Exam 1) NSG 300: NSG 300 Exam 1: Questions & Answers: Guaranteed A+ Score Guid

What is the nurse’s role in measuring, analyzing and reporting abnormal vital signs? (Ans - the nurse’s role is to ASSESS, then create a NURSING DIAGNOSIS, develop a PLAN, IMPLEMENT the plan/goals, then EVALUATE the outcomes What does caring mean in nursing practice? (Ans – autonomy advocate educator communicator (empathy & comfort) define disease (Ans - harmful deviation from normal structure of functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptomsacute disease (Ans – symptoms develop rapidly short term self-limiting dissipate after injury heals (trauma, surgery, kidney stone) chronic disease (Ans – when pain continues for 6 months or longer chain of infection (Ans – infectious agent reservoir portal of exit mode of transmission portal of entry susceptible hostreservoir (Ans – where microorganism survives, multiplies and awaits transfer to host portal of exit (Ans – a way for the infectious agent to escape from the reservoir in which it has been growing so it can find a host to enter and cause disease mode of transmission (Ans – a way that the causative agent can be transmitted to another reservoir or host where it can live (often unwashed hands) portal of entry (Ans – organisms enter the body through the same routes they use for exiting infectious process (Ans –1. Incubation period 2. Prodromal stage 3. Illness stage 4. Convalescence