Health Care Delivery Practice Test
Questions And Verified Answers
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go
home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new
surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family
and discusses the patient's wishes with the family. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
a. Educator
b. Advolcate
c. Caregiver
d. Case manager - answer b. Advocate
Rationale: This is an example of the advocate role on nursing practice.
The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the same in every state in the
United States. The examination:
a. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
b. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
c. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
d. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice - answer
d. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure ulcer
formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two types of
treatment. The first the procedure currently used to assess for pressure ulcer risk. The
second uses a new assessment instrument to identify at-risk patients. Given this
information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which career?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Nurse administer
c. Nurse educator
d. Nurse researcher - answer d. Nurse researcher
Nurses at a community hospital are in an education program to learn how to use a new
pressure-relieving device for patients at risk for pressure ulcers. This is which type of
, education?
a. Continuing education
b. Graduate education
c. In-service education
d. Professional Registered Nurse Education - answer c. In-service education
An APN is pursuing a job change. Which of the following positions would the APN be
unable to fill without meeting additional criteria?
a. Case manager
b. Nurse Manager
c. Nurse educator
d. Certified registered nurse anesthetist - answer d. Certified registered nurse
anesthesia
Rationale: Additional training in anesthesia medicine would be required to be a certified
registered nurse anesthetist.
An APN is the most independently functioning of all professional nurses. All of the
following are examples of a clinically focused APN except:
a. Care provider
b. Case manager
c. Nurse specialist
d. Nurse practitioner - answer a. Care Provider
Rationale: Care provider is a staff position, a nurse who provides direct care. The nurse
specialist has clinical expertise in a specific area. The nurse practitioner has advanced
training in assessment and pharmacology and is able to provide health care in specific
settings. The case manager has additional experience and is able to coordinate
activities of other members of the health care team.
The nurse is giving discharge instructions to a client with newly diagnosed diabetes.
The nurse discusses with the client what the dietary intake should be. This is an example
of which health care service?
a. Tertiary care
b. Restorative care
c. Health promotion
Questions And Verified Answers
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go
home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new
surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family
and discusses the patient's wishes with the family. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
a. Educator
b. Advolcate
c. Caregiver
d. Case manager - answer b. Advocate
Rationale: This is an example of the advocate role on nursing practice.
The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the same in every state in the
United States. The examination:
a. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
b. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
c. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
d. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice - answer
d. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure ulcer
formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two types of
treatment. The first the procedure currently used to assess for pressure ulcer risk. The
second uses a new assessment instrument to identify at-risk patients. Given this
information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which career?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Nurse administer
c. Nurse educator
d. Nurse researcher - answer d. Nurse researcher
Nurses at a community hospital are in an education program to learn how to use a new
pressure-relieving device for patients at risk for pressure ulcers. This is which type of
, education?
a. Continuing education
b. Graduate education
c. In-service education
d. Professional Registered Nurse Education - answer c. In-service education
An APN is pursuing a job change. Which of the following positions would the APN be
unable to fill without meeting additional criteria?
a. Case manager
b. Nurse Manager
c. Nurse educator
d. Certified registered nurse anesthetist - answer d. Certified registered nurse
anesthesia
Rationale: Additional training in anesthesia medicine would be required to be a certified
registered nurse anesthetist.
An APN is the most independently functioning of all professional nurses. All of the
following are examples of a clinically focused APN except:
a. Care provider
b. Case manager
c. Nurse specialist
d. Nurse practitioner - answer a. Care Provider
Rationale: Care provider is a staff position, a nurse who provides direct care. The nurse
specialist has clinical expertise in a specific area. The nurse practitioner has advanced
training in assessment and pharmacology and is able to provide health care in specific
settings. The case manager has additional experience and is able to coordinate
activities of other members of the health care team.
The nurse is giving discharge instructions to a client with newly diagnosed diabetes.
The nurse discusses with the client what the dietary intake should be. This is an example
of which health care service?
a. Tertiary care
b. Restorative care
c. Health promotion
