NSC 232 Final EKU Exam Questions with Verified Answers
|2026/2027 Update | A+ Graded
Nosocimal Infections? - Answer -hospital acquired infection
Observations such as vital signs and lab values are considered what kind of data? - Answer -
objective
A type of record vital signs are recorded on - Answer -graphic
A type of clock used when documenting - Answer -24 hour
A client statement such as "the pain in my hip is so bad" is an example of ________ data -
Answer -subjective
Written or typed legal record of all patient activity - Answer -documentation
Documentation of procedures, supplies, etc. facilitates ______ for hospitals - Answer -
reimbursement
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,What should be avoided when documenting? - Answer -abbreviations
Traditional type of charting similar to a log - Answer -narrative
A ____ line is used when making corrections - Answer -single
Communication provides for the ______ of patient care - Answer -continuity
A chart serves as a ______ document admissible in court - Answer -legal
A disadvantage of computer documentation is.....? - Answer -its expensive
Problem oriented medical record - Answer -POMR
Nursing process includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and ______ -
Answer -evaluation
2|Page
,Electronic medical record - Answer -EMR
"if it wasn't documented, it wasn't ____" - Answer -done
HIPAA refers to patient - Answer -confidentiality
Charting interventions chronologically - Answer -sequencing
All documented entries into a client's chart require ____ and time - Answer -date
-Problem
-intervention
-Evaluation - Answer -PIE
A legal document - Answer -chart
Medication - Answer -substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, treatment, or relief of a
symptom or for prevention of disease
3|Page
, Legislation and Standards - Answer --Pure Food and Drug Act
-U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
-Institutional policies
Dispensing of Medications: Controlled Substances - Answer --kept under lock
-documentation requirements
-counts of controlled substances
-procedures for discarding (2 nurses to witness)
-KASPER: Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting
Legal Aspects of Administering Medications - Answer --nursing practice acts
-responsibility for actions
-question any order that appears unreasonable
-refuse to give the medication until the order is clarified
Pharmacokinetics - Answer -the study of the absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and
excretion of drugs
Components and Processing of Medication Orders - Answer --date and time of order
-medication name
-dose of medication
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|2026/2027 Update | A+ Graded
Nosocimal Infections? - Answer -hospital acquired infection
Observations such as vital signs and lab values are considered what kind of data? - Answer -
objective
A type of record vital signs are recorded on - Answer -graphic
A type of clock used when documenting - Answer -24 hour
A client statement such as "the pain in my hip is so bad" is an example of ________ data -
Answer -subjective
Written or typed legal record of all patient activity - Answer -documentation
Documentation of procedures, supplies, etc. facilitates ______ for hospitals - Answer -
reimbursement
1|Page
,What should be avoided when documenting? - Answer -abbreviations
Traditional type of charting similar to a log - Answer -narrative
A ____ line is used when making corrections - Answer -single
Communication provides for the ______ of patient care - Answer -continuity
A chart serves as a ______ document admissible in court - Answer -legal
A disadvantage of computer documentation is.....? - Answer -its expensive
Problem oriented medical record - Answer -POMR
Nursing process includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and ______ -
Answer -evaluation
2|Page
,Electronic medical record - Answer -EMR
"if it wasn't documented, it wasn't ____" - Answer -done
HIPAA refers to patient - Answer -confidentiality
Charting interventions chronologically - Answer -sequencing
All documented entries into a client's chart require ____ and time - Answer -date
-Problem
-intervention
-Evaluation - Answer -PIE
A legal document - Answer -chart
Medication - Answer -substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, treatment, or relief of a
symptom or for prevention of disease
3|Page
, Legislation and Standards - Answer --Pure Food and Drug Act
-U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
-Institutional policies
Dispensing of Medications: Controlled Substances - Answer --kept under lock
-documentation requirements
-counts of controlled substances
-procedures for discarding (2 nurses to witness)
-KASPER: Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting
Legal Aspects of Administering Medications - Answer --nursing practice acts
-responsibility for actions
-question any order that appears unreasonable
-refuse to give the medication until the order is clarified
Pharmacokinetics - Answer -the study of the absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and
excretion of drugs
Components and Processing of Medication Orders - Answer --date and time of order
-medication name
-dose of medication
4|Page
