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CNL EXAM VERSION 1 AND 2 NEWEST 2025/ 2026
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||NEWEST
UPDATE!!!
VERSION 1
During morning huddle, the CNL discusses the barriers to
discharge for a patient who needs a home health company
for wound care and physical therapy (PT) to assess for
patient's ambulation needs prior to discharge. After the
huddle was complete, the CNL spoke with the clinical case
manager (CCM) and it was communicated that they are
waiting on confirmation from the home health agency. The
CNL then follows up with PT to make sure they know to
assess the patient. Which component of lateral integration
is the CNL demonstrating?
A. Communication
B. Collaboration
C. Coordination
D. Evaluation - ANSWER-B. Collaboration
Which of the following statements describing how CNLs
best use evidence-based practice is untrue?
A. Guide decisions regarding care.
B. Guide leadership decisions.
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C. Improve the quality of care in the microsystem.
D. Trial an intervention to evaluate the effects and
outcomes. - ANSWER-D. Trial an intervention to evaluate
the effects and outcomes.
As the CNL, you notice an increase in falls on your unit.
You conduct a literature search and find that fall bundles
have been shown to decrease falls on other units. You
would like to implement a fall bundle on your unit and
evaluate the change that it has. Which of the following
best describes this process?
A. Research
B. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
C. Plan-Do-Study-Act
D. Evidence-based practice - ANSWER-D. Evidence-
based practice
Maddie, a nurse on the unit, is interested in implementing
a project to improve staff response time toward alarms.
She asks the CNL for help in initiating this project. What
would be the first step you would tell Maddie to take?
A. Gather data about the current response times.
B. Identify the problem or question.
C. Ask for volunteers to help on the project.
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D. Search and review the literature. - ANSWER-B. Identify
the problem or question.
A CNL just completed an EBP quality improvement project
and has decided to submit his findings to a clinically
specific journal for publication. After completing the final
draft of the article what should the CNL's final step be prior
to the article submission:
A. Send the article to a mentor and peers to review and
submit comments.
B. Identify the journal's author guidelines and format article
to match the guidelines.
C. Post the article in the hospital's monthly quality
newsletter.
D. Determine the authorship of the article. - ANSWER-B.
Identify the journal's author guidelines and format article to
match the guidelines.
Which of the follow is not criteria for determining
authorship for an article?
A. Financial contribution and organizational support for the
EBP initiative.
B. Substantial contribution to the conception or design of
the work.
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C. Drafting the work or critically revising content for
important intellectual content.
D. Final approval and agreement of the version to be
submitted for publication. - ANSWER-A. Financial
contribution and organizational support for the EBP
initiative.
What are the four elements found in the Discussion
section of the SQUIRE 2.0 Guidelines?
A. Summary, Interpretation, Limitations, Conclusions.
B. Conclusion, Findings, Discussion, Results.
C. Summary, Application, Funding Sources, Limitations.
D. Review of Data, Summary, Interpretation, Future
Research. - ANSWER-A. Summary, Interpretation,
Limitations, Conclusions.
What is the purpose of the query letter?
A. Determine the journal's interest in an article for
publication before the article is formally completed or
submitted for consideration.
B. Request for details or clarification on the journal's
author guidelines.
C. Formal request for topics or ideas for upcoming quality
improvement project in your health care setting.
CNL EXAM VERSION 1 AND 2 NEWEST 2025/ 2026
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||NEWEST
UPDATE!!!
VERSION 1
During morning huddle, the CNL discusses the barriers to
discharge for a patient who needs a home health company
for wound care and physical therapy (PT) to assess for
patient's ambulation needs prior to discharge. After the
huddle was complete, the CNL spoke with the clinical case
manager (CCM) and it was communicated that they are
waiting on confirmation from the home health agency. The
CNL then follows up with PT to make sure they know to
assess the patient. Which component of lateral integration
is the CNL demonstrating?
A. Communication
B. Collaboration
C. Coordination
D. Evaluation - ANSWER-B. Collaboration
Which of the following statements describing how CNLs
best use evidence-based practice is untrue?
A. Guide decisions regarding care.
B. Guide leadership decisions.
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C. Improve the quality of care in the microsystem.
D. Trial an intervention to evaluate the effects and
outcomes. - ANSWER-D. Trial an intervention to evaluate
the effects and outcomes.
As the CNL, you notice an increase in falls on your unit.
You conduct a literature search and find that fall bundles
have been shown to decrease falls on other units. You
would like to implement a fall bundle on your unit and
evaluate the change that it has. Which of the following
best describes this process?
A. Research
B. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
C. Plan-Do-Study-Act
D. Evidence-based practice - ANSWER-D. Evidence-
based practice
Maddie, a nurse on the unit, is interested in implementing
a project to improve staff response time toward alarms.
She asks the CNL for help in initiating this project. What
would be the first step you would tell Maddie to take?
A. Gather data about the current response times.
B. Identify the problem or question.
C. Ask for volunteers to help on the project.
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D. Search and review the literature. - ANSWER-B. Identify
the problem or question.
A CNL just completed an EBP quality improvement project
and has decided to submit his findings to a clinically
specific journal for publication. After completing the final
draft of the article what should the CNL's final step be prior
to the article submission:
A. Send the article to a mentor and peers to review and
submit comments.
B. Identify the journal's author guidelines and format article
to match the guidelines.
C. Post the article in the hospital's monthly quality
newsletter.
D. Determine the authorship of the article. - ANSWER-B.
Identify the journal's author guidelines and format article to
match the guidelines.
Which of the follow is not criteria for determining
authorship for an article?
A. Financial contribution and organizational support for the
EBP initiative.
B. Substantial contribution to the conception or design of
the work.
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C. Drafting the work or critically revising content for
important intellectual content.
D. Final approval and agreement of the version to be
submitted for publication. - ANSWER-A. Financial
contribution and organizational support for the EBP
initiative.
What are the four elements found in the Discussion
section of the SQUIRE 2.0 Guidelines?
A. Summary, Interpretation, Limitations, Conclusions.
B. Conclusion, Findings, Discussion, Results.
C. Summary, Application, Funding Sources, Limitations.
D. Review of Data, Summary, Interpretation, Future
Research. - ANSWER-A. Summary, Interpretation,
Limitations, Conclusions.
What is the purpose of the query letter?
A. Determine the journal's interest in an article for
publication before the article is formally completed or
submitted for consideration.
B. Request for details or clarification on the journal's
author guidelines.
C. Formal request for topics or ideas for upcoming quality
improvement project in your health care setting.
