LPN TO RN TRANSITIONS 6TH EDITION 10/01/2025
Complete Test Bank_
LPN to RN Transitions 6th Edition
(Lora Claywell) All chapters 1-18 (Q&A with rationales) A+ Graded
T T
E E
S S
T T
B B
A A
N N
K K
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,LPN TO RN TRANSITIONS 6TH EDITION 10/01/2025
Chapter 01: Honoring Your Past, Planning Your Future MULTIPLE CHOICE ......................................3
Chapter 02: Assessing Yourself and Designing Success MULTIPLE CHOICE ..........................................9
Chapter 03: Study Habits and Test-Taking Skills MULTIPLE CHOICE .................................................18
Chapter 04: Distinguishing the RN Role from the LPN/LVN Role .............................................................25
Chapter 05: Using Nursing Theory to Guide Professional Practice ............................................................37
Chapter 06: Providing Patient-Centered Care Through the Nursing Process ...........................................50
Chapter 07: Critical and Diagnostic Thinking for Better Clinical Judgment.............................................66
Chapter 08: Practicing Evidence-Based Decision Making ...........................................................................79
Chapter 09: Communicating With Patients and Co-Workers .....................................................................94
Chapter 10: Teaching Patients and Their Families .....................................................................................106
Chapter 11: The Nurses, Ideas, and Forces That Define the Profession ...................................................118
Chapter 12: Upholding Legal and Ethical Principles..................................................................................125
Chapter 13: Care and Safety Standards, Competence, and Nurse Accountability ..................................141
Chapter 14: Leading, Delegating, and Collaborating .................................................................................152
Chapter 15: Promoting Healthful Living in the Primary Care Setting .....................................................165
Chapter 16: Managing Care in Secondary and Tertiary Health Care ......................................................177
Chapter 17: Reflecting on Your Transition .................................................................................................187
Chapter 18: Prepare Now to Pass NCLEX-RN® ........................................................................................201
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Chapter 01: Honoring Your Past, Planning Your Future
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nursing advisor is meeting with a student who is interested in earning her RN degree. She knows that
licensed practical nurse/license vocational nurse (LPN/LVNs) who enter nursing school to become RNs
come into the learning environment with prior knowledge and understanding. Which statement by the
nursing advisor best describes her understanding of the effect experience may have on learning?
a. ―Experience may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier.‖
b. ―Experience is usually a stumbling block for LPN/LVNs.‖
c. ―Experience never makes learning more difficult.‖
d. ―Once something is learned, it can never be truly modified.‖
ANS: A
Experience accentuates differences among learners and serves as a source of insight and motivation, but it
can also be a barrier. Experience can serve as a foundation for defining the self.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify how experiences influence learning in adults. TOP: Adult Learning
2. There is a test on the cardiovascular system on Friday morning, and it is now Wednesday night. The
student has already taken a vacation day from work Thursday night so that she can stay home and study.
She is considering skipping her exercise class on Thursday morning to go to the library to prepare for the
test. Which response best identifies the student‘s outcome priority?
a. Exercise class
b. Going to the library
c. Avoiding work by taking a vacation
d. Doing well on the test on Friday ANS: D
The outcome priority is the essential issue or need to be addressed at any given time within a set of
conditions or circumstances.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning to school. TOP: Motivation to
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Complete Test Bank_
LPN to RN Transitions 6th Edition
(Lora Claywell) All chapters 1-18 (Q&A with rationales) A+ Graded
T T
E E
S S
T T
B B
A A
N N
K K
1|Page
,LPN TO RN TRANSITIONS 6TH EDITION 10/01/2025
Chapter 01: Honoring Your Past, Planning Your Future MULTIPLE CHOICE ......................................3
Chapter 02: Assessing Yourself and Designing Success MULTIPLE CHOICE ..........................................9
Chapter 03: Study Habits and Test-Taking Skills MULTIPLE CHOICE .................................................18
Chapter 04: Distinguishing the RN Role from the LPN/LVN Role .............................................................25
Chapter 05: Using Nursing Theory to Guide Professional Practice ............................................................37
Chapter 06: Providing Patient-Centered Care Through the Nursing Process ...........................................50
Chapter 07: Critical and Diagnostic Thinking for Better Clinical Judgment.............................................66
Chapter 08: Practicing Evidence-Based Decision Making ...........................................................................79
Chapter 09: Communicating With Patients and Co-Workers .....................................................................94
Chapter 10: Teaching Patients and Their Families .....................................................................................106
Chapter 11: The Nurses, Ideas, and Forces That Define the Profession ...................................................118
Chapter 12: Upholding Legal and Ethical Principles..................................................................................125
Chapter 13: Care and Safety Standards, Competence, and Nurse Accountability ..................................141
Chapter 14: Leading, Delegating, and Collaborating .................................................................................152
Chapter 15: Promoting Healthful Living in the Primary Care Setting .....................................................165
Chapter 16: Managing Care in Secondary and Tertiary Health Care ......................................................177
Chapter 17: Reflecting on Your Transition .................................................................................................187
Chapter 18: Prepare Now to Pass NCLEX-RN® ........................................................................................201
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,LPN TO RN TRANSITIONS 6TH EDITION 10/01/2025
Chapter 01: Honoring Your Past, Planning Your Future
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nursing advisor is meeting with a student who is interested in earning her RN degree. She knows that
licensed practical nurse/license vocational nurse (LPN/LVNs) who enter nursing school to become RNs
come into the learning environment with prior knowledge and understanding. Which statement by the
nursing advisor best describes her understanding of the effect experience may have on learning?
a. ―Experience may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier.‖
b. ―Experience is usually a stumbling block for LPN/LVNs.‖
c. ―Experience never makes learning more difficult.‖
d. ―Once something is learned, it can never be truly modified.‖
ANS: A
Experience accentuates differences among learners and serves as a source of insight and motivation, but it
can also be a barrier. Experience can serve as a foundation for defining the self.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify how experiences influence learning in adults. TOP: Adult Learning
2. There is a test on the cardiovascular system on Friday morning, and it is now Wednesday night. The
student has already taken a vacation day from work Thursday night so that she can stay home and study.
She is considering skipping her exercise class on Thursday morning to go to the library to prepare for the
test. Which response best identifies the student‘s outcome priority?
a. Exercise class
b. Going to the library
c. Avoiding work by taking a vacation
d. Doing well on the test on Friday ANS: D
The outcome priority is the essential issue or need to be addressed at any given time within a set of
conditions or circumstances.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning to school. TOP: Motivation to
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