NUR 200 EOC EXAMS 2 ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the purpose of the nursing process? - ✔✔to diagnose and treat human
responses to actual or potential health problems
✔✔What are the five steps of the nursing process? - ✔✔1. assessment
2. diagnosis
3. planning
4. implementation
5. evaluation
tip: always "AD PIE" (because pie is delicious!)
✔✔What are considered "human responses"? - ✔✔1. patient symptoms and
physiological reactions to treatment
2. the need for knowledge when HCP make a new diagnosis or treatment plan
3. a patient's ability to cope with loss
✔✔What are the five components of critical thinking in nursing? - ✔✔1. specific
knowledge base in nursing
, 2. experience
3. critical thinking competencies (general, specific, specific to nursing)
4. attitudes for critical thinking (confidence, independent thinking, fairness,
responsibility, risk taking, discipline, perseverance, creativity, curiosity, integrity,
humility)
5. standards for critical thinking
- intellectual (clear, precise, specific, accurate)
- professional (ethical, responsible, judgment)
✔✔Define: reflection - ✔✔process of purposefully thinking back or recalling a situation
to discover its purpose or meaning
✔✔What are some way to develop critical thinking skills? (3) - ✔✔1. reflective journaling
2. meeting with colleagues
3. concept mapping
✔✔What are some characteristics of critical thinkers? - ✔✔inquisitive/curious, open-
minded, flexible, fair-minded, reasonable, clear about issues
✔✔What is an example of reflective thinking? - ✔✔nurse just beginning to pay attention
to their thinking processes may ask these questions after nurse-patient interactions
have ended
✔✔What is critical thinking? - ✔✔process of constant evaluation, redirection,
improvement, and increased efficiency
✔✔What type of thinker is a novice nurse? - ✔✔reflective thinker
✔✔What will improve as you move from a novice nurse to and expert nurse? - ✔✔your
ability to critically think
✔✔What is the nursing process? - ✔✔a conceptual framework that enables the student
or the practicing nurse to think systematically and process pertinent information about
the patient
✔✔What does NANDA stand for? - ✔✔North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
✔✔What is NANDA's goal? - ✔✔facilitate the development, refinement, and use of
standardized nursing diagnostic terminology with the goal to improve health care for all
✔✔What are the nursing process steps? - ✔✔1.Assessment
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the purpose of the nursing process? - ✔✔to diagnose and treat human
responses to actual or potential health problems
✔✔What are the five steps of the nursing process? - ✔✔1. assessment
2. diagnosis
3. planning
4. implementation
5. evaluation
tip: always "AD PIE" (because pie is delicious!)
✔✔What are considered "human responses"? - ✔✔1. patient symptoms and
physiological reactions to treatment
2. the need for knowledge when HCP make a new diagnosis or treatment plan
3. a patient's ability to cope with loss
✔✔What are the five components of critical thinking in nursing? - ✔✔1. specific
knowledge base in nursing
, 2. experience
3. critical thinking competencies (general, specific, specific to nursing)
4. attitudes for critical thinking (confidence, independent thinking, fairness,
responsibility, risk taking, discipline, perseverance, creativity, curiosity, integrity,
humility)
5. standards for critical thinking
- intellectual (clear, precise, specific, accurate)
- professional (ethical, responsible, judgment)
✔✔Define: reflection - ✔✔process of purposefully thinking back or recalling a situation
to discover its purpose or meaning
✔✔What are some way to develop critical thinking skills? (3) - ✔✔1. reflective journaling
2. meeting with colleagues
3. concept mapping
✔✔What are some characteristics of critical thinkers? - ✔✔inquisitive/curious, open-
minded, flexible, fair-minded, reasonable, clear about issues
✔✔What is an example of reflective thinking? - ✔✔nurse just beginning to pay attention
to their thinking processes may ask these questions after nurse-patient interactions
have ended
✔✔What is critical thinking? - ✔✔process of constant evaluation, redirection,
improvement, and increased efficiency
✔✔What type of thinker is a novice nurse? - ✔✔reflective thinker
✔✔What will improve as you move from a novice nurse to and expert nurse? - ✔✔your
ability to critically think
✔✔What is the nursing process? - ✔✔a conceptual framework that enables the student
or the practicing nurse to think systematically and process pertinent information about
the patient
✔✔What does NANDA stand for? - ✔✔North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
✔✔What is NANDA's goal? - ✔✔facilitate the development, refinement, and use of
standardized nursing diagnostic terminology with the goal to improve health care for all
✔✔What are the nursing process steps? - ✔✔1.Assessment
