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NR 222 – EXAM 1 UPDATED 2026 WITH MOST TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | ASSURED
SUCCESS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
1. Which nursing situation best reflects accountability?
A. The nurse assesses the patient for the cause of pain
B. The nurse obtains oncology nursing certification
C. The nurse files an incident report regarding a medication error
D. The nurse attends a heart-healthy nutrition seminar
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Accountability means being answerable for one’s actions, including
acknowledging and reporting errors according to professional and legal standards.
2. Which statement accurately describes nursing?
A. Nursing includes the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health
and illness
B. Nursing is dependent upon physician orders
C. Physicians, not nurses, educate patients
D. Nursing diagnoses and cures diseases
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Nursing focuses on human responses—not medical diagnosis or cure.
3. What are the two major goals of Healthy People 2020?
A. Eliminate health disparities and increase quality and years of healthy life
B. Increase technology use and disease research
C. Improve access to care and reduce adolescent tobacco use
D. Reduce fraud and increase public assistance
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Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Healthy People initiatives focus on equity and quality of life.
4. Which action represents primary prevention for heart disease?
A. Electrocardiogram screening
B. Blood pressure screening
C. Cardiac surgery
D. Education seminar on healthy eating
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Primary prevention aims to prevent disease before it occurs through
education and lifestyle modification.
5. Who is considered the first practicing nurse epidemiologist?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Mildred Montag
C. Clara Barton
D. Mary Agnes Snively
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Nightingale used data and statistics to link sanitation to health
outcomes.
6. When assisting an obese patient with weight loss, the priority goal is to help the
patient:
A. Attend therapy
B. Seek counseling
C. Make sustainable lifestyle changes
D. Plan bariatric surgery
NR 222 – EXAM 1 UPDATED 2026 WITH MOST TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | ASSURED
SUCCESS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
1. Which nursing situation best reflects accountability?
A. The nurse assesses the patient for the cause of pain
B. The nurse obtains oncology nursing certification
C. The nurse files an incident report regarding a medication error
D. The nurse attends a heart-healthy nutrition seminar
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Accountability means being answerable for one’s actions, including
acknowledging and reporting errors according to professional and legal standards.
2. Which statement accurately describes nursing?
A. Nursing includes the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health
and illness
B. Nursing is dependent upon physician orders
C. Physicians, not nurses, educate patients
D. Nursing diagnoses and cures diseases
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Nursing focuses on human responses—not medical diagnosis or cure.
3. What are the two major goals of Healthy People 2020?
A. Eliminate health disparities and increase quality and years of healthy life
B. Increase technology use and disease research
C. Improve access to care and reduce adolescent tobacco use
D. Reduce fraud and increase public assistance
, ESTUDYR
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Healthy People initiatives focus on equity and quality of life.
4. Which action represents primary prevention for heart disease?
A. Electrocardiogram screening
B. Blood pressure screening
C. Cardiac surgery
D. Education seminar on healthy eating
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Primary prevention aims to prevent disease before it occurs through
education and lifestyle modification.
5. Who is considered the first practicing nurse epidemiologist?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Mildred Montag
C. Clara Barton
D. Mary Agnes Snively
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Nightingale used data and statistics to link sanitation to health
outcomes.
6. When assisting an obese patient with weight loss, the priority goal is to help the
patient:
A. Attend therapy
B. Seek counseling
C. Make sustainable lifestyle changes
D. Plan bariatric surgery
