PNC EXAM 1 ACTUAL Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
3 major attributes of evidence - CORRECT ANSWER - Reliability, generalizable, validity
What does AIDET stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - acknowledge, introduce, duration,
explanation, thank you
What does NPAS stand for - CORRECT ANSWER - Nurse handoff, patient summary,
action plan, synthesis
Quantitative Research - CORRECT ANSWER - data is numbers and measurements
Qualitative research - CORRECT ANSWER - Data is perception, feels and opinions
What are clinical information systems - CORRECT ANSWER - All technology within the
healthcare system that stores clinical information, important to the health care delivery process
What are Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) - CORRECT ANSWER - Programs
that help health care providers make clinical decisions
What does SBAR-R stand for, when is it best used? - CORRECT ANSWER - Situation,
background, assessment, recommendation, read back. Best used communication method for
nurse to provider reporting.
Components of therapeutic communication - CORRECT ANSWER - Active listening, sit
facing patient, relaxed posture, open position, eye contact, physical touch, empathy, validating,
asking questions
, Critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - requires the nurse to know and understand
information with the ability to apply this at the bedside
Clinical reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - Process of putting critical thinking into
action, the application of knowledge.
Clinical judgment - CORRECT ANSWER - nurse's conclusion based on the nurse's
critical thinking and reasoning to determine the best response for the patient.
Thermoregulation definition - CORRECT ANSWER - Maintaining core body temperature
at a near constant value
location of apical pulse - CORRECT ANSWER - Fifth intercostal space at left
midclavicular line.
What techniques are used during respiratory assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Inspection - identifies quality of respirations and air movement
Palpation - lumps, masses, pulsation
Auscultation - breath sounds
High pitched, fine, short sounds during inspiration - CORRECT ANSWER - crackles
A high-pitched, whistling breath sound that is most prominent on expiration - CORRECT
ANSWER - Wheezing
Where are bronchial sounds heard? - CORRECT ANSWER - over trachea - have a higher
pitch, louder
Where are vesicular breath sounds heard? - CORRECT ANSWER - over lung fields -
lower pitches and soft, breezy
and CORRECT Answers
3 major attributes of evidence - CORRECT ANSWER - Reliability, generalizable, validity
What does AIDET stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - acknowledge, introduce, duration,
explanation, thank you
What does NPAS stand for - CORRECT ANSWER - Nurse handoff, patient summary,
action plan, synthesis
Quantitative Research - CORRECT ANSWER - data is numbers and measurements
Qualitative research - CORRECT ANSWER - Data is perception, feels and opinions
What are clinical information systems - CORRECT ANSWER - All technology within the
healthcare system that stores clinical information, important to the health care delivery process
What are Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) - CORRECT ANSWER - Programs
that help health care providers make clinical decisions
What does SBAR-R stand for, when is it best used? - CORRECT ANSWER - Situation,
background, assessment, recommendation, read back. Best used communication method for
nurse to provider reporting.
Components of therapeutic communication - CORRECT ANSWER - Active listening, sit
facing patient, relaxed posture, open position, eye contact, physical touch, empathy, validating,
asking questions
, Critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - requires the nurse to know and understand
information with the ability to apply this at the bedside
Clinical reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - Process of putting critical thinking into
action, the application of knowledge.
Clinical judgment - CORRECT ANSWER - nurse's conclusion based on the nurse's
critical thinking and reasoning to determine the best response for the patient.
Thermoregulation definition - CORRECT ANSWER - Maintaining core body temperature
at a near constant value
location of apical pulse - CORRECT ANSWER - Fifth intercostal space at left
midclavicular line.
What techniques are used during respiratory assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Inspection - identifies quality of respirations and air movement
Palpation - lumps, masses, pulsation
Auscultation - breath sounds
High pitched, fine, short sounds during inspiration - CORRECT ANSWER - crackles
A high-pitched, whistling breath sound that is most prominent on expiration - CORRECT
ANSWER - Wheezing
Where are bronchial sounds heard? - CORRECT ANSWER - over trachea - have a higher
pitch, louder
Where are vesicular breath sounds heard? - CORRECT ANSWER - over lung fields -
lower pitches and soft, breezy
