2025 SPRING NURSING EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED BY EXPERTS
The student nurse is following a preceptor on the assigned clinical shift. Which
behavior of the nurse should the student interpret as caring?
1. Making sure that all medications and treatments are done on time
2. Using aseptic technique when performing a dressing change
3. Advising the physician that the client wants to speak to him or her prior to a
procedure
4. Explaining an invasive procedure to the client, then asking if it is all right to
begin the procedure - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>4. Explaining an invasive
procedure to the client, then asking if it is all right to begin the procedure
The nurse is reviewing Mayeroff's philosophy of caring prior to providing care to a
client. What should the nurse include to demonstrate caring to the client?
1. Honesty
2. Trust
3. Humility
4. Professionalism
5. Courtesy - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>1. Honesty
2. Trust
3. Humility
The nurse is emulating the characteristics of caring, as described by Mayeroff.
Which action demonstrates knowing, in relationship to caring?
1. Seeing that a client is withdrawn and sullen, and spending extra time when
providing cares or treatments
2. Understanding the reason a clients lab values are elevated
3. Seeing the connection between the pathophysiology of the cardiac condition and
treatment and giving the rationale for certain medications when the client asks
4. Getting an extra blanket when the client says he is cold - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>1. Seeing that a client is withdrawn and sullen, and spending extra
time when providing cares or treatments
,A nurse manager has been dealing with staffing problems and high patient acuity
on the unit. The director of nursing unit has been sensitive to other issues in the
past, so the nurse manager decides to approach her with these new concerns.
Which aspect of caring is the nurse manager demonstrating?
1. Knowing
2. Trust
3. Humility
4. Courage - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>4. Courage
A new nurse has just started work on an oncology unit. One of the clients has
decided to discontinue treatment, even though he understands that his life will be
shortened extensively if he does. The nurse is having difficulty with this situation
and decides to approach a seasoned nurse for insight and a way to help support this
particular client. The nurse is exemplifying which aspect of caring?
1. Hope
2. Humility
3. Honesty
4. Patience - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>3. Honesty
The nurse is researching the concept of caring as it relates to specific situations in
the clinical area. More specifically, the nurse is interested in caring as it relates to
cultural differences. Of the following theorists, which would be of the most help to
this nurse researcher?
1. Florence Nightingale
2. Jean Watson
3. Dorothea Orem
4. Madeline Leininger - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>4. Madeline Leininger
The nurse is planning to provide care according to Leiningers theory of culturally
congruent care. What should the nurse include when providing care to the client?
1. Care should be influenced by the organizational structure.
2. The clients familiar lifeways are preserved.
3. Accommodations should be satisfying to clients.
4. Nursing care must be repatterned to help the client move toward wellness.
5. Care should be structured to fit the nurses needs - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>2.
The clients familiar life-ways are preserved.
,3. Accommodations should be satisfying to clients.
4. Nursing care must be re-patterned to help the client move toward wellness.
While evaluating how care is delivered at various hospitals, the nurse identifies a
facility where caring in the emergency department is perceived differently than
caring in the rehabilitation unit. Whose theory of caring is the nurse observing in
action?
1. Leininger
2. Ray
3. Roach
4. Boykin and Schoenhofer - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>2. Ray
The nurse is working in a busy intensive care unit. A client is admitted with
extensive medical problems and requires a ventilator. Because the nurse already
has two other clients assigned to his care, he requests that the nurse manager
change assignments so that appropriate attention can be given to this new
admission. According to Roach's six Cs of caring, which one is the nurse
emulating?
1. Compassion
2. Confidence
3. Commitment
4. Conscience - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>4. Conscience
A nurse has been working a 12-hour shift in a labor and delivery unit. A client was
admitted early in the shift and is now ready to deliver. The client had a difficult
labor experience, was worried and anxious throughout, and had physiological
problems with blood pressure as well as pain management. The nurse decides to
stay until the delivery is over, after having it approved by her manager. What is
this nurse demonstrating?
1. Compassion
2. Competence
3. Confidence
4. Conscience - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>1. Compassion
A nurse educator is teaching students about the philosophy of caring in nursing and
states that nurses can only be truly caring if they are true to themselves first. This
action then emphasizes the importance of nurses knowing themselves, which
, brings about a process that allows the nurse to be with another person. Whose
theory is the educator using to teach the concept of caring?
1. Roach
2. Ray
3. Boykin and Schoenhofer
4. Watson - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>3. Boykin and Schoenhofer
A labor and delivery nurse wants to conduct research focused on the response of
new parents toward their babies. The approach the nurse would like to use suggests
that caring is a nurturing process. The nurse should review the ideas of which
theorist because they are best in line with this research?
1. Swanson
2. Watson
3. Roach
4. Benner - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>1. Swanson
The nurse working with students on a medical unit describes the pathophysiology
of a client with a respiratory acidosis condition as well as specific assessment
findings. Which type of knowledge is the nurse demonstrating?
1. Aesthetic
2. Empirical
3. Personal
4. Creative - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>2. Empirical
During a midterm evaluation, the nurse educator tells the students they need to
work on improving their aesthetic knowledge. How should the students plan to
accomplish this recommendation?
1. Study harder.
2. Take better notes.
3. Read about the same topic from a variety of sources.
4. Spend time in the clinical area with seasoned nurses. - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>4. Spend time in the clinical area with seasoned nurses.
A nurse has been asked to be a member of a hospitals internal review board and
evaluate research studies. Which characteristic does this nurse most likely possess?
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED BY EXPERTS
The student nurse is following a preceptor on the assigned clinical shift. Which
behavior of the nurse should the student interpret as caring?
1. Making sure that all medications and treatments are done on time
2. Using aseptic technique when performing a dressing change
3. Advising the physician that the client wants to speak to him or her prior to a
procedure
4. Explaining an invasive procedure to the client, then asking if it is all right to
begin the procedure - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>4. Explaining an invasive
procedure to the client, then asking if it is all right to begin the procedure
The nurse is reviewing Mayeroff's philosophy of caring prior to providing care to a
client. What should the nurse include to demonstrate caring to the client?
1. Honesty
2. Trust
3. Humility
4. Professionalism
5. Courtesy - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>1. Honesty
2. Trust
3. Humility
The nurse is emulating the characteristics of caring, as described by Mayeroff.
Which action demonstrates knowing, in relationship to caring?
1. Seeing that a client is withdrawn and sullen, and spending extra time when
providing cares or treatments
2. Understanding the reason a clients lab values are elevated
3. Seeing the connection between the pathophysiology of the cardiac condition and
treatment and giving the rationale for certain medications when the client asks
4. Getting an extra blanket when the client says he is cold - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>1. Seeing that a client is withdrawn and sullen, and spending extra
time when providing cares or treatments
,A nurse manager has been dealing with staffing problems and high patient acuity
on the unit. The director of nursing unit has been sensitive to other issues in the
past, so the nurse manager decides to approach her with these new concerns.
Which aspect of caring is the nurse manager demonstrating?
1. Knowing
2. Trust
3. Humility
4. Courage - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>4. Courage
A new nurse has just started work on an oncology unit. One of the clients has
decided to discontinue treatment, even though he understands that his life will be
shortened extensively if he does. The nurse is having difficulty with this situation
and decides to approach a seasoned nurse for insight and a way to help support this
particular client. The nurse is exemplifying which aspect of caring?
1. Hope
2. Humility
3. Honesty
4. Patience - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>3. Honesty
The nurse is researching the concept of caring as it relates to specific situations in
the clinical area. More specifically, the nurse is interested in caring as it relates to
cultural differences. Of the following theorists, which would be of the most help to
this nurse researcher?
1. Florence Nightingale
2. Jean Watson
3. Dorothea Orem
4. Madeline Leininger - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>4. Madeline Leininger
The nurse is planning to provide care according to Leiningers theory of culturally
congruent care. What should the nurse include when providing care to the client?
1. Care should be influenced by the organizational structure.
2. The clients familiar lifeways are preserved.
3. Accommodations should be satisfying to clients.
4. Nursing care must be repatterned to help the client move toward wellness.
5. Care should be structured to fit the nurses needs - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>2.
The clients familiar life-ways are preserved.
,3. Accommodations should be satisfying to clients.
4. Nursing care must be re-patterned to help the client move toward wellness.
While evaluating how care is delivered at various hospitals, the nurse identifies a
facility where caring in the emergency department is perceived differently than
caring in the rehabilitation unit. Whose theory of caring is the nurse observing in
action?
1. Leininger
2. Ray
3. Roach
4. Boykin and Schoenhofer - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>2. Ray
The nurse is working in a busy intensive care unit. A client is admitted with
extensive medical problems and requires a ventilator. Because the nurse already
has two other clients assigned to his care, he requests that the nurse manager
change assignments so that appropriate attention can be given to this new
admission. According to Roach's six Cs of caring, which one is the nurse
emulating?
1. Compassion
2. Confidence
3. Commitment
4. Conscience - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>4. Conscience
A nurse has been working a 12-hour shift in a labor and delivery unit. A client was
admitted early in the shift and is now ready to deliver. The client had a difficult
labor experience, was worried and anxious throughout, and had physiological
problems with blood pressure as well as pain management. The nurse decides to
stay until the delivery is over, after having it approved by her manager. What is
this nurse demonstrating?
1. Compassion
2. Competence
3. Confidence
4. Conscience - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>1. Compassion
A nurse educator is teaching students about the philosophy of caring in nursing and
states that nurses can only be truly caring if they are true to themselves first. This
action then emphasizes the importance of nurses knowing themselves, which
, brings about a process that allows the nurse to be with another person. Whose
theory is the educator using to teach the concept of caring?
1. Roach
2. Ray
3. Boykin and Schoenhofer
4. Watson - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>3. Boykin and Schoenhofer
A labor and delivery nurse wants to conduct research focused on the response of
new parents toward their babies. The approach the nurse would like to use suggests
that caring is a nurturing process. The nurse should review the ideas of which
theorist because they are best in line with this research?
1. Swanson
2. Watson
3. Roach
4. Benner - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>1. Swanson
The nurse working with students on a medical unit describes the pathophysiology
of a client with a respiratory acidosis condition as well as specific assessment
findings. Which type of knowledge is the nurse demonstrating?
1. Aesthetic
2. Empirical
3. Personal
4. Creative - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>2. Empirical
During a midterm evaluation, the nurse educator tells the students they need to
work on improving their aesthetic knowledge. How should the students plan to
accomplish this recommendation?
1. Study harder.
2. Take better notes.
3. Read about the same topic from a variety of sources.
4. Spend time in the clinical area with seasoned nurses. - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>4. Spend time in the clinical area with seasoned nurses.
A nurse has been asked to be a member of a hospitals internal review board and
evaluate research studies. Which characteristic does this nurse most likely possess?
