ANCC Non-Clinical Questions and
highlighted answers (100% correct)
A difficult aspect of determining occupational exposure to
disease is the:
A. confidentiality of the information within company
records.
B. inaccuracy of occupational disease reporting.
C. long latency period between exposure and disease
development.
D. reliance on workers' memories. C. the long latency
period between exposure and disease development
A patient who sustained a myocardial infarction comes to
the clinic for a refill of atorvastatin calcium (Lipitor). The
family nurse practitioner recognizes that the medication is
prescribed for:
A. cancer prevention
B. primary prevention
C. secondary prevention
D. tertiary prevention. D. tertiary prevention
Clinical practice guidelines are designed to:
,A. increase variations in clinical care
B. mandate practice decisions
C. protect nurses from legal liability
D. serve as a handbook for best practice.
The family nurse practitioner participates in a
hospitalbased quality improvement project. The nurse
practitioner reviews four charts per month of a nurse
practitioner colleague to ensure diabetes protocols are
met. This process is a:
A. core competency
B. force field analysis
C. peer review
D. risk analysis C. Peer review
A 55-year-old male patient who is Chinese has a followup
appointment after cardiac bypass surgery. The patient
brings his father with him into the examination room.
How does the family nurse practitioner provide culturally
sensitive care?
A. Asks the patient's father first if he has any questions
regarding his son's care
, B. Asks the patient's father to leave the room due to
confidentiality issues
C. Performs the examination without speaking to the
patient's father
D. Provides the patient's father an informational packet
to read while performing the examination A. Asks the
patient's father first if he has any questions regarding his
son's care
The family nurse practitioner observes an increase in
chlamydia diagnoses in a small rural community and
suspects patients are not notifying their partners of their
diagnosis and, thereby, delaying treatment. The nurse
practitioner decides to conduct a small research study.
Which type of hypothesis does the nurse practitioner
apply?
a. Complex hypothesis B.
Deductive hypothesis
C. Inductive hypothesis
D. Non-directional hypothesis. C. Inductive hypothesis
The family nurse practitioner exhibits professional
leadership by:
highlighted answers (100% correct)
A difficult aspect of determining occupational exposure to
disease is the:
A. confidentiality of the information within company
records.
B. inaccuracy of occupational disease reporting.
C. long latency period between exposure and disease
development.
D. reliance on workers' memories. C. the long latency
period between exposure and disease development
A patient who sustained a myocardial infarction comes to
the clinic for a refill of atorvastatin calcium (Lipitor). The
family nurse practitioner recognizes that the medication is
prescribed for:
A. cancer prevention
B. primary prevention
C. secondary prevention
D. tertiary prevention. D. tertiary prevention
Clinical practice guidelines are designed to:
,A. increase variations in clinical care
B. mandate practice decisions
C. protect nurses from legal liability
D. serve as a handbook for best practice.
The family nurse practitioner participates in a
hospitalbased quality improvement project. The nurse
practitioner reviews four charts per month of a nurse
practitioner colleague to ensure diabetes protocols are
met. This process is a:
A. core competency
B. force field analysis
C. peer review
D. risk analysis C. Peer review
A 55-year-old male patient who is Chinese has a followup
appointment after cardiac bypass surgery. The patient
brings his father with him into the examination room.
How does the family nurse practitioner provide culturally
sensitive care?
A. Asks the patient's father first if he has any questions
regarding his son's care
, B. Asks the patient's father to leave the room due to
confidentiality issues
C. Performs the examination without speaking to the
patient's father
D. Provides the patient's father an informational packet
to read while performing the examination A. Asks the
patient's father first if he has any questions regarding his
son's care
The family nurse practitioner observes an increase in
chlamydia diagnoses in a small rural community and
suspects patients are not notifying their partners of their
diagnosis and, thereby, delaying treatment. The nurse
practitioner decides to conduct a small research study.
Which type of hypothesis does the nurse practitioner
apply?
a. Complex hypothesis B.
Deductive hypothesis
C. Inductive hypothesis
D. Non-directional hypothesis. C. Inductive hypothesis
The family nurse practitioner exhibits professional
leadership by:
