NR 103 Transition to the Nursing Profession - Comprehensive Exam 2
2026 |Chamberlain College
1. A nurse ensures that a patient who is scheduled for an invasive procedure
fully understands the risks and benefits before signing the consent form. Which
ethical principle is the nurse primarily advocating for?
A. Beneficence
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
D. Non-maleficence
Answer: B
Rationale: Autonomy refers to the right of patients to make their own decisions about
their medical care. Informed consent is a direct application of this principle.
2. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), what is the primary
purpose of the Nursing Code of Ethics?
A. To provide a legal framework for prosecuting malpractice
B. To establish salary scales for registered nurses
C. To serve as a non-negotiable ethical standard for the profession
D. To mandate specific clinical protocols for patient care
Answer: C
Rationale: The ANA Code of Ethics serves as the profession’s ethical standard and provides
a guide for nurses to use in ethical analysis and decision-making.
,3. Which QSEN competency focuses on using data to monitor the outcomes of
care processes and using improvement methods to design and test changes?
A. Evidence-Based Practice
B. Informatics
C. Safety
D. Quality Improvement
Answer: D
Rationale: Quality Improvement (QI) involves using data to monitor outcomes and
implementing changes to improve the quality and safety of healthcare systems.
4. A nurse is using the SBAR tool to communicate with a physician. The nurse
states, ‘The patient’s heart rate is 120 bpm and blood pressure is 80/40 mmHg.’
Which component of SBAR is this?
A. Situation
B. Background
C. Assessment
D. Recommendation
Answer: C
Rationale: Assessment in SBAR involves providing the clinical data or the nurse’s analysis
of the current situation, such as vital signs.
5. Which nursing theorist is known for the ‘Theory of Human Caring,’
emphasizing the transpersonal caring relationship?
A. Jean Watson
B. Dorothea Orem
C. Florence Nightingale
D. Sister Callista Roy
Answer: A
, Rationale: Jean Watson developed the Theory of Human Caring, which focuses on the
holistic and spiritual aspects of the nurse-patient relationship.
6. A nurse fails to raise the side rails for a confused elderly patient, resulting in a
fall and a hip fracture. This is an example of which legal concept?
A. Assault
B. Negligence
C. Battery
D. Defamation
Answer: B
Rationale: Negligence is the failure to act as a reasonably prudent person (or nurse) would
in a similar situation, resulting in unintended harm.
7. What is the primary role of the State Board of Nursing?
A. To advocate for higher nursing wages
B. To provide continuing education credits for nurses
C. To protect the public by ensuring safe nursing practice
D. To manage hospital staffing ratios
Answer: C
Rationale: The primary mission of State Boards of Nursing is public protection through the
regulation of nursing licenses and practice.
8. A nurse is caring for a patient from a different culture. To provide culturally
competent care, what should the nurse do first?
A. Memorize common traditions of that culture
B. Perform a self-assessment of personal biases and values
C. Ask the family to explain all their beliefs
D. Assign a nurse from the same culture to the patient
Answer: B
2026 |Chamberlain College
1. A nurse ensures that a patient who is scheduled for an invasive procedure
fully understands the risks and benefits before signing the consent form. Which
ethical principle is the nurse primarily advocating for?
A. Beneficence
B. Autonomy
C. Justice
D. Non-maleficence
Answer: B
Rationale: Autonomy refers to the right of patients to make their own decisions about
their medical care. Informed consent is a direct application of this principle.
2. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), what is the primary
purpose of the Nursing Code of Ethics?
A. To provide a legal framework for prosecuting malpractice
B. To establish salary scales for registered nurses
C. To serve as a non-negotiable ethical standard for the profession
D. To mandate specific clinical protocols for patient care
Answer: C
Rationale: The ANA Code of Ethics serves as the profession’s ethical standard and provides
a guide for nurses to use in ethical analysis and decision-making.
,3. Which QSEN competency focuses on using data to monitor the outcomes of
care processes and using improvement methods to design and test changes?
A. Evidence-Based Practice
B. Informatics
C. Safety
D. Quality Improvement
Answer: D
Rationale: Quality Improvement (QI) involves using data to monitor outcomes and
implementing changes to improve the quality and safety of healthcare systems.
4. A nurse is using the SBAR tool to communicate with a physician. The nurse
states, ‘The patient’s heart rate is 120 bpm and blood pressure is 80/40 mmHg.’
Which component of SBAR is this?
A. Situation
B. Background
C. Assessment
D. Recommendation
Answer: C
Rationale: Assessment in SBAR involves providing the clinical data or the nurse’s analysis
of the current situation, such as vital signs.
5. Which nursing theorist is known for the ‘Theory of Human Caring,’
emphasizing the transpersonal caring relationship?
A. Jean Watson
B. Dorothea Orem
C. Florence Nightingale
D. Sister Callista Roy
Answer: A
, Rationale: Jean Watson developed the Theory of Human Caring, which focuses on the
holistic and spiritual aspects of the nurse-patient relationship.
6. A nurse fails to raise the side rails for a confused elderly patient, resulting in a
fall and a hip fracture. This is an example of which legal concept?
A. Assault
B. Negligence
C. Battery
D. Defamation
Answer: B
Rationale: Negligence is the failure to act as a reasonably prudent person (or nurse) would
in a similar situation, resulting in unintended harm.
7. What is the primary role of the State Board of Nursing?
A. To advocate for higher nursing wages
B. To provide continuing education credits for nurses
C. To protect the public by ensuring safe nursing practice
D. To manage hospital staffing ratios
Answer: C
Rationale: The primary mission of State Boards of Nursing is public protection through the
regulation of nursing licenses and practice.
8. A nurse is caring for a patient from a different culture. To provide culturally
competent care, what should the nurse do first?
A. Memorize common traditions of that culture
B. Perform a self-assessment of personal biases and values
C. Ask the family to explain all their beliefs
D. Assign a nurse from the same culture to the patient
Answer: B
