NR222 Nursing Course Final Exam Study
Guide Practice Questions with Answers
2025/2026 – Comprehensive Exam
Preparation Material
Introduction:
This document contains a wide range of practice questions and
verified answers covering key topics in the NR222 nursing course,
including health promotion, ethics, assessment, communication,
and patient care. It spans multiple patient populations such as
pediatric, adult, and older adults, and includes rationales to support
understanding and exam preparation. The material is
comprehensive and aligned with common nursing exam content,
making it suitable for revision and self-testing.
Exam Questions and Verified Answers:
* Which of the following are symptoms of secondary traumatic
stress and burnout that commonly affect nurses? ---Correct precise
answer---Lack of interest in exercise.
Difficulty falling asleep.
Lack of desire to go to work.
Anxiety while working.
,Nurses are particularly susceptible to the development of secondary
traumatic stress and burnout—the components of compassion
fatigue. Symptoms include decline in health, emotional exhaustion,
irritability, restlessness, impaired ability to focus and engage with
patients, feelings of hopelessness, inability to take pleasure from
activities, and anxiety.
A nurse is presenting a program to workers in a factory covering
safety topics, including the wearing of hearing protectors when
workers are in the factory. Which level of prevention is the nurse
practicing? ---Correct precise answer---Primary prevention.
Primary prevention is aimed at health promotion and includes
health education programs, immunizations, and physical and
nutritional fitness activities. It can be provided to an individual and
includes activities that focus on maintaining or improving the
general health of individuals, families, and communities. It also
includes specific protection such as hearing protection in
occupational settings.
A patient registered at the local fitness center and purchased a pair
of exercise shoes. The patient is in what stage of behavioral
change? ---Correct precise answer---Preparation.
,The individual is in the preparation stage, making small changes
toward preparation for a change in the next month. In this stage the
patient believes that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
A patient comes to the local health clinic and states: "I've noticed
how many people are out walking in my neighborhood. Is walking
good for you?" What is the best response to help the patient
through the stages of change for exercise? ---Correct precise
answer---"Yes, walking is great exercise. Do you think you could go
for a 5-minute walk next week?"
The patient's response indicates she is in the contemplative state,
possibly intending to make a behavior change within the next 6
months. The nurse's statement reinforces the behavior and provides
a specific goal for the patient to begin her walking plan.
Which activity shows a nurse engaged in primary prevention? ---
Correct precise answer---A school health nurse provides a program
to the first-year students on healthy eating.
Primary prevention aimed at health promotion includes health
education programs, immunizations, and physical and nutritional
fitness activities. Primary prevention includes all health promotion
efforts and wellness education activities that focus on maintaining
or improving the general health of individuals, families, and
communities.
, Using the Transtheoretical Model of Change, what is the correct
order for the steps that a patient goes through to make a lifestyle
change related to physical activity?1.The individual recognizes that
he is out of shape when his daughter asks him to walk with her
after school.2.Eight months after beginning walking, the individual
participates with his wife in a local 5K race.3.The individual
becomes angry when the physician tells him that he needs to
increase his activity to lose 30 lbs.4.The individual walks 2 to 3
miles, 5 nights a week, with his wife.5.The individual visits the
local running store to purchase walking shoes and obtain advice on
a walking plan. ---Correct precise answer---3, 1, 5, 4, 2
This sequence follows the order of the steps of transtheoretical
model of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation,
action, and maintenance.
As part of a faith community nursing program in her church, a
nurse is developing a health promotion program on breast self-
examination for the women's group. Which statement made by one
of the participants is related to the individual's perception of
susceptibility to an illness? ---Correct precise answer---"Since my
mother had breast cancer, I know that I am at increased risk for
developing breast cancer."
Guide Practice Questions with Answers
2025/2026 – Comprehensive Exam
Preparation Material
Introduction:
This document contains a wide range of practice questions and
verified answers covering key topics in the NR222 nursing course,
including health promotion, ethics, assessment, communication,
and patient care. It spans multiple patient populations such as
pediatric, adult, and older adults, and includes rationales to support
understanding and exam preparation. The material is
comprehensive and aligned with common nursing exam content,
making it suitable for revision and self-testing.
Exam Questions and Verified Answers:
* Which of the following are symptoms of secondary traumatic
stress and burnout that commonly affect nurses? ---Correct precise
answer---Lack of interest in exercise.
Difficulty falling asleep.
Lack of desire to go to work.
Anxiety while working.
,Nurses are particularly susceptible to the development of secondary
traumatic stress and burnout—the components of compassion
fatigue. Symptoms include decline in health, emotional exhaustion,
irritability, restlessness, impaired ability to focus and engage with
patients, feelings of hopelessness, inability to take pleasure from
activities, and anxiety.
A nurse is presenting a program to workers in a factory covering
safety topics, including the wearing of hearing protectors when
workers are in the factory. Which level of prevention is the nurse
practicing? ---Correct precise answer---Primary prevention.
Primary prevention is aimed at health promotion and includes
health education programs, immunizations, and physical and
nutritional fitness activities. It can be provided to an individual and
includes activities that focus on maintaining or improving the
general health of individuals, families, and communities. It also
includes specific protection such as hearing protection in
occupational settings.
A patient registered at the local fitness center and purchased a pair
of exercise shoes. The patient is in what stage of behavioral
change? ---Correct precise answer---Preparation.
,The individual is in the preparation stage, making small changes
toward preparation for a change in the next month. In this stage the
patient believes that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
A patient comes to the local health clinic and states: "I've noticed
how many people are out walking in my neighborhood. Is walking
good for you?" What is the best response to help the patient
through the stages of change for exercise? ---Correct precise
answer---"Yes, walking is great exercise. Do you think you could go
for a 5-minute walk next week?"
The patient's response indicates she is in the contemplative state,
possibly intending to make a behavior change within the next 6
months. The nurse's statement reinforces the behavior and provides
a specific goal for the patient to begin her walking plan.
Which activity shows a nurse engaged in primary prevention? ---
Correct precise answer---A school health nurse provides a program
to the first-year students on healthy eating.
Primary prevention aimed at health promotion includes health
education programs, immunizations, and physical and nutritional
fitness activities. Primary prevention includes all health promotion
efforts and wellness education activities that focus on maintaining
or improving the general health of individuals, families, and
communities.
, Using the Transtheoretical Model of Change, what is the correct
order for the steps that a patient goes through to make a lifestyle
change related to physical activity?1.The individual recognizes that
he is out of shape when his daughter asks him to walk with her
after school.2.Eight months after beginning walking, the individual
participates with his wife in a local 5K race.3.The individual
becomes angry when the physician tells him that he needs to
increase his activity to lose 30 lbs.4.The individual walks 2 to 3
miles, 5 nights a week, with his wife.5.The individual visits the
local running store to purchase walking shoes and obtain advice on
a walking plan. ---Correct precise answer---3, 1, 5, 4, 2
This sequence follows the order of the steps of transtheoretical
model of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation,
action, and maintenance.
As part of a faith community nursing program in her church, a
nurse is developing a health promotion program on breast self-
examination for the women's group. Which statement made by one
of the participants is related to the individual's perception of
susceptibility to an illness? ---Correct precise answer---"Since my
mother had breast cancer, I know that I am at increased risk for
developing breast cancer."
