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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER dd dd




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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: FUNdamentals of Nursing Exam 1
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EXAM CODE: NURSING FUNDAMENTALS EXAM QUESTI
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ONS-101




EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. Term
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[Verified Solution]: Definition dd dddd




Q2. What are the most important roles of the nurse (5)
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[Verified Solution]: Caregiver Advocate Educator Researcher Leader
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Q3. What are the 5 steps in the nursing process?
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[Verified Solution]: (1) Assessment (2) Nursing Diagnosis (3) Planning (4) Implementation (5) Evalua
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tion *** All of the above require critical thinking!
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Q4. Define Assessment
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[Verified Solution]: Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or situation. -
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info medical personnel can look at - begins the moment you walk through the door
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Q5. Can the RN provide subjective information about patient?
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[Verified Solution]: NO! Only the patient can give subjective info. OBJECTIVE info is what the RN s
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ees, hears, or smells
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,Q6. What is the Diagnosis phase?
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[Verified Solution]: Analyze the assessment and make a clinical judgement related to an ACTUAL or
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POTENTIAL health problem. ** Nurses have to be aware of potential risks based on health problems.
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** Also collaborate with other specialists to manage the problem(s)
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Q7. What are the three phases of a Nursing Diagnosis?
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[Verified Solution]: First info → Related to → as evidence by WHAT is the problem? WHY is it a pr
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oblem? WHAT is the evidence of that problem? Ex: "Acute pain → related to surgical incision → as ev
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idence by patient report (or as evidence by crying)"
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Q8. What are the OUTCOMES IDENTIFICATION?
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[Verified Solution]: This is the statement of how a patient's status will change once interventions have
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dbeen successfully instituted Identify the expected outcomes when planning for the patient's individual si
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tuation. Interventions must be measurable criterion indicating that objectives have been met.
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Q9. Define the PLANNING stage of the nursing process
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[Verified Solution]: Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outco
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mes. - Prioritize strategies -
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Goals (statement that describes the aim if the nursing care) should be short term and long term
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Q10. Describe IMPLEMENTATION of the nursing process
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[Verified Solution]: The actions to facilitate positive patient outcomes
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Q11. What three skills are needed in order to implement goals?
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[Verified Solution]: Cognitive Personal Psychomotor
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Q12. Describe the EVALUATION phase of the nursing process
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[Verified Solution]: This describes how well the patients needs were met (or not met). Done through r
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eassessment




Q13. What percentage of all communication is nonverbal?
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[Verified Solution]: 90% dd dddd

, Q14. What two characteristics should nurses always exude?
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[Verified Solution]: CARING COMPETENCE
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Q15. How is communication used in the Assessment phase of the nursing process?
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[Verified Solution]: Verbal interviewing and history taking Visual and intuitive observation of nonverb
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al behavior Visual, tactile, and auditory data gathering during physical examination. Written medical rec
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ords, diagnostic tests, and literature review.
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Q16. Define REFERENT
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[Verified Solution]: The referent motivates one person to communicate with another. Examples of refe
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rents: sights, sounds, odors, time schedules, messages, objects, emotions, sensations, perceptions, ideas,
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etc.




Q17. Define SENDER in communication
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[Verified Solution]: The person who encodes and delivers the message. Sender puts ideas or feelings i
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nto form that is transmitted and is responsible for accuracy and emotional tone of message content
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Q18. What is the RECEIVER in the communication process?
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[Verified Solution]: The person who receives and decodes the message ** senders message acts as a r
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eferent for the receiver, who is responsible for attending to, translating, and responding to the message.
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Q19. MESSAGE in communication process
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[Verified Solution]: Content of communication.... verbal, nonverbal & symbolic language.
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Q20. CHANNELS in communication process
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[Verified Solution]: These are the means of conveying the message through visual, auditory, and tactil
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e senses. Facial expression = visual message Spoken word = auditory Touch = tactile
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Q21. FEEDBACK in communication process
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[Verified Solution]: The message that the receiver returns. This indicates if receiver understood meani
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ng of message. Sender can evaluate effectiveness of communication.
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