NUR 501 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
Critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER -the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with
openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process
Decision making - CORRECT ANSWER -is a product of critical thinking that focuses on problem
resolutions
Diagnostic reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER -analytical process for determining a patient's health
problems
Evidence-based knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER -knowledge based on research or clinical
expertise
Nursing process - CORRECT ANSWER -five-step systematic method for giving patient care;
involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Problem solving - CORRECT ANSWER -the process of finding solutions to difficult or complex
issues.
Reflection - CORRECT ANSWER -turning over a subject in the mind and thinking about it
seriously
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER -A series of steps followed to solve problems including
collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
, Closed-ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER -Questions that can be answered in short or single
word responses.
Open-ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER -questions that respondents answer in their own
words
Objective data - CORRECT ANSWER -information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an
observer; signs
Subjective data - CORRECT ANSWER -what the person says about himself or herself during
history taking
Review of systems - CORRECT ANSWER -physical examination of all body systems in a systematic
manner as part of the nursing assessment
Collaborative problem - CORRECT ANSWER -an actual or potential physiological complication
that nurses monitor to detect the onset of changes in a patient's status
Data cluster - CORRECT ANSWER -a set of signs or symptoms gathered during assessment that
you group together in a logical way
Defining characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER -the clinical criteria or assessment findings that
support an actual nursing diagnosis
NANDA-I - CORRECT ANSWER -North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International
Nursing Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER -a clinical judgement concerning a human response to
health conditions/life processes, or vulnerability for that response by an individual, family, or
community that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat.
ANSWERS 2025/2026
Critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER -the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with
openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process
Decision making - CORRECT ANSWER -is a product of critical thinking that focuses on problem
resolutions
Diagnostic reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER -analytical process for determining a patient's health
problems
Evidence-based knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER -knowledge based on research or clinical
expertise
Nursing process - CORRECT ANSWER -five-step systematic method for giving patient care;
involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Problem solving - CORRECT ANSWER -the process of finding solutions to difficult or complex
issues.
Reflection - CORRECT ANSWER -turning over a subject in the mind and thinking about it
seriously
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER -A series of steps followed to solve problems including
collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
, Closed-ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER -Questions that can be answered in short or single
word responses.
Open-ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER -questions that respondents answer in their own
words
Objective data - CORRECT ANSWER -information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an
observer; signs
Subjective data - CORRECT ANSWER -what the person says about himself or herself during
history taking
Review of systems - CORRECT ANSWER -physical examination of all body systems in a systematic
manner as part of the nursing assessment
Collaborative problem - CORRECT ANSWER -an actual or potential physiological complication
that nurses monitor to detect the onset of changes in a patient's status
Data cluster - CORRECT ANSWER -a set of signs or symptoms gathered during assessment that
you group together in a logical way
Defining characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER -the clinical criteria or assessment findings that
support an actual nursing diagnosis
NANDA-I - CORRECT ANSWER -North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International
Nursing Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER -a clinical judgement concerning a human response to
health conditions/life processes, or vulnerability for that response by an individual, family, or
community that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat.
