NURS 224 PRACTICE PACK 2026 SOLVED
QUESTION SET PREMIUM RESOURCE
◉What is the definition of dementia? . Answer: Chronic, can be
stable or progressive, irreversible, subtle changes, catastrophic
reactions
◉What are some causes behind falls in older adults? . Answer: The
combination of decreased visual acuity, loss of muscle strength, and
slowed reaction time contributes to the increased risk of falls
◉What does it mean when an elder person has "ego integrity" .
Answer: older adults who attain ego integrity view life as wholeness,
receiving satisfaction from past accomplishments and accepting
death as a completion of life
◉Steps in the nursing process? . Answer: Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
, ◉What is critical thinking? . Answer: using evidence based research
plus inquiry, subjective knowledge, and skills
◉Tools of Assessment (4) . Answer: Inspection (look closely for
differences in the patient)
Palpation (check pulses, temp. And feel for differences)
Percussion (produce sound to check for solid, or hollow structures)
Auscultation (listen with stethoscope, check BP, pulses, and bowel
sounds)
◉objective data . Answer: information that is seen, heard, felt, or
smelled by an observer; signs
◉subjective data . Answer: things a person tells you about that you
cannot observe through your senses; symptoms
◉What is an initial health history? . Answer: Annual Exam
◉What is an emergent health history? . Answer: Heart pain
◉What is an interval or time lapsed health history? . Answer: came
in for knee pain, and a follow up on the pain
QUESTION SET PREMIUM RESOURCE
◉What is the definition of dementia? . Answer: Chronic, can be
stable or progressive, irreversible, subtle changes, catastrophic
reactions
◉What are some causes behind falls in older adults? . Answer: The
combination of decreased visual acuity, loss of muscle strength, and
slowed reaction time contributes to the increased risk of falls
◉What does it mean when an elder person has "ego integrity" .
Answer: older adults who attain ego integrity view life as wholeness,
receiving satisfaction from past accomplishments and accepting
death as a completion of life
◉Steps in the nursing process? . Answer: Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
, ◉What is critical thinking? . Answer: using evidence based research
plus inquiry, subjective knowledge, and skills
◉Tools of Assessment (4) . Answer: Inspection (look closely for
differences in the patient)
Palpation (check pulses, temp. And feel for differences)
Percussion (produce sound to check for solid, or hollow structures)
Auscultation (listen with stethoscope, check BP, pulses, and bowel
sounds)
◉objective data . Answer: information that is seen, heard, felt, or
smelled by an observer; signs
◉subjective data . Answer: things a person tells you about that you
cannot observe through your senses; symptoms
◉What is an initial health history? . Answer: Annual Exam
◉What is an emergent health history? . Answer: Heart pain
◉What is an interval or time lapsed health history? . Answer: came
in for knee pain, and a follow up on the pain
