NURS 200 Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: The patho paper discusses?
Answer: the admitting diagnosis (the reason the patient is in the hospital/clinic) the comorbidities
(coexisting medical conditions or disease processes that are additional to an initial admitting diagnosis)
Question 2: What is a comorbidity?
Answer: other medical diagnoses which the patient currently is being treated for, but are NOT primary
reasons the patient is being admitted to the hospital -can have several!!
Question 3: Is smoking a comorbidity?
Answer: yes!!
Question 4: What does a patho paper include?
Answer: introduction admitting diagnosis comorbidities conclusion
Question 5: When listing labs or vital signs, always include?
Answer: the corresponding unit of measure
Question 6: The patho paper conclusion must have a sentence that states?
Answer: which phase of hospitalization the patient is in (acute, recovery, terminating)
Question 7: What are examples of things that are NOT in a patho paper?
Answer: epidemiology anatomy and physiology "fluff" potential complications
Question 8: Approved online references of a patho paper
Answer: cdc.gov nih.gov heart.org nhlbi.nih.gov mayoclinic.org hopkinsmedicine.org diabetes.org lung.org
Question 9: Be suspicious of unreliable sources if:
Answer: it is a .com it is from a special interest group its authors have no clear credentials or professional
affiliation it is not endorsed by a reliable professional organization it includes no reference list or the
references cited are not scholarly
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, Question 10: What is capitalized in a patho paper?
Answer: if a medical diagnosis is named after a person (Alzheimer's disease) if a medical diagnosis is
named after a region/country (West Nile virus)
Question 11: Patient Profile: Room #
Answer: put your patient's room number here
Question 12: Patient Profile: Gender
Answer: complete as identified in the patient's chart
Question 13: Patient Profile: Ethinicity
Answer: found in the patient's chart. do not use the abbreviation n/a, it is always applicable to include
ethnicity information, so n/s is not appropriate here
Question 14: Patient Profile: Age
Answer: include the age of the patient as detailed in the patient's chart. if the patient is age is 90 or greater,
leave this section blank (HIPPA violationnot a lot of people are 90+)
Question 15: Patient Profile: Place of residence
Answer: do not ever put a patient's address (this is a HIPAA violation). the patient's chart will list the
city/state the patient is from. Additionally, if the chart identifies that the patient lives in a home/nursing
home/assisted living/dorm, this information should be listed here
Question 16: Patient Profile: MD
Answer: this stands for "medical doctor". the patient's primary doctor is listed here
Question 17: Patient Profile: Emergency Contact
Answer: the EMR (electronic medical record) will include who the emergency contact is. NEVER write the
specific name of the contact person as this is a HIPAA violation. you will just include the relationship (wife,
friend, uncle, etc)
Question 18: Patient Profile: Marital Status
Answer: you will include whatever information is found in the EMR
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Question 1: The patho paper discusses?
Answer: the admitting diagnosis (the reason the patient is in the hospital/clinic) the comorbidities
(coexisting medical conditions or disease processes that are additional to an initial admitting diagnosis)
Question 2: What is a comorbidity?
Answer: other medical diagnoses which the patient currently is being treated for, but are NOT primary
reasons the patient is being admitted to the hospital -can have several!!
Question 3: Is smoking a comorbidity?
Answer: yes!!
Question 4: What does a patho paper include?
Answer: introduction admitting diagnosis comorbidities conclusion
Question 5: When listing labs or vital signs, always include?
Answer: the corresponding unit of measure
Question 6: The patho paper conclusion must have a sentence that states?
Answer: which phase of hospitalization the patient is in (acute, recovery, terminating)
Question 7: What are examples of things that are NOT in a patho paper?
Answer: epidemiology anatomy and physiology "fluff" potential complications
Question 8: Approved online references of a patho paper
Answer: cdc.gov nih.gov heart.org nhlbi.nih.gov mayoclinic.org hopkinsmedicine.org diabetes.org lung.org
Question 9: Be suspicious of unreliable sources if:
Answer: it is a .com it is from a special interest group its authors have no clear credentials or professional
affiliation it is not endorsed by a reliable professional organization it includes no reference list or the
references cited are not scholarly
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, Question 10: What is capitalized in a patho paper?
Answer: if a medical diagnosis is named after a person (Alzheimer's disease) if a medical diagnosis is
named after a region/country (West Nile virus)
Question 11: Patient Profile: Room #
Answer: put your patient's room number here
Question 12: Patient Profile: Gender
Answer: complete as identified in the patient's chart
Question 13: Patient Profile: Ethinicity
Answer: found in the patient's chart. do not use the abbreviation n/a, it is always applicable to include
ethnicity information, so n/s is not appropriate here
Question 14: Patient Profile: Age
Answer: include the age of the patient as detailed in the patient's chart. if the patient is age is 90 or greater,
leave this section blank (HIPPA violationnot a lot of people are 90+)
Question 15: Patient Profile: Place of residence
Answer: do not ever put a patient's address (this is a HIPAA violation). the patient's chart will list the
city/state the patient is from. Additionally, if the chart identifies that the patient lives in a home/nursing
home/assisted living/dorm, this information should be listed here
Question 16: Patient Profile: MD
Answer: this stands for "medical doctor". the patient's primary doctor is listed here
Question 17: Patient Profile: Emergency Contact
Answer: the EMR (electronic medical record) will include who the emergency contact is. NEVER write the
specific name of the contact person as this is a HIPAA violation. you will just include the relationship (wife,
friend, uncle, etc)
Question 18: Patient Profile: Marital Status
Answer: you will include whatever information is found in the EMR
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