➢Davis Advantage for Basic Nursing 3rd
Edition Treas Test Bank Latest 2024/2025
1. What is the primary goal of nursing care?
Answer: To promote health, prevent illness, restore health, and
facilitate coping with disability or death.
2. Which part of the nursing process involves collecting patient data?
Answer: Assessment
3. What does the acronym ADPIE stand for?
Answer: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
4. What is subjective data?
Answer: Information reported by the patient (e.g., "I have pain in my
stomach.")
5. What is objective data?
Answer: Observable and measurable data (e.g., vital signs, wounds,
behaviors)
6. What is the purpose of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in nursing?
Answer: To prioritize patient care based on basic human needs.
7. What is HIPAA?
Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – protects
patient privacy.
8. What is an example of primary prevention?
Answer: Immunization
,9. What is an example of secondary prevention?
Answer: Screening for early detection (e.g., mammogram)
10. What is an example of tertiary prevention?
Answer: Rehabilitation after a stroke
Communication & Documentation (11–20)
11. What is therapeutic communication?
Answer: Purposeful use of communication to build relationships with
patients.
12. Give an example of a closed-ended question.
Answer: "Are you in pain?"
13. Give an example of an open-ended question.
Answer: "Can you describe how you are feeling today?"
14. What does SBAR stand for in communication?
Answer: Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
15. What is the purpose of documentation?
Answer: To communicate care, provide legal evidence, and ensure
continuity.
16. What is charting by exception?
Answer: Documenting only abnormal findings or significant events.
17. What is an incident report?
, Answer: A document used to report errors or unusual events in
healthcare.
18. What is informed consent?
Answer: Permission granted after understanding the risks, benefits, and
alternatives.
19. When should documentation be done?
Answer: Immediately after providing care or observing findings.
20. What is the legal purpose of a patient record?
Answer: To serve as a legal document of the care provided.
Vital Signs & Safety (21–30)
21. Normal adult temperature range (oral)?
Answer: 36.5°C–37.5°C (97.7°F–99.5°F)
22. Normal adult pulse rate?
Answer: 60–100 beats per minute
23. Normal adult respiratory rate?
Answer: 12–20 breaths per minute
24. Normal adult blood pressure?
Answer: Less than 120/80 mmHg
25. What is orthostatic hypotension?
Answer: A drop in BP when moving from lying to standing.
26. What is the first action if a patient falls?
Edition Treas Test Bank Latest 2024/2025
1. What is the primary goal of nursing care?
Answer: To promote health, prevent illness, restore health, and
facilitate coping with disability or death.
2. Which part of the nursing process involves collecting patient data?
Answer: Assessment
3. What does the acronym ADPIE stand for?
Answer: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
4. What is subjective data?
Answer: Information reported by the patient (e.g., "I have pain in my
stomach.")
5. What is objective data?
Answer: Observable and measurable data (e.g., vital signs, wounds,
behaviors)
6. What is the purpose of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in nursing?
Answer: To prioritize patient care based on basic human needs.
7. What is HIPAA?
Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – protects
patient privacy.
8. What is an example of primary prevention?
Answer: Immunization
,9. What is an example of secondary prevention?
Answer: Screening for early detection (e.g., mammogram)
10. What is an example of tertiary prevention?
Answer: Rehabilitation after a stroke
Communication & Documentation (11–20)
11. What is therapeutic communication?
Answer: Purposeful use of communication to build relationships with
patients.
12. Give an example of a closed-ended question.
Answer: "Are you in pain?"
13. Give an example of an open-ended question.
Answer: "Can you describe how you are feeling today?"
14. What does SBAR stand for in communication?
Answer: Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
15. What is the purpose of documentation?
Answer: To communicate care, provide legal evidence, and ensure
continuity.
16. What is charting by exception?
Answer: Documenting only abnormal findings or significant events.
17. What is an incident report?
, Answer: A document used to report errors or unusual events in
healthcare.
18. What is informed consent?
Answer: Permission granted after understanding the risks, benefits, and
alternatives.
19. When should documentation be done?
Answer: Immediately after providing care or observing findings.
20. What is the legal purpose of a patient record?
Answer: To serve as a legal document of the care provided.
Vital Signs & Safety (21–30)
21. Normal adult temperature range (oral)?
Answer: 36.5°C–37.5°C (97.7°F–99.5°F)
22. Normal adult pulse rate?
Answer: 60–100 beats per minute
23. Normal adult respiratory rate?
Answer: 12–20 breaths per minute
24. Normal adult blood pressure?
Answer: Less than 120/80 mmHg
25. What is orthostatic hypotension?
Answer: A drop in BP when moving from lying to standing.
26. What is the first action if a patient falls?
