NURS 6552 MIDTERM ADVANCED REVIEW
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Is the nursing process a cycle or linear? Answer: A cycle! Nurses
might have to go back to different phases within the process, in order to
achieve their goal
⩥ What roles does communication play in the nursing process? Answer:
Establish a therapeutic relationship, promote, maintain, and restore
health, manage difficult health care issues, and provide nursing care that
is safe and efficient
⩥ What are the five steps of the nursing process? Answer: Assessment:
collecting data
Diagnosis: problem identification
Planning: outcome identification
Implementation: the actions the nurse will do to help the patient achieve
the outcome defined
Evaluation: determine effectiveness of the nursing care plan
⩥ Assessment Phase Answer: systematic collection, organization, and
documentation of patient data;Includes observation, interviews with
clients and families, medical history, physical examination, laboratory
, reports, and collaboration with other members of the health care team;
make sure data is THOROUGH, DETAILED, and ACCURATE
⩥ Sources of Data for Collection and Assessment: Answer: Subjective
(stated) and Objective (observed)
⩥ Subjective data collection Answer: What the client or others tell the
nurse; clients are the ONLY ones to describe their own manifestation;
subject to interpretation
⩥ Objective data collection Answer: Data the nurse obtains through
observation and examination; utilization of all senses, standardized
tools, or monitoring devices; CAN PROVE with descriptive data
⩥ Gordon's Functional Health Pattern Assessment Framework Answer:
A holistic model of person-environment interaction that helps nurses
organize assessment data obtained through history taking (collecting
subjective data) and physical examination (gathering objective data).
⩥ What are Gordon's Functional Health Patterns? Answer: Health
perception, nutritional-metabolic, elimination, activity-exercise, sleep-
rest, cognitive-perceptual, self-perception, roles-relationships, sexuality-
reproductive, coping-stress , and values-beliefs.
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Is the nursing process a cycle or linear? Answer: A cycle! Nurses
might have to go back to different phases within the process, in order to
achieve their goal
⩥ What roles does communication play in the nursing process? Answer:
Establish a therapeutic relationship, promote, maintain, and restore
health, manage difficult health care issues, and provide nursing care that
is safe and efficient
⩥ What are the five steps of the nursing process? Answer: Assessment:
collecting data
Diagnosis: problem identification
Planning: outcome identification
Implementation: the actions the nurse will do to help the patient achieve
the outcome defined
Evaluation: determine effectiveness of the nursing care plan
⩥ Assessment Phase Answer: systematic collection, organization, and
documentation of patient data;Includes observation, interviews with
clients and families, medical history, physical examination, laboratory
, reports, and collaboration with other members of the health care team;
make sure data is THOROUGH, DETAILED, and ACCURATE
⩥ Sources of Data for Collection and Assessment: Answer: Subjective
(stated) and Objective (observed)
⩥ Subjective data collection Answer: What the client or others tell the
nurse; clients are the ONLY ones to describe their own manifestation;
subject to interpretation
⩥ Objective data collection Answer: Data the nurse obtains through
observation and examination; utilization of all senses, standardized
tools, or monitoring devices; CAN PROVE with descriptive data
⩥ Gordon's Functional Health Pattern Assessment Framework Answer:
A holistic model of person-environment interaction that helps nurses
organize assessment data obtained through history taking (collecting
subjective data) and physical examination (gathering objective data).
⩥ What are Gordon's Functional Health Patterns? Answer: Health
perception, nutritional-metabolic, elimination, activity-exercise, sleep-
rest, cognitive-perceptual, self-perception, roles-relationships, sexuality-
reproductive, coping-stress , and values-beliefs.
