NCLEX PN ACTUAL EXAM QUESTION AND
ANSWERS PRACTICE TEST BANK 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care
facility. Which examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic
needs? Select all that apply.
a. Preventing falls in the facility
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group. Answer: b, d.
Physiologic needs—oxygen, water, food, elimination, temperature,
sexuality, physical activity, and rest—must be met at least minimally to
maintain life. Providing food and oxygen are examples of interventions
to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and security
needs, providing art supplies may help meet self-actualization needs,
facilitating visits from loved ones helps meet self-esteem needs, and
referring a patient to a support group helps meet love and belonging
needs.
,⩥ The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand
hygiene and sterile techniques when handling patients. Which of
Maslow's basic human needs is being met by this nurse?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
d. Love and belonging. Answer: b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene
and using sterile technique, nurses provide safety from infection. An
example of a physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-esteem
needs may be met by allowing an older adult to talk about a past career.
An example of helping meet a love and belonging need is contacting a
hospitalized patient's family to arrange a visit.
⩥ The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that
the highest level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-actualization
needs. Which statements accurately describe the achievement of self-
actualization? Select all that apply.
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are
unmet.
, e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside
self.
f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems..
Answer: c, e, f. Self-actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a
process that continues throughout life. A person achieves self-
actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself and using
creativity as a guideline for solving problems and pursuing interests.
Humans are not born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization,
and self-actualization needs are not met specifically by depending on
others for help. Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of
unmet self-actualization needs.
⩥ A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health
care facility. What is the best broad definition of a family?
a. A father, a mother, and children
b. A group whose members are biologically related
c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
d. A group of people who live together and depend on each other for
support. Answer: d. Although all the responses may be true, the best
definition is a group of people who live together and depend on each
other for physical, emotional, or financial support.
⩥ A nurse performs an assessment of a family consisting of a single
mother, a grandmother, and two children. Which interview questions
ANSWERS PRACTICE TEST BANK 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care
facility. Which examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic
needs? Select all that apply.
a. Preventing falls in the facility
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group. Answer: b, d.
Physiologic needs—oxygen, water, food, elimination, temperature,
sexuality, physical activity, and rest—must be met at least minimally to
maintain life. Providing food and oxygen are examples of interventions
to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and security
needs, providing art supplies may help meet self-actualization needs,
facilitating visits from loved ones helps meet self-esteem needs, and
referring a patient to a support group helps meet love and belonging
needs.
,⩥ The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand
hygiene and sterile techniques when handling patients. Which of
Maslow's basic human needs is being met by this nurse?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
d. Love and belonging. Answer: b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene
and using sterile technique, nurses provide safety from infection. An
example of a physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-esteem
needs may be met by allowing an older adult to talk about a past career.
An example of helping meet a love and belonging need is contacting a
hospitalized patient's family to arrange a visit.
⩥ The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that
the highest level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-actualization
needs. Which statements accurately describe the achievement of self-
actualization? Select all that apply.
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are
unmet.
, e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside
self.
f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems..
Answer: c, e, f. Self-actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a
process that continues throughout life. A person achieves self-
actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself and using
creativity as a guideline for solving problems and pursuing interests.
Humans are not born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization,
and self-actualization needs are not met specifically by depending on
others for help. Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of
unmet self-actualization needs.
⩥ A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health
care facility. What is the best broad definition of a family?
a. A father, a mother, and children
b. A group whose members are biologically related
c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
d. A group of people who live together and depend on each other for
support. Answer: d. Although all the responses may be true, the best
definition is a group of people who live together and depend on each
other for physical, emotional, or financial support.
⩥ A nurse performs an assessment of a family consisting of a single
mother, a grandmother, and two children. Which interview questions
