NURS PHM 2500 NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS ASSUARED SUCCESS 2022/2023
Which nurse most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on
health? a. Florence Nightingale
b. Mary Nutting
c. Clara Barton
d. Lillian Wald
A nurse assesses a patient's fluid status and decides that the patient needs to drink more
fluids. The nurse then encourages the patient to drink more fluids. Which concept is the nurse
demonstrating?
a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability
A nurse attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by the American
Nurses Association. Which type of education did the nurse receive?
a. Graduate
education b. Inservice
education
c. Continuing education
d. Registered nurse education
A patient is scheduled for surgery. When getting ready to obtain the informed consent, the
patient tells the nurse, "I have no idea what is going to happen. I couldn't ask any questions."
The nurse does not allow the patient to sign the permit and notifies the health care provider
of the situation. Which role is the nurse displaying?
a. Manager
b. Patient
educator c. Patient
advocate
d. Clinical nurse specialist
While providing care to a patient, the nurse is responsible, both professionally and legally.
Which concept does this describe?
a. Autonomy
b. Accountability
c. Patient advocacy
d. Patient education
A nurse is preparing a teaching session about contemporary influences on nursing.
Which examples should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
a. Human rights
b. Affordable Care Act
c. Demographic
changes
d. Medically underserved
,NURS PHM 2500 NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS ASSUARED SUCCESS 2022/2023
e. Decreasing health care costs
, NURS PHM 2500 NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS ASSUARED SUCCESS 2022/2023
The nursing instructor is teaching a class on nursing theory. One of the students
asks, "Why do we need to know this stuff? It doesn't really affect patients." What is
the instructor's best response?
a. "You are correct, but we have to learn it anyway."
b. "This keeps the focus of nursing narrow."
c. "Theories help explain why nurses do what they do."
d. "Exposure to theories will help you later in graduate school."
The nurse is caring for a patient who does not follow the prescribed regimen for diabetes
management. As a prescriber to Orem's theory, the nurse interviews the patient to identify
the cause of the patient's "noncompliance." What is the rationale for the nurse's behavior?
a. Orem's theory is useful in designing interventions to promote self-care.
b. Orem's theory focuses on cultural issues that may affect compliance.
c. Orem's theory allows for reduction of anxiety with communication.
d. Orem's theory helps nurses manipulate the patient's environment.
Upon assessment, the nurse notices that the patient's respirations have increased, and the tip
of the nose and earlobes are becoming cyanotic. The nurse finds that the patient's pulse rate is
over 100 beats per minute. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which patient need
should the nurse address first?
a. Self-esteem
b. Physiological
c. Self-actualization
d. Love and belonging
Which action indicates the nurse is using the nursing process in patient care?
a. Generates nursing knowledge for use in nursing practice.
b. Conceptualizes an aspect of nursing to predict nursing
care. c. Develops nursing care as a specific, distinct
phenomenon.
d. Delivers nursing care using a systematic approach.
A nurse is using Maslow's hierarchy of needs to prioritize care. Place the levels in order of
basic priority to highest priority that the nurse will follow.
1. Physiological
2. Self-esteem
3. Self-actualization
4. Safety and security
5. Love and
belonging a. 4, 1, 2,
3, 5
b. 1, 4, 5, 3, 2
c. 4, 5, 3, 2, 1
d. 1, 4, 5, 2, 3
A nurse is using a nursing metaparadigm to define nursing. Which concepts will the
nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
a. Person
b. Disease
c. Health
d. Nursing
e. Environment
ANSWERS ASSUARED SUCCESS 2022/2023
Which nurse most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on
health? a. Florence Nightingale
b. Mary Nutting
c. Clara Barton
d. Lillian Wald
A nurse assesses a patient's fluid status and decides that the patient needs to drink more
fluids. The nurse then encourages the patient to drink more fluids. Which concept is the nurse
demonstrating?
a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability
A nurse attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by the American
Nurses Association. Which type of education did the nurse receive?
a. Graduate
education b. Inservice
education
c. Continuing education
d. Registered nurse education
A patient is scheduled for surgery. When getting ready to obtain the informed consent, the
patient tells the nurse, "I have no idea what is going to happen. I couldn't ask any questions."
The nurse does not allow the patient to sign the permit and notifies the health care provider
of the situation. Which role is the nurse displaying?
a. Manager
b. Patient
educator c. Patient
advocate
d. Clinical nurse specialist
While providing care to a patient, the nurse is responsible, both professionally and legally.
Which concept does this describe?
a. Autonomy
b. Accountability
c. Patient advocacy
d. Patient education
A nurse is preparing a teaching session about contemporary influences on nursing.
Which examples should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
a. Human rights
b. Affordable Care Act
c. Demographic
changes
d. Medically underserved
,NURS PHM 2500 NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS ASSUARED SUCCESS 2022/2023
e. Decreasing health care costs
, NURS PHM 2500 NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS ASSUARED SUCCESS 2022/2023
The nursing instructor is teaching a class on nursing theory. One of the students
asks, "Why do we need to know this stuff? It doesn't really affect patients." What is
the instructor's best response?
a. "You are correct, but we have to learn it anyway."
b. "This keeps the focus of nursing narrow."
c. "Theories help explain why nurses do what they do."
d. "Exposure to theories will help you later in graduate school."
The nurse is caring for a patient who does not follow the prescribed regimen for diabetes
management. As a prescriber to Orem's theory, the nurse interviews the patient to identify
the cause of the patient's "noncompliance." What is the rationale for the nurse's behavior?
a. Orem's theory is useful in designing interventions to promote self-care.
b. Orem's theory focuses on cultural issues that may affect compliance.
c. Orem's theory allows for reduction of anxiety with communication.
d. Orem's theory helps nurses manipulate the patient's environment.
Upon assessment, the nurse notices that the patient's respirations have increased, and the tip
of the nose and earlobes are becoming cyanotic. The nurse finds that the patient's pulse rate is
over 100 beats per minute. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which patient need
should the nurse address first?
a. Self-esteem
b. Physiological
c. Self-actualization
d. Love and belonging
Which action indicates the nurse is using the nursing process in patient care?
a. Generates nursing knowledge for use in nursing practice.
b. Conceptualizes an aspect of nursing to predict nursing
care. c. Develops nursing care as a specific, distinct
phenomenon.
d. Delivers nursing care using a systematic approach.
A nurse is using Maslow's hierarchy of needs to prioritize care. Place the levels in order of
basic priority to highest priority that the nurse will follow.
1. Physiological
2. Self-esteem
3. Self-actualization
4. Safety and security
5. Love and
belonging a. 4, 1, 2,
3, 5
b. 1, 4, 5, 3, 2
c. 4, 5, 3, 2, 1
d. 1, 4, 5, 2, 3
A nurse is using a nursing metaparadigm to define nursing. Which concepts will the
nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
a. Person
b. Disease
c. Health
d. Nursing
e. Environment
