NURSING 209 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A process that evaluates or appraises the needs, preferences, and abilities of a patient.
- answers - nursing assessment
The most important part of the nursing process. - answers - assessment
Information that we get from the patient and the family perspective. - answers -
historical assessment
Includes asking more questions and using a hands on approach, biological and
physiologial aspects using our senses. - answers - physical assessment
Failure to provide for a child's basic needs - answers - neglect
Physical injury - answers - physical abuse
Includes fondling a child's genitals, incest, penetration, rape, sodomy, indecent
exposure, and commercial exploitation through prostitution or the production of
pornographic materials. - answers - sexual abuse
Any pattern of behavior that harms a child's emotional development or sense of self-
worth. - answers - emotional abuse
Intentional actions that cause harm or create serious risk of harm to a vulnerable elder
by a caregiver or person who stands in a trust relationship to the elder - answers - elder
abuse
The most common form of intimate partner violence, being struck with an object. -
answers - blunt force injury
When the blunt injuries cause the skin to tear, the wound is called___ - answers -
laceration
When a sharp instrument slices through the tissue, the wound is called____ - answers -
cut or incision
The manual compression of the neck by any body part or tightening a cord-like object
around the neck. - answers - strangulation
Finding out about the drugs the patient is taking. - answers - pharmacological
assessment
A mental status exam, telling us if they are oriented and able to cope with stress and
problems. - answers - psychological assessment
, Determining the patients family structure, roles of the pt. In the family, and their s.o. -
answers - social assessment
Includes the assessment of intimate partner violence, child abuse, and elder abuse -
answers - domestic violence assessment
2 types of intimate partner violence - answers - physical partner violence &
psychological emotional abuse
A wound caused by rubbing the skin or mucous membrane - answers - abrasion
The tearing away of a structure or part - answers - avulsion
Superficial discoloration due to hemorrhage into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels
beneath the skin surface - answers - bruise
A bruise; injury to tissues without breakage of skin - answers - contusion
A hemorrhage spot or blotch, larger than petechial. - answers - ecchymosis
A localized collection of extravasated blood, usually clotted in an organ, space or tissue
- answers - hematoma
The escape of blood from a ruptured vessel, which can be external or internal - answers
- hemorrhage
A cut or wound made by a sharp instrument - answers - incision
The act of tearing or splitting - answers - laceration
A broad term referring to any pathologic or traumatic discontinuity of tissue or loss of
function of a part - answers - lesion
An injury caused by an object that leaves a distinct pattern of the skin and or organ. -
answers - patterned injury
Injuries, usually bruises and fractures, in various stages of healing. - answers - pattern
of injuries
Minute, pinpoint, non-raised, perfectly round, purplish red spots caused by intradermal
or submucous hemorrhage/ - answers - petechiae
The act of piercing or penetrating with a pointed object or instrument - answers -
puncture
A penetrating, sharp, cutting injury that is deeper than is wide - answers - stab wound
A process that evaluates or appraises the needs, preferences, and abilities of a patient.
- answers - nursing assessment
The most important part of the nursing process. - answers - assessment
Information that we get from the patient and the family perspective. - answers -
historical assessment
Includes asking more questions and using a hands on approach, biological and
physiologial aspects using our senses. - answers - physical assessment
Failure to provide for a child's basic needs - answers - neglect
Physical injury - answers - physical abuse
Includes fondling a child's genitals, incest, penetration, rape, sodomy, indecent
exposure, and commercial exploitation through prostitution or the production of
pornographic materials. - answers - sexual abuse
Any pattern of behavior that harms a child's emotional development or sense of self-
worth. - answers - emotional abuse
Intentional actions that cause harm or create serious risk of harm to a vulnerable elder
by a caregiver or person who stands in a trust relationship to the elder - answers - elder
abuse
The most common form of intimate partner violence, being struck with an object. -
answers - blunt force injury
When the blunt injuries cause the skin to tear, the wound is called___ - answers -
laceration
When a sharp instrument slices through the tissue, the wound is called____ - answers -
cut or incision
The manual compression of the neck by any body part or tightening a cord-like object
around the neck. - answers - strangulation
Finding out about the drugs the patient is taking. - answers - pharmacological
assessment
A mental status exam, telling us if they are oriented and able to cope with stress and
problems. - answers - psychological assessment
, Determining the patients family structure, roles of the pt. In the family, and their s.o. -
answers - social assessment
Includes the assessment of intimate partner violence, child abuse, and elder abuse -
answers - domestic violence assessment
2 types of intimate partner violence - answers - physical partner violence &
psychological emotional abuse
A wound caused by rubbing the skin or mucous membrane - answers - abrasion
The tearing away of a structure or part - answers - avulsion
Superficial discoloration due to hemorrhage into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels
beneath the skin surface - answers - bruise
A bruise; injury to tissues without breakage of skin - answers - contusion
A hemorrhage spot or blotch, larger than petechial. - answers - ecchymosis
A localized collection of extravasated blood, usually clotted in an organ, space or tissue
- answers - hematoma
The escape of blood from a ruptured vessel, which can be external or internal - answers
- hemorrhage
A cut or wound made by a sharp instrument - answers - incision
The act of tearing or splitting - answers - laceration
A broad term referring to any pathologic or traumatic discontinuity of tissue or loss of
function of a part - answers - lesion
An injury caused by an object that leaves a distinct pattern of the skin and or organ. -
answers - patterned injury
Injuries, usually bruises and fractures, in various stages of healing. - answers - pattern
of injuries
Minute, pinpoint, non-raised, perfectly round, purplish red spots caused by intradermal
or submucous hemorrhage/ - answers - petechiae
The act of piercing or penetrating with a pointed object or instrument - answers -
puncture
A penetrating, sharp, cutting injury that is deeper than is wide - answers - stab wound
