NR 103 Transition to the Nursing Profession
Week 4 Exam Study Guide | Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Verified Authentic 2026 • Chamberlain College of Nursing
Welcome to your comprehensive Week 4 Exam study compilation. This document contains 30 highly refined,
unique practice questions mapped directly to the Chamberlain College of Nursing curriculum benchmarks.
Each question features a verified 100% correct answer and an in-depth clinical rationale to foster advanced
conceptual mastery and critical reasoning.
Question 1: What standard communication framework is widely utilized in healthcare to ensure
structured, concise, and clear handoff communication between professionals?
A) SOAPIE
B) SBAR
C) PIE
D) DAR
Correct Answer: B) SBAR
Rationale: SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) is an evidence-based
communication tool that standardizes the transfer of critical clinical information, enhancing safety and
preventing miscommunication errors.
Question 2: A nurse is using the SBAR framework to call a physician about a deteriorating
patient. The nurse states: 'The patient's heart rate has increased to 120 bpm and blood pressure
dropped to 90/50 mmHg.' Which component of SBAR does this state?
A) Situation
B) Background
C) Assessment
D) Recommendation
Correct Answer: C) Assessment
Rationale: The nurse is sharing objective clinical findings, vital signs, and current clinical evaluations, which
corresponds directly to the 'Assessment' phase of the SBAR tool.
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, Question 3: Which of the following is considered a core element of therapeutic communication
between a nurse and a patient?
A) Giving rapid personal advice to solve the patient's dilemmas.
B) Utilizing open-ended questions to encourage the patient to express their feelings.
C) Frequently interrupting the patient to keep the interview highly efficient.
D) Offering false reassurance to make the patient feel happy immediately.
Correct Answer: B) Utilizing open-ended questions to encourage the patient to express their feelings.
Rationale: Therapeutic communication focuses on the patient's needs. Open-ended questions allow patients
to elaborate, explore emotions, and share detailed perspectives, which helps build trust.
Question 4: A nurse sits facing a patient, maintains comfortable eye contact, leans forward
slightly, and nods while the patient speaks. These behaviors are examples of:
A) Passive compliance
B) Active listening
C) Non-verbal defacement
D) Clinical assessment overview
Correct Answer: B) Active listening
Rationale: Active listening involves non-verbal attentiveness (often conceptualized via the acronym SOLER)
which signals to the patient that the nurse is fully engaged, present, and processing what is being
communicated.
Question 5: Which communication technique involves the nurse repeating the main expressive
idea of a patient's statement using different words to verify mutual understanding?
A) Probing
B) Paraphrasing or Restating
C) Summarizing
D) Confronting
Correct Answer: B) Paraphrasing or Restating
Rationale: Paraphrasing or restating allows the nurse to feed back the core content of the patient's message.
This confirms that the nurse has interpreted the meaning accurately and encourages further dialogue.
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Week 4 Exam Study Guide | Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Verified Authentic 2026 • Chamberlain College of Nursing
Welcome to your comprehensive Week 4 Exam study compilation. This document contains 30 highly refined,
unique practice questions mapped directly to the Chamberlain College of Nursing curriculum benchmarks.
Each question features a verified 100% correct answer and an in-depth clinical rationale to foster advanced
conceptual mastery and critical reasoning.
Question 1: What standard communication framework is widely utilized in healthcare to ensure
structured, concise, and clear handoff communication between professionals?
A) SOAPIE
B) SBAR
C) PIE
D) DAR
Correct Answer: B) SBAR
Rationale: SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) is an evidence-based
communication tool that standardizes the transfer of critical clinical information, enhancing safety and
preventing miscommunication errors.
Question 2: A nurse is using the SBAR framework to call a physician about a deteriorating
patient. The nurse states: 'The patient's heart rate has increased to 120 bpm and blood pressure
dropped to 90/50 mmHg.' Which component of SBAR does this state?
A) Situation
B) Background
C) Assessment
D) Recommendation
Correct Answer: C) Assessment
Rationale: The nurse is sharing objective clinical findings, vital signs, and current clinical evaluations, which
corresponds directly to the 'Assessment' phase of the SBAR tool.
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, Question 3: Which of the following is considered a core element of therapeutic communication
between a nurse and a patient?
A) Giving rapid personal advice to solve the patient's dilemmas.
B) Utilizing open-ended questions to encourage the patient to express their feelings.
C) Frequently interrupting the patient to keep the interview highly efficient.
D) Offering false reassurance to make the patient feel happy immediately.
Correct Answer: B) Utilizing open-ended questions to encourage the patient to express their feelings.
Rationale: Therapeutic communication focuses on the patient's needs. Open-ended questions allow patients
to elaborate, explore emotions, and share detailed perspectives, which helps build trust.
Question 4: A nurse sits facing a patient, maintains comfortable eye contact, leans forward
slightly, and nods while the patient speaks. These behaviors are examples of:
A) Passive compliance
B) Active listening
C) Non-verbal defacement
D) Clinical assessment overview
Correct Answer: B) Active listening
Rationale: Active listening involves non-verbal attentiveness (often conceptualized via the acronym SOLER)
which signals to the patient that the nurse is fully engaged, present, and processing what is being
communicated.
Question 5: Which communication technique involves the nurse repeating the main expressive
idea of a patient's statement using different words to verify mutual understanding?
A) Probing
B) Paraphrasing or Restating
C) Summarizing
D) Confronting
Correct Answer: B) Paraphrasing or Restating
Rationale: Paraphrasing or restating allows the nurse to feed back the core content of the patient's message.
This confirms that the nurse has interpreted the meaning accurately and encourages further dialogue.
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