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NCLEX Fundamentals of Nursing Questions FIRST EXAM vc vc vc vc vc vc v
REVIEW 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIO
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NS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (42357)
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QUESTION 1 vc
A nurse is caring for a patient who has complications related to type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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The nurse researches new procedures to care for foot ulcers when developing a care pla
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n for this patient. Which QSEN competency does this action represent? Patient-
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centered care Evidence-based practice Quality improvement Informatics
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ANSWER
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Quality improvement involves routinely updating nursing policies and procedures. Providing patient-
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centered care involves listening to the patient and demonstrating respect and compassion. Evidence-
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based practice is used when adhering to internal policies and standardized skills. The nurse is employin
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g informatics by using information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, and support de
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QUESTION 2 vc
Nurses today complete a nursing education program, and practice nursing that identifies
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the personal needs of the patient and the role of the nurse in meeting those needs. Whic
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h nursing pioneer is MOST instrumental in this birth of modern nursing?
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a. Clara Barton
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b. Lilian Wald
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C. Lavinia Dock
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D. Florence Nightingale
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ANSWER
D. Florence Nightingale elevated the status of nursing to a respected occupation, imprived the quality of
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nursing care, and founded modern nursing education. Clara Barton established the Red Cross in the Unit
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ed States in 1882. Lillian Wald was the founder of public health nursing. Lavinia Dock was a nursing lea
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der and women's rights activist instrumental in establishing women's right to vote.
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,QUESTION 3 vc
A nurse is practicing as a nurse-midwife in a busy OB-
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GYN office. Which degree in nursing is necessary to practice at this level?
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A. LPN vc
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C. BSN vc
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ANSWER
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A master's degree (MSN) prepares advanced practice nurses. Many master's graduates gain national cer
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tification in their specialty area, for example, as family nurse practitioners (FNPs) or nurse midwives.
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QUESTION 4 vc
Nursing in the United States is regulated by the state nurse practice act. What is a comm
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on element of each state's nurse practice act?
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a. Defining the legal scope of nursing practice
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b. Providing continuing education programs
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c. Determining the content covered in the NCLEX examination
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d. Creating institutional policies for health care practices
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ANSWER
A. Nurse practice acts are established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing by defining the leg
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al scope of nursing practice, creating a state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulations,
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define important terms and activities in nursing, and establish criteria for the education and licensure o
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f nurses. The acts do not determine the content covered on the NCLEX, but they do have the legal autho
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rity to allow graduates of approved schools of nursing to take the licensing examination. The acts also m
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ay determine educational requirements for licensure, but do not provide the education. Institutional poli
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cies are created by the institutions themselves.
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QUESTION 5 vc
According to the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, what is a cu
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rrent health care trend contributing to 21st century challenges to nursing practice?
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a. Decreased numbers of hospitalized patients
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b. Older and more acutely ill patients
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c. Decreasing health care costs owing to managed care
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d. Slowed advances in medical knowledge and technology
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ANSWER
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B. The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice identifies the following critical challe
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nges to nursing practice in the 21st century: A growing population of hospitalized patients who are olde
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r and more acutely ill, increasing health care costs, and the need to stay current with rapid advances in
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, QUESTION 6 vc
A student nurse asks an experienced nurse why it is necessary to change the patient's be
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d every day. The nurse answers: "I guess we have just always done it that way." This ans
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wer is an example of what type of knowledge?
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a. Instinctive knowledge
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b. Scientific knowledge c.Authoritative knowledge
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d. Traditional knowledge
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ANSWER
d. Traditional knowledge is the part of nursing practice passed down from generation to generation, oft
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en without research data to support it. Scientific knowledge is that knowledge obtained through the scie
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ntific method (implying thorough research). Authoritative knowledge comes from an expert and is accep
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ted as truth based on the person's perceived expertise. Instinct is not a source of knowledge.
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QUESTION 7 vc
A charge nurse meets with staff to outline a plan to provide transcultural nursing care fo
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r patients in their health care facility. Which theorist promoted this type of caring as the
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central theme of nursing care, knowledge, and practice? a Madeline Leininger b Jean Wat
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son c Dorothy vc vc
E. Johnson d Betty Newman
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ANSWER
a. Madeline Leininger's theory provides the foundations of transcultural nursing care by making caring t
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he central theme of nursing. Jean Watson stated that nursing is concerned with promoting and restoring
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health, preventing illness, and caring for the sick. The central theme of Dorothy
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E. Johnson's theory is that problems arise because of disturbances in the system or subsystem or functio
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ning below optimal level. Betty Newman proposed that humans are in constant relationship with stress
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ors in the environment and the major concern for nursing is keeping the patient system stable through
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QUESTION 8 vc
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n nursing theory that determine nursing practice. Of these four, which is most important
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? Person Environment Health Nursing
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ANSWER
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QUESTION 9 vc
Exam Solution vc
NCLEX Fundamentals of Nursing Questions FIRST EXAM vc vc vc vc vc vc v
REVIEW 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIO
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NS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (42357)
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QUESTION 1 vc
A nurse is caring for a patient who has complications related to type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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The nurse researches new procedures to care for foot ulcers when developing a care pla
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n for this patient. Which QSEN competency does this action represent? Patient-
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centered care Evidence-based practice Quality improvement Informatics
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ANSWER
Quality Improvement - vc vc
Quality improvement involves routinely updating nursing policies and procedures. Providing patient-
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centered care involves listening to the patient and demonstrating respect and compassion. Evidence-
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based practice is used when adhering to internal policies and standardized skills. The nurse is employin
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g informatics by using information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, and support de
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Nurses today complete a nursing education program, and practice nursing that identifies
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the personal needs of the patient and the role of the nurse in meeting those needs. Whic
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h nursing pioneer is MOST instrumental in this birth of modern nursing?
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a. Clara Barton
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b. Lilian Wald
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C. Lavinia Dock
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D. Florence Nightingale
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ANSWER
D. Florence Nightingale elevated the status of nursing to a respected occupation, imprived the quality of
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nursing care, and founded modern nursing education. Clara Barton established the Red Cross in the Unit
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ed States in 1882. Lillian Wald was the founder of public health nursing. Lavinia Dock was a nursing lea
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der and women's rights activist instrumental in establishing women's right to vote.
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,QUESTION 3 vc
A nurse is practicing as a nurse-midwife in a busy OB-
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GYN office. Which degree in nursing is necessary to practice at this level?
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A. LPN vc
B. ADN vc
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ANSWER
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A master's degree (MSN) prepares advanced practice nurses. Many master's graduates gain national cer
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tification in their specialty area, for example, as family nurse practitioners (FNPs) or nurse midwives.
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QUESTION 4 vc
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on element of each state's nurse practice act?
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a. Defining the legal scope of nursing practice
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b. Providing continuing education programs
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c. Determining the content covered in the NCLEX examination
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d. Creating institutional policies for health care practices
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ANSWER
A. Nurse practice acts are established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing by defining the leg
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al scope of nursing practice, creating a state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulations,
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define important terms and activities in nursing, and establish criteria for the education and licensure o
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f nurses. The acts do not determine the content covered on the NCLEX, but they do have the legal autho
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rity to allow graduates of approved schools of nursing to take the licensing examination. The acts also m
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ay determine educational requirements for licensure, but do not provide the education. Institutional poli
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cies are created by the institutions themselves.
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QUESTION 5 vc
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rrent health care trend contributing to 21st century challenges to nursing practice?
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a. Decreased numbers of hospitalized patients
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b. Older and more acutely ill patients
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c. Decreasing health care costs owing to managed care
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d. Slowed advances in medical knowledge and technology
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ANSWER
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nges to nursing practice in the 21st century: A growing population of hospitalized patients who are olde
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r and more acutely ill, increasing health care costs, and the need to stay current with rapid advances in
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A student nurse asks an experienced nurse why it is necessary to change the patient's be
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d every day. The nurse answers: "I guess we have just always done it that way." This ans
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wer is an example of what type of knowledge?
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a. Instinctive knowledge
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b. Scientific knowledge c.Authoritative knowledge
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d. Traditional knowledge
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ANSWER
d. Traditional knowledge is the part of nursing practice passed down from generation to generation, oft
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en without research data to support it. Scientific knowledge is that knowledge obtained through the scie
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ntific method (implying thorough research). Authoritative knowledge comes from an expert and is accep
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ted as truth based on the person's perceived expertise. Instinct is not a source of knowledge.
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QUESTION 7 vc
A charge nurse meets with staff to outline a plan to provide transcultural nursing care fo
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r patients in their health care facility. Which theorist promoted this type of caring as the
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central theme of nursing care, knowledge, and practice? a Madeline Leininger b Jean Wat
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son c Dorothy vc vc
E. Johnson d Betty Newman
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ANSWER
a. Madeline Leininger's theory provides the foundations of transcultural nursing care by making caring t
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he central theme of nursing. Jean Watson stated that nursing is concerned with promoting and restoring
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health, preventing illness, and caring for the sick. The central theme of Dorothy
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ning below optimal level. Betty Newman proposed that humans are in constant relationship with stress
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QUESTION 8 vc
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n nursing theory that determine nursing practice. Of these four, which is most important
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? Person Environment Health Nursing
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ANSWER
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