1.You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care
coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation you
have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses.
Your instructor asks the class why this document is important. Which of the following
statements best describes this code?
1. Improves self–health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
2. An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse
obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung and heart sounds, determines her level of comfort,
and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is performed?
1. Diagnosis
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation
3. A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath.
The nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which
standard of practice is performed?
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
, 3. Assessment
4. Implementation
4. A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home
on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical
procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses
the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator.
2. Advocate.
3. Caregiver.
4. Case manager.
5. The nurse spends time with the patient and family reviewing the dressing change
procedure for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how to change the
dressing. The nurse is acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Case manager
6. The examination for registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in
the United States. This examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients.
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients.
3. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided.
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