NURS 215 EXAM 1 (ARIZONA
COLLEGE OF NURSING) 2025-2026
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES
What is clinical judgement?
A)Collecting & analyzing information
B) Involves observing, comparing, & evaluating the client's condition
C)Attempting to find a solution
D)Establishing priorities - answerB) Involves observing, comparing, & evaluating the
client's condition
What is nursing assessment?
a-Nurse administers medications
b-Nurse creates a plan of care
c-Nurses evaluate effect of medication
d-Nurse collects pertinent data - answerd-Nurse collects pertinent data
Beneficence is
a)an action that promotes good
b)doing no harm
c)being truthful
d)being just - answeran action that promotes good
Which organization is directly responsible for regulating the practice of nursing in each
state?
a)The American Nurses Association
b)The state board of nursing
c)The American Medical Association - answerb)The state board of nursing
The nurse is assigned to care for four clients. In planning client rounds, which client
should the nurse assess first?
, a)A client with a new medication
b)A client scheduled for a chest x-ray
c)A client with asthma who requested a breathing treatment
d)A client requiring daily dressing change - answerc)A client with asthma who requested
a breathing treatment
What is it called when the nurse develops a plan?
a)Assessment
b)Diagnosis
c)Planning
d)Implementation - answerc)Planning
All are aspects of prioritization EXCEPT
a)Which client should I see first ?
b)What am I going to do?
c)What interventions should be performed first?
b)Which tasks appropriate to delegate ? - answerb)What am I going to do?
Which comes first when prioritizing care?
a)Breathing
b)Circulation
c)Airway
d)Temperature - answerc)Airway
(Airway, Breathing, Circulation)
Which is a physiologic need based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
a)Freedom
b)Health
c)Family
d)Clothing - answerd) Clothing
What is self-actualization?
a)Desire to become the most you can be!
b)Desire to become the strongest you can be!
c)Desire to become the best you can be!
d)Desire to become the smartest you can be! - answera)Desire to become the most you
can be!
In a nursing process priority setting, the nurse should always remember to do which of
the following?
COLLEGE OF NURSING) 2025-2026
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES
What is clinical judgement?
A)Collecting & analyzing information
B) Involves observing, comparing, & evaluating the client's condition
C)Attempting to find a solution
D)Establishing priorities - answerB) Involves observing, comparing, & evaluating the
client's condition
What is nursing assessment?
a-Nurse administers medications
b-Nurse creates a plan of care
c-Nurses evaluate effect of medication
d-Nurse collects pertinent data - answerd-Nurse collects pertinent data
Beneficence is
a)an action that promotes good
b)doing no harm
c)being truthful
d)being just - answeran action that promotes good
Which organization is directly responsible for regulating the practice of nursing in each
state?
a)The American Nurses Association
b)The state board of nursing
c)The American Medical Association - answerb)The state board of nursing
The nurse is assigned to care for four clients. In planning client rounds, which client
should the nurse assess first?
, a)A client with a new medication
b)A client scheduled for a chest x-ray
c)A client with asthma who requested a breathing treatment
d)A client requiring daily dressing change - answerc)A client with asthma who requested
a breathing treatment
What is it called when the nurse develops a plan?
a)Assessment
b)Diagnosis
c)Planning
d)Implementation - answerc)Planning
All are aspects of prioritization EXCEPT
a)Which client should I see first ?
b)What am I going to do?
c)What interventions should be performed first?
b)Which tasks appropriate to delegate ? - answerb)What am I going to do?
Which comes first when prioritizing care?
a)Breathing
b)Circulation
c)Airway
d)Temperature - answerc)Airway
(Airway, Breathing, Circulation)
Which is a physiologic need based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
a)Freedom
b)Health
c)Family
d)Clothing - answerd) Clothing
What is self-actualization?
a)Desire to become the most you can be!
b)Desire to become the strongest you can be!
c)Desire to become the best you can be!
d)Desire to become the smartest you can be! - answera)Desire to become the most you
can be!
In a nursing process priority setting, the nurse should always remember to do which of
the following?
