AACN DOMAINS FOR NURSING EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Domain 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice - ANSWERSintegration, translation, and application of
established and evolving disciplinary nursing knowledge and ways of knowing, as well as
knowledge from other disciplines, including a foundation in liberal arts and natural and social
sciences. This distinguishes the practice of professional nursing and forms the basis for clinical
judgment and innovation in nursing practice.
Contextual Statement: Knowledge of Nursing Practice provides the context for understanding
nursing as a scientific discipline. The lens of nursing, informed by nursing history, knowledge,
and science, reflects nursing's desire to incorporate multiple perspectives into nursing practice,
leading to nursing's unique way of knowing and caring.
Domain 2: Person-Centered Care - ANSWERSPerson-centered care focuses on the individual
within multiple complicated contexts, including family and/or important others. Person-
centered care is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-
based, and developmentally appropriate. Person-centered care builds on a scientific body of
knowledge that guides nursing practice regardless of specialty or functional area.
Contextual Statement: Person-centered care is the core purpose of nursing as a discipline. This
purpose intertwines with any functional area of nursing practice, from the point of care where
the hands of those that give and receive care meet, to the point of systems-level nursing
leadership.
Domain 3: Population Health - ANSWERSPopulation health spans the healthcare delivery
continuum from public health prevention to disease management of populations and describes
collaborative activities with both traditional and non-traditional partnerships from affected
communities, public health, industry, academia, health care, local government entities, and
others for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Domain 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice - ANSWERSintegration, translation, and application of
established and evolving disciplinary nursing knowledge and ways of knowing, as well as
knowledge from other disciplines, including a foundation in liberal arts and natural and social
sciences. This distinguishes the practice of professional nursing and forms the basis for clinical
judgment and innovation in nursing practice.
Contextual Statement: Knowledge of Nursing Practice provides the context for understanding
nursing as a scientific discipline. The lens of nursing, informed by nursing history, knowledge,
and science, reflects nursing's desire to incorporate multiple perspectives into nursing practice,
leading to nursing's unique way of knowing and caring.
Domain 2: Person-Centered Care - ANSWERSPerson-centered care focuses on the individual
within multiple complicated contexts, including family and/or important others. Person-
centered care is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-
based, and developmentally appropriate. Person-centered care builds on a scientific body of
knowledge that guides nursing practice regardless of specialty or functional area.
Contextual Statement: Person-centered care is the core purpose of nursing as a discipline. This
purpose intertwines with any functional area of nursing practice, from the point of care where
the hands of those that give and receive care meet, to the point of systems-level nursing
leadership.
Domain 3: Population Health - ANSWERSPopulation health spans the healthcare delivery
continuum from public health prevention to disease management of populations and describes
collaborative activities with both traditional and non-traditional partnerships from affected
communities, public health, industry, academia, health care, local government entities, and
others for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes
