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PNC - FINAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS NEWEST 2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS LATEST VERSION SOLVED QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS VERIFIED 100 %
1. Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge
2. Strong service orientation
3. Recognized authority by a professional group
4. Code of ethics
5. Professional organization that sets standards
6. Ongoing research
7. Autonomy and self-regulation
Note the seven characteristics that qualify an occupation as a profession.
Standard 1. Assessment
Standard 2. Diagnosis
Standard 3. Outcomes Identification
Standard 4. Planning
Standard 5. Implementation
Standard 5a. Coordination of Care
Standard 5b. Health Teaching and Promotion
Standard 5c. Consultation
Standard 5d. Prescriptive Authority and Treatment
Standard 6. Evaluation
Standard 7. Ethics
Standard 8. Education
Standard 9. Evidence-Based Practice and Research
Standard 10. Quality of Practice
Standard 11. Communication
Standard 12. Leadership
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Standard 13. Collaboration
Standard 14. Professional Practice Evaluation
Standard 15. Resource Utilization
Standard 16. Environmental Health
Standard 17. Collegiality
List the 17 aspects that comprise the ANA Code of Ethics and Scope of Practice
Standards.
1. The state practice act must permit delegation and outline the authorized
task(s) to be delegated or authorize the RN to decide delegation.
2. The person making the delegation has the appropriate qualifications
3. The person receiving the delegation must have the appropriate
qualifications
There are three criteria to be considered by the RN when deciding to delegate care
activities. List these criteria.
1. The initial and ongoing nursing assessment of the patient and the patient's
nursing care needs
2. The determination of the nursing diagnosis, nursing care plan, evaluation of
the patient's progress in relation to the care plan, and evaluation of the
nursing care delivered to the patient
3. The supervision and education of nursing personnel; patient teaching that
requires an assessment of the patient and the patient's education needs
4. Any other nursing intervention that requires professional nursing
knowledge, judgment, and/or skill
Note nursing care or tasks that should never be delegated except to another RN.
1. Right task
2. Right circumstances
3. Right person
4. Right direction/communication
5. Right supervision
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What are the Five Rights of Delegation?
Systematic:
--Each nursing activity is part of an ordered sequence of activities.
Dynamic:
--There is great interaction and overlapping among the five steps.
Interpersonal:
--The nursing process ensures that nurses are person centered rather than
task centered
Outcome Oriented:
--The patient benefits from continuity of care, and each nurse's care moves the
patient closer to outcome achievement.
Universally Applicable in Nursing Situations:
--When nurses have a working knowledge of the nursing process, they find
that they can practice nursing with well or ill people, young or old, in any type
of practice setting.
Describe the 5 Characteristics of the Nursing Process.
Assessing
A term for the collection, validation, and communication of patient data
Diagnosing
A term for the analysis of patient data to identify patient strengths and health
problems that independent nursing intervention can prevent or resolve
Outcome Identification and Planning
Terms for the specification of (1) patient outcomes to prevent, reduce, or resolve the
problems identified in the nursing diagnoses; and (2) related nursing interventions
Implementing
A term for carrying out the plan of care
Evaluating
A term for measuring the extent to which the patient has achieved the outcomes
specified in the plan of care; identifying factors that positively or negatively
influenced outcome achievement; revising the plan of care if necessary
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As two-part statements listing the patient's problem and it's etiology
-OR-
Three-part statements that also include the problem, it's etiology, and defining
characteristics
How are most nursing diagnoses written?
Phrase the nursing diagnosis as a patient problem or alteration in health state
rather than as a patient need.
Check to make sure that the patient problem precedes the etiology and that
the two are linked by the phrase "related to."
Defining characteristics, when included in the nursing diagnosis, should
follow the etiology and be linked by the phrase "as manifested by" or "as
evidenced by."
Write in legally advisable terms.
Use nonjudgmental language.
Be sure the problem statement indicates what is unhealthy about the patient or
what the patient wants to change (enhance).
Avoid using defining characteristics, medical diagnoses, or something that
cannot be changed in the problem statement.
Note considerations to utilize when forming nursing diagnoses.
Actual
Risk
Possible
Wellness
Syndrome
Note the five types of nursing diagnoses.
Actual Nursing Diagnoses
PNC - FINAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS NEWEST 2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS LATEST VERSION SOLVED QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS VERIFIED 100 %
1. Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge
2. Strong service orientation
3. Recognized authority by a professional group
4. Code of ethics
5. Professional organization that sets standards
6. Ongoing research
7. Autonomy and self-regulation
Note the seven characteristics that qualify an occupation as a profession.
Standard 1. Assessment
Standard 2. Diagnosis
Standard 3. Outcomes Identification
Standard 4. Planning
Standard 5. Implementation
Standard 5a. Coordination of Care
Standard 5b. Health Teaching and Promotion
Standard 5c. Consultation
Standard 5d. Prescriptive Authority and Treatment
Standard 6. Evaluation
Standard 7. Ethics
Standard 8. Education
Standard 9. Evidence-Based Practice and Research
Standard 10. Quality of Practice
Standard 11. Communication
Standard 12. Leadership
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Standard 13. Collaboration
Standard 14. Professional Practice Evaluation
Standard 15. Resource Utilization
Standard 16. Environmental Health
Standard 17. Collegiality
List the 17 aspects that comprise the ANA Code of Ethics and Scope of Practice
Standards.
1. The state practice act must permit delegation and outline the authorized
task(s) to be delegated or authorize the RN to decide delegation.
2. The person making the delegation has the appropriate qualifications
3. The person receiving the delegation must have the appropriate
qualifications
There are three criteria to be considered by the RN when deciding to delegate care
activities. List these criteria.
1. The initial and ongoing nursing assessment of the patient and the patient's
nursing care needs
2. The determination of the nursing diagnosis, nursing care plan, evaluation of
the patient's progress in relation to the care plan, and evaluation of the
nursing care delivered to the patient
3. The supervision and education of nursing personnel; patient teaching that
requires an assessment of the patient and the patient's education needs
4. Any other nursing intervention that requires professional nursing
knowledge, judgment, and/or skill
Note nursing care or tasks that should never be delegated except to another RN.
1. Right task
2. Right circumstances
3. Right person
4. Right direction/communication
5. Right supervision
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What are the Five Rights of Delegation?
Systematic:
--Each nursing activity is part of an ordered sequence of activities.
Dynamic:
--There is great interaction and overlapping among the five steps.
Interpersonal:
--The nursing process ensures that nurses are person centered rather than
task centered
Outcome Oriented:
--The patient benefits from continuity of care, and each nurse's care moves the
patient closer to outcome achievement.
Universally Applicable in Nursing Situations:
--When nurses have a working knowledge of the nursing process, they find
that they can practice nursing with well or ill people, young or old, in any type
of practice setting.
Describe the 5 Characteristics of the Nursing Process.
Assessing
A term for the collection, validation, and communication of patient data
Diagnosing
A term for the analysis of patient data to identify patient strengths and health
problems that independent nursing intervention can prevent or resolve
Outcome Identification and Planning
Terms for the specification of (1) patient outcomes to prevent, reduce, or resolve the
problems identified in the nursing diagnoses; and (2) related nursing interventions
Implementing
A term for carrying out the plan of care
Evaluating
A term for measuring the extent to which the patient has achieved the outcomes
specified in the plan of care; identifying factors that positively or negatively
influenced outcome achievement; revising the plan of care if necessary
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As two-part statements listing the patient's problem and it's etiology
-OR-
Three-part statements that also include the problem, it's etiology, and defining
characteristics
How are most nursing diagnoses written?
Phrase the nursing diagnosis as a patient problem or alteration in health state
rather than as a patient need.
Check to make sure that the patient problem precedes the etiology and that
the two are linked by the phrase "related to."
Defining characteristics, when included in the nursing diagnosis, should
follow the etiology and be linked by the phrase "as manifested by" or "as
evidenced by."
Write in legally advisable terms.
Use nonjudgmental language.
Be sure the problem statement indicates what is unhealthy about the patient or
what the patient wants to change (enhance).
Avoid using defining characteristics, medical diagnoses, or something that
cannot be changed in the problem statement.
Note considerations to utilize when forming nursing diagnoses.
Actual
Risk
Possible
Wellness
Syndrome
Note the five types of nursing diagnoses.
Actual Nursing Diagnoses
