NUR 211-Exam 1 Test Questions All
Answered Correctly 2026 Set.
What is a health assessment? - Answer Skill to identify normal from abnormal findings;
nurses need to identify normal variants
How does a nurse identify normal findings? - Answer By collecting, validating, and clustering
data to assess the whole patient
What is the nursing process? - Answer Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation,
evaluation
What is the "assessment" portion of the nursing process? - Answer Requires nurse to collect
and analyze info about the whole individual including data : physiological, psychological,
psychosocial, spiritual/cultural practices and beliefs.
What is the "diagnosis" portion of the nursing process? - Answer Analyzing a potential or
actual health problem wiht a patient using clinical judgement and critical thinking to analyze
and synthesize info and hypothesize about patient's health status
What is the "Planning" portion of the nursing process? - Answer Working with individual as a
partner in care to meet the short and long term goals or needs of the individual ; goals should
be measurable and achievable
What is the "Implementation" portion of the nursing process? - Answer Nursing and
individual actions and plan of care to meet individual's goals
What is the "evaluation" portion of the nursing process? - Answer The ongoing process that
assess whether the short term and long term goals have been met; nurses use clinical
judgement to determine what goals are met vs. unmet
What is critical thinking? - Answer Problem-solving
What is Clinical reasoning and judgement? - Answer Uses patient's history, physical signs,
symptoms, labs, imaging to arrive at a diagnosis and plan care
What question should I ask myself for: Clinical reasoning and judgement? - Answer What
safety concerns do I have for this patient?
, What is intuitive thinking? - Answer "Gut" feeling or sense of knowing which is not reported
by observable facts; based on openness to subtle cues and general feeling of whether
something is right or wrong
World Health Organization (WHO) global strategy "health for all" meaning - Answer Means
that resources for health care are evenly distributed and accessible for everyone
Levels of prevention: - Answer primary, secondary, tertiary
primary prevention - Answer Preventing disease and disability; focuses on improving an
individual's overall health and well-being
secondary prevention - Answer Early screenings and detections of disease and treatment of
diseases (medications used to treat a curable disease)
tertiary prevention - Answer Restoration of health after illness or disease has occurred
(rehab)
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with interpretive statements - Answer it advises that nurse are
expected to adhere to high standards including the maintenance of competency and skill based
in evidence based research
Conducting a health history- how many steps? - Answer 21
Health history mnemonics for structured interviews: - Answer CLEAR, OLDCART, objective vs.
subjective data, open ended vs. close ended questions
CLEAR - Answer Center, listen, empathy, attention, and respect
OLDCARTS - Answer Onset, Location, Duration, Character, Aggravating factors, Relieving
Factors, Treatment, Severity
Objective = - Answer Observable + Measurable
Subjective = - Answer Pain score, pain characteristics, nausea, tinnitus
Open questions = - Answer More than one word response
Answered Correctly 2026 Set.
What is a health assessment? - Answer Skill to identify normal from abnormal findings;
nurses need to identify normal variants
How does a nurse identify normal findings? - Answer By collecting, validating, and clustering
data to assess the whole patient
What is the nursing process? - Answer Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation,
evaluation
What is the "assessment" portion of the nursing process? - Answer Requires nurse to collect
and analyze info about the whole individual including data : physiological, psychological,
psychosocial, spiritual/cultural practices and beliefs.
What is the "diagnosis" portion of the nursing process? - Answer Analyzing a potential or
actual health problem wiht a patient using clinical judgement and critical thinking to analyze
and synthesize info and hypothesize about patient's health status
What is the "Planning" portion of the nursing process? - Answer Working with individual as a
partner in care to meet the short and long term goals or needs of the individual ; goals should
be measurable and achievable
What is the "Implementation" portion of the nursing process? - Answer Nursing and
individual actions and plan of care to meet individual's goals
What is the "evaluation" portion of the nursing process? - Answer The ongoing process that
assess whether the short term and long term goals have been met; nurses use clinical
judgement to determine what goals are met vs. unmet
What is critical thinking? - Answer Problem-solving
What is Clinical reasoning and judgement? - Answer Uses patient's history, physical signs,
symptoms, labs, imaging to arrive at a diagnosis and plan care
What question should I ask myself for: Clinical reasoning and judgement? - Answer What
safety concerns do I have for this patient?
, What is intuitive thinking? - Answer "Gut" feeling or sense of knowing which is not reported
by observable facts; based on openness to subtle cues and general feeling of whether
something is right or wrong
World Health Organization (WHO) global strategy "health for all" meaning - Answer Means
that resources for health care are evenly distributed and accessible for everyone
Levels of prevention: - Answer primary, secondary, tertiary
primary prevention - Answer Preventing disease and disability; focuses on improving an
individual's overall health and well-being
secondary prevention - Answer Early screenings and detections of disease and treatment of
diseases (medications used to treat a curable disease)
tertiary prevention - Answer Restoration of health after illness or disease has occurred
(rehab)
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with interpretive statements - Answer it advises that nurse are
expected to adhere to high standards including the maintenance of competency and skill based
in evidence based research
Conducting a health history- how many steps? - Answer 21
Health history mnemonics for structured interviews: - Answer CLEAR, OLDCART, objective vs.
subjective data, open ended vs. close ended questions
CLEAR - Answer Center, listen, empathy, attention, and respect
OLDCARTS - Answer Onset, Location, Duration, Character, Aggravating factors, Relieving
Factors, Treatment, Severity
Objective = - Answer Observable + Measurable
Subjective = - Answer Pain score, pain characteristics, nausea, tinnitus
Open questions = - Answer More than one word response
