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PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS NEWEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS
LATEST VERSION SOLVED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
VERIFIED 100 %
What are the 5 roles of a nurse?
- Caregiver
- Communicator
- Advocate
- Manager
- Educator
4. The examination for RN licensure is the same in every state in the United
States. This examination:
A. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
B. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
C. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
D. Guarantees standardized education across all pre licensure programs
C
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge and skills for a
variety of professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are
examples of these roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
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1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
1, 2, 3, 4
What is Continuing care
• Long-term care: assisted living, nursing centers
• Psychiatric and older-adult day care
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of these
models is expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention
model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
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1. Which activity performed by a nurse is related to maintaining competency in
nursing practice?term-10
1. Asking another nurse about how to change the settings on a medication
pump
2. Regularly attending unit staff meetings
3. Participating as a member of the professional nursing council
4. Attending a review course in preparation for a certification examination
4
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What are 4 contributions of florence nightingale to nursing?
1. Established first nursing philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration
2. She organized the first program for training nurses
3. First practicing nurse epidemiologist
4. She improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals
What is are 6 areas of primary care?
- Diagnosis and treatment of common illnesses
• Ongoing management of chronic health problems
• Prenatal care
• Well-baby care
• Family planning
• Patient-centered medical home care
What are 3 areas of secondary care (acute care)?
- Urgent care; hospital emergency care
- Acute medical-surgical care: ambulatory care, outpatient surgery, hospital
- Radiological procedures
What is tertiary care?
- Highly specialized: intensive care, inpatient psychiatric facilities
- Specialty care (such as neurology, cardiology, rheumatology, dermatology,
oncology)
What is restorative care?
• Rehabilitation programs (such as cardiovascular, pulmonary, orthopedic)
• Sports medicine
• Spinal cord injury programs
• Home care
PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS NEWEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS
LATEST VERSION SOLVED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
VERIFIED 100 %
What are the 5 roles of a nurse?
- Caregiver
- Communicator
- Advocate
- Manager
- Educator
4. The examination for RN licensure is the same in every state in the United
States. This examination:
A. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
B. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
C. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
D. Guarantees standardized education across all pre licensure programs
C
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge and skills for a
variety of professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are
examples of these roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
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1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
1, 2, 3, 4
What is Continuing care
• Long-term care: assisted living, nursing centers
• Psychiatric and older-adult day care
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of these
models is expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention
model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
1
1. Which activity performed by a nurse is related to maintaining competency in
nursing practice?term-10
1. Asking another nurse about how to change the settings on a medication
pump
2. Regularly attending unit staff meetings
3. Participating as a member of the professional nursing council
4. Attending a review course in preparation for a certification examination
4
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What are 4 contributions of florence nightingale to nursing?
1. Established first nursing philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration
2. She organized the first program for training nurses
3. First practicing nurse epidemiologist
4. She improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals
What is are 6 areas of primary care?
- Diagnosis and treatment of common illnesses
• Ongoing management of chronic health problems
• Prenatal care
• Well-baby care
• Family planning
• Patient-centered medical home care
What are 3 areas of secondary care (acute care)?
- Urgent care; hospital emergency care
- Acute medical-surgical care: ambulatory care, outpatient surgery, hospital
- Radiological procedures
What is tertiary care?
- Highly specialized: intensive care, inpatient psychiatric facilities
- Specialty care (such as neurology, cardiology, rheumatology, dermatology,
oncology)
What is restorative care?
• Rehabilitation programs (such as cardiovascular, pulmonary, orthopedic)
• Sports medicine
• Spinal cord injury programs
• Home care
