Questions with Actual Detailed
Answers 2025-2026 Set.
A. Assault - Answer A nurse observes assistive personnel (AP) reprimanding a client for not
using the urinal properly. the AP tells the client that diapers will be used next time the urinal is
used improperly. Which of the following torts is the AP committing?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. False imprisonment
D. Invasion of Privacy
C. Report the observations
to the nurse manager on the unit. - Answer A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past
week when another nurse on the unit seemed drowsy and unable to focus on the issues at
hand. Today, the nurse was found asleep in a chair in the break room not during a break time.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A. Alert the American Nurses Association.
B. Fill out an incident report.
C. Report the observations to the nurse manager on the unit.
D. Leave the nurse alone to sleep.
B. False imprisonment - Answer A nurse is caring for a competent adult client who tells the
nurse, " I am leaving the hospital this morning whether the doctor discharges me or not." The
nurse believes that this is not in the client's best interest, and prepares to administer a PRN
sedative medication the client has not requested along with the scheduled morning medication.
Which of the following types of tort is the nurse about to commit?
A. Assault
B. False imprisonment
C. Negligence
D. Breach of confidentiality
A, B - Answer A nurse is caring for a client who is about to undergo an elective surgical
procedure. The nurse should take which of the following actions regarding informed consent?
, D. Describe the consequences of choosing not to have the surgery.
E. Tell the client about alternatives to having the surgery.
C - Answer A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is
scheduled for surgery the following week. The client tells the nurse that " I plan to prepare my
advance directives before I come to the hospital." Which of the following statements made by
the client should indicate to the nurse an understanding of advance directives?
A. "I'd rather have my brother make decisions for me, but I know it has to be my wife."
B. "I know they won't go ahead with the surgery unless I prepare these forms."
C. " I plan to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing machine."
D. " I will get my regular doctor to approve my plan before I hand it in at the hospital."
A, D, E - Answer A charge nurse is reviewing the steps of the nursing process with a group of
nurses. Which of the following data should the charge nurse identify as objective data?
A. Respiratory rate is 22/min with even, unlabored respirations.
B. The Client's partner states, " They said they hurt aftter walking about 10 minutes."
C. The client's pain rating is 3 on a scale of 0 to 10.
D. The client's skin is pink, warm and dry.
E. The assistive personnel reports that the client walked with a limp.
A. Assessment - Answer A charge nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse care for a client
who reports pain. The nurse checked the client's MAR and noted the last dose of pain
medication was 6 hr ago. The prescription reads every 4 hr PRN for pain. The nurse
administered the medication and checked with the client 40 min later, when the client reported
improvement. The newly licensed nurse left out which of the following steps of the nursing
process?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Intervention
D. Evaluation