NUR 111 EXAM EVALUATION TIPS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔List Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in order of priority, from most important to least
important. - ✔✔1. physiological
2. safety & security
3. love & belonging
4. self-esteem
5. self-actualization
✔✔List the 5 steps of the Nursing process. - ✔✔1. assessment
2. diagnosis
3. planning
4. implementation
5. evaluation
✔✔List 3 elements of nursing that CANNOT be delegated. - ✔✔1. initial & subsequent
assessments that require professional judgment
2. determination of nursing diagnosis/goals/plans of care or progress
3. interventions that require application of knowledge & skill
✔✔List the 7 steps to processing an ethical dilemma. - ✔✔1. Is this an ethical dilemma?
2. Gather all relevant info
3. Examine/determine values & opinions on issue
4. State problem clearly
5. Consider possible courses of action
6. Negotiate the outcome
7. Evaluate the action
✔✔A set of ethical principles that all members of a profession generally accept; also
sets forth ideals of nursing conduct. - ✔✔code of ethics
✔✔The consideration of standards of conduct, or the study of philosophical ideals of
right and wrong. - ✔✔ethics
✔✔Giving the patient needed information to make decisions, and then supporting those
decisions. - ✔✔advocacy
✔✔The two standards for the determination of death. - ✔✔1. cardiopulmonary
2. whole-brain
✔✔The active, organized, cognitive process used to carefully examine one's thinking
and the thinking of others. - ✔✔critical thinking
, ✔✔List the 5 components of critical thinking in nursing practice. - ✔✔1. specific
knowledge base
2. experience
3. competence
4. attitudes
5. standards
✔✔Information you obtain from the use of your senses. - ✔✔cues
✔✔The judgment or interpretation of cues. - ✔✔inference
✔✔The clinical criteria or assessment findings that support an actual nursing diagnosis.
- ✔✔defining characteristics
✔✔List 4 potential sources for diagnostic errors. - ✔✔1. errors in data collection
2. flawed interpretation/analysis
3. errors in data clustering
4. flawed diagnostic statement
✔✔Interdependent nursing interventions that require the combined knowledge, skill and
expertise of multiple healthcare professionals. - ✔✔collaborative interventions
✔✔Interventions initiated by the nurse, to act on their pt's behalf. - ✔✔independent
nursing interventions
✔✔Actions that require an order from a physician or other health care provider. -
✔✔dependent nursing interventions
✔✔Pt care management plans that provide the multidisciplinary care team with tasks to
put into practice sequentially. - ✔✔critical pathways
✔✔List the 3 steps of data analysis. - ✔✔1. recognizing patterns or trends
2. comparing data with standards
3. formatting a reasoned conclusion about the data's meaning
✔✔List the 5 different nursing care delivery models. - ✔✔1. functional nursing... task
oriented
2. team nursing... team works under direction of RN
3. total patient care... RN responsible for all aspects of pt care
4. primary nursing... RN assumes caseload of pt's for a specific period of time
5. case management... RN has responsibility for pt from admit to discharge
✔✔List the 3 levels of critical thinking. - ✔✔1. basic
2. complex
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔List Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in order of priority, from most important to least
important. - ✔✔1. physiological
2. safety & security
3. love & belonging
4. self-esteem
5. self-actualization
✔✔List the 5 steps of the Nursing process. - ✔✔1. assessment
2. diagnosis
3. planning
4. implementation
5. evaluation
✔✔List 3 elements of nursing that CANNOT be delegated. - ✔✔1. initial & subsequent
assessments that require professional judgment
2. determination of nursing diagnosis/goals/plans of care or progress
3. interventions that require application of knowledge & skill
✔✔List the 7 steps to processing an ethical dilemma. - ✔✔1. Is this an ethical dilemma?
2. Gather all relevant info
3. Examine/determine values & opinions on issue
4. State problem clearly
5. Consider possible courses of action
6. Negotiate the outcome
7. Evaluate the action
✔✔A set of ethical principles that all members of a profession generally accept; also
sets forth ideals of nursing conduct. - ✔✔code of ethics
✔✔The consideration of standards of conduct, or the study of philosophical ideals of
right and wrong. - ✔✔ethics
✔✔Giving the patient needed information to make decisions, and then supporting those
decisions. - ✔✔advocacy
✔✔The two standards for the determination of death. - ✔✔1. cardiopulmonary
2. whole-brain
✔✔The active, organized, cognitive process used to carefully examine one's thinking
and the thinking of others. - ✔✔critical thinking
, ✔✔List the 5 components of critical thinking in nursing practice. - ✔✔1. specific
knowledge base
2. experience
3. competence
4. attitudes
5. standards
✔✔Information you obtain from the use of your senses. - ✔✔cues
✔✔The judgment or interpretation of cues. - ✔✔inference
✔✔The clinical criteria or assessment findings that support an actual nursing diagnosis.
- ✔✔defining characteristics
✔✔List 4 potential sources for diagnostic errors. - ✔✔1. errors in data collection
2. flawed interpretation/analysis
3. errors in data clustering
4. flawed diagnostic statement
✔✔Interdependent nursing interventions that require the combined knowledge, skill and
expertise of multiple healthcare professionals. - ✔✔collaborative interventions
✔✔Interventions initiated by the nurse, to act on their pt's behalf. - ✔✔independent
nursing interventions
✔✔Actions that require an order from a physician or other health care provider. -
✔✔dependent nursing interventions
✔✔Pt care management plans that provide the multidisciplinary care team with tasks to
put into practice sequentially. - ✔✔critical pathways
✔✔List the 3 steps of data analysis. - ✔✔1. recognizing patterns or trends
2. comparing data with standards
3. formatting a reasoned conclusion about the data's meaning
✔✔List the 5 different nursing care delivery models. - ✔✔1. functional nursing... task
oriented
2. team nursing... team works under direction of RN
3. total patient care... RN responsible for all aspects of pt care
4. primary nursing... RN assumes caseload of pt's for a specific period of time
5. case management... RN has responsibility for pt from admit to discharge
✔✔List the 3 levels of critical thinking. - ✔✔1. basic
2. complex
