Management of Care Practice Questions
Practice NCLEX questions on delegation, prioritization, ethical practice, advance directives, informed consent, and client advocacy.
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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.
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.
How to Study This Category
Shortcuts and frameworks that make questions in this category click faster.
- 1
Use the 5 Rights of Delegation: right task, circumstance, person, direction, supervision.
- 2
Prioritize with ABCs first, then Maslow, then acute-over-chronic, then unstable-over-stable.
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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.
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?"
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."
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."
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]."
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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Frequently asked about Management of Care
- What is Management of Care on the NCLEX?
- Management of Care is part of the Safe and Effective Care Environment content area on the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN test plan. Practice NCLEX questions on delegation, prioritization, ethical practice, advance directives, informed consent, and client advocacy.
- How many Management of Care questions are on the NCLEX?
- Management of Care accounts for roughly 17-23% of NCLEX-RN questions and 18-24% of NCLEX-PN questions, per the current NCSBN test plan. The exam is computer-adaptive, so the exact count varies, but expect a meaningful chunk of your test from this area.
- What topics are covered in Management of Care?
- Common management of care topics on the NCLEX include: 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 should I study Management of Care for the NCLEX?
- Use the 5 Rights of Delegation: right task, circumstance, person, direction, supervision. Prioritize with ABCs first, then Maslow, then acute-over-chronic, then unstable-over-stable. RNs do assessment, teaching, evaluation, and first-time anything. LPNs handle stable clients. UAPs do ADLs and vital signs on stable clients.
- Are these questions in Next Gen NCLEX (NGN) format?
- Yes — every management of care question on NurseReady is written in NGN format, including all five item types: MCQ, SATA with partial credit, Ordered Response, Cloze, and Matrix.
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