NSG 1650 UNIT 1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
American Nurses Association (ANA) mission statement - Answers Lead the profession to shape the
future of nursing and health care
Why does the ANA exist? - Answers To advance the nursing profession:
•Fostering high standards of nursing practice;
•Promoting a safe and ethical work environment;
•Bolstering the health and wellness of nurses
•Advocating on health care issues that affect nurses and the public.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) - Answers branch of the ANA
provides certification for advanced practice nurses and specialty nursing
- provides accreditation for schools of nursing
Magnet Recognition Program - Answers -ran by ANCC
-designates organizations worldwide where nursing leaders successfully align their nursing strategic
goals to improve the organization's patient outcomes.
What does the ANA publish? - Answers +ANA Code of Ethics
+Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice
National League of Nursing (NLN) mission statement - Answers -The National League for Nursing
promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance
the health of our nation and the global community.
NLN services and membership - Answers +Offers professional development, networking
opportunities, assessment services, nursing research grants, and public policy advocacy
NLN members are involved in nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education,
health care organizations, and agencies
International Council of Nursing (INC) mission statement - Answers ICN's mission is to represent
nursing worldwide, advance the nursing profession, promote the wellbeing of nurses, and advocate
for health in all policies. Our vision is that the global community recognizes, supports, and invests in
nurses and nursing to lead and deliver health for all
INC Goals - Answers +Global Impact: Influence policy at a global level
+Membership Empowerment: Strengthen National Nursing Associations (NNAs) to enable them to
address key challenges
+Strategic Leadership: Provide strategic leadership to advance the nursing profession
Innovative Growth: Identify, secure and diversify opportunities, consistent with our values, to attain
ICN goals.
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) mission statement - Answers
Developing nurse leaders anywhere to improve healthcare everywhere
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) services and members - Answers -
include education resources, journals, advisors and mentors, scholarships, and research grant
-clinical nurses and administrators, academic nurse educators and researchers, policymakers,
entrepreneurs, and others
Ohio Nurse Association mission statement - Answers +Our mission is to unite and empower nurses
and healthcare workers, championing their rights, promoting professional practice, and advocating for
quality care for all patients in Ohio, while fostering a strong and cohesive professional union
community.
Ohio Nurse Association (ONA) services - Answers +Provides a platform for the protection, promotion
and advancement of nursing.
Benefits include an advocacy program, advocacy training, workplace rights education, community
service opportunities, continuing education, career services, and social networking opportunities
National Student Nurse Association (NSNA) mission statement - Answers ·Bring together and mentor
students preparing for initial licensure as registered nurses, as well as those enrolled in baccalaureate
completion programs.
·Convey the standards and ethics of the nursing profession.
·Promote development of the skills that students will need as responsible and accountable members
of the nursing profession.
·Advocate for high quality, evidence-based, affordable and accessible health care.
·Advocate for and contribute to advances in nursing education.
·Develop nursing students who are prepared to lead the profession in the future.
, NSNA servies - Answers access to online education events, NCLEX-RN resources, career planning
guides, social networking opportunities, access to NSNA publications, information about select
schools of nursing and hospitals, and nursing school resource guides
SBAR - Answers -used for interprofessional communication
Situation: What is happening right now?
Background: What led to the current situation?
Assessment: What is the identified problem, concern, or need?
Recommendation: What actions or interventions should be initiated to alleviate the problem?
Handoff Report - Answers a transfer and acceptance of client care responsibility achieved through
effective communication. It is a real-time process of passing client specific information from one
caregiver to another, or from one team of caregivers to another, for the purpose of ensuring the
continuity and safety of the client's care
Components of Handoff - Answers •Sender contact information
•Illness assessment, including severity
•Client summary, including events leading up to illness or admission, hospital course, ongoing
assessment, and plan of care
•To-do action list
•Contingency plans
•Allergy list
•Code status
•Medication list
•Recent laboratory tests
•Recent vital signs
Handoff Communication Tools - Answers Bedside Handoff Report Checklist: introduction, SBAR,
focused assessment, tasks that need to be completed, identify pts needs/concerns, pt goal
closed-loop communication: used to ensure that information conveyed by the sender is heard by the
receiver and completed.
I-PASS: illness severity, patient summary, action list, situation awareness and contingency plans,
Synthesis by receiver
Standards of Documentation - Answers •Established by each health care organization's policies and
procedures.
•Should agree with standards set by the Joint Commission
--Medical record for each client
--Accessed only by authorized personnel
•comply with principles of medical record documentation from the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS)
•Completeness and legibility
•Reasons for each client encounter
•The plan of care
•The client's progress
•Changes in diagnosis and treatment
•Date
•Identity of provider (credentials)
-ANA Standards:includes documentation in many of its Standards of Professional Nursing Practice
competencies
Types of client records - Answers 1) Paper-based: required that nurses know how to spell and
correctly document, was available to only one person at a time, was susceptible to damage, and
handwriting was sometimes illegible. Lastly, storage and control of paper records was a major
problem
2) Electronic Medical Record (EMR): a digital or electronic record of one episode of care, such as an
inpatient stay or an outpatient appointment
3) Electronic Health Record (EHR): longitudinal record of health that includes the information from
inpatient and outpatient episodes of healthcare from one or more care settings
privacy of EHR - Answers •Controlled access
--Password
American Nurses Association (ANA) mission statement - Answers Lead the profession to shape the
future of nursing and health care
Why does the ANA exist? - Answers To advance the nursing profession:
•Fostering high standards of nursing practice;
•Promoting a safe and ethical work environment;
•Bolstering the health and wellness of nurses
•Advocating on health care issues that affect nurses and the public.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) - Answers branch of the ANA
provides certification for advanced practice nurses and specialty nursing
- provides accreditation for schools of nursing
Magnet Recognition Program - Answers -ran by ANCC
-designates organizations worldwide where nursing leaders successfully align their nursing strategic
goals to improve the organization's patient outcomes.
What does the ANA publish? - Answers +ANA Code of Ethics
+Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice
National League of Nursing (NLN) mission statement - Answers -The National League for Nursing
promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance
the health of our nation and the global community.
NLN services and membership - Answers +Offers professional development, networking
opportunities, assessment services, nursing research grants, and public policy advocacy
NLN members are involved in nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education,
health care organizations, and agencies
International Council of Nursing (INC) mission statement - Answers ICN's mission is to represent
nursing worldwide, advance the nursing profession, promote the wellbeing of nurses, and advocate
for health in all policies. Our vision is that the global community recognizes, supports, and invests in
nurses and nursing to lead and deliver health for all
INC Goals - Answers +Global Impact: Influence policy at a global level
+Membership Empowerment: Strengthen National Nursing Associations (NNAs) to enable them to
address key challenges
+Strategic Leadership: Provide strategic leadership to advance the nursing profession
Innovative Growth: Identify, secure and diversify opportunities, consistent with our values, to attain
ICN goals.
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) mission statement - Answers
Developing nurse leaders anywhere to improve healthcare everywhere
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) services and members - Answers -
include education resources, journals, advisors and mentors, scholarships, and research grant
-clinical nurses and administrators, academic nurse educators and researchers, policymakers,
entrepreneurs, and others
Ohio Nurse Association mission statement - Answers +Our mission is to unite and empower nurses
and healthcare workers, championing their rights, promoting professional practice, and advocating for
quality care for all patients in Ohio, while fostering a strong and cohesive professional union
community.
Ohio Nurse Association (ONA) services - Answers +Provides a platform for the protection, promotion
and advancement of nursing.
Benefits include an advocacy program, advocacy training, workplace rights education, community
service opportunities, continuing education, career services, and social networking opportunities
National Student Nurse Association (NSNA) mission statement - Answers ·Bring together and mentor
students preparing for initial licensure as registered nurses, as well as those enrolled in baccalaureate
completion programs.
·Convey the standards and ethics of the nursing profession.
·Promote development of the skills that students will need as responsible and accountable members
of the nursing profession.
·Advocate for high quality, evidence-based, affordable and accessible health care.
·Advocate for and contribute to advances in nursing education.
·Develop nursing students who are prepared to lead the profession in the future.
, NSNA servies - Answers access to online education events, NCLEX-RN resources, career planning
guides, social networking opportunities, access to NSNA publications, information about select
schools of nursing and hospitals, and nursing school resource guides
SBAR - Answers -used for interprofessional communication
Situation: What is happening right now?
Background: What led to the current situation?
Assessment: What is the identified problem, concern, or need?
Recommendation: What actions or interventions should be initiated to alleviate the problem?
Handoff Report - Answers a transfer and acceptance of client care responsibility achieved through
effective communication. It is a real-time process of passing client specific information from one
caregiver to another, or from one team of caregivers to another, for the purpose of ensuring the
continuity and safety of the client's care
Components of Handoff - Answers •Sender contact information
•Illness assessment, including severity
•Client summary, including events leading up to illness or admission, hospital course, ongoing
assessment, and plan of care
•To-do action list
•Contingency plans
•Allergy list
•Code status
•Medication list
•Recent laboratory tests
•Recent vital signs
Handoff Communication Tools - Answers Bedside Handoff Report Checklist: introduction, SBAR,
focused assessment, tasks that need to be completed, identify pts needs/concerns, pt goal
closed-loop communication: used to ensure that information conveyed by the sender is heard by the
receiver and completed.
I-PASS: illness severity, patient summary, action list, situation awareness and contingency plans,
Synthesis by receiver
Standards of Documentation - Answers •Established by each health care organization's policies and
procedures.
•Should agree with standards set by the Joint Commission
--Medical record for each client
--Accessed only by authorized personnel
•comply with principles of medical record documentation from the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS)
•Completeness and legibility
•Reasons for each client encounter
•The plan of care
•The client's progress
•Changes in diagnosis and treatment
•Date
•Identity of provider (credentials)
-ANA Standards:includes documentation in many of its Standards of Professional Nursing Practice
competencies
Types of client records - Answers 1) Paper-based: required that nurses know how to spell and
correctly document, was available to only one person at a time, was susceptible to damage, and
handwriting was sometimes illegible. Lastly, storage and control of paper records was a major
problem
2) Electronic Medical Record (EMR): a digital or electronic record of one episode of care, such as an
inpatient stay or an outpatient appointment
3) Electronic Health Record (EHR): longitudinal record of health that includes the information from
inpatient and outpatient episodes of healthcare from one or more care settings
privacy of EHR - Answers •Controlled access
--Password
