NCLEX Practice Questions & Answers – Exam 1.
b. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs is useful
for establishing priorities of care.
1. A nurse is providing care based on
Maslow's hierarchy of basic human
needs. For which nursing activities is
this approach useful?
a. Making accurate nursing diag-
noses
b. Establishing priorities of care
c. Communicating concerns more
concisely
d. Integrating science into nursing
care
, NCLEX Practice Questions & Answers – Exam 1.
2. The nurse is prioritizing nursing care b, d. Physiologic needs—oxygen, water, food, elim-
for a patient in a long-term care ination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and
facility. Which examples of nursing rest—must be met at least minimally to maintain life.
interventions help meet physiologic Providing food and oxygen are examples of interven-
needs? Select all that apply. tions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet
safety and security needs, providing art supplies may
a. Preventing falls in the facility help meet self-actualization needs, facilitating visits
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank from loved ones helps meet self-esteem needs, and
c. Providing materials for a patient referring a patient to a support group helps meet love
who likes to draw and belonging needs.
d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer sup-
port group.
3. The nurse caring for patients postop- b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and using
eratively uses careful hand hygiene sterile technique, nurses provide safety from infec-
and sterile techniques when han- tion. An example of a physiologic need is clearing a
dling patients. Which of Maslow's ba- patient's airway. Self-esteem needs may be met by
, NCLEX Practice Questions & Answers – Exam 1.
sic human needs is being met by this allowing an older adult to talk about a past career. An
nurse? example of helping meet a love and belonging need is
contacting a hospitalized patient's family to arrange a
a. Physiologic visit.
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
d. Love and belonging
4. The nurse caring for patients in a c, e, f. Self-actualization, or reaching one's full poten-
long-term care facility knows that tial, is a process that continues throughout life. A per-
the highest level on Maslow's hier- son achieves self-actualization by focusing on prob-
archy of needs is self-actualization lems outside oneself and using creativity as a guide-
needs. Which statements accurately line for solving problems and pursuing interests. Hu-
describe the achievement of self-ac- mans are not born with a fully developed sense of
tualization? Select all that apply. self-actualization, and self-actualization needs are not
met specifically by depending on others for help.
a. Humans are born with a fully de- Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of
veloped sense of self-actualization. unmet self-actualization needs.
b. Self-actualization needs are met
by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process con-
tinues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur
when self-actualization needs are
unmet.
e. A person achieves self-actualiza-
tion by focusing on problems outside
self.
f. Self-actualization needs may be
met by creatively solving problems.
5.
b. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs is useful
for establishing priorities of care.
1. A nurse is providing care based on
Maslow's hierarchy of basic human
needs. For which nursing activities is
this approach useful?
a. Making accurate nursing diag-
noses
b. Establishing priorities of care
c. Communicating concerns more
concisely
d. Integrating science into nursing
care
, NCLEX Practice Questions & Answers – Exam 1.
2. The nurse is prioritizing nursing care b, d. Physiologic needs—oxygen, water, food, elim-
for a patient in a long-term care ination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and
facility. Which examples of nursing rest—must be met at least minimally to maintain life.
interventions help meet physiologic Providing food and oxygen are examples of interven-
needs? Select all that apply. tions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet
safety and security needs, providing art supplies may
a. Preventing falls in the facility help meet self-actualization needs, facilitating visits
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank from loved ones helps meet self-esteem needs, and
c. Providing materials for a patient referring a patient to a support group helps meet love
who likes to draw and belonging needs.
d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer sup-
port group.
3. The nurse caring for patients postop- b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and using
eratively uses careful hand hygiene sterile technique, nurses provide safety from infec-
and sterile techniques when han- tion. An example of a physiologic need is clearing a
dling patients. Which of Maslow's ba- patient's airway. Self-esteem needs may be met by
, NCLEX Practice Questions & Answers – Exam 1.
sic human needs is being met by this allowing an older adult to talk about a past career. An
nurse? example of helping meet a love and belonging need is
contacting a hospitalized patient's family to arrange a
a. Physiologic visit.
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
d. Love and belonging
4. The nurse caring for patients in a c, e, f. Self-actualization, or reaching one's full poten-
long-term care facility knows that tial, is a process that continues throughout life. A per-
the highest level on Maslow's hier- son achieves self-actualization by focusing on prob-
archy of needs is self-actualization lems outside oneself and using creativity as a guide-
needs. Which statements accurately line for solving problems and pursuing interests. Hu-
describe the achievement of self-ac- mans are not born with a fully developed sense of
tualization? Select all that apply. self-actualization, and self-actualization needs are not
met specifically by depending on others for help.
a. Humans are born with a fully de- Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of
veloped sense of self-actualization. unmet self-actualization needs.
b. Self-actualization needs are met
by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process con-
tinues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur
when self-actualization needs are
unmet.
e. A person achieves self-actualiza-
tion by focusing on problems outside
self.
f. Self-actualization needs may be
met by creatively solving problems.
5.
