NUR501 EXAM 1 REVIEW | COMPLETE ADVANCED NURSING STUDY GUIDE,
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & EXAM PREP 2026/2027
Nursing Defined - ANS ✔✔diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential
health problems
how does it make you feel
-mind body and spirt
-anticipate human responses
2 stages of assessment - ANS ✔✔-collection and verification of data
-analysis data
Sources of data - ANS ✔✔-patient
-family and significant other
-health care team
-medical records
-scientific literature
Types of assessment - ANS ✔✔-the patient-centered interview during a nursing health history.
-a physical examination.
-the periodic assessments you make during rounding or administering care.
Cues - ANS ✔✔types of information you obtain through your sense
Inferences - ANS ✔✔your judgement or interpretation of the cue
,Pases of the interview - ANS ✔✔-orientation and setting an agenda
-working phase
-termination
Interview Techniques - ANS ✔✔-observation
-openended questions
-leading questions
-back channeling
-direct close ended questions
Process of Assessment* - ANS ✔✔"how we think"
-collect data
-cluster cues, make inferences and identify patterns and problems
-critically anticipate
-be sure to have supporting cues before making an inference
-knowing how to probe and frame questions is a skill that grows with experience
Older adult assessment - ANS ✔✔-listen
-allow pauses and time to tell their story
-recognize changes that occur with aging
-if they have a leagal power of attorney gather info from them
-if they have hearing or visual loss use nonverbal communication with assesment
Types of Assessment - ANS ✔✔-health perception
, -nutritional
-elimination
-activity
-sleep
cognitive
-self perception
-role relationship
-sexuality
-coping-stress tolerance
-value-belief pattern
Nursing Health History - ANS ✔✔-diagnostic and lan data: results provide further explanation of
alternation or problems identified during the health history and physical examination
-interpreting and validating assessment data
-ensures collection of complete database
-leads to second step of nursing
-data documentation
-use clear, concise appropriate terminology
-becomes baseline for care
-concept mapping*: visual representation that allows you to graphically show the connections
among a patients many health problems (all the possibilities
Assessment Steps - ANS ✔✔-physical examination
-observation of behavior
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & EXAM PREP 2026/2027
Nursing Defined - ANS ✔✔diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential
health problems
how does it make you feel
-mind body and spirt
-anticipate human responses
2 stages of assessment - ANS ✔✔-collection and verification of data
-analysis data
Sources of data - ANS ✔✔-patient
-family and significant other
-health care team
-medical records
-scientific literature
Types of assessment - ANS ✔✔-the patient-centered interview during a nursing health history.
-a physical examination.
-the periodic assessments you make during rounding or administering care.
Cues - ANS ✔✔types of information you obtain through your sense
Inferences - ANS ✔✔your judgement or interpretation of the cue
,Pases of the interview - ANS ✔✔-orientation and setting an agenda
-working phase
-termination
Interview Techniques - ANS ✔✔-observation
-openended questions
-leading questions
-back channeling
-direct close ended questions
Process of Assessment* - ANS ✔✔"how we think"
-collect data
-cluster cues, make inferences and identify patterns and problems
-critically anticipate
-be sure to have supporting cues before making an inference
-knowing how to probe and frame questions is a skill that grows with experience
Older adult assessment - ANS ✔✔-listen
-allow pauses and time to tell their story
-recognize changes that occur with aging
-if they have a leagal power of attorney gather info from them
-if they have hearing or visual loss use nonverbal communication with assesment
Types of Assessment - ANS ✔✔-health perception
, -nutritional
-elimination
-activity
-sleep
cognitive
-self perception
-role relationship
-sexuality
-coping-stress tolerance
-value-belief pattern
Nursing Health History - ANS ✔✔-diagnostic and lan data: results provide further explanation of
alternation or problems identified during the health history and physical examination
-interpreting and validating assessment data
-ensures collection of complete database
-leads to second step of nursing
-data documentation
-use clear, concise appropriate terminology
-becomes baseline for care
-concept mapping*: visual representation that allows you to graphically show the connections
among a patients many health problems (all the possibilities
Assessment Steps - ANS ✔✔-physical examination
-observation of behavior
