PCCN PRACTICE TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS | GRADED A+ |
GUARANTEED PASS!!
A newly licensed nurse asks an experienced colleague about the history of the
unit's dressing change guidelines. This nurse is practicing, which nursing
dimension of the AACN's Synergy Model?
A. Collaboration
B. Clinical Inquiry
C. Systems thinking
D. Clinical judgement
- answer-B. Clinical inquiry
A nurse who respects and supports a patient's right to make decisions is
demonstrating:
A. Fidelity
B. Advocacy
C. Altruism
D. Justice
- answer-B. Advocacy
A patient who can initiate some degree of compensation is demonstrating which
level of resiliency?
A. Level 1
B. Level 3
C. Level 4
D. Level 5
- answer-B. Level 3
A patient who was administered pain medication 1 hour ago states their pain is still
10 out of 10. The nurse's BEST action is to:
A. Tell the patient to take long, slow breaths and that the pain will resolve when
the medication kicks in
B. Tell the patient that the medication should eventually relieve the pain and try to
sleep
, C. Inform that provider that an increase or change in pain medication may be
required
D. Inform the provider that the patient may be exhibiting drug-seeking behavior
- answer-Inform the provider that an increase or change in pain medication may be
required
A patient's family member asks the nurse about skin breakdown they noticed a
patient receiving bilevel positive airway pressure. The nurse puts in a wound
consult and applies a dressing to the area. Which characteristic does the nurse
display?
A. Advocacy
B. Clinical inquiry
C. Caring practices
D. Systems thinking
- answer-A. Advocacy
A physician writes a medication order that is three times the recommended dosage,
and the nurse administers the medication as ordered. The patient has a fatal
outcome from the lethal dosage of the medication. Who is liable for this error?
A. The physician who wrote the order
B. The nurse who administered the medication to the patient
C. The pharmaceutical company that manufactures the medication
D. Both the physician who wrote the order and the nurse who administered the
medication
- answer-D. Both the physician who wrote the order and the nurse who
administered the medication
After the nurse leaves a patient's room, a nursing colleague approaches her and
requests patient treatment information, skating, "The patient is the aunt of one of
my close friends". The nurse's BEST action is to:
A. Instruct her colleague to contact the patient's physician to obtain treatment
information
B. Review the patient's EMR with her colleague
C. Tell her colleague that she is too busy to answer any questions at this time
D. Inform her colleague that patient permission is required to release any
information
- answer-D. Inform her colleague that patient permission is required to release any
information
VERIFIED ANSWERS | GRADED A+ |
GUARANTEED PASS!!
A newly licensed nurse asks an experienced colleague about the history of the
unit's dressing change guidelines. This nurse is practicing, which nursing
dimension of the AACN's Synergy Model?
A. Collaboration
B. Clinical Inquiry
C. Systems thinking
D. Clinical judgement
- answer-B. Clinical inquiry
A nurse who respects and supports a patient's right to make decisions is
demonstrating:
A. Fidelity
B. Advocacy
C. Altruism
D. Justice
- answer-B. Advocacy
A patient who can initiate some degree of compensation is demonstrating which
level of resiliency?
A. Level 1
B. Level 3
C. Level 4
D. Level 5
- answer-B. Level 3
A patient who was administered pain medication 1 hour ago states their pain is still
10 out of 10. The nurse's BEST action is to:
A. Tell the patient to take long, slow breaths and that the pain will resolve when
the medication kicks in
B. Tell the patient that the medication should eventually relieve the pain and try to
sleep
, C. Inform that provider that an increase or change in pain medication may be
required
D. Inform the provider that the patient may be exhibiting drug-seeking behavior
- answer-Inform the provider that an increase or change in pain medication may be
required
A patient's family member asks the nurse about skin breakdown they noticed a
patient receiving bilevel positive airway pressure. The nurse puts in a wound
consult and applies a dressing to the area. Which characteristic does the nurse
display?
A. Advocacy
B. Clinical inquiry
C. Caring practices
D. Systems thinking
- answer-A. Advocacy
A physician writes a medication order that is three times the recommended dosage,
and the nurse administers the medication as ordered. The patient has a fatal
outcome from the lethal dosage of the medication. Who is liable for this error?
A. The physician who wrote the order
B. The nurse who administered the medication to the patient
C. The pharmaceutical company that manufactures the medication
D. Both the physician who wrote the order and the nurse who administered the
medication
- answer-D. Both the physician who wrote the order and the nurse who
administered the medication
After the nurse leaves a patient's room, a nursing colleague approaches her and
requests patient treatment information, skating, "The patient is the aunt of one of
my close friends". The nurse's BEST action is to:
A. Instruct her colleague to contact the patient's physician to obtain treatment
information
B. Review the patient's EMR with her colleague
C. Tell her colleague that she is too busy to answer any questions at this time
D. Inform her colleague that patient permission is required to release any
information
- answer-D. Inform her colleague that patient permission is required to release any
information
