NSG 3009 Exam 1 QUESTIONS WITH
ACTUAL SOLUTIONS!!
Subjective data: - AnswerWhat the person says about himself or herself during history
taking
objective data: - Answerwhat the health professional observes by inspecting,
palpating, percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
Data base: - AnswerFormed from objective/subjective data and the s record and lab
studies
Assessment: - AnswerThe collection of data about an individual's health state
Diagnostic reasoning: - Answerthe process of analyzing health data and drawing
conclusions to identify diagnoses
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data
would be: - AnswerObjective
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These
types of data would be: - AnswerSubjective
The patient's record, laboratory studies, objective data, ande data combine to form the -
AnswerData base
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard.
The nurses next action should be to: - AnswerValidate the data by asking a coworker
to listen to the breath sounds.
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session,
the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and
experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using: -
AnswerA set of rules
Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as: - Answerintuition
, The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement best reflects EBP? - AnswerEBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with
the clinicians experience.
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses.
Which is an example of a first-level priority problem? - AnswerIndividual with
shortness of breath and respiratory distress
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-
level priority problems include which of these aspects? - AnswerAbnormal lab values
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data? -
AnswerClustering related cues
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient relies
on the appropriateness of the __________ diagnosis. - Answernursing
The nursing process is a sequential method of problem-solving that nurses use and
includes which steps? - AnswerAssessment, diagnosis, outcome identification,
planning, implementation, and evaluation
A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well lately, and is
having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize these problems? -
AnswerBreathing, pain, and sleep
Which of these would be formulated by a nurse using diagnostic reasoning? -
Answerdiagnostic hypothesis
Barriers to incorporating EBP include: - AnswerNurses lack of research skills in
evaluating quality of research studies
What step of the nursing process includes data collection by health history, physical
examination, and interview? - Answerassessment
During a staff meeting, nurses discuss the problems with accessing research studies to
incorporate evidence-based clinical decision making into their practice. Which
suggestion by the nurse manager would best help these problems? - AnswerTeach
the nurses how to conduct electronic searches for research studies.
When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the components of holistic
health include which of these? - AnswerHolistic health views the mind, body, and spirit
as interdependent.
ACTUAL SOLUTIONS!!
Subjective data: - AnswerWhat the person says about himself or herself during history
taking
objective data: - Answerwhat the health professional observes by inspecting,
palpating, percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
Data base: - AnswerFormed from objective/subjective data and the s record and lab
studies
Assessment: - AnswerThe collection of data about an individual's health state
Diagnostic reasoning: - Answerthe process of analyzing health data and drawing
conclusions to identify diagnoses
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data
would be: - AnswerObjective
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These
types of data would be: - AnswerSubjective
The patient's record, laboratory studies, objective data, ande data combine to form the -
AnswerData base
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard.
The nurses next action should be to: - AnswerValidate the data by asking a coworker
to listen to the breath sounds.
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session,
the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and
experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using: -
AnswerA set of rules
Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as: - Answerintuition
, The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement best reflects EBP? - AnswerEBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with
the clinicians experience.
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses.
Which is an example of a first-level priority problem? - AnswerIndividual with
shortness of breath and respiratory distress
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-
level priority problems include which of these aspects? - AnswerAbnormal lab values
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data? -
AnswerClustering related cues
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient relies
on the appropriateness of the __________ diagnosis. - Answernursing
The nursing process is a sequential method of problem-solving that nurses use and
includes which steps? - AnswerAssessment, diagnosis, outcome identification,
planning, implementation, and evaluation
A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well lately, and is
having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize these problems? -
AnswerBreathing, pain, and sleep
Which of these would be formulated by a nurse using diagnostic reasoning? -
Answerdiagnostic hypothesis
Barriers to incorporating EBP include: - AnswerNurses lack of research skills in
evaluating quality of research studies
What step of the nursing process includes data collection by health history, physical
examination, and interview? - Answerassessment
During a staff meeting, nurses discuss the problems with accessing research studies to
incorporate evidence-based clinical decision making into their practice. Which
suggestion by the nurse manager would best help these problems? - AnswerTeach
the nurses how to conduct electronic searches for research studies.
When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the components of holistic
health include which of these? - AnswerHolistic health views the mind, body, and spirit
as interdependent.
