Test your knowledge with real exam-style questions. Answers and rationales included.
Question 1 of 5
A nurse forgets to administer a client's diuretic and the client experiences pulmonary edema. This constitutes:
📚 Rationale: Negligence is the UNINTENTIONAL failure to perform an act. A purposeful failure would be the opposite. The key word here is "forgets" — meaning it was unintentional.
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Question 2 of 5
A client with COPD develops dyspnea while resting in semi-Fowlers with O2 at 2L/min. What should the nurse do FIRST?
📚 Rationale: Positioning is a quick, immediate nursing intervention. Raising the HOB improves lung expansion and reduces dyspnea. This should be done before calling the HCP or getting equipment.
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Question 3 of 5
A client asks why a diagnostic test was ordered. The nurse says "I'll find out for you" and later returns with an explanation. The nurse is acting under which principle?
📚 Rationale: Accountability means taking responsibility for one's actions and following through. The nurse took responsibility to find the answer and returned to inform the client.
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Question 4 of 5
Which lab value requires IMMEDIATE nursing intervention?
📚 Rationale: Potassium 6.8 is critically high (normal 3.5-5.0). Hyperkalemia can cause fatal cardiac dysrhythmias. This requires immediate intervention. The other values are within or near normal range.
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Question 5 of 5
A nurse is delegating care to an AP. Which task is appropriate to delegate?
📚 Rationale: Taking vital signs on a stable client is within AP scope. Assessment, teaching, and medication administration require RN-level judgment and cannot be delegated to APs.