NUR 101 NCSBN NCLEX RN AND NCLEX PN
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAM
QUESTIONS ANSWERS 2026
◉ Licensure. Answer: To be given a license to practice nursing in a state
or province after successfully meeting requirements.
◉ Nurse Practice Act. Answer: Law established to regulate nursing
practice.
◉ Nursing. Answer: Profession that focuses on the holistic person
receiving healthcare services and provides a unique contribution to the
prevention of illness and maintenance of health.
◉ Nursing Process. Answer: Five step systematic method for giving
patients care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementation,
and evaluation.
◉ Profession. Answer: An occupation that meets specific criteria
including a well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge, a code
of ethics and standards, ongoing research, and autonomy.
◉ Reciprocity. Answer: Process allowing a nurse to apply for and be
endorsed as a registered nurse by another state.
, ◉ Standards. Answer: Acceptable, expected level of performance
established by authority, custom, or consent. Allow nurses to carry out
professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient and the
institution where healthcare is given.
◉ Florence Nightingale. Answer: Born in 1820 to a wealthy family,
grew up in England, well educated and traveled extensively. Trained as a
nurse at 31. The Crimean War gave opportunity for achievement.
Challenged prejudices against women, and elevated the status of all
nurses. Established training school for nurses, and wrote books on
healthcare and nursing education. Elevated the status of nursing to a
respected occupation, and improved quality of care. Regarded as founder
of modern nursing.
◉ Florence Nightingale's Contributions:. Answer: Identifying the person
needs of the patient and the role of the nurse in meeting those needs.
Establishing standards for hospital management. Establishing a
respected occupation for women. Establishing nursing education.
Recognizing the two components of nursing: health and illness.
Believing the nursing is separate and distinct from medicine.
Recognizing that nutrition is important to health. Instituting occupation
and recreational therapy for sick people. Stressing the need for
continuing education for nurses. Maintaining accurate records,
recognized as the beginnings of nursing research.
◉ Clara Barton. Answer: Volunteered to care for wounds and feed union
soldiers during the Civil War; served as the supervisor of nurses for the
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAM
QUESTIONS ANSWERS 2026
◉ Licensure. Answer: To be given a license to practice nursing in a state
or province after successfully meeting requirements.
◉ Nurse Practice Act. Answer: Law established to regulate nursing
practice.
◉ Nursing. Answer: Profession that focuses on the holistic person
receiving healthcare services and provides a unique contribution to the
prevention of illness and maintenance of health.
◉ Nursing Process. Answer: Five step systematic method for giving
patients care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementation,
and evaluation.
◉ Profession. Answer: An occupation that meets specific criteria
including a well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge, a code
of ethics and standards, ongoing research, and autonomy.
◉ Reciprocity. Answer: Process allowing a nurse to apply for and be
endorsed as a registered nurse by another state.
, ◉ Standards. Answer: Acceptable, expected level of performance
established by authority, custom, or consent. Allow nurses to carry out
professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient and the
institution where healthcare is given.
◉ Florence Nightingale. Answer: Born in 1820 to a wealthy family,
grew up in England, well educated and traveled extensively. Trained as a
nurse at 31. The Crimean War gave opportunity for achievement.
Challenged prejudices against women, and elevated the status of all
nurses. Established training school for nurses, and wrote books on
healthcare and nursing education. Elevated the status of nursing to a
respected occupation, and improved quality of care. Regarded as founder
of modern nursing.
◉ Florence Nightingale's Contributions:. Answer: Identifying the person
needs of the patient and the role of the nurse in meeting those needs.
Establishing standards for hospital management. Establishing a
respected occupation for women. Establishing nursing education.
Recognizing the two components of nursing: health and illness.
Believing the nursing is separate and distinct from medicine.
Recognizing that nutrition is important to health. Instituting occupation
and recreational therapy for sick people. Stressing the need for
continuing education for nurses. Maintaining accurate records,
recognized as the beginnings of nursing research.
◉ Clara Barton. Answer: Volunteered to care for wounds and feed union
soldiers during the Civil War; served as the supervisor of nurses for the
