FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING LATEST
EXAM 2025/2026 REAL QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS
▶ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? Answer:Specifies the psychological and
physiologic factors that affect each person's physical and mental health. At
the base of the pyramid: oxygen, food, elimination, temperature control,
sex, movement, rest, and comfort. At the top: safety and security, love and
belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
▶ Erikson's Psychosocial Theory? Answer:Based on individuals' interacting
and learning about their world.
▶ Altruism? Answer:Motivated by public service over personal gain.
▶ Accountability? Answer:Accepting responsibility for actions and
omissions.
▶ Autonomy? Answer:Making independent decisions within the scope of
practice and being responsible for the results and consequences of those
decisions.
▶ Code of Ethics? Answer:The standards of right and wrong behavior.
▶ Professional Organization? Answer:Any organization that supports and
encourages high standards in nursing.
▶ Licensure? Answer:to be given a license to practice nursing in a state or
province after successfully meeting requirements. An RN is committed to
professional development and is required to continue to learn and maintain
competency.
, ▶ Diversity? Answer:Respect for human rights, including cultural right, the
right to life and choice, to dignity and to be treated with respect. Nursing
care is respectful of and unrestricted by considerations of age, color, creed,
culture, disability or illness, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, politics,
race or social status.
▶ Cultural Competence? Answer:the ability to interact effectively with
people of different cultures
▶ American Nurses Association (ANA)? Answer:Professional organization
that represents all registered nurses.
▶ Standards of Nursing Practice? Answer:Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcomes identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
▶ Licensed Practical Nurse? Answer:a nurse who has completed a 1-year
nursing program and has passed a licensing test
▶ Registered Nurse? Answer:A nurse who has completed a 2-, 3-, or 4-
year nursing program and has passed a licensing test
▶ Advanced Practice Nurse? Answer:a registered nurse having education
beyond the basic nursing education and certified by a nationally recognized
professional organization in a nursing specialty, or meeting other criteria
established by a Board of Nursing.
▶ Doctor of Nursing Practice? Answer:nurses who earn a PhD in nursing
required to assume advanced practice roles such as nurse practitioner,
clinical nurse specialist, nurse midwife, and nurse anesthetist
▶ Benner's Novice to Expert Model? Answer:novice, advanced beginner,
competent, proficient, expert
▶ National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX)? Answer:Examination
used to test critical thinking and nursing competency.
EXAM 2025/2026 REAL QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS
▶ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? Answer:Specifies the psychological and
physiologic factors that affect each person's physical and mental health. At
the base of the pyramid: oxygen, food, elimination, temperature control,
sex, movement, rest, and comfort. At the top: safety and security, love and
belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
▶ Erikson's Psychosocial Theory? Answer:Based on individuals' interacting
and learning about their world.
▶ Altruism? Answer:Motivated by public service over personal gain.
▶ Accountability? Answer:Accepting responsibility for actions and
omissions.
▶ Autonomy? Answer:Making independent decisions within the scope of
practice and being responsible for the results and consequences of those
decisions.
▶ Code of Ethics? Answer:The standards of right and wrong behavior.
▶ Professional Organization? Answer:Any organization that supports and
encourages high standards in nursing.
▶ Licensure? Answer:to be given a license to practice nursing in a state or
province after successfully meeting requirements. An RN is committed to
professional development and is required to continue to learn and maintain
competency.
, ▶ Diversity? Answer:Respect for human rights, including cultural right, the
right to life and choice, to dignity and to be treated with respect. Nursing
care is respectful of and unrestricted by considerations of age, color, creed,
culture, disability or illness, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, politics,
race or social status.
▶ Cultural Competence? Answer:the ability to interact effectively with
people of different cultures
▶ American Nurses Association (ANA)? Answer:Professional organization
that represents all registered nurses.
▶ Standards of Nursing Practice? Answer:Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcomes identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
▶ Licensed Practical Nurse? Answer:a nurse who has completed a 1-year
nursing program and has passed a licensing test
▶ Registered Nurse? Answer:A nurse who has completed a 2-, 3-, or 4-
year nursing program and has passed a licensing test
▶ Advanced Practice Nurse? Answer:a registered nurse having education
beyond the basic nursing education and certified by a nationally recognized
professional organization in a nursing specialty, or meeting other criteria
established by a Board of Nursing.
▶ Doctor of Nursing Practice? Answer:nurses who earn a PhD in nursing
required to assume advanced practice roles such as nurse practitioner,
clinical nurse specialist, nurse midwife, and nurse anesthetist
▶ Benner's Novice to Expert Model? Answer:novice, advanced beginner,
competent, proficient, expert
▶ National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX)? Answer:Examination
used to test critical thinking and nursing competency.
