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Registered Nurse Comprehensive Practice 2023 A –
NCLEX-RN Style Questions with Answers and
Rationales
List the 5 activities involved in the nursing process.
......ANSWER........assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing,
and evaluating
Which actions could be reported to the State Board of Nursing
as a failure of the RN to maintain professional boundaries in a
nurse-patient relationship? Select all that apply.
a. Spending more time than is necessary with a patient.
b. Keeping secrets for a patient.
c. Engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient who consents.
d. Engaging in therapeutic communication with a mentally ill
patient.
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e. Administering the wrong medication to a patient.
......ANSWER........a. Spending more time than is necessary with a
patient.
b. Keeping secrets for a patient.
c. Engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient who consents.
A nursing instructor outlines the criteria establishing nursing as a
profession. What teaching point(s) correctly describe the
criteria? Select all that apply.
a. Nursing is composed of a well-defined body of general
knowledge.
b. Nursing interventions are dependent upon medical practice.
c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group.
d. Nursing is regulated by the medical industry.
e. Nursing has a code of ethics and is influenced by ongoing
research. ......ANSWER........a. Nursing is composed of a well-
defined body of general knowledge.
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c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group.
e. Nursing has a code of ethics and is influenced by ongoing
research.
Teaching a client about breast self-examination is an example
of what broad aim of nursing?
a. Treating illness
b. Preventing illness
c. Restoring health
d. Facilitating coping ......ANSWER........b. Preventing illness
After graduation from an accredited program in nursing and
successfully passing the NCLEX, what gives the nurse a legal
right to practice?
a. Enrolling in an advanced degree program
b. Filing NCLEX results in the county of residence
c. Being licensed by the State Board of Nursing
Registered Nurse Comprehensive Practice 2023 A –
NCLEX-RN Style Questions with Answers and
Rationales
List the 5 activities involved in the nursing process.
......ANSWER........assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing,
and evaluating
Which actions could be reported to the State Board of Nursing
as a failure of the RN to maintain professional boundaries in a
nurse-patient relationship? Select all that apply.
a. Spending more time than is necessary with a patient.
b. Keeping secrets for a patient.
c. Engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient who consents.
d. Engaging in therapeutic communication with a mentally ill
patient.
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e. Administering the wrong medication to a patient.
......ANSWER........a. Spending more time than is necessary with a
patient.
b. Keeping secrets for a patient.
c. Engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient who consents.
A nursing instructor outlines the criteria establishing nursing as a
profession. What teaching point(s) correctly describe the
criteria? Select all that apply.
a. Nursing is composed of a well-defined body of general
knowledge.
b. Nursing interventions are dependent upon medical practice.
c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group.
d. Nursing is regulated by the medical industry.
e. Nursing has a code of ethics and is influenced by ongoing
research. ......ANSWER........a. Nursing is composed of a well-
defined body of general knowledge.
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c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group.
e. Nursing has a code of ethics and is influenced by ongoing
research.
Teaching a client about breast self-examination is an example
of what broad aim of nursing?
a. Treating illness
b. Preventing illness
c. Restoring health
d. Facilitating coping ......ANSWER........b. Preventing illness
After graduation from an accredited program in nursing and
successfully passing the NCLEX, what gives the nurse a legal
right to practice?
a. Enrolling in an advanced degree program
b. Filing NCLEX results in the county of residence
c. Being licensed by the State Board of Nursing
