NUR166 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers (Latest Update 2025-2026)
Assured Success
Most health care institutions establish a minimum data set that specifies the information
that must be collected from every patient and uses a structured assessment form to
organize or cluster these data.
A. True.
B. False. - Correct answerA. True
A patient rates his pain as a "7" on a pain rating scale.
This rating is considered to be objective data.
A. True
B. False - Correct answerB. False
Which one of the following assessments would be performed on a patient to gather data
about his previously diagnosed liver cancer?
A. Initial assessment
B. Focused assessment
C. Emergency assessment
D. Time-lapsed assessment
E. Triage assessment - Correct answerB. Focused assessment
A nursing assessment duplicates a medical assessment by focusing on the patient's
health problem(s).
A. True
B. False - Correct answerB. False
Which of the following includes four components of moral reasoning and captures the
cognitive processes that precede moral action?
A. Information-Processing Model
B. Cognitive Continuum Theory
C. Rest Framework
D. Humanistic-Intuitive Approach - Correct answerC. Rest Framework
Recognizing cues, analyzing cues, prioritizing hypotheses, generating solutions, taking
actions, and evaluating outcomes are steps included in which model?
,A. Clinical Judgment Measurement Modei
B. Tanner's Model
C. The Nursing Process
D. Developing Nurses' Thinking Model - Correct answerA. Clinical Judgment
Measurement Modei
Concept mapping is an instructional strategy that requires learners to identify,
graphically display, and link key concepts.
A. True
B. False - Correct answerA. True
Which of the following characteristics of the nursing process describes the interaction
and overlapping of steps within the process itself?
A. Systematic
B. Dynamic
C. Interpersonal
D. Universally Applicable - Correct answerB. Dynamic
Which step of the nursing process is a nurse using when analyzing patient data to
determine a patient's strengths following a CVA?
A. Assessing
B. Diagnosing
C. Planning
D. Implementing
E. Evaluating - Correct answerB. Diagnosing
A nurse's personal moral code is to assist all patients to the best of one's ability. What
blended skill would the nurse use when seeking out special services for a homeless
patient with a diabetic foot ulcer?
A. Cognitive
B. Technical
C. Interpersonal
D. Ethical/Legal - Correct answerD. Ethical/Legal
Which statement accurately describes part of the process involved when a patient
leaves AMA?
A. The patient is not legally free to leave without being discharged
B. The patient leaving AMA must sign a form releasing the nurse om legal responsibility
for health status
, C. After signing the form, the patient should be informed of any possible risks involved
with leavina AMA
D. The patient's signature must be witnessed, and the form becomes part of the
patient's record - Correct answerD. The patient's signature must be witnessed,
and the form becomes part of the patient's record
Planning for discharge begins when the patient receives discharge orders from the
physician in charge of care.
A. True
B. False - Correct answerB. False
In same-day surgery clinics, screening tests and teaching take place upon admission to
the clinic.
A. True
B. False - Correct answerB. False
A nurse is handing off a patient to a nurse in an extended-care facility using the
ISBARQ framework of communication. Which step is performed correctly?
A. The nurse introduces the patient to the new nurse
B. The nurse discusses the patient's background
C. The nurse assesses the
dent's vitai signs
D. The nurse questions the patient about comfort
level - Correct answerB. The nurse discusses the patient's background
What is the I in ISBARQ?
A. Introduction
B. Infection
C. Intervention
D. Informed consent - Correct answerA. Introduction
What is the S in ISBARQ?
A. Subject
B. Safety
C. Situation
D. Support - Correct answerC. Situation
What is the B in ISBARQ?
Answers (Latest Update 2025-2026)
Assured Success
Most health care institutions establish a minimum data set that specifies the information
that must be collected from every patient and uses a structured assessment form to
organize or cluster these data.
A. True.
B. False. - Correct answerA. True
A patient rates his pain as a "7" on a pain rating scale.
This rating is considered to be objective data.
A. True
B. False - Correct answerB. False
Which one of the following assessments would be performed on a patient to gather data
about his previously diagnosed liver cancer?
A. Initial assessment
B. Focused assessment
C. Emergency assessment
D. Time-lapsed assessment
E. Triage assessment - Correct answerB. Focused assessment
A nursing assessment duplicates a medical assessment by focusing on the patient's
health problem(s).
A. True
B. False - Correct answerB. False
Which of the following includes four components of moral reasoning and captures the
cognitive processes that precede moral action?
A. Information-Processing Model
B. Cognitive Continuum Theory
C. Rest Framework
D. Humanistic-Intuitive Approach - Correct answerC. Rest Framework
Recognizing cues, analyzing cues, prioritizing hypotheses, generating solutions, taking
actions, and evaluating outcomes are steps included in which model?
,A. Clinical Judgment Measurement Modei
B. Tanner's Model
C. The Nursing Process
D. Developing Nurses' Thinking Model - Correct answerA. Clinical Judgment
Measurement Modei
Concept mapping is an instructional strategy that requires learners to identify,
graphically display, and link key concepts.
A. True
B. False - Correct answerA. True
Which of the following characteristics of the nursing process describes the interaction
and overlapping of steps within the process itself?
A. Systematic
B. Dynamic
C. Interpersonal
D. Universally Applicable - Correct answerB. Dynamic
Which step of the nursing process is a nurse using when analyzing patient data to
determine a patient's strengths following a CVA?
A. Assessing
B. Diagnosing
C. Planning
D. Implementing
E. Evaluating - Correct answerB. Diagnosing
A nurse's personal moral code is to assist all patients to the best of one's ability. What
blended skill would the nurse use when seeking out special services for a homeless
patient with a diabetic foot ulcer?
A. Cognitive
B. Technical
C. Interpersonal
D. Ethical/Legal - Correct answerD. Ethical/Legal
Which statement accurately describes part of the process involved when a patient
leaves AMA?
A. The patient is not legally free to leave without being discharged
B. The patient leaving AMA must sign a form releasing the nurse om legal responsibility
for health status
, C. After signing the form, the patient should be informed of any possible risks involved
with leavina AMA
D. The patient's signature must be witnessed, and the form becomes part of the
patient's record - Correct answerD. The patient's signature must be witnessed,
and the form becomes part of the patient's record
Planning for discharge begins when the patient receives discharge orders from the
physician in charge of care.
A. True
B. False - Correct answerB. False
In same-day surgery clinics, screening tests and teaching take place upon admission to
the clinic.
A. True
B. False - Correct answerB. False
A nurse is handing off a patient to a nurse in an extended-care facility using the
ISBARQ framework of communication. Which step is performed correctly?
A. The nurse introduces the patient to the new nurse
B. The nurse discusses the patient's background
C. The nurse assesses the
dent's vitai signs
D. The nurse questions the patient about comfort
level - Correct answerB. The nurse discusses the patient's background
What is the I in ISBARQ?
A. Introduction
B. Infection
C. Intervention
D. Informed consent - Correct answerA. Introduction
What is the S in ISBARQ?
A. Subject
B. Safety
C. Situation
D. Support - Correct answerC. Situation
What is the B in ISBARQ?
