NURS 201 - Final Exam LATEST 2025 UPDATE
NURS 201 - FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025 UPDATE WITH
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES ALREADY GRADED A+
A nurse is practicing as a nurse-midwife in a busy OB-GYN office. Which degree in nursing is
necessary to practice at this level?
a. LPN
b. ADN
c. BSN
d. MSN - ANSWER-d
A master's degree (MSN) prepares advanced practice nurses. Many master's graduates gain
national certification in their specialty area, for example, as family nurse practitioners (FNPs) or
nurse midwives.
Nursing in the United States is regulated by the state nurse practice act. What is a common
element of each state's nurse practice act?
a. Defining the legal scope of nursing practice
b. Providing continuing education programs
c. Determining the content covered in the NCLEX examination
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d. Creating institutional policies for health care practices - ANSWER-a
Nurse practice acts are established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing by defining
the legal scope of nursing practice, creating a state board of nursing to make and enforce rules
and regulations, define important terms and activities in nursing, and establish criteria for the
education and licensure of nurses. The acts do not determine the content covered on the
NCLEX, but they do have the legal authority to allow graduates of approved schools of nursing
to take the licensing examination. The acts also may determine educational requirements for
licensure, but do not provide the education. Institutional policies are created by the institutions
themselves.
According to the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, what is a current
health care trend contributing to 21st century challenges to nursing practice?
a. Decreased numbers of hospitalized patients
b. Older and more acutely ill patients
c. Decreasing health care costs owing to managed care
d. Slowed advances in medical knowledge and technology - ANSWER-b
The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice identifies the following critical
challenges to nursing practice in the 21st century: A growing population of hospitalized patients
who are older and more acutely ill, increasing health care costs, and the need to stay current
with rapid advances in medical knowledge and technology.
, NURS 201 - Final Exam LATEST 2025 UPDATE
A student nurse asks an experienced nurse why it is necessary to change the patient's bed every
day. The nurse answers: "I guess we have just always done it that way." This answer is an
example of what type of knowledge?
a. Instinctive knowledge
b. Scientific knowledge
c. Authoritative knowledge
d. Traditional knowledge - ANSWER-d
Traditional knowledge is the part of nursing practice passed down from generation to
generation, often without research data to support it. Scientific knowledge is that knowledge
obtained through the scientific method (implying thorough research). Authoritative knowledge
comes from an expert and is accepted as truth based on the person's perceived expertise.
Instinct is not a source of knowledge.
A nurse is using the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice (JHNEBP) model PET as a
clinical decision-making tool when delivering care to patients. Which steps reflect the intended
use of this tool? Select all that apply.
a. A nurse recruits an interprofessional team to develop and refine an EBP question.
b. A nurse draws from personal experiences of being a patient to establish a therapeutic
relationship with a patient.
c. A nurse searches the Internet to find the latest treatments for type 2 diabetes.
, NURS 201 - Final Exam LATEST 2025 UPDATE
d. A nurse uses spiritual training to draw strength when counseling a patient who is in hospice
for an inoperable brain tumor.
e. A nurse questions the protocol for assessing postoperative patients in the ICU.
f. A nursing student studies anatomy and physiology of the body systems to understand the
disease states of assigned patients. - ANSWER-a, c, e
The JHNEBP model is a powerful problem-solving approach to clinical decision making, and is
accompanied by user-friendly tools to guide individual or group use. It is designed specifically to
meet the needs of the practicing nurse and uses a three-step process called PET: practice
question, evidence, and translation. The goal of the model is to ensure that the latest research
findings and best practices are quickly and appropriately incorporated into patient care. Steps in
PET include, but are not limited to, recruiting an interprofessional team, developing and refining
the EBP question, and conducting internal and external searches for evidence.
A nurse is using general systems theory to describe the role of nursing to provide health
promotion and patient teaching. Which statements reflect key points of this theory? Select all
that apply.
a. A system is a set of individual elements that rarely interact with each other.
b. The whole system is always greater than the sum of its parts.
c. Boundaries separate systems from each other and their environments.
d. A change in one subsystem will not affect other subsystems.
e. To survive, open systems maintain balance through feedback.
NURS 201 - FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025 UPDATE WITH
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES ALREADY GRADED A+
A nurse is practicing as a nurse-midwife in a busy OB-GYN office. Which degree in nursing is
necessary to practice at this level?
a. LPN
b. ADN
c. BSN
d. MSN - ANSWER-d
A master's degree (MSN) prepares advanced practice nurses. Many master's graduates gain
national certification in their specialty area, for example, as family nurse practitioners (FNPs) or
nurse midwives.
Nursing in the United States is regulated by the state nurse practice act. What is a common
element of each state's nurse practice act?
a. Defining the legal scope of nursing practice
b. Providing continuing education programs
c. Determining the content covered in the NCLEX examination
, NURS 201 - Final Exam LATEST 2025 UPDATE
d. Creating institutional policies for health care practices - ANSWER-a
Nurse practice acts are established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing by defining
the legal scope of nursing practice, creating a state board of nursing to make and enforce rules
and regulations, define important terms and activities in nursing, and establish criteria for the
education and licensure of nurses. The acts do not determine the content covered on the
NCLEX, but they do have the legal authority to allow graduates of approved schools of nursing
to take the licensing examination. The acts also may determine educational requirements for
licensure, but do not provide the education. Institutional policies are created by the institutions
themselves.
According to the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, what is a current
health care trend contributing to 21st century challenges to nursing practice?
a. Decreased numbers of hospitalized patients
b. Older and more acutely ill patients
c. Decreasing health care costs owing to managed care
d. Slowed advances in medical knowledge and technology - ANSWER-b
The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice identifies the following critical
challenges to nursing practice in the 21st century: A growing population of hospitalized patients
who are older and more acutely ill, increasing health care costs, and the need to stay current
with rapid advances in medical knowledge and technology.
, NURS 201 - Final Exam LATEST 2025 UPDATE
A student nurse asks an experienced nurse why it is necessary to change the patient's bed every
day. The nurse answers: "I guess we have just always done it that way." This answer is an
example of what type of knowledge?
a. Instinctive knowledge
b. Scientific knowledge
c. Authoritative knowledge
d. Traditional knowledge - ANSWER-d
Traditional knowledge is the part of nursing practice passed down from generation to
generation, often without research data to support it. Scientific knowledge is that knowledge
obtained through the scientific method (implying thorough research). Authoritative knowledge
comes from an expert and is accepted as truth based on the person's perceived expertise.
Instinct is not a source of knowledge.
A nurse is using the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice (JHNEBP) model PET as a
clinical decision-making tool when delivering care to patients. Which steps reflect the intended
use of this tool? Select all that apply.
a. A nurse recruits an interprofessional team to develop and refine an EBP question.
b. A nurse draws from personal experiences of being a patient to establish a therapeutic
relationship with a patient.
c. A nurse searches the Internet to find the latest treatments for type 2 diabetes.
, NURS 201 - Final Exam LATEST 2025 UPDATE
d. A nurse uses spiritual training to draw strength when counseling a patient who is in hospice
for an inoperable brain tumor.
e. A nurse questions the protocol for assessing postoperative patients in the ICU.
f. A nursing student studies anatomy and physiology of the body systems to understand the
disease states of assigned patients. - ANSWER-a, c, e
The JHNEBP model is a powerful problem-solving approach to clinical decision making, and is
accompanied by user-friendly tools to guide individual or group use. It is designed specifically to
meet the needs of the practicing nurse and uses a three-step process called PET: practice
question, evidence, and translation. The goal of the model is to ensure that the latest research
findings and best practices are quickly and appropriately incorporated into patient care. Steps in
PET include, but are not limited to, recruiting an interprofessional team, developing and refining
the EBP question, and conducting internal and external searches for evidence.
A nurse is using general systems theory to describe the role of nursing to provide health
promotion and patient teaching. Which statements reflect key points of this theory? Select all
that apply.
a. A system is a set of individual elements that rarely interact with each other.
b. The whole system is always greater than the sum of its parts.
c. Boundaries separate systems from each other and their environments.
d. A change in one subsystem will not affect other subsystems.
e. To survive, open systems maintain balance through feedback.
