ART AND SCIENCE OF ADVANCED
PRACTICE NURSING PRACTICE TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉What are positive strategies for a healthy workplace environment?
Answer: Creating support systems and resilience
◉What is resilience in nursing? Answer: The ability to manage
stress and combat burnout
◉What are the four P's of resilience? Answer: Priorities, Purpose,
Perspective, Personal responsibility
◉What attributes are needed to become a nurse? Answer: Clinical
judgment, critical thinking, pharmacology knowledge, lifelong
learning
◉How does emotional intelligence influence nursing? Answer:
Improves critical thinking and patient outcomes
, ◉What are the five stages of Patricia Benner's model? Answer:
Novice, Advanced beginner, Competent, Proficient, Expert
◉What does a novice nurse lack? Answer: Experience
◉What does an advanced beginner nurse recognize? Answer:
Meaningful situational components
◉What does a competent nurse understand? Answer: Actions in
terms of long-range goals
◉What does a proficient nurse perceive? Answer: Situations as
wholes rather than parts
◉What are the educational pathways to becoming a licensed
professional nurse? Answer: Associate degree, Bachelor degree,
Post-degree accelerated bachelor degree, Masters entry programs.
◉What is the advantage of obtaining a Bachelor degree in nursing?
Answer: More opportunities for leadership positions, advanced
practice tracks, and research.
PRACTICE NURSING PRACTICE TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉What are positive strategies for a healthy workplace environment?
Answer: Creating support systems and resilience
◉What is resilience in nursing? Answer: The ability to manage
stress and combat burnout
◉What are the four P's of resilience? Answer: Priorities, Purpose,
Perspective, Personal responsibility
◉What attributes are needed to become a nurse? Answer: Clinical
judgment, critical thinking, pharmacology knowledge, lifelong
learning
◉How does emotional intelligence influence nursing? Answer:
Improves critical thinking and patient outcomes
, ◉What are the five stages of Patricia Benner's model? Answer:
Novice, Advanced beginner, Competent, Proficient, Expert
◉What does a novice nurse lack? Answer: Experience
◉What does an advanced beginner nurse recognize? Answer:
Meaningful situational components
◉What does a competent nurse understand? Answer: Actions in
terms of long-range goals
◉What does a proficient nurse perceive? Answer: Situations as
wholes rather than parts
◉What are the educational pathways to becoming a licensed
professional nurse? Answer: Associate degree, Bachelor degree,
Post-degree accelerated bachelor degree, Masters entry programs.
◉What is the advantage of obtaining a Bachelor degree in nursing?
Answer: More opportunities for leadership positions, advanced
practice tracks, and research.
