NUR 205 EXAM 3 2026 PRACTICE TEST SHEET
FULL SOLUTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
PREPARATION SET
◉ Nurses must develop and practice a variety of skills such as....
Answer: Ensure successful role function.
Ensure delivery of quality patient care
◉ Range of communication.
Answer: Effective communication- Open
Ineffective communication- Closed
Absence of communication- Silence
◉ Communication competence.
Answer: EFFECTIVE- achieved when communication goals are met.
APPROPRIATE- communication has been adapted to the people and
situation involved in the act of communication.
IMPORTANT FOR- optimizing safety/ health care quality advocacy
for better systems safer work places
◉ Barriers to communication.
,Answer: Personal bias
stereotypes
stigma
◉ Exemplars of communication.
Answer: ASSERTIVE- positive/negative ideas and feelings expressed
openly and directly (helps nurses advocate for patients)
◉ Advocacy.
Answer: -Act of speaking on behalf of others to assist them to meet
their needs.
-Ability to speak assertively, credibly, authoritatively.
◉ Therapeutic communication.
Answer: -helps patient overcome temporary stress
-helps client adjust to difficult situations
-promotes understanding and builds relationship
LEADS TO POSITIVE PATIENT OUTCOME
◉ Non-therapeutic communication.
Answer: communication techniques that hinder or damage
professional relationships. Also known as blocking
,◉ Assertive Communication.
Answer: positive and negative ideas and feelings are expressed in an
open and direct way
◉ handoff reporting.
Answer: communication of patient information between nursing
units, between shifts, other departments, staff, physicians.
ex. SBAR
◉ intrapersonal communication.
Answer: self-talk
◉ interpersonal communication.
Answer: communication between two people or among a group.
ex. Friendships, Family, Nurse-patient
◉ A common process for handoff reporting.
Answer: SBAR
Situation- what is happening at the current time?
Background- What are the circumstances leading up to this
situation?
, Assessment- What does the nurse think the problem is?
Recommendation- What should we do to correct the problem?
◉ Electronic Health Record (EHR).
Answer: An electronic record of health-related information on a
patient.
-complete and accurate health records
-Documentation critical
-Aspect of communication
-Legal document
◉ Interproffesional Communication.
Answer: communication between two or more team members.
- Nurse to Nurse
◉ Collaboration.
Answer: The development of partnerships to achieve the best
possible outcomes that reflects the particular needs to the patient,
family, or community.
- a joint responsibility for positive patient outcome
◉ When does discharge planning start?.
FULL SOLUTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
PREPARATION SET
◉ Nurses must develop and practice a variety of skills such as....
Answer: Ensure successful role function.
Ensure delivery of quality patient care
◉ Range of communication.
Answer: Effective communication- Open
Ineffective communication- Closed
Absence of communication- Silence
◉ Communication competence.
Answer: EFFECTIVE- achieved when communication goals are met.
APPROPRIATE- communication has been adapted to the people and
situation involved in the act of communication.
IMPORTANT FOR- optimizing safety/ health care quality advocacy
for better systems safer work places
◉ Barriers to communication.
,Answer: Personal bias
stereotypes
stigma
◉ Exemplars of communication.
Answer: ASSERTIVE- positive/negative ideas and feelings expressed
openly and directly (helps nurses advocate for patients)
◉ Advocacy.
Answer: -Act of speaking on behalf of others to assist them to meet
their needs.
-Ability to speak assertively, credibly, authoritatively.
◉ Therapeutic communication.
Answer: -helps patient overcome temporary stress
-helps client adjust to difficult situations
-promotes understanding and builds relationship
LEADS TO POSITIVE PATIENT OUTCOME
◉ Non-therapeutic communication.
Answer: communication techniques that hinder or damage
professional relationships. Also known as blocking
,◉ Assertive Communication.
Answer: positive and negative ideas and feelings are expressed in an
open and direct way
◉ handoff reporting.
Answer: communication of patient information between nursing
units, between shifts, other departments, staff, physicians.
ex. SBAR
◉ intrapersonal communication.
Answer: self-talk
◉ interpersonal communication.
Answer: communication between two people or among a group.
ex. Friendships, Family, Nurse-patient
◉ A common process for handoff reporting.
Answer: SBAR
Situation- what is happening at the current time?
Background- What are the circumstances leading up to this
situation?
, Assessment- What does the nurse think the problem is?
Recommendation- What should we do to correct the problem?
◉ Electronic Health Record (EHR).
Answer: An electronic record of health-related information on a
patient.
-complete and accurate health records
-Documentation critical
-Aspect of communication
-Legal document
◉ Interproffesional Communication.
Answer: communication between two or more team members.
- Nurse to Nurse
◉ Collaboration.
Answer: The development of partnerships to achieve the best
possible outcomes that reflects the particular needs to the patient,
family, or community.
- a joint responsibility for positive patient outcome
◉ When does discharge planning start?.
