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Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) Certification Review
Questions - King & Gerard 2025 |EXAM
(MULTIPLE CHOICES) AND (RATIONALES)
QUESTION AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
2025
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Terms in this set (201)
Patient satisfaction scores C) Compare desired outcomes with national & State
in emergency standards
department have shown Rationale: Client care outcomes are a measure of
a downward trend over quality practice. CNLs must know how to compare
the past three quarters. desired outcomes that will improve safety,
As a clinical nurse leader effectiveness, timeliness, efficiency, quality, and the
in ED focus is to: degree to which they are client centered.
A) Create a script for
triage nurse in
welcoming the patient
B) Assign a volunteer to
welcome patients to the
hospital
C) Compare desired
outcomes with national &
state standards
D) Write a letter of
apology to each
dissatisfied patient
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Which of the following B) Sponsoring a meeting with the monitor
actions illustrates the technicians to understand their barriers in the
CNL professional value cardiac monitoring process
of altruism? Rationale: Altruism is a concern for the welfare &
A) Leading an well-being of others. In professional practice,
interdisciplinary team altruism is reflected by the CNL's concern for the
looking at the remote welfare of clients, other nurses, and other health
cardiac monitoring care providers.
process
B) Sponsoring a meeting
with the monitor
technicians to understand
their barriers in the
cardiac monitoring
process
C) Flow mapping the
admission process of the
remote cardiac-
monitored patient
D) Editing the policy for
the remote cardiac
monitoring process.
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You are a CNL on the tele A) The CNL discusses with the physician the
unit & orienting a newly rationale for discontinuing cardiac monitoring in the
graduated nurse. Critical hospice patient
thinking is best Rationale: Critical thinking underlies independent &
demonstrated when: interdependent decision making. Critical thinking
A) The CNL discusses includes questioning, analysis, synthesis,
with the physician the interpretation, inference, inductive & deductive
rationale for reasoning, intuition, application, & creativity.
discontinuing cardiac
monitoring in the hospice
patient
B) Drawing the
scheduled cardiac
enzymes q8h
Reviewing the patient
care guidelines &
protocols related to
hourly rounding
D) The CNL balances
both the charge role &
the preceptor role
simultaneously
You are a CNL selected C) Liver Dysfunction
to lead a team focused Rationale: Independent stroke predictors include
on implementing a age, systolic BP, hypertension, diabetes mellitus,
multidisciplinary clinical current smoking, established cardiovascular disease
pathway for acute (any one of myocardiac infarction, angina, coronary
ischemic stroke & insufficiency, congestive heart failure, or intermittent
transient ischemic attack. claudication), Afib, & left ventricular hypertrophy on
The risk assessment tool ECG.
that you have adopted
identifies all of the
following as independent
stroke risk factors except:
A) Age
B) Systolic BP
C) Liver dysfunction
D) Current smoking
E) Diabetes mellitus
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A lack of compliance with B) Gaining an understanding of how DVT
DVT prophylaxis has prophylaxis is initiated on each stroke patient on
been identified in your unit.
retrospective chart Rationale:
reviews of all ischemic White Paper: One competency is that of a systems
stroke patients in your analyst. A CNL participates in a system review &
organization. As a CNL conducts a microsystem analysis, identifying a
on the neurological unit, clinical issue with a focus on a particular population.
your primary goal will
include:
A) Challenging the
guidelines on primary
prevention of ischemic
stroke written by the
American Stroke
Association
B) Gaining an
understanding of how
DVT prophylaxis is
initiated on each stroke
patient on your unit
C) Developing an
organization-wide
educational program on
DVT prophylaxis
D) Developing a unit-
based team of nursing
personnel to investigate
the problem.
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Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) Certification Review
Questions - King & Gerard 2025 |EXAM
(MULTIPLE CHOICES) AND (RATIONALES)
QUESTION AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
2025
Save
Terms in this set (201)
Patient satisfaction scores C) Compare desired outcomes with national & State
in emergency standards
department have shown Rationale: Client care outcomes are a measure of
a downward trend over quality practice. CNLs must know how to compare
the past three quarters. desired outcomes that will improve safety,
As a clinical nurse leader effectiveness, timeliness, efficiency, quality, and the
in ED focus is to: degree to which they are client centered.
A) Create a script for
triage nurse in
welcoming the patient
B) Assign a volunteer to
welcome patients to the
hospital
C) Compare desired
outcomes with national &
state standards
D) Write a letter of
apology to each
dissatisfied patient
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,5/5/25, 9:39 PM Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) Certification Review Questions - King & Gerard 2025 |EXAM (MULTIPLE CHOICES) AND (RATIO…
Which of the following B) Sponsoring a meeting with the monitor
actions illustrates the technicians to understand their barriers in the
CNL professional value cardiac monitoring process
of altruism? Rationale: Altruism is a concern for the welfare &
A) Leading an well-being of others. In professional practice,
interdisciplinary team altruism is reflected by the CNL's concern for the
looking at the remote welfare of clients, other nurses, and other health
cardiac monitoring care providers.
process
B) Sponsoring a meeting
with the monitor
technicians to understand
their barriers in the
cardiac monitoring
process
C) Flow mapping the
admission process of the
remote cardiac-
monitored patient
D) Editing the policy for
the remote cardiac
monitoring process.
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,5/5/25, 9:39 PM Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) Certification Review Questions - King & Gerard 2025 |EXAM (MULTIPLE CHOICES) AND (RATIO…
You are a CNL on the tele A) The CNL discusses with the physician the
unit & orienting a newly rationale for discontinuing cardiac monitoring in the
graduated nurse. Critical hospice patient
thinking is best Rationale: Critical thinking underlies independent &
demonstrated when: interdependent decision making. Critical thinking
A) The CNL discusses includes questioning, analysis, synthesis,
with the physician the interpretation, inference, inductive & deductive
rationale for reasoning, intuition, application, & creativity.
discontinuing cardiac
monitoring in the hospice
patient
B) Drawing the
scheduled cardiac
enzymes q8h
Reviewing the patient
care guidelines &
protocols related to
hourly rounding
D) The CNL balances
both the charge role &
the preceptor role
simultaneously
You are a CNL selected C) Liver Dysfunction
to lead a team focused Rationale: Independent stroke predictors include
on implementing a age, systolic BP, hypertension, diabetes mellitus,
multidisciplinary clinical current smoking, established cardiovascular disease
pathway for acute (any one of myocardiac infarction, angina, coronary
ischemic stroke & insufficiency, congestive heart failure, or intermittent
transient ischemic attack. claudication), Afib, & left ventricular hypertrophy on
The risk assessment tool ECG.
that you have adopted
identifies all of the
following as independent
stroke risk factors except:
A) Age
B) Systolic BP
C) Liver dysfunction
D) Current smoking
E) Diabetes mellitus
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A lack of compliance with B) Gaining an understanding of how DVT
DVT prophylaxis has prophylaxis is initiated on each stroke patient on
been identified in your unit.
retrospective chart Rationale:
reviews of all ischemic White Paper: One competency is that of a systems
stroke patients in your analyst. A CNL participates in a system review &
organization. As a CNL conducts a microsystem analysis, identifying a
on the neurological unit, clinical issue with a focus on a particular population.
your primary goal will
include:
A) Challenging the
guidelines on primary
prevention of ischemic
stroke written by the
American Stroke
Association
B) Gaining an
understanding of how
DVT prophylaxis is
initiated on each stroke
patient on your unit
C) Developing an
organization-wide
educational program on
DVT prophylaxis
D) Developing a unit-
based team of nursing
personnel to investigate
the problem.
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