NUR 158 EXAM I PREP 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
When health care agencies offer services, the focus of care is always
A) To cure illness
B) To give daily personal care
C) The person
D) To provide care after surgery or injury
C) The person
Health promotion includes
A) Immunizations against infectious diseases
B) Respiratory, physical, and occupational therapies
C) Learning skills needed to live, work, and enjoy life
D) Receiving teaching and counseling about healthy living
D) Receiving teaching and counseling about healthy living
Diagnostic tests, physical exams, surgery, emergency care and drugs are used in
A) Health promotion
B) Detection and treatment of disease
C) Rehabilitation and restorative care
D) Disease prevention
B) Detection and treatment of disease
The goal of rehabilitation and restorative care is
A) To teach the person about healthy living
B) To return persons to their highest possible level of physical and psychological
functioning
C)To return the person completely to normal functioning
D) To treat the illness with diet, exercise, and medications
B) To return persons to their highest possible level of physical and psychological
functioning
A person with an acute illness will probably be treated in
A) A hospital
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,B) A long-term care center
C) An assisted living facility
D) A rehabilitation agency
A) A hospital
Subacute care is needed when the person needs
A) Minor surgery
B) Care that falls between hospital care and long-term care
C) Help with personal care and drugs
D) Care at the end of life when the person is dying
B) Care that falls between hospital care and long-term care
Persons in a long-term care center
A) Need hospital care
B) Are acutely ill
C) May be older with chronic diseases, poor nutrition, or poor health
D) Never are able to return home
C) May be older with chronic diseases, poor nutrition, or poor health
Skilled nursing facilities
A) Provide nursing care needed until death
B) Provide more complex care than do nursing centers
C) Provide care in a person's home
D) Provide outpatient care
B) Provide more complex care than do nursing centers
A person may have an apartment and receive help with personal care when living in
A) A long-term care center
B) An assisted living facility
C) A rehabilitation care agency
D) A skilled nursing facility
B) An assisted living facility
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,Persons who have problems dealing with life events may be treated in a
A) Mental health center
B) Skilled care facility
C) Long-term care center
D) Hospice
A) Mental health center
Home care agencies provide
A) Health teaching and supervision
B) Bedside nursing
C) Physical therapy rehabilitation, and food services
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Hospices
A) Provide short-term care until the person recovers
B) Give care only in the home
C) Provide care to persons who no longer respond to treatment aimed at cures
D) Only provide care to meet the person's physical needs
C) Provide care to persons who no longer respond to treatment aimed at cures
Health care systems are
A) Agencies that join together as one provider of care
B) Members of the health team that give bedside care
C) Members of the health team that work in a hospital
D) The hospitals in a community
A) Agencies that join together as one provider of care
All of these are members of the health team EXCEPT
A) Occupational therapist
B) Janitor
C) Social worker
D) Cleric
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, B) Janitor
The person responsible for nursing service is
A) A medical doctor
B) An RN with a bachelor's or master's degree (DON)
C) A person with many years of experience in giving nursing care
D) The board of trustees
B) An RN with a bachelor's or master's degree (DON)
Nursing education staff may teach all of these EXCEPT
A) Basic nursing skills needed to begin employment as a nurse
B) How to use new equipment
C) New employee orientation programs
D) New and changing information for the nursing team
A) Basic nursing skills needed to begin employment as a nurse
A registered nurse who completes a university program will be in school for
A) 2 years
B) 1 year
C) 3 years
D) 4 years
D) 4 years
An RN
A) Assesses, makes nursing diagnosis, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care
B) Is supervised by licensed doctors and licensed dentists
C) Only gives care when the person's condition is stable and care is simple
D) Always is able to diagnose diseases or illnesses
A) Assess, makes nursing diagnosis, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care
An LPN/LVN
A) Must pass a licensing test to work
B) Assists RNs in caring for acutely ill person and with complex procedures
C) Has fewer responsibilities and functions as RNs
D) All of the above
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CORRECT ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
When health care agencies offer services, the focus of care is always
A) To cure illness
B) To give daily personal care
C) The person
D) To provide care after surgery or injury
C) The person
Health promotion includes
A) Immunizations against infectious diseases
B) Respiratory, physical, and occupational therapies
C) Learning skills needed to live, work, and enjoy life
D) Receiving teaching and counseling about healthy living
D) Receiving teaching and counseling about healthy living
Diagnostic tests, physical exams, surgery, emergency care and drugs are used in
A) Health promotion
B) Detection and treatment of disease
C) Rehabilitation and restorative care
D) Disease prevention
B) Detection and treatment of disease
The goal of rehabilitation and restorative care is
A) To teach the person about healthy living
B) To return persons to their highest possible level of physical and psychological
functioning
C)To return the person completely to normal functioning
D) To treat the illness with diet, exercise, and medications
B) To return persons to their highest possible level of physical and psychological
functioning
A person with an acute illness will probably be treated in
A) A hospital
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,B) A long-term care center
C) An assisted living facility
D) A rehabilitation agency
A) A hospital
Subacute care is needed when the person needs
A) Minor surgery
B) Care that falls between hospital care and long-term care
C) Help with personal care and drugs
D) Care at the end of life when the person is dying
B) Care that falls between hospital care and long-term care
Persons in a long-term care center
A) Need hospital care
B) Are acutely ill
C) May be older with chronic diseases, poor nutrition, or poor health
D) Never are able to return home
C) May be older with chronic diseases, poor nutrition, or poor health
Skilled nursing facilities
A) Provide nursing care needed until death
B) Provide more complex care than do nursing centers
C) Provide care in a person's home
D) Provide outpatient care
B) Provide more complex care than do nursing centers
A person may have an apartment and receive help with personal care when living in
A) A long-term care center
B) An assisted living facility
C) A rehabilitation care agency
D) A skilled nursing facility
B) An assisted living facility
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,Persons who have problems dealing with life events may be treated in a
A) Mental health center
B) Skilled care facility
C) Long-term care center
D) Hospice
A) Mental health center
Home care agencies provide
A) Health teaching and supervision
B) Bedside nursing
C) Physical therapy rehabilitation, and food services
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Hospices
A) Provide short-term care until the person recovers
B) Give care only in the home
C) Provide care to persons who no longer respond to treatment aimed at cures
D) Only provide care to meet the person's physical needs
C) Provide care to persons who no longer respond to treatment aimed at cures
Health care systems are
A) Agencies that join together as one provider of care
B) Members of the health team that give bedside care
C) Members of the health team that work in a hospital
D) The hospitals in a community
A) Agencies that join together as one provider of care
All of these are members of the health team EXCEPT
A) Occupational therapist
B) Janitor
C) Social worker
D) Cleric
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, B) Janitor
The person responsible for nursing service is
A) A medical doctor
B) An RN with a bachelor's or master's degree (DON)
C) A person with many years of experience in giving nursing care
D) The board of trustees
B) An RN with a bachelor's or master's degree (DON)
Nursing education staff may teach all of these EXCEPT
A) Basic nursing skills needed to begin employment as a nurse
B) How to use new equipment
C) New employee orientation programs
D) New and changing information for the nursing team
A) Basic nursing skills needed to begin employment as a nurse
A registered nurse who completes a university program will be in school for
A) 2 years
B) 1 year
C) 3 years
D) 4 years
D) 4 years
An RN
A) Assesses, makes nursing diagnosis, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care
B) Is supervised by licensed doctors and licensed dentists
C) Only gives care when the person's condition is stable and care is simple
D) Always is able to diagnose diseases or illnesses
A) Assess, makes nursing diagnosis, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care
An LPN/LVN
A) Must pass a licensing test to work
B) Assists RNs in caring for acutely ill person and with complex procedures
C) Has fewer responsibilities and functions as RNs
D) All of the above
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