NR 222 Exam 1 (NR 222) – 250+ Exam Q&A on Nursing Foundations, Ethics, Culture & Family Care | Chamberlain University 2026

This document contains over 250 exam-style questions and expert-verified answers for NR 222 Exam 1, covering foundational nursing concepts aligned with Chamberlain University’s 2026 curriculum. It includes comprehensive coverage of professional nursing standards (ANA definition of nursing, ANA Standards of Practice and Professional Performance), Benner’s Novice to Expert model, advanced nursing roles (APRN, CNS, NP, CNM, CRNA), historical nursing leaders such as Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton, and essential concepts such as autonomy, advocacy, compassion fatigue, burnout, and lateral violence. The material thoroughly reviews the U.S. health care delivery system, including primary health care, restorative care, rehabilitation, hospice, skilled nursing facilities, rural hospitals, psychiatric facilities, and continuing care services. It integrates IOM competencies, quality improvement models such as Six Sigma, Magnet Recognition, nursing-sensitive outcomes, informatics, telemedicine, and nursing quality indicators, emphasizing patient-centered care and evidence-based practice. Health and wellness content includes Healthy People 2020, health promotion models, levels of prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary), risk factors, the Transtheoretical Model of Change, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, internal and external variables influencing health, acute vs. chronic illness, and illness behavior. The nursing process is explained in depth, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation, along with Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns, subjective vs. objective data, PQRST pain assessment, review of systems, patient-centered interviewing, and validation of data. Ethics and values are extensively addressed, including autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, fidelity, deontology, utilitarianism, feminist ethics, ethics of care, casuistry, advocacy, and structured steps for resolving ethical dilemmas. Cultural awareness topics include health disparities, social determinants of health, intersectionality, oppression, culturally congruent care, explanatory models, LEARN and RESPECT communication models, linguistic competence, teach-back technique, and culturally competent organizational standards. The final section focuses on family nursing, including family structures (nuclear, extended, blended, single-parent, alternative), family health systems, family resiliency and hardiness, stages of the family life cycle, homelessness distinctions, family as context/patient/system frameworks, and the nursing process applied to families. This resource is especially relevant for: NR 222 Health & Wellness Fundamentals of Nursing I Nursing Foundations courses Pre-licensure BSN programs ADN programs NCLEX-RN preparation courses Introduction to Professional Nursing courses It aligns closely with textbooks such as Fundamentals of Nursing by Potter, Perry, Stockert, and Hall, particularly chapters on nursing roles, ethics, health promotion, cultural competence, assessment, and family nursing. The structured question-and-answer format makes this document ideal for exam preparation, ATI/HESI review, and foundational NCLEX-style testing practice. Keywords: ana definition of nursing, benner novice to expert, nursing standards of practice, advanced practice registered nurse, nurse practitioner role, florence nightingale contributions, health care delivery system, primary health care, magnet recognition program, nursing quality indicators, healthy people 2020, levels of prevention, maslow hierarchy of needs, transtheoretical model of change, nursing process steps, gordon functional health patterns, pqrst pain assessment, ethical principles in nursing, deontology vs utilitarianism, cultural competency models, social determinants of health, family nursing approaches, family resiliency, advocacy in nursing