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Professionalism in Nursing Exam 1 Review Questions And
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1. You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical
care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the
preparation, you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for
Professional Registered Nurses. Your instructor asks the class why this
document is important. Which statement best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
2. A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient
wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient
to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of
the operation to the family and discusses the patient's wishes with them. The
nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
2. Advocate
3. The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a dressing
change procedure for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates
how to change the dressing. The nurse is acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
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2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
1. Educator
4. The examination for RN licensure is the same in every state in the United
States. This examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
4. Guarantees standardized education across all prelicensure programs
3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
5. Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge and skills for
a variety of professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are
examples of these roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
6. Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the
role.
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse anesthetist
3. Nurse practitioner
4. Nurse-midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly
managing the medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic
conditions
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d. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to patients across the
life span
1-b
2-d
3-c
4-a
7. Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of
these models is expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention
model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
8. The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing staff about an
increase in urinary tract infections in patients with a Foley catheter. The staff
work together to review the literature on catheter-associated urinary tract
infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-risk patients, and establishes new catheter
care practices. This is an example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
4. Quality improvement
9. A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly
position patients who are on ventilators to reduce pneumonia caused by
accumulated respiratory secretions. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
2. Evidence-based practice
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10. The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure
injury formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two
types of treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess for
pressure injury risk. The second uses a new assessment instrument to identify
at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which
career?
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse administrator
3. Nurse educator
4. Nurse researcher
4. Nurse researcher
1. The components of the nursing metaparadigm include:
1. Person, health, environment, and theory.
2. Health, theory, concepts, and environment.
3. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs.
4. Person, health, environment, and nursing.
4. Person, health, environment, and nursing.
2. Theory is essential to nursing practice because it: (Select all that apply.)
1. Contributes to nursing knowledge.
2. Predicts patient behaviors in situations.
3. Provides a means of assessing patient vital signs.
4. Guides nursing practice.
5. Formulates health care legislation.
6. Explains relationships between concepts.
1. Contributes to nursing knowledge.
2. Predicts patient behaviors in situations.
4. Guides nursing practice.
6. Explains relationships between concepts.
3. A nurse ensures that each patient's room is clean; well ventilated; and free
from clutter, excessive noise, and extremes in temperature. Which theorist's
work is the nurse practicing in this example?
1. Henderson
2. Orem
Professionalism in Nursing Exam 1 Review Questions And
Rationale Comprehensive 2026 Questions Exam Latest
Version Solved Questions & Answers Verified 100 %
1. You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical
care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the
preparation, you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for
Professional Registered Nurses. Your instructor asks the class why this
document is important. Which statement best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
2. A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient
wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient
to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of
the operation to the family and discusses the patient's wishes with them. The
nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
2. Advocate
3. The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a dressing
change procedure for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates
how to change the dressing. The nurse is acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
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2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
1. Educator
4. The examination for RN licensure is the same in every state in the United
States. This examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
4. Guarantees standardized education across all prelicensure programs
3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
5. Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge and skills for
a variety of professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are
examples of these roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
6. Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the
role.
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse anesthetist
3. Nurse practitioner
4. Nurse-midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly
managing the medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic
conditions
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d. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to patients across the
life span
1-b
2-d
3-c
4-a
7. Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of
these models is expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention
model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
8. The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing staff about an
increase in urinary tract infections in patients with a Foley catheter. The staff
work together to review the literature on catheter-associated urinary tract
infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-risk patients, and establishes new catheter
care practices. This is an example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
4. Quality improvement
9. A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly
position patients who are on ventilators to reduce pneumonia caused by
accumulated respiratory secretions. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
2. Evidence-based practice
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10. The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure
injury formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two
types of treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess for
pressure injury risk. The second uses a new assessment instrument to identify
at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which
career?
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse administrator
3. Nurse educator
4. Nurse researcher
4. Nurse researcher
1. The components of the nursing metaparadigm include:
1. Person, health, environment, and theory.
2. Health, theory, concepts, and environment.
3. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs.
4. Person, health, environment, and nursing.
4. Person, health, environment, and nursing.
2. Theory is essential to nursing practice because it: (Select all that apply.)
1. Contributes to nursing knowledge.
2. Predicts patient behaviors in situations.
3. Provides a means of assessing patient vital signs.
4. Guides nursing practice.
5. Formulates health care legislation.
6. Explains relationships between concepts.
1. Contributes to nursing knowledge.
2. Predicts patient behaviors in situations.
4. Guides nursing practice.
6. Explains relationships between concepts.
3. A nurse ensures that each patient's room is clean; well ventilated; and free
from clutter, excessive noise, and extremes in temperature. Which theorist's
work is the nurse practicing in this example?
1. Henderson
2. Orem
