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Management of Care Practice Questions

Practice NCLEX questions on delegation, prioritization, ethical practice, advance directives, informed consent, and client advocacy.

NCLEX-RN weight: 17-23%
NCLEX-PN weight: 18-24%
Test plan area: Safe and Effective Care Environment

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Sample Management of Care Question

A real example from this category. Pick an answer, check your reasoning, then see the full rationale.

Management of CareDelegationDifficulty: Medium· Cognitive: Analyze

A charge nurse on a medical-surgical unit must assign four clients. Which client should be assigned to the LPN?

Pick an answer, then check your reasoning.

Topics Covered

Questions in this category draw from every subtopic the NCSBN publishes for management of care.

Delegation Principles
Priority Setting (ABC, Maslow)
Advance Directives
Informed Consent
Client Advocacy
Ethical Practice
Scope of Practice (RN vs LPN vs UAP)
Case Management & Continuity of Care

How to Study This Category

Shortcuts and frameworks that make questions in this category click faster.

  1. 1

    Use the 5 Rights of Delegation: right task, circumstance, person, direction, supervision.

  2. 2

    Prioritize with ABCs first, then Maslow, then acute-over-chronic, then unstable-over-stable.

  3. 3

    RNs do assessment, teaching, evaluation, and first-time anything. LPNs handle stable clients. UAPs do ADLs and vital signs on stable clients.

Every NGN Type for Management of Care

Management of Care questions in our bank rotate through all five Next Gen formats. Practice the item styles you'll see on exam day.

MCQ

Multiple Choice

Traditional single-best-answer questions. The foundation of NCLEX prep — test your knowledge across every category.

"Which lab value should the nurse report first?"

SATA

Select All That Apply

Pick every correct option. Partial credit scoring mirrors the real exam. High-stakes — one miss drops your score.

"Which interventions are appropriate for a client with sepsis? Select all that apply."

ORD

Ordered Response

Drag steps into the correct sequence — nursing priority, procedural order, or clinical reasoning flow.

"Place these steps of sterile catheter insertion in the correct order."

CLZ

Cloze (Fill-in-the-Blank)

Complete a clinical scenario by filling in drop-down answers. Tests contextual clinical judgment — not memorization.

"The client is at highest risk for [dropdown] due to [dropdown]."

MTX

Matrix / Grid

Multi-row, multi-column decisions. Classify findings as expected vs. unexpected, or match interventions to indications.

"Mark each finding as Anticipated, Unrelated, or Requires Follow-Up."

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