Prophecy Core Mandatory Part 2 Version 1 (2026/2027 Update |Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A

PROPHECY CORE MANDATORY PART 2

1. Question: What should you assess regardless of age group?

• Driving ability
• Confusion or Depression
• Retirement plans
• Pediatric milestones

Correct Answer: B) Confusion or Depression

2. Question: The National Patient Safety Goal 6 is to improve the safety of

clinical alarm systems. What is the rationale for this goal?

• To reduce the electricity costs of the facility
• To improve patient safety if clinical alarm systems are not properly managed
• To ensure alarms are loud enough to be heard in the parking lot
• To replace all manual monitoring with automated systems

Correct Answer: B) To improve patient safety if clinical alarm systems are not

properly managed

3. Question: What is an important concept of being a patient advocate?

• Making decisions for the patient to save time
• Accepting the patient's decision
• Convincing the patient to follow the doctor's personal beliefs
• Limiting the information given to the patient's family

Correct Answer: B) Accepting the patient's decision

4. Question: Which of the following is a patient responsibility?

• To diagnose their own condition using the internet
• To ask for pain relief when the pain first begins
• To perform their own dressing changes
• To supervise the nursing staff

Correct Answer: B) To ask for pain relief when the pain first begins

5. Question: What does sandwich generation mean?

• A generation that prefers quick meals over sit-down dinners
• The generation responsible for caring for their parents and their children
• Healthcare workers who work back-to-back double shifts
• Patients who require a specific soft-food diet

Correct Answer: B) The generation responsible for caring for their parents and

their children

• Question: Which of the following is good practice when listening to patients?
• Checking your watch frequently to stay on schedule
• Show your genuine interest in the patient's replies
• Interrupting the patient to finish their sentences
• Documenting in the computer without looking at the patient

Correct Answer: B) Show your genuine interest in the patient's replies

7. Question: When delivering care, you need to determine which type of

language in patients?

• Slang
• Primary
• Medical
• Academic

Correct Answer: B) Primary

8. Question: What should your goals in end-of-life care include?

• Prolonging life at all costs, regardless of patient wishes
• Ensuring that decisions made are consistent with the values and desires of

the patient

• Minimizing communication with the family to avoid emotional stress
• Following a standardized protocol that is the same for every patient

Correct Answer: B) Ensuring that decisions made are consistent with the values

and desires of the patient

9. Question: Which of the following is accurate concerning nonverbal

communication?

• Pointing with a finger is the general way to gesture among Filipinos
• A smile is an expression that means the same thing in all cultures
• Giving a thumbs up universally means "all clear"
• Touching another person's head is considered offensive in some cultures

Correct Answer: D) Touching another persons head is considered offensive in

some cultures.

10. Question: Which of the following is an ethical dilemma?

• A nurse clocking in 5 minutes early for a shift
• A medical device company buying a trip to New York City for a physician,

as a thank you for using their device during a recent surgery

• A patient asking for a glass of water before surgery
• A hospital offering free parking to its employees

Correct Answer: B) A medical device company buying a trip to New York City

for a physician, as a thank you for using their device during a recent surgery

11. Question: What is the intention of the Universal Protocol?

• To ensure all hospitals use the same brand of soap
• Prevent wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong person surgery
• To standardize the dress code for all surgeons
• To allow patients to choose their own surgical instruments

Correct Answer: B) Prevent wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong person surgery

12. Question: According to the National Patient Goals, which type of therapy

poses a risk to patients due to its complex dosing?

• Vitamin therapy
• Anticoagulation therapy
• Physical therapy
• Aromatherapy

Correct Answer: B) Anticoagulation therapy

13. Question: What does a comprehensive systematic analysis following a

sentinel event help identify?

• Which individual employee to terminate immediately
• The contributory factors associated with the event
• The best way to hide the event from the public
• The cost of the equipment involved

Correct Answer: B) The contributory factors associated with the event

14. Question: Which of the following is accurate concerning patient rights?

• Patients only have rights if they have private insurance
• Health information must be provided in a language that patients understand