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NCLEX-RN PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST VERSION -2025/2026-
100+ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
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The health care provider orders a medication in a dose that is considered toxic.
The nurse administers the medication to the client, who later suffers a cardiac
arrest and dies. What consequence can the nurse expect from this situation?
Select all that apply.
1. The health care provider can be charged with negligence, being the person who
ordered the dose.
2. As the employing agency, only the hospital can be charged with negligence.
3. The nurse and physician may be terminated from employment to prevent a
charge of negligence to the hospital.
4. Negligence will not be charged, as this event could happen to any reasonable
person.
5. The nurse can be charged with negligence for administering the toxic dose.
Answer: 1, 5
Rationale: Health care providers who prescribe incorrect dosages of medications
are liable for their errors. The nurse is open to a charge of negligence for failing to
verify and question the incorrect dose. The hospital can be sued as the
responsible employing agency, but the health care provider and the nurse can also
be charged with negligence. Terminating the health care provider and nurse from
employment would not stop a lawsuit charging negligence for employee actions
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that have already taken place. Prescribing and administering incorrect doses are
not considered events that routinely happen to "reasonable person."
A client asks why a diagnostic test has been ordered and the nurse replies, "I'm
unsure but will find out for you." When the nurse later returns and provides an
explanation, the nurse is acting under which principle?
1. Nonmaleficence
2. Veracity
3. Beneficence
4. Fidelity
Answer: 4
Rationale: Fidelity means being faithful to agreements and promises. This nurse is
acting on the client's behalf to obtain needed information and report it back to
the client. Nonmaleficence is the duty to do no harm. Veracity refers to telling the
truth for example, not lying to a client about a serious prognosis. Beneficence
means doing good, such as by implementing actions (e.g. keeping a salt shaker out
of sight) that benefit a client (heart condition requiring sodium-restricted diet).
Cognitive Level: Understanding
Client Need: Management of Care
Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Implementation
Content Area: Fundamentals
Strategy: Use the process of elimination. The correct answer is the one that
matches the description in the stem; that is, the nurse made a promise to a client
and kept it, which constitutes fidelity.
An individual has a seizure while walking down the street. During the seizure, a
nurse from a physician's office is noticed driving past without stopping to assist.
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The individual sues the nurse for negligence but fails to win a judgement for which
reason?
1. The nurse had no duty to the individual.
2. The nurse did what most nurses would do in the same circumstance.
3. The nurse did not cause the client's injuries.
4. The nurse was off-duty at the time.
Answer: 1
Rationale: To be guilty of negligence, the nurse must have a relationship with the
client that involves a duty to provide care. The relationship is usually a component
of employment. The nurse did not necessarily do what others would do in this
situation. Although the nurse did not cause the client's injuries, it does not
prevent the nurse from assisting in this situation. Although the nurse was off-duty,
the nurse could have assisted if motivated to do so.
Cognitive Level: Understanding
Client Need: Management of Care
Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Implementation
Content Area: Fundamentals
Strategy: Use the process of elimination and nursing knowledge. The correct
answer is the one that recognizes that the nurse was not in the role of employee
at the time of the incident, removing the requirement of acting on the client's
behalf.
An adult female ambulatory care client receiving an oral anticoagulant is given
aspirin for a headache while visiting a neighbor, who is a nurse. The client
subsequently has a bleeding episode because of a drug interaction. The legal
nurse consultant interprets that which necessary elements of malpractice are
missing from this case? Select all that apply.
NCLEX-RN PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST VERSION -2025/2026-
100+ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
The health care provider orders a medication in a dose that is considered toxic.
The nurse administers the medication to the client, who later suffers a cardiac
arrest and dies. What consequence can the nurse expect from this situation?
Select all that apply.
1. The health care provider can be charged with negligence, being the person who
ordered the dose.
2. As the employing agency, only the hospital can be charged with negligence.
3. The nurse and physician may be terminated from employment to prevent a
charge of negligence to the hospital.
4. Negligence will not be charged, as this event could happen to any reasonable
person.
5. The nurse can be charged with negligence for administering the toxic dose.
Answer: 1, 5
Rationale: Health care providers who prescribe incorrect dosages of medications
are liable for their errors. The nurse is open to a charge of negligence for failing to
verify and question the incorrect dose. The hospital can be sued as the
responsible employing agency, but the health care provider and the nurse can also
be charged with negligence. Terminating the health care provider and nurse from
employment would not stop a lawsuit charging negligence for employee actions
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that have already taken place. Prescribing and administering incorrect doses are
not considered events that routinely happen to "reasonable person."
A client asks why a diagnostic test has been ordered and the nurse replies, "I'm
unsure but will find out for you." When the nurse later returns and provides an
explanation, the nurse is acting under which principle?
1. Nonmaleficence
2. Veracity
3. Beneficence
4. Fidelity
Answer: 4
Rationale: Fidelity means being faithful to agreements and promises. This nurse is
acting on the client's behalf to obtain needed information and report it back to
the client. Nonmaleficence is the duty to do no harm. Veracity refers to telling the
truth for example, not lying to a client about a serious prognosis. Beneficence
means doing good, such as by implementing actions (e.g. keeping a salt shaker out
of sight) that benefit a client (heart condition requiring sodium-restricted diet).
Cognitive Level: Understanding
Client Need: Management of Care
Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Implementation
Content Area: Fundamentals
Strategy: Use the process of elimination. The correct answer is the one that
matches the description in the stem; that is, the nurse made a promise to a client
and kept it, which constitutes fidelity.
An individual has a seizure while walking down the street. During the seizure, a
nurse from a physician's office is noticed driving past without stopping to assist.
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The individual sues the nurse for negligence but fails to win a judgement for which
reason?
1. The nurse had no duty to the individual.
2. The nurse did what most nurses would do in the same circumstance.
3. The nurse did not cause the client's injuries.
4. The nurse was off-duty at the time.
Answer: 1
Rationale: To be guilty of negligence, the nurse must have a relationship with the
client that involves a duty to provide care. The relationship is usually a component
of employment. The nurse did not necessarily do what others would do in this
situation. Although the nurse did not cause the client's injuries, it does not
prevent the nurse from assisting in this situation. Although the nurse was off-duty,
the nurse could have assisted if motivated to do so.
Cognitive Level: Understanding
Client Need: Management of Care
Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Implementation
Content Area: Fundamentals
Strategy: Use the process of elimination and nursing knowledge. The correct
answer is the one that recognizes that the nurse was not in the role of employee
at the time of the incident, removing the requirement of acting on the client's
behalf.
An adult female ambulatory care client receiving an oral anticoagulant is given
aspirin for a headache while visiting a neighbor, who is a nurse. The client
subsequently has a bleeding episode because of a drug interaction. The legal
nurse consultant interprets that which necessary elements of malpractice are
missing from this case? Select all that apply.
