Nursing Fundamentals (NUR 1023) Final
Review, 2026–2027 – Comprehensive
Exam Review Questions and Key Concepts
Introduction:
This document provides a comprehensive review of key concepts
for NUR 1023, including ethics, informatics, developmental stages,
fluid and electrolyte balance, and patient care principles. It also
includes multiple-choice questions with correct answers and
rationales, covering a wide range of nursing topics aligned with
final exam preparation. The material integrates both theoretical
knowledge and clinical application to support student success.
Exam Questions and Answers:
A patient and her husband used in vitro fertilization to become
pregnant. The unused sperm were frozen so the couple could have
more children later. They bore a little girl who was diagnosed with
leukemia when she was 5 years old. The child now needs a bone
marrow transplant (BMT). The best chance of a match for the BMT
is a sibling. The couple would like to use the sperm to have another
child so that they can increase the likelihood of a match. The nurse
realizes that the unborn child poses an ethical dilemma involving
which principle?
,Beneficence
Human dignity
Justice Incorrect
Veracity ---Correct precise answer---human dignity
Fidelity ---Correct precise answer---principle that requires a
person to act in ways that are loyal.
Utilitarianism ---Correct precise answer---assumption that an
action or practice is right if it leads to the greatest possible balance
of good consequences or to the least possible balance of bad
consequences.
A woman with long QT syndrome becomes pregnant. Long QT
syndrome causes an abnormality of the heart and any rush of
adrenaline may be fatal for the woman.The pregnant patient states,
"I want to have this baby." What ethical principle applies to this
situation?
Utilitarianism
Deontology
Autonomy Incorrect
Veracity ---Correct precise answer---utilitarianism
,When discussing the purposes of nursing healthcare informatics
with a staff nurse during orientation, a nurse educator should be
concerned if the nurse orientee stated that which is a primary
purpose of informatics?
Develop a data management system.
Improve disease tracking.
Improve a health provider's work flow.
Increase administrative efficiencies. ---Correct precise answer---
develop a data management system
the specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and
information science to manage and communicate data, information,
knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice is known as which
specialty?
Computer science
Health informatics
Health information technology
Nursing informatics ---Correct precise answer---nursing
informatics
Which are consequences for a staff nurse related to the use of
health informatics?
Clinical decision support tools
Confidentiality of health data
, Decreased cost of health care
Personal health record ---Correct precise answer---clinical decision
support tools
Which concepts should a nurse consider to have the strongest links
to technology and informatics? (Select all that apply.)
Clinical judgment
Ethics
Leadership
Professionalism
Safety ---Correct precise answer---clinical judgement
ethics
leadership
safety
clinical reasoning ---Correct precise answer---noticing,
interpreting, responding
patient attribute concepts ---Correct precise answer---culture,
development, adherence, motivation
In which situation would formal patient education courses or
classes be the most appropriate strategy?
Review, 2026–2027 – Comprehensive
Exam Review Questions and Key Concepts
Introduction:
This document provides a comprehensive review of key concepts
for NUR 1023, including ethics, informatics, developmental stages,
fluid and electrolyte balance, and patient care principles. It also
includes multiple-choice questions with correct answers and
rationales, covering a wide range of nursing topics aligned with
final exam preparation. The material integrates both theoretical
knowledge and clinical application to support student success.
Exam Questions and Answers:
A patient and her husband used in vitro fertilization to become
pregnant. The unused sperm were frozen so the couple could have
more children later. They bore a little girl who was diagnosed with
leukemia when she was 5 years old. The child now needs a bone
marrow transplant (BMT). The best chance of a match for the BMT
is a sibling. The couple would like to use the sperm to have another
child so that they can increase the likelihood of a match. The nurse
realizes that the unborn child poses an ethical dilemma involving
which principle?
,Beneficence
Human dignity
Justice Incorrect
Veracity ---Correct precise answer---human dignity
Fidelity ---Correct precise answer---principle that requires a
person to act in ways that are loyal.
Utilitarianism ---Correct precise answer---assumption that an
action or practice is right if it leads to the greatest possible balance
of good consequences or to the least possible balance of bad
consequences.
A woman with long QT syndrome becomes pregnant. Long QT
syndrome causes an abnormality of the heart and any rush of
adrenaline may be fatal for the woman.The pregnant patient states,
"I want to have this baby." What ethical principle applies to this
situation?
Utilitarianism
Deontology
Autonomy Incorrect
Veracity ---Correct precise answer---utilitarianism
,When discussing the purposes of nursing healthcare informatics
with a staff nurse during orientation, a nurse educator should be
concerned if the nurse orientee stated that which is a primary
purpose of informatics?
Develop a data management system.
Improve disease tracking.
Improve a health provider's work flow.
Increase administrative efficiencies. ---Correct precise answer---
develop a data management system
the specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and
information science to manage and communicate data, information,
knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice is known as which
specialty?
Computer science
Health informatics
Health information technology
Nursing informatics ---Correct precise answer---nursing
informatics
Which are consequences for a staff nurse related to the use of
health informatics?
Clinical decision support tools
Confidentiality of health data
, Decreased cost of health care
Personal health record ---Correct precise answer---clinical decision
support tools
Which concepts should a nurse consider to have the strongest links
to technology and informatics? (Select all that apply.)
Clinical judgment
Ethics
Leadership
Professionalism
Safety ---Correct precise answer---clinical judgement
ethics
leadership
safety
clinical reasoning ---Correct precise answer---noticing,
interpreting, responding
patient attribute concepts ---Correct precise answer---culture,
development, adherence, motivation
In which situation would formal patient education courses or
classes be the most appropriate strategy?
