WCU NURS 100 WEEK 1 ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE | FOUNDATIONS OF
NURSING PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Proper use of communications skills when a nurse feels uncomfortable at the work site. - ANS
✔✔Group Communication: Communication among members of a team or a collective about
topics such as goals, strategies, and conflict.
Verbal Communication: expressing ideas to others by using spoken or written words
Nonverbal Communication: communication using body movements, gestures, and facial
expressions rather than speech
Intrapersonal Communication: communication with oneself; important for nurse's behavior
Vital signs and the proper use of the ISBAR when calling the doctor. - ANS ✔✔(Situation,
Background, Assessment, Recommendation) - framework for communication between
members of the healthcare team about a patient's condition.
Therapeutic communication and techniques that the nurse should implement during patient
care. - ANS ✔✔Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to
express their feelings and to achieve a positive relationship.
Conversation Skills: Control tone of voice, be knowledgeable, be flexible, be clear and concise,
avoid words with different interpretations, be truthful, keep an open mind, and take advantage
of opportunities
Listening Skills: When possible sit when communicating, be alert and relaxed, keep the
conversation as natural as possible, maintain eye contact, think before responding, do not
pretend to listen, listen for themes
,Interviewing Techniques: Open-ended questions or commentsClosed questions or
commentsValidating questions or commentsClarifying questions or commentsReflective
questions or commentsSequencing questions or commentsDirecting questions or comments
Proper use of the PPE: Airborne, Droplet, and Contact precautions - ANS ✔✔Contact: Gown and
gloves
Droplet: Surgical mask within 3 feet
Airborne: N95, negative pressure
Laboratory Data Indicating Infection ? - ANS ✔✔Elevated white blood cell count—normal is
5,000 to 10,000/mm3
Increase in specific types of white blood cells
Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Presence of pathogen in urine, blood, sputum, or draining cultures
Nursing care and the proper use of clean gloves. - ANS ✔✔Sterile vs. Nonsterile
Purpose: patient care, environment servces, other
Latex Glove Irritant/Allergy
"Limit touch of contaminations"
When torn or soiled - replace gloves
Discard in appropriate container
, What is MRSA what PPE the nurse should be wearing? - ANS ✔✔Contant precaution: GOWN
and GLOVES
What is health care-associated infection (HAI) - ANS ✔✔An infection acquired within a
healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Surgical site infection (SSI)
Central-line associated bloodstream infection.
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)
Review the normal ranges for Vital Signs: B/P, Respirations, Pulse, SPO2,Temperature, Pain - ANS
✔✔Adult:
Temp: 96.4-99.5 (35.8-37.5)
Pulse: 60-100
Respirations: 12-20
Blood Pressure: 120/80
Older Adult:
Temp: 96.4-98.3 (35.8-36.8)
Pulse: 40-100
Respirations: 16-24
Blood Pressure: 120/80
What nursing consideration the nurse should take for a patient who's taking morphine PO - ANS
✔✔Hinder the brain
NURSING PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Proper use of communications skills when a nurse feels uncomfortable at the work site. - ANS
✔✔Group Communication: Communication among members of a team or a collective about
topics such as goals, strategies, and conflict.
Verbal Communication: expressing ideas to others by using spoken or written words
Nonverbal Communication: communication using body movements, gestures, and facial
expressions rather than speech
Intrapersonal Communication: communication with oneself; important for nurse's behavior
Vital signs and the proper use of the ISBAR when calling the doctor. - ANS ✔✔(Situation,
Background, Assessment, Recommendation) - framework for communication between
members of the healthcare team about a patient's condition.
Therapeutic communication and techniques that the nurse should implement during patient
care. - ANS ✔✔Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to
express their feelings and to achieve a positive relationship.
Conversation Skills: Control tone of voice, be knowledgeable, be flexible, be clear and concise,
avoid words with different interpretations, be truthful, keep an open mind, and take advantage
of opportunities
Listening Skills: When possible sit when communicating, be alert and relaxed, keep the
conversation as natural as possible, maintain eye contact, think before responding, do not
pretend to listen, listen for themes
,Interviewing Techniques: Open-ended questions or commentsClosed questions or
commentsValidating questions or commentsClarifying questions or commentsReflective
questions or commentsSequencing questions or commentsDirecting questions or comments
Proper use of the PPE: Airborne, Droplet, and Contact precautions - ANS ✔✔Contact: Gown and
gloves
Droplet: Surgical mask within 3 feet
Airborne: N95, negative pressure
Laboratory Data Indicating Infection ? - ANS ✔✔Elevated white blood cell count—normal is
5,000 to 10,000/mm3
Increase in specific types of white blood cells
Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Presence of pathogen in urine, blood, sputum, or draining cultures
Nursing care and the proper use of clean gloves. - ANS ✔✔Sterile vs. Nonsterile
Purpose: patient care, environment servces, other
Latex Glove Irritant/Allergy
"Limit touch of contaminations"
When torn or soiled - replace gloves
Discard in appropriate container
, What is MRSA what PPE the nurse should be wearing? - ANS ✔✔Contant precaution: GOWN
and GLOVES
What is health care-associated infection (HAI) - ANS ✔✔An infection acquired within a
healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Surgical site infection (SSI)
Central-line associated bloodstream infection.
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)
Review the normal ranges for Vital Signs: B/P, Respirations, Pulse, SPO2,Temperature, Pain - ANS
✔✔Adult:
Temp: 96.4-99.5 (35.8-37.5)
Pulse: 60-100
Respirations: 12-20
Blood Pressure: 120/80
Older Adult:
Temp: 96.4-98.3 (35.8-36.8)
Pulse: 40-100
Respirations: 16-24
Blood Pressure: 120/80
What nursing consideration the nurse should take for a patient who's taking morphine PO - ANS
✔✔Hinder the brain
