Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Most Tested) with
Verified Answers
qd - Answer: every day
hs - Answer: at bedtime
ac - Answer: before meals
pc - Answer: after meals
OD - Answer: right eye
OS - Answer: left eye
OU - Answer: both eyes
supp - Answer: suppository
Concept of Person - Answer: who: the individual, families, communities
What: psychological, social, spiritual, cultural
Concept of Health - Answer: who: individual, community, family
what: physical, psychosocial, relational, spiritual
Concept of environment - Answer: who: individual, community, family
,what: internal & external environments, home life, mental state, addictions, pain, sociocultural
circumstances, religion, attitude toward death,
Concept of Nursing - Answer: who: nurse in the relationship with the patient
what: recognition of pt. as "experts" of their own lives, ethical care, dignity, privacy & confidentiality,
health & well- being promotion, respect for informed decision making
Concept of Social Justice - Answer: who: vulnerable( poor, people with disabilities)
what: allocation of life's resources ( health-care access, water, food, shelter, security, employment,
income, safety services)I
intrapersonal communication - Answer: what: self-talk ,inner thought
interpersonal communication - Answer: what: face to face interaction
transpersonal communication - Answer: what: interaction with a spiritual domain
Small group communication - Answer: who: doctor, nurse team, physio, OT, pharmacist,
what: goal-directed
how: interaction when a small number of people meet together and meet a common purpose
Therapeutic communication. - Answer: what: purposeful, goal-directed
how: time limited communication
phases of therapeutic communication - Answer: pre-orientation, orientation, working phase,
termination
Receiving and giving patients reports - Answer: written & verbal
Receiving doctors orders - Answer: verbal, by telephone, written, electronic
,Admission records - Answer: biographical data, health history, allergies, medications
transfer sheets - Answer: biographical data, who they are being transferred to, mental status at transfer
time, vital signs
discharge summary - Answer: diagnosis, discharge to where, how did they leave, follow up appointment,
medications, teaching
flow sheets - Answer: diabetic record, bowel records, input & output records, ADR sheets
Graphic records - Answer: vital sign, GCS,
MAR - Answer: documentation of meds ordered and given
Rules of documentation - Answer: legible, conciseness, chronological order, current as possible,
objective info, use clients exact words, follow up ( assessments, observations, interventions)
Principles of documentation - Answer: blank ink only, date (day/month/year), military clock, signature &
designation, frequency, no spaces, be objective, acceptable abbreviations only
Barriers to learning - Answer: cultural influences, language, intellectual/cognitve, sensory,
developmental stage
Cognitive domain - Answer: what: recall information, understanding of info,
how: use knowledge in a new way, differentiate facts & opinions, integrate new elements & concepts,
come up with judgment on concepts
Affective domain - Answer: what: awareness of feelings & emotions,
how: active participation to the learne, see the worth in something & express it, prioritize one value
over another, internalize values & let them control the person's behavior
, Psychomotor domain - Answer: what: apply sensory info to motor activity, readiness to act
how: utilize trial & error, imitate a displayed, modify skills
cultural competence - Answer: what: understanding different cultures
who: nurse familiarize themselves with various groups of people
cultural safety - Answer: what: analyze the culture of health
who: nurses understand clients & patients
how: active listening, nonjudgmental, acceptance, honesty,
Enhancing the culture of safety - Answer: what: risk management, quality control, reporting, adverse
events, critical incidence
Environment Safety - Answer: who: nurse & client interaction
where: hospital, home, community centre, nursing home
what: physical & psychosocial factors that influence the life and survival of that client
how: reduce physical hazards, maintain sanitation, an overall reduction of the transmission of pathogens
Asepsis - Answer: what: environment free of contaminants
how: wash hands, PPE
Sterile - Answer: what: free of all contaminants
how: sterile techniques ( hand washing, sterile gloves)
Partial bed bath - Answer: what: wiping down the client with a cloth, water & soap
where: face, hands, underarms, & perineal region
why: excessive secretions from wounds, time doesn't allow for a full bed bath