NUR 504 EXAM 3
NR226 HESI STUDY EXAM NEWEST
2025/2026 COMPLETE ALL 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED
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A patient is asked to participate in a medical research study. The nurse describes to the patient and
family members how the patient is protected by the:
1. Code of Ethics
2. Informed Consent
3. Nurse Practice Act
4. Constitution of the United States
Correct Answer: 2 (Informed consent is an agreement by a client to accept a course of treatment or a
procedure after receiving complete information necessary to make a knowledgeable decision.)
1. A code of ethics is the official statement of a group's ideals and values. It includes broad
statements that provide a basis for professional actions.
3. Nurse Practice Acts define the scope of nursing practice; they are unrelated to informed consent.
4. The Constitution of the United States addresses broad individual rights and responsibilities. The
rights related to nursing practice and patients include therights of privacy, freedom of speech, and
due process.
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The nurse is implementing an ordered bowel preparation for a patient who is scheduled for a
colonoscopy. Which is the most serious consequence that is prevented by an effective bowel
preparation?
1. Discomfort
2. Misdiagnosis
3. Wasted expense
4. Psychological stress
Correct Answer: 2 (Fecal material in the intestines can interfere with the visualization, collection, and
analysis of data obtained through a colonoscopy, resulting in diagnostic errors.)
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1. Although this may occur, it is not the most serious outcome of an inappropriate preparation for a
colonoscopy.
3. A test may have to be cancelled or per- formed a second time if the patient has an ineffective
bowel preparation. Although this is a serious consequence, it is not life threatening.
4. Although this is a serious consequence, it is not life threatening.
The practitioner orders OOB for a patient. How is the nurse functioning when moving this patient out
of bed to a chair?
1. Dependently
2. Independently
3. Collaboratively
4. Interdependently
Correct Answer: 1 (Determining the extent of activity desirable for a patient is within the
practitioner's, not a nurse's, scope of practice. Following activity orders is a dependent function of
the nurse.)
2. The responsibility to determine a patient's activity level is not within the legal scope of nursing
practice.
3. A practitioner works independently when determining a patient's desired activity level.
4. The nurse is following the practitioner's order to get the patient OOB. There are no restrictions or
parameters in relation to the order. However, the nurse must use judgment before, during, and after
a transfer if a patient's condition changes.
A Registered Nurse witnesses an accident and assists the victim who has a life-threatening injury.
What should the nurse do to meet the most important standard when acting as a Good Samaritan at
the scene of an accident?
1. Seek consent from the injured party before rendering assistance
2. Implement every critical-care intervention necessary to sustain life
3. Stay at the scene until another qualified person takes over responsibility
4. Insist on helping because a nurse is the best-qualified person to provide care
Correct Answer: 3. When a nurse renders emergency care, the nurse has an ethical responsibility not
to abandon the injured person. The nurse should not leave the scene until the injured person leaves
or another qualified person assumes responsibility.
1. Depending on the injured person's physi- cal and emotional status, the person may or may not be
able to consent to care.
2. When a nurse helps in an emergency, the nurse is required to render care that is consistent with
care that any reasonably prudent nurse would provide under simi- lar circumstances. The nurse
should not attempt interventions that are beyond the scope of nursing practice.
4. A nurse should offer assistance, not insist on assisting, at the scene of an emergency.
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A faculty member of a nursing program is conducting an informational session for potential nursing
students. The faculty member includes the information that at the completion of the program
licensure to practice is:
1. A responsibility of the American Nurses Association
2. Granted on graduation from a nursing program
3. Approved by the National League for Nursing
4. Required by state law
Correct Answer: 4. The Nurse Practice Act in a state stipulates the requirements for licensure within
the state.
1. The ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice do not address licensure.
2. When a person graduates from a school of nursing, the individual receives a diploma that indicates
completion of a course of study; the diploma is not a license to practice nursing.
3. The National League for Nursing (NLN) promotes nursing service and nursing education; it is not
involved with licensure.
When considering legal issues the word contract is to liable as standard is to:
1. Rights
2. Negligence
3. Malpractice
4. Accountability
Correct Answer: 4. Liable means a person is responsible (accountable) for fulfilling a contract that is
enforceable by law. Accountable means a person is responsible (liable) for meeting standards, which
are expectations established for making judgments or comparisons.
1. Although patients have a right to receive care that meets appropriate standards, the word right
does not have the same relationship to the word standard as the relationship between the words
contract and liable.
2. The words standards and negligence do not have the same relationship as contract and liable.
Negligence involves an act of commission or omission that a reasonably prudent person would not
do.
3. The words standards and malpractice do not have the same relationship as contract and liable.
Malpractice is negligence by a professional person.
An anxious patient repeatedly uses the call bell to get the nurse to come to the room. Finally the
nurse says to the patient, "If you keep ringing, there will come a time I won't answer your bell." What
legal term is related to this statement?
1. Slander
2. Battery
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3. Assault
4. Libel
Correct Answer: 3. This is an example of assault. Assault is a verbal attack or unlawful threat causing
a fear of harm. No actual contact is necessary for a threat to be an assault.
1. This is not an example of slander, which is a false spoken statement resulting in damage to a
person's character or reputation.
2. This is not an example of battery, which is the unlawful touching of a person's body without
consent.
4. This is not an example of libel, which is a false printed statement resulting in damage to a person's
character or reputation.
The nurse is informed that a credentialing team has arrived and is in the process of assessing quality
of care delivered at the hospital. What is the organization associated with the credentialing of
hospitals?
1. Joint Commission
2. National League for Nursing
3. American Nurses Association
4. National Council Licensure Examination
Correct Answer: 1. The Joint Commission (formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations) evaluates health-care organizations' compliance with Joint Commission
standards. Accreditation indicates that the organization has the capabilities to provide quality care.
In addition, federal and state regulatory agencies and insurance companies require Joint Commission
accreditation.
2. The National League for Nursing (NLN) fosters the development and improvement of nursing
education and nursing service.
3. The American Nurses Association (ANA) is the national professional organization for nursing in the
United States. Its purposes are to promote high standards of nursing practice and to support the
educational and professional advancement of nurses.
4. In the United States, graduates of educa- tional programs that prepare students to be- come
Licensed Practical Nurses or Registered Professional Nurses must successfully complete the National
Council Licensure Examination-PN (NCLEX-PN) and the National Council Licensure Examination-RN
(NCLEX-RN), respectively, as part of the criteria for licensure.
A student nurse is about to graduate from an accredited nursing program. The student nurse
understands that an action unrelated to a state Nurse Practice Act is:
1. Setting guidelines for nurses' salaries in the state
2. Establishing reciprocity for licensure between states
3. Determining minimum requirements for nursing education
4. Maintaining a list of nurses who can legally practice in the state
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NR226 HESI STUDY EXAM NEWEST
2025/2026 COMPLETE ALL 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED
A+||ALREADY GRADED A+
A patient is asked to participate in a medical research study. The nurse describes to the patient and
family members how the patient is protected by the:
1. Code of Ethics
2. Informed Consent
3. Nurse Practice Act
4. Constitution of the United States
Correct Answer: 2 (Informed consent is an agreement by a client to accept a course of treatment or a
procedure after receiving complete information necessary to make a knowledgeable decision.)
1. A code of ethics is the official statement of a group's ideals and values. It includes broad
statements that provide a basis for professional actions.
3. Nurse Practice Acts define the scope of nursing practice; they are unrelated to informed consent.
4. The Constitution of the United States addresses broad individual rights and responsibilities. The
rights related to nursing practice and patients include therights of privacy, freedom of speech, and
due process.
.!
The nurse is implementing an ordered bowel preparation for a patient who is scheduled for a
colonoscopy. Which is the most serious consequence that is prevented by an effective bowel
preparation?
1. Discomfort
2. Misdiagnosis
3. Wasted expense
4. Psychological stress
Correct Answer: 2 (Fecal material in the intestines can interfere with the visualization, collection, and
analysis of data obtained through a colonoscopy, resulting in diagnostic errors.)
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1. Although this may occur, it is not the most serious outcome of an inappropriate preparation for a
colonoscopy.
3. A test may have to be cancelled or per- formed a second time if the patient has an ineffective
bowel preparation. Although this is a serious consequence, it is not life threatening.
4. Although this is a serious consequence, it is not life threatening.
The practitioner orders OOB for a patient. How is the nurse functioning when moving this patient out
of bed to a chair?
1. Dependently
2. Independently
3. Collaboratively
4. Interdependently
Correct Answer: 1 (Determining the extent of activity desirable for a patient is within the
practitioner's, not a nurse's, scope of practice. Following activity orders is a dependent function of
the nurse.)
2. The responsibility to determine a patient's activity level is not within the legal scope of nursing
practice.
3. A practitioner works independently when determining a patient's desired activity level.
4. The nurse is following the practitioner's order to get the patient OOB. There are no restrictions or
parameters in relation to the order. However, the nurse must use judgment before, during, and after
a transfer if a patient's condition changes.
A Registered Nurse witnesses an accident and assists the victim who has a life-threatening injury.
What should the nurse do to meet the most important standard when acting as a Good Samaritan at
the scene of an accident?
1. Seek consent from the injured party before rendering assistance
2. Implement every critical-care intervention necessary to sustain life
3. Stay at the scene until another qualified person takes over responsibility
4. Insist on helping because a nurse is the best-qualified person to provide care
Correct Answer: 3. When a nurse renders emergency care, the nurse has an ethical responsibility not
to abandon the injured person. The nurse should not leave the scene until the injured person leaves
or another qualified person assumes responsibility.
1. Depending on the injured person's physi- cal and emotional status, the person may or may not be
able to consent to care.
2. When a nurse helps in an emergency, the nurse is required to render care that is consistent with
care that any reasonably prudent nurse would provide under simi- lar circumstances. The nurse
should not attempt interventions that are beyond the scope of nursing practice.
4. A nurse should offer assistance, not insist on assisting, at the scene of an emergency.
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A faculty member of a nursing program is conducting an informational session for potential nursing
students. The faculty member includes the information that at the completion of the program
licensure to practice is:
1. A responsibility of the American Nurses Association
2. Granted on graduation from a nursing program
3. Approved by the National League for Nursing
4. Required by state law
Correct Answer: 4. The Nurse Practice Act in a state stipulates the requirements for licensure within
the state.
1. The ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice do not address licensure.
2. When a person graduates from a school of nursing, the individual receives a diploma that indicates
completion of a course of study; the diploma is not a license to practice nursing.
3. The National League for Nursing (NLN) promotes nursing service and nursing education; it is not
involved with licensure.
When considering legal issues the word contract is to liable as standard is to:
1. Rights
2. Negligence
3. Malpractice
4. Accountability
Correct Answer: 4. Liable means a person is responsible (accountable) for fulfilling a contract that is
enforceable by law. Accountable means a person is responsible (liable) for meeting standards, which
are expectations established for making judgments or comparisons.
1. Although patients have a right to receive care that meets appropriate standards, the word right
does not have the same relationship to the word standard as the relationship between the words
contract and liable.
2. The words standards and negligence do not have the same relationship as contract and liable.
Negligence involves an act of commission or omission that a reasonably prudent person would not
do.
3. The words standards and malpractice do not have the same relationship as contract and liable.
Malpractice is negligence by a professional person.
An anxious patient repeatedly uses the call bell to get the nurse to come to the room. Finally the
nurse says to the patient, "If you keep ringing, there will come a time I won't answer your bell." What
legal term is related to this statement?
1. Slander
2. Battery
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3. Assault
4. Libel
Correct Answer: 3. This is an example of assault. Assault is a verbal attack or unlawful threat causing
a fear of harm. No actual contact is necessary for a threat to be an assault.
1. This is not an example of slander, which is a false spoken statement resulting in damage to a
person's character or reputation.
2. This is not an example of battery, which is the unlawful touching of a person's body without
consent.
4. This is not an example of libel, which is a false printed statement resulting in damage to a person's
character or reputation.
The nurse is informed that a credentialing team has arrived and is in the process of assessing quality
of care delivered at the hospital. What is the organization associated with the credentialing of
hospitals?
1. Joint Commission
2. National League for Nursing
3. American Nurses Association
4. National Council Licensure Examination
Correct Answer: 1. The Joint Commission (formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations) evaluates health-care organizations' compliance with Joint Commission
standards. Accreditation indicates that the organization has the capabilities to provide quality care.
In addition, federal and state regulatory agencies and insurance companies require Joint Commission
accreditation.
2. The National League for Nursing (NLN) fosters the development and improvement of nursing
education and nursing service.
3. The American Nurses Association (ANA) is the national professional organization for nursing in the
United States. Its purposes are to promote high standards of nursing practice and to support the
educational and professional advancement of nurses.
4. In the United States, graduates of educa- tional programs that prepare students to be- come
Licensed Practical Nurses or Registered Professional Nurses must successfully complete the National
Council Licensure Examination-PN (NCLEX-PN) and the National Council Licensure Examination-RN
(NCLEX-RN), respectively, as part of the criteria for licensure.
A student nurse is about to graduate from an accredited nursing program. The student nurse
understands that an action unrelated to a state Nurse Practice Act is:
1. Setting guidelines for nurses' salaries in the state
2. Establishing reciprocity for licensure between states
3. Determining minimum requirements for nursing education
4. Maintaining a list of nurses who can legally practice in the state
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