NUR 317 EXAM 1 2026/2027 – QUESTIONS, STUDY GUIDE &
PRACTICE REVIEW
4 things patients want - Correct answer ✔✔ Access to care, safety, outcomes, respect
Patient Centered Care - Correct answer ✔✔ providing care that is respectful and responsive to
individual patient preferences, needs and values
Evidence-based practice - Correct answer ✔✔ -process that promotes the delivery of optimal
health care
-integration of best current evidence, clinical expertise, and patient/family values
Never Event - Correct answer ✔✔ -serious often preventable and not expected to occur in a
hospital
-for example a pressure ulcer
Sentinel Event - Correct answer ✔✔ -unexpected outcomes or risk of an outcome
-involves death or serious physical or psychological injury
Safety - Correct answer ✔✔ -process of minimizing risk of harm to patients and providers
through the system and the individual
Error - Correct answer ✔✔ -commission (doing something wrong)
-omission (failing to do the right thing leading o an undesirable outcomes)
4 Behaviors to improve patient safety - Correct answer ✔✔ 1) Follow safety protocols
2) Speak up when you have concerns
, 3) Listen to patients, colleagues, and mentors
4) Take care of yourself
What is critical thinking? - Correct answer ✔✔ The art of thinking about your thinking
5 components of critical thinking - Correct answer ✔✔ 1) Knowledge base
2) Experience
3) Nursing process competencies
4) Attitudes
5) Standards
The Dreyfus Model - Correct answer ✔✔ -Model of how students acquire skills through formal
instruction and practicing
- 5 stages: novice, advanced beginner, competence, proficiency, expert
The Kataoka-Yahiro and Saylor Model - Correct answer ✔✔ - Basic: experts are always right, one
right answer only
-Complex: separation of learner from authority
-Commitment: makes choices and assumes accountability
Enculturation - Correct answer ✔✔ gradual acquisition of characteristics and norms of one
culture by a person/other culture
Acculturation - Correct answer ✔✔ merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact
Multiculturalism - Correct answer ✔✔ several cultures within one community
PRACTICE REVIEW
4 things patients want - Correct answer ✔✔ Access to care, safety, outcomes, respect
Patient Centered Care - Correct answer ✔✔ providing care that is respectful and responsive to
individual patient preferences, needs and values
Evidence-based practice - Correct answer ✔✔ -process that promotes the delivery of optimal
health care
-integration of best current evidence, clinical expertise, and patient/family values
Never Event - Correct answer ✔✔ -serious often preventable and not expected to occur in a
hospital
-for example a pressure ulcer
Sentinel Event - Correct answer ✔✔ -unexpected outcomes or risk of an outcome
-involves death or serious physical or psychological injury
Safety - Correct answer ✔✔ -process of minimizing risk of harm to patients and providers
through the system and the individual
Error - Correct answer ✔✔ -commission (doing something wrong)
-omission (failing to do the right thing leading o an undesirable outcomes)
4 Behaviors to improve patient safety - Correct answer ✔✔ 1) Follow safety protocols
2) Speak up when you have concerns
, 3) Listen to patients, colleagues, and mentors
4) Take care of yourself
What is critical thinking? - Correct answer ✔✔ The art of thinking about your thinking
5 components of critical thinking - Correct answer ✔✔ 1) Knowledge base
2) Experience
3) Nursing process competencies
4) Attitudes
5) Standards
The Dreyfus Model - Correct answer ✔✔ -Model of how students acquire skills through formal
instruction and practicing
- 5 stages: novice, advanced beginner, competence, proficiency, expert
The Kataoka-Yahiro and Saylor Model - Correct answer ✔✔ - Basic: experts are always right, one
right answer only
-Complex: separation of learner from authority
-Commitment: makes choices and assumes accountability
Enculturation - Correct answer ✔✔ gradual acquisition of characteristics and norms of one
culture by a person/other culture
Acculturation - Correct answer ✔✔ merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact
Multiculturalism - Correct answer ✔✔ several cultures within one community
