Fundamentals of Nursing NCLEX Practice Quiz (600 Questions)

The best explanation of what Title VI of the Civil Rights Act mandates is the freedom to:

Which statement would best explain the role of the nurse when planning care for a culturally diverse population? The nurse will plan care to:

Which factor is least significant during assessment when gathering information about cultural practices?

Transcultural nursing implies:

What should the nurse do when planning nursing care for a client with a different cultural background? The nurse should:

Which activity would not be expected by the nurse to meet the cultural needs of the client?

Ethical principles for professional nursing practice in a clinical setting are guided by the principles of conduct that are written as the:

A bioethical issue should be described as:

When the nurse described the client as “that nasty old man in room 201,” the nurse is exhibiting which ethical dilemma?

The distribution of nurses to areas of “most need” in the time of a nursing shortage is an example of:

Nurses are bound by a variety of laws. Which description of a type of law is correct?

Besides the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JACHO), which governing agency regulates hospitals to allow continued safe services to be provided, funding to be received from the government, and penalties if guidelines are not followed?

When a client is confused, left alone with the side rails down, and the bed in a high position, the client falls and breaks a hip. What law has been broken?

When signing a form as a witness, your signature shows that the client:

Which criterion is needed for someone to give consent to a procedure?

Which of the following statement is correct?

Most litigation in the hospital comes from the:

The nurse places an aquathermia pad on a client with a muscle sprain. The nurse informs the client the pad should be removed in 30 minutes. Why will the nurse return in 30 minutes to remove the pad?

A client has recently been told he has terminal cancer. As the nurse enters the room, he yells, “My eggs are cold, and I’m tired of having my sleep interrupted by noisy nurses!” The nurse may interpret the client’s behavior as:

When helping a person through grief work, the nurse knows:

A client is hospitalized in the end stage of terminal cancer. His family members are sitting at his bedside. What can the nurse do to best aid the family at this time?

When caring for a terminally ill client, it is important for the nurse to maintain the client’s dignity. This can be facilitated by:

What are the stages of dying according to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross?

Bereavement may be defined as:

A client who had a “Do Not Resuscitate” order passed away. After verifying there is no pulse or respirations, the nurse should next:

A client’s family member says to the nurse, “The doctor said he will provide palliative care. What does that mean?” The nurse’s best response is:

Which of the following is not included in evaluating the degree of heritage consistency in a client?

When providing care to clients with varied cultural backgrounds, it is imperative for the nurse to recognize that:

To respect a client’s personal space and territoriality, the nurse:

To be effective in meeting various ethnic needs, the nurse should:

The most important factor in providing nursing care to clients in a specific ethnic group is:

A health care issue often becomes an ethical dilemma because:

A document that lists the medical treatment a person chooses to refuse if unable to make decisions is the:

Which statement about an institutional ethics committee is correct?

The nurse is working with the parents of a seriously ill newborn. Surgery has been proposed for the infant, but the chances of success are unclear. In helping the parents resolve this ethical conflict, the nurse knows that the first step is:

Miss Mary, an 88-year old woman, believes that life should not be prolonged when hope is gone. She has decided that she does not want extraordinary measures taken when her life is at its end. Because she feels this way, she has talked with her daughter about her desires, completing a living will, and left directions with her physician. This is an example of:

The scope of nursing practice is legally defined by:

A student nurse who is employed as a nursing assistant may perform any functions that:

A confused client who fell out of bed because side rails were not used is an example of which type of liability?

The nurse puts a restraint jacket on a client without the client’s permission and without the physician’s order. The nurse may be guilty of:

In a situation in which there is insufficient staff to implement competent care, a nurse should:

Which statement about loss is accurate?

Trying questionable and experimental forms of therapy is a behavior that is characterized by which stage of dying?

All of the following are crucial needs of the dying client except:

Cultural awareness is an in-depth self-examination of one’s:

Cultural competence is the process of:

Ethnocentrism is the root of:

When action is taken on one’s prejudices:

The dominant value orientation in North American society is:

Disparities in health outcomes between the rich and the poor illustrates: a (an)

Culture strongly influences pain expression and the need for pain medication. However, cultural pain:

The dominant values in American society on individual autonomy and self-determination:

In the United States, access to health care usually depends on a client’s ability to pay for health care, either through insurance or by paying cash. The client the nurse is caring for needs a liver transplant to survive. This client has been out of work for several months and does not have insurance or enough cash. A discussion about the ethics of this situation would involve predominantly the principle of:

The Code of Ethics for nurses is composed and published by:

Nurses agree to be advocates for their patients. The practice of advocacy calls for the nurse to:

Successful ethical discussion depends on people who have a clear sense of personal values. When many people share the same values it may be possible to identify a philosophy of utilitarianism, with proposes that:

The philosophy sometimes called the code of ethics of care suggests that ethical dilemmas can best be solved by attention to:

In most ethical dilemmas, the solution to the dilemma requires negotiation among members of the health care team. The nurse’s point of view is valuable because:

Ethical dilemmas often arise over a conflict of opinion. Once the nurse has determined that the dilemma is ethical, a critical first step in negotiating the difference of opinion would be to:

The Nurse Practice Acts are an example of:

The scope of Nursing Practice, the established educational requirements for nurses, and the distinction between nursing and medical practice is defined by:

The client’s right to refuse treatment is an example of:

Even though the nurse may obtain the client’s signature on a form, obtaining informed consent is the responsibility of the:

The nurse is obligated to follow a physician’s order unless:

The nursing theorist who developed transcultural nursing theory is

An American nurse tries to speak with a Korean client who cannot understand the English language. To effectively communicate to a client with a different language, which of the following should the nurse implement?

Which of the following clients has the lowest risk of diabetes mellitus and stroke?

The nurse is providing instructions to a Chinese-American client about the frequency and dosages of the take-home medicines. When conducting the teaching, the client continuously turns away from the nurse. The nurse should do which of the following appropriate actions?

The ambulatory care nurse is discussing preoperative procedures with a Japanese American client who is scheduled for surgery the following week. During the discussion, the client continually smiles and nods his head. How should the nurse interpret this nonverbal behavior?

The nurse identifies low-risk therapies to a client and should include which therapy(s) in the discussion, except?

A clinic nurse is preparing to examine a Hispanic child who was brought by the mother for his first physical check-up. While assessing the child, the nurse would avoid doing which of the following?

A nurse is preparing to deliver a food tray to a Jewish client. The nurse checks the food on the tray and notes that the client has received a hamburger and whole milk as a beverage. Which is the appropriate action for the nurse?

A clinic nurse is performing an admission assessment for an African-American client scheduled for an emergency appendectomy. Which of the following questions would be inappropriate for the nurse to ask for the initial evaluation?

A nurse is caring for a Chinese client who is hospitalized due to pneumonia. Based on their culture, which of the following is believed to be the cause of the illness?

A nurse is caring for a client who has symptoms of chills, fever, no sweating, headache, nasal congestion, and stiffness and pain in the shoulders, upper back, neck, and back of the head that are common in Chinese culture and are called as syndromes of Wind. This is an example of which of the following?