surgical floor. The shift begins with assessment of
patients with analysis of problems and priorization of care. Choose the stage that is
characterized by this ability - Correct answer ✔✔ Competent
During the formation into any profession, the novice has to adopt what about the profession? -
Correct answer ✔✔ Its culture
The student nurse throughout the educational experience has observed the development of the
ability to draw on knowledge and skilled know-how and a way of being and acting in nursing
practice. Which term describes this phenomenon? - Correct answer ✔✔ Formation
Which of the following behaviors of the nurse demonstrates clinical judgement? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Ethical reasoning
Which competency was identified during the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
project? - Correct answer ✔✔ Safety
Which description best illustrates Tanner's conclusions about thinking like a nurse? - Correct
answer ✔✔ It is a form of engaged moral reasoning
The new graduate nurse makes the statement â€oel am so glad to be finished with learning all
this nursing information. Which of the following options does the nurse’s statement reflect?
- Correct answer ✔✔ Lack of adequate socialization to the values of professional nursing
The new graduate nurse is finding it difficult to integrate the ideal and the actual performed role
into the professional role. Select the phenomenon described. - Correct answer ✔✔ Role conlict
The goal in the formation of nurses today and in the future is: - Correct answer ✔✔ achieving
caring with autonomy
, Which of the following characteristics is observed in nurses who are critical thinkers? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Empathetic
The KSA in the QSEN Project and Nurse of the Future Model reflect learning domains including
which of the following? - Correct answer ✔✔ Affective
Which of the following terms refers to the good conduct of the nurse born out of an
individualized relationship with the patient that involves engagement in a situation? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Ethical comportment
Why was the Nurse Of The Future: Nursing Core Competencies developed? - Correct answer
✔✔ To create a seamless progression through all levels of nursing education and develop
consensus on competencies
Who or what most helped to publicize the plight of children and the poor in the United States
during the Industrial Revolution? - Correct answer ✔✔ Shattuck Report
Which report advocated for university schools of nursing to train nurse leaders? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Goldmark Report
When assessing a woman who has recently given birth, the nurse using Becâ€'s theory should
assess for indicators of which of the following? - Correct answer ✔✔ Postpartum mood disorder
and loss of control
The central concepts of the discipline of nursing include which of the following? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Health
Which of the following is a patient characteristic identified by the AACN Synergy Model? -
Correct answer ✔✔ Resiliency
QUESTIONS 2026/2027
Which of the following should a nurse meeting the Nurse of the Future: Nursing Core
Competencies manifest? - Correct answer ✔✔ Teamwork and collaboration
Compared to a generation ago, the work of RNs: - Correct answer ✔✔ involves significantly
more responsibilities
Which of the following characteristics is indicative of critical thinking? - Correct answer ✔✔
Critical thinking is rational and reasonable and requires reflection
The nurse who is administering medications should take measures to avoid interruptions to
prevent which type of error - Correct answer ✔✔ Skill-based
Outside the core competencies for nurses in the KSA lies what? - Correct answer ✔✔ Practive
environment
Professional socialization of nurses includes the internalization of what has been referred to as
the five Cs. Which of the following options embodies the caring for self and others espoused by
the profession of nursing? - Correct answer ✔✔ Compassion, competence, confidence,
conscience, and commitment
When, during profesisonal formation, should a nurse focus on rules and guidelines? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Novice
,The nurse is caring for five patients on a busy surgical floor. The shift begins with assessment of
patients with analysis of problems and priorization of care. Choose the stage that is
characterized by this ability - Correct answer ✔✔ Competent
During the formation into any profession, the novice has to adopt what about the profession? -
Correct answer ✔✔ Its culture
The student nurse throughout the educational experience has observed the development of the
ability to draw on knowledge and skilled know-how and a way of being and acting in nursing
practice. Which term describes this phenomenon? - Correct answer ✔✔ Formation
Which of the following behaviors of the nurse demonstrates clinical judgement? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Ethical reasoning
Which competency was identified during the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
project? - Correct answer ✔✔ Safety
Which description best illustrates Tanner's conclusions about thinking like a nurse? - Correct
answer ✔✔ It is a form of engaged moral reasoning
The new graduate nurse makes the statement â€oel am so glad to be finished with learning all
this nursing information. Which of the following options does the nurse’s statement reflect?
- Correct answer ✔✔ Lack of adequate socialization to the values of professional nursing
The new graduate nurse is finding it difficult to integrate the ideal and the actual performed role
into the professional role. Select the phenomenon described. - Correct answer ✔✔ Role conlict
The goal in the formation of nurses today and in the future is: - Correct answer ✔✔ achieving
caring with autonomy
, Which of the following characteristics is observed in nurses who are critical thinkers? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Empathetic
The KSA in the QSEN Project and Nurse of the Future Model reflect learning domains including
which of the following? - Correct answer ✔✔ Affective
Which of the following terms refers to the good conduct of the nurse born out of an
individualized relationship with the patient that involves engagement in a situation? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Ethical comportment
Why was the Nurse Of The Future: Nursing Core Competencies developed? - Correct answer
✔✔ To create a seamless progression through all levels of nursing education and develop
consensus on competencies
Who or what most helped to publicize the plight of children and the poor in the United States
during the Industrial Revolution? - Correct answer ✔✔ Shattuck Report
Which report advocated for university schools of nursing to train nurse leaders? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Goldmark Report
When assessing a woman who has recently given birth, the nurse using Becâ€'s theory should
assess for indicators of which of the following? - Correct answer ✔✔ Postpartum mood disorder
and loss of control
The central concepts of the discipline of nursing include which of the following? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Health
Which of the following is a patient characteristic identified by the AACN Synergy Model? -
Correct answer ✔✔ Resiliency
