NURSING 251 EXAM 1 2026/2027 | NURSING 251 EXAM 1
QUESTIONS, STUDY GUIDE & REVIEW
Nursing Process - ANS✔✔ Identifying and treating human responses to actual or potential
health problems; continual; revise as necessary
Nursing Process 5 Steps - ANS✔✔ Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
Nursing Diagnosis - ANS✔✔ Clinical judgement about clients, family, community responses to
actual or potential health problems
Assessment - ANS✔✔ Collecting subjective and objective data; establish data base with client's
wellness, health practices, past illnesses, and establish goals
Subjective Data - ANS✔✔ Sensations or symptoms, perceptions, desires, preferences, beliefs,
ideas, values, and personal information stated by the patient
Objective Data - ANS✔✔ Physical characteristics, body functions (heart rate), appearance,
behavior, measurements, results of labs; observed by examiner
Types of Assessment - ANS✔✔ Initial comprehensive, ongoing or partial, focused or problem-
oriented, and emergency
Initial Comprehensive Assessment - ANS✔✔ Occurs when clients first presents to health care
system; collect both subjective and objective
Ongoing or Partial Assessment - ANS✔✔ Occurs after comprehensive database is established;
reassessment of initial problem looking for improvement or deterioration
, Focused or Problem-Oriented Assessment - ANS✔✔ Occurs because of a specific health concern
Emergency Assessment - ANS✔✔ Occurs when life saving action needs to be taken; ABC's
(airway, breathing, cardiac)
Culture - ANS✔✔ The learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs, norms, and way of life of
a particular group that guides their thinking, decisions, and action in patterned ways
Cultural Sensitivity - ANS✔✔ Recognize that some cultural groups have definitions of health and
illness, as well as practices that attempt to promote health and cure illness, that may differ from
your own
Cultural Competence - ANS✔✔ Be willing to modify health care delivery in keeping with the
client's cultural background; Do not expect all members of one cultural group to behave in
exactly the same way
Spiritual Assessment - ANS✔✔ An RN may conduct this to understand the patient's source of
strength and guidance and to respect their rituals and beliefs
Spirituality Impacts Care - ANS✔✔ Changing the course of treatment; health care providers may
need to modify treatment plans
Stereotype - ANS✔✔ A simplified generally inflexible conception of the members of a group or
subgroup
Ethnocentrism - ANS✔✔ A tendency to view people unconsciously by using your own group and
your own customs as standards for all judgements
QUESTIONS, STUDY GUIDE & REVIEW
Nursing Process - ANS✔✔ Identifying and treating human responses to actual or potential
health problems; continual; revise as necessary
Nursing Process 5 Steps - ANS✔✔ Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
Nursing Diagnosis - ANS✔✔ Clinical judgement about clients, family, community responses to
actual or potential health problems
Assessment - ANS✔✔ Collecting subjective and objective data; establish data base with client's
wellness, health practices, past illnesses, and establish goals
Subjective Data - ANS✔✔ Sensations or symptoms, perceptions, desires, preferences, beliefs,
ideas, values, and personal information stated by the patient
Objective Data - ANS✔✔ Physical characteristics, body functions (heart rate), appearance,
behavior, measurements, results of labs; observed by examiner
Types of Assessment - ANS✔✔ Initial comprehensive, ongoing or partial, focused or problem-
oriented, and emergency
Initial Comprehensive Assessment - ANS✔✔ Occurs when clients first presents to health care
system; collect both subjective and objective
Ongoing or Partial Assessment - ANS✔✔ Occurs after comprehensive database is established;
reassessment of initial problem looking for improvement or deterioration
, Focused or Problem-Oriented Assessment - ANS✔✔ Occurs because of a specific health concern
Emergency Assessment - ANS✔✔ Occurs when life saving action needs to be taken; ABC's
(airway, breathing, cardiac)
Culture - ANS✔✔ The learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs, norms, and way of life of
a particular group that guides their thinking, decisions, and action in patterned ways
Cultural Sensitivity - ANS✔✔ Recognize that some cultural groups have definitions of health and
illness, as well as practices that attempt to promote health and cure illness, that may differ from
your own
Cultural Competence - ANS✔✔ Be willing to modify health care delivery in keeping with the
client's cultural background; Do not expect all members of one cultural group to behave in
exactly the same way
Spiritual Assessment - ANS✔✔ An RN may conduct this to understand the patient's source of
strength and guidance and to respect their rituals and beliefs
Spirituality Impacts Care - ANS✔✔ Changing the course of treatment; health care providers may
need to modify treatment plans
Stereotype - ANS✔✔ A simplified generally inflexible conception of the members of a group or
subgroup
Ethnocentrism - ANS✔✔ A tendency to view people unconsciously by using your own group and
your own customs as standards for all judgements
