NURS 505: EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | PRACTICE QUESTIONS, VERIFIED
ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Preventative Care - ANS ✔✔screenings, pediatric vision, hearing, autism, developmental
disorders, wellness visits, immunizations, diet counseling, crisis prevention, community
legislation
Primary Care - ANS ✔✔diagnosis and tx of common illnesses, ongoing management of chronic
health problems, prenatal care, well-baby care, family planning, patient centered medical home
care
Secondary Care - ANS ✔✔(acute) urgent care, outpatient, acute medical-surgical care:
ambulatory care, outpatient surgery, hospital, radiological procedures
Tertiary Care - ANS ✔✔highly specialized: intensive care, inpatient psychiatric facilities, specialty
care (neurology, cardiology, rheumatology, derm, oncology
Restorative Care - ANS ✔✔rehab (cardiovascular, pulmonary, orthopedic), sports medicine,
spinal cord injury programs, home care
Continuing Care - ANS ✔✔long-term care: assisted living, nursing centers', psychiatric and older-
adult day care
Nurse as educator - ANS ✔✔teaches patients and families to provide info about their health and
health care
Nurse as a communicator - ANS ✔✔Allows nurses to know their patients preferences, strengths,
weaknesses, and needs.
, fundamental to quality care, managing patient care, advocating for patients, assisting in
decision making, and patient education
Nurse as a caregiver - ANS ✔✔hands on patient care to assist them in reaching max level of
function and independence
Nurse as an Advocate - ANS ✔✔protect patient's human and legal rights. Difficult and provides
unique challenges to health care providers, especially in palliative or end-of-life care for pts with
debilitating chronic illness
Assisted Living - ANS ✔✔Long-term care setting with 'home-like' environment and greater
resident autonomy. Groups of residents live together, but residents have their own rooms and
shared dining and social areas. Provides independence, security, and privacy promoting physical
and psychosocial health. Services include laundry, meals and personal care assistance, 24-hr
oversight, and housekeeping
Extended Care - ANS ✔✔provides intermediate medical, nursing, or custodial care for patients
recovering from acute illness or those with chronic illnesses or disabilities- greater need due to
focus on early discharge from hospital. Provides around the clock nursing coverage with
expertise similar to that of nurses who work in acute care settings.
Continuing Care - ANS ✔✔For folks with disabilities, who were never functionally independent,
or have terminal disease. Growing need as people are living longer with no immediate family to
care for them. Available in nursing homes, group homes, retirement communities; as well as
home care, home-delivered meals, and hospice. Other elder-care services such as
companionship, assistance with daily living activities, and food preparation also fall under
continuing care which maintains independence
Hospice - ANS ✔✔System of family-centered care that allows patients to live with comfort,
independence, and dignity while easing the pain of terminal illness. Provided in a setting that
best meets the needs of each patient and family (pt home, nursing home, assisted living, and
hospitals). The focus of hospice is supportive care not curative treatment.
ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Preventative Care - ANS ✔✔screenings, pediatric vision, hearing, autism, developmental
disorders, wellness visits, immunizations, diet counseling, crisis prevention, community
legislation
Primary Care - ANS ✔✔diagnosis and tx of common illnesses, ongoing management of chronic
health problems, prenatal care, well-baby care, family planning, patient centered medical home
care
Secondary Care - ANS ✔✔(acute) urgent care, outpatient, acute medical-surgical care:
ambulatory care, outpatient surgery, hospital, radiological procedures
Tertiary Care - ANS ✔✔highly specialized: intensive care, inpatient psychiatric facilities, specialty
care (neurology, cardiology, rheumatology, derm, oncology
Restorative Care - ANS ✔✔rehab (cardiovascular, pulmonary, orthopedic), sports medicine,
spinal cord injury programs, home care
Continuing Care - ANS ✔✔long-term care: assisted living, nursing centers', psychiatric and older-
adult day care
Nurse as educator - ANS ✔✔teaches patients and families to provide info about their health and
health care
Nurse as a communicator - ANS ✔✔Allows nurses to know their patients preferences, strengths,
weaknesses, and needs.
, fundamental to quality care, managing patient care, advocating for patients, assisting in
decision making, and patient education
Nurse as a caregiver - ANS ✔✔hands on patient care to assist them in reaching max level of
function and independence
Nurse as an Advocate - ANS ✔✔protect patient's human and legal rights. Difficult and provides
unique challenges to health care providers, especially in palliative or end-of-life care for pts with
debilitating chronic illness
Assisted Living - ANS ✔✔Long-term care setting with 'home-like' environment and greater
resident autonomy. Groups of residents live together, but residents have their own rooms and
shared dining and social areas. Provides independence, security, and privacy promoting physical
and psychosocial health. Services include laundry, meals and personal care assistance, 24-hr
oversight, and housekeeping
Extended Care - ANS ✔✔provides intermediate medical, nursing, or custodial care for patients
recovering from acute illness or those with chronic illnesses or disabilities- greater need due to
focus on early discharge from hospital. Provides around the clock nursing coverage with
expertise similar to that of nurses who work in acute care settings.
Continuing Care - ANS ✔✔For folks with disabilities, who were never functionally independent,
or have terminal disease. Growing need as people are living longer with no immediate family to
care for them. Available in nursing homes, group homes, retirement communities; as well as
home care, home-delivered meals, and hospice. Other elder-care services such as
companionship, assistance with daily living activities, and food preparation also fall under
continuing care which maintains independence
Hospice - ANS ✔✔System of family-centered care that allows patients to live with comfort,
independence, and dignity while easing the pain of terminal illness. Provided in a setting that
best meets the needs of each patient and family (pt home, nursing home, assisted living, and
hospitals). The focus of hospice is supportive care not curative treatment.
