BENCHMARK FUNDAMENTALS FOR NURSING I
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2023
1. Home health care, Rehab facilities, Skilled nursing facilities - Correct answer A nurse is
discussing restorative health care w/newly-licensed nurse. Which of the following
examples should the nurse include in the teaching?
2. Medicare, Medicaid - Correct answer A nurse is explaining the various types of health
coverage clients might have to a group of nursing students. Which of the following health
care financing mechanisms are federally funded?
3. Collaborating w/providers to perform obesity screening during routine office visits -
Correct answer A nurse manager is developing strategies to care for the increasing
number of clients who have obesity. Which of the following actions should the nurse
include as a primary health care strategy?
4. Ensuring that HCPs comply w/regulations - Correct answer A nurse is discussing the
purpose of regulatory agencies during a staff meeting. Which of the following tasks
should the nurse identify as the responsibility of state licensing boards?
5. ICU, Oncology treatment center, Burn center - Correct answer A nurse is explaining the
various levels of health care services to a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of the
following examples of care or care settings should the nurse classify as tertiary care?
6. A client who has terminal cancer requests hospice care in her home, A client asks about
community resources available for older adults, Client requests an electric wheelchair for
use after discharge - Correct answer A nurse is caring for a group of clients on a med-surg
unit. For which of the following client care needs should the nurse initiate a referral for a
social worker?
7. Occupational therapist - Correct answer A goal for a client who has difficulty w/self-
feeding due to RA is to use adaptive devices. The nurse caring for the client should initiate
a referral to which of the following members of the inter- professional care team?
8. Provider, Pharmacist, RN - Correct answer A client who is post-op following knee
arthroplasty is concerned about the adverse effects of the med he's receiving for pain
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, management. Which of the following members of the ICT can assist the client in
understanding the medications effects?
9. Speech-language pathologist - Correct answer A client who has had a cerebrovascular
accident has persistent problems w/dysphasia. The nurse caring for the client should
initiate a referral with which of the following members of the ICT?
10. Bathing, Ambulating, Toileting, Measure VS - Correct answer A nurse is acquainting a
group of newly licensed nurses w/the-roles-of-various members of the health care team
they'll encounter on a med-surg unit. When she gives examples of the types of tasks CNAs
may perform, which of the following client activities should she include?
11. Authority - Correct answer A nurse is caring for a client who decides not to have surgery
despite significant blockages in his coronary arteries. The nurse understands that this
client's choice is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
12. Beneficence - Correct answer A nurse offers pain med to a client who's post-op prior to
ambulation. The nurse understands that this aspect of care delivery is an example of
which of the following ethical principals?
13. Justice - Correct answer A nurse is instructing nursing students about the responsibilities
of organ donation n procurement involve. When the nurse explains that all clients waiting
4 kidney transplant have 2 meet the same qualifications, the students should understand
that this aspect of care delivery is an example of which of the following?
14. Nonmaleficence - Correct answer A nurse questions a med prescription as too extreme in
light of the client's advanced age & unstable status. The nurse understands that this
action is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
15. A family has conflicting feelings about the initiation of enteral tube feedings for their
father, who is terminally ill - Correct answer A nurse is instructing a group of nursing
students about how to know & what to expect when ethical dilemmas arise. Which of the
following situations should the students identify as an ethical dilemma?
16. Assault - Correct answer A nurse observes as AP reprimanding a client for not using the
urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if he doesn't use the urinal
more carefully next time. Which of the following torts is the AP committing?
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2023
1. Home health care, Rehab facilities, Skilled nursing facilities - Correct answer A nurse is
discussing restorative health care w/newly-licensed nurse. Which of the following
examples should the nurse include in the teaching?
2. Medicare, Medicaid - Correct answer A nurse is explaining the various types of health
coverage clients might have to a group of nursing students. Which of the following health
care financing mechanisms are federally funded?
3. Collaborating w/providers to perform obesity screening during routine office visits -
Correct answer A nurse manager is developing strategies to care for the increasing
number of clients who have obesity. Which of the following actions should the nurse
include as a primary health care strategy?
4. Ensuring that HCPs comply w/regulations - Correct answer A nurse is discussing the
purpose of regulatory agencies during a staff meeting. Which of the following tasks
should the nurse identify as the responsibility of state licensing boards?
5. ICU, Oncology treatment center, Burn center - Correct answer A nurse is explaining the
various levels of health care services to a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of the
following examples of care or care settings should the nurse classify as tertiary care?
6. A client who has terminal cancer requests hospice care in her home, A client asks about
community resources available for older adults, Client requests an electric wheelchair for
use after discharge - Correct answer A nurse is caring for a group of clients on a med-surg
unit. For which of the following client care needs should the nurse initiate a referral for a
social worker?
7. Occupational therapist - Correct answer A goal for a client who has difficulty w/self-
feeding due to RA is to use adaptive devices. The nurse caring for the client should initiate
a referral to which of the following members of the inter- professional care team?
8. Provider, Pharmacist, RN - Correct answer A client who is post-op following knee
arthroplasty is concerned about the adverse effects of the med he's receiving for pain
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, management. Which of the following members of the ICT can assist the client in
understanding the medications effects?
9. Speech-language pathologist - Correct answer A client who has had a cerebrovascular
accident has persistent problems w/dysphasia. The nurse caring for the client should
initiate a referral with which of the following members of the ICT?
10. Bathing, Ambulating, Toileting, Measure VS - Correct answer A nurse is acquainting a
group of newly licensed nurses w/the-roles-of-various members of the health care team
they'll encounter on a med-surg unit. When she gives examples of the types of tasks CNAs
may perform, which of the following client activities should she include?
11. Authority - Correct answer A nurse is caring for a client who decides not to have surgery
despite significant blockages in his coronary arteries. The nurse understands that this
client's choice is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
12. Beneficence - Correct answer A nurse offers pain med to a client who's post-op prior to
ambulation. The nurse understands that this aspect of care delivery is an example of
which of the following ethical principals?
13. Justice - Correct answer A nurse is instructing nursing students about the responsibilities
of organ donation n procurement involve. When the nurse explains that all clients waiting
4 kidney transplant have 2 meet the same qualifications, the students should understand
that this aspect of care delivery is an example of which of the following?
14. Nonmaleficence - Correct answer A nurse questions a med prescription as too extreme in
light of the client's advanced age & unstable status. The nurse understands that this
action is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
15. A family has conflicting feelings about the initiation of enteral tube feedings for their
father, who is terminally ill - Correct answer A nurse is instructing a group of nursing
students about how to know & what to expect when ethical dilemmas arise. Which of the
following situations should the students identify as an ethical dilemma?
16. Assault - Correct answer A nurse observes as AP reprimanding a client for not using the
urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if he doesn't use the urinal
more carefully next time. Which of the following torts is the AP committing?
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