N4325 KNOWLEDGE CHECK PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
◉ Provision 4: Accountability and responsibility in practice. Answer:
Nurses have authority over nursing practice and are responsible and
accountable for their practice consistent with their obligations to
promote health, prevent illness, and provide optimal care.
◉ Provision 5: Duty to self. Answer: The nurse has moral duties to
self as a person of inherent dignity and worth including an
expectation of a safe place to work that fosters flourishing,
authenticity of self at work, and self-respect through integrity and
professional competence.
◉ Provision 6: Ethical work environment. Answer: Nurses, through
individual and collective effort, establish, maintain, and improve the
ethical environment of the work setting that affects nursing care and
the well-being of nurses.
◉ Provision 7: Knowledge development and social policy. Answer:
Nurses advance the profession through multiple approaches to
knowledge development, professional standards, and the generation
of policies for nursing, health, and social concerns.
,◉ Provision 8: Collaborative relationships. Answer: Nurses build
collaborative relationships and networks with nurses, other
healthcare and nonhealthcare disciplines, and the public to achieve
greater ends.
◉ Provision 9: Commitment to society and social justice. Answer:
Nurses and their professional organizations work to enact and
resource practices, policies, and legislation to promote social justice,
eliminate health inequities, and facilitate human flourishing.
◉ Provision 10: Global nursing community. Answer: Nursing,
through organizations and associations, participates in the global
nursing and health community to promote human and
environmental health, well-being, and flourishing.
◉ advocacy. Answer: the act or process of pleading for, supporting,
or recommending a cause or course of action. Advocacy may be for
persons (whether an individual, group, population, or society) or for
an issue
◉ responsibility. Answer: tied to moral agency and accountability.
Nurses are answerable for judgments and actions under their
control. They are considered morally praiseworthy or morally
blameworthy in proportion both to the degree of the control of their
action, and its conformity with standards of practice
, ◉ accountability. Answer: to be answerable to oneself and others for
one's own choices, decisions, and actions as measured against a
standard such as that established by the Code of Ethics
◉ confidentiality. Answer: pertains to the nondisclosure of personal
information that has been communicated within the nurse-client
relationship. It is the element of trust and an expectation that
personal information will not be divulged without consent. The
nurse has a duty to maintain confidentiality of all client information,
both personal and clinical, in all work settings, including social
media and any other means of communication
◉ As the nurse prepares to administer a controlled substance, they
become aware of missing narcotics in the medication dispensing
cabinet. Which ethical principle obligates the nurse to report the
missing tablets?. Answer: responsibility
◉ before medication administration, the nurse should:. Answer: -
Understand the client's diagnosis and symptoms that rationalize use
of the medication.
-Know why the medication is prescribed and its therapeutic actions,
drug category and class, usual dosing, proper dilution, route and rate
of administration, adverse effects, and contraindications for use.
-Confirm drug compatibility with any currently prescribed
medications.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
◉ Provision 4: Accountability and responsibility in practice. Answer:
Nurses have authority over nursing practice and are responsible and
accountable for their practice consistent with their obligations to
promote health, prevent illness, and provide optimal care.
◉ Provision 5: Duty to self. Answer: The nurse has moral duties to
self as a person of inherent dignity and worth including an
expectation of a safe place to work that fosters flourishing,
authenticity of self at work, and self-respect through integrity and
professional competence.
◉ Provision 6: Ethical work environment. Answer: Nurses, through
individual and collective effort, establish, maintain, and improve the
ethical environment of the work setting that affects nursing care and
the well-being of nurses.
◉ Provision 7: Knowledge development and social policy. Answer:
Nurses advance the profession through multiple approaches to
knowledge development, professional standards, and the generation
of policies for nursing, health, and social concerns.
,◉ Provision 8: Collaborative relationships. Answer: Nurses build
collaborative relationships and networks with nurses, other
healthcare and nonhealthcare disciplines, and the public to achieve
greater ends.
◉ Provision 9: Commitment to society and social justice. Answer:
Nurses and their professional organizations work to enact and
resource practices, policies, and legislation to promote social justice,
eliminate health inequities, and facilitate human flourishing.
◉ Provision 10: Global nursing community. Answer: Nursing,
through organizations and associations, participates in the global
nursing and health community to promote human and
environmental health, well-being, and flourishing.
◉ advocacy. Answer: the act or process of pleading for, supporting,
or recommending a cause or course of action. Advocacy may be for
persons (whether an individual, group, population, or society) or for
an issue
◉ responsibility. Answer: tied to moral agency and accountability.
Nurses are answerable for judgments and actions under their
control. They are considered morally praiseworthy or morally
blameworthy in proportion both to the degree of the control of their
action, and its conformity with standards of practice
, ◉ accountability. Answer: to be answerable to oneself and others for
one's own choices, decisions, and actions as measured against a
standard such as that established by the Code of Ethics
◉ confidentiality. Answer: pertains to the nondisclosure of personal
information that has been communicated within the nurse-client
relationship. It is the element of trust and an expectation that
personal information will not be divulged without consent. The
nurse has a duty to maintain confidentiality of all client information,
both personal and clinical, in all work settings, including social
media and any other means of communication
◉ As the nurse prepares to administer a controlled substance, they
become aware of missing narcotics in the medication dispensing
cabinet. Which ethical principle obligates the nurse to report the
missing tablets?. Answer: responsibility
◉ before medication administration, the nurse should:. Answer: -
Understand the client's diagnosis and symptoms that rationalize use
of the medication.
-Know why the medication is prescribed and its therapeutic actions,
drug category and class, usual dosing, proper dilution, route and rate
of administration, adverse effects, and contraindications for use.
-Confirm drug compatibility with any currently prescribed
medications.
