NUR 101 Fundamentals of Nursing Questions
with Verified Correct Answers
Implementation
Initiation and completion of the nursing actions necessary to help the patient achieve health
care goals.
Planning
Process of designing interventions to achieve the goals and outcomes of health care delivery.
External Variables
Variables outside of one's self, but still has influence.
Measurable outcomes
Measure or observe whether a change takes place in a patient's status.
Humility
Recognize when you need more information to make a decision
Data validation
Validation of assessment data is the comparision of data with another source to determine
data accuracy
Primary prevention
"True Prevention"
The goal is to reduce the incident of disease, including, immunizations, nutritional programs,
health education.
In Maslow's Hierarchy, "Who's needs need met first?"
, Priority of care
The first step in the nursing process
Assessment
Critical thinking
the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with openness to question and reflect
on the reasoning process
Interpretation
As you gather data you begin to differentiate important data from all the data you collected.
Critically interpret assessment data to determine whether abnormal findings are present.
Data validation vs. data interpretation
Validation - comparing to other sources to ensure accuracy.
Interpretation - what you take from data.
Correctly write a nursing diagnosis
A nursing diagnosis has two segments: a diagnosis and an associated risk factor preceded by
the phrase "as evidenced by"
Nursing Process
1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
with Verified Correct Answers
Implementation
Initiation and completion of the nursing actions necessary to help the patient achieve health
care goals.
Planning
Process of designing interventions to achieve the goals and outcomes of health care delivery.
External Variables
Variables outside of one's self, but still has influence.
Measurable outcomes
Measure or observe whether a change takes place in a patient's status.
Humility
Recognize when you need more information to make a decision
Data validation
Validation of assessment data is the comparision of data with another source to determine
data accuracy
Primary prevention
"True Prevention"
The goal is to reduce the incident of disease, including, immunizations, nutritional programs,
health education.
In Maslow's Hierarchy, "Who's needs need met first?"
, Priority of care
The first step in the nursing process
Assessment
Critical thinking
the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with openness to question and reflect
on the reasoning process
Interpretation
As you gather data you begin to differentiate important data from all the data you collected.
Critically interpret assessment data to determine whether abnormal findings are present.
Data validation vs. data interpretation
Validation - comparing to other sources to ensure accuracy.
Interpretation - what you take from data.
Correctly write a nursing diagnosis
A nursing diagnosis has two segments: a diagnosis and an associated risk factor preceded by
the phrase "as evidenced by"
Nursing Process
1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
