NURS 175 midterm review Questions and
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Graded
Nursing process
Ans: 1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
Gordon's Functional Health Patterns
Ans: Health perception-health management pattern
Nutritional-metabolic pattern
Elimination pattern
Activity-exercise pattern
Sleep-rest pattern
Cognitive-perceptual pattern
Self-perception-self-concept pattern
Roles-relationships pattern
Sexuality-reproductive pattern
Coping-stress tolerance pattern
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Values-beliefs pattern
Assessment
Ans: -Collect data
-Organize data
-Validate data
-Document data
Nursing diagnosis
Ans: -Analyze data
-Identify health problems, risks, and strengths
-Formulate diagnostic statements
Planning
Ans: -Prioritize problems and diagnoses
-Formulate goals and designed health outcomes
-Identify nursing interventions
Implementation
Ans: -Reassess the patient
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-Determine the nurse's need for assistance
-Implement nursing interventions
-Supervise delegated care
-Document nursing activities
Evaluation
Ans: -Collect data related to outcomes
-Complete data with outcomes
-Relate nursing actions to patient goals/outcomes
-Draw conclusions about problem status
-Continue, modify, or end the patient's care plan
Focused assessment
Ans: -Gathers specific details about the presenting concern to
either confirm or rule out abnormalities
Time-lapsed assessment
Ans: -To reevaluate the patient's status and identify whether
the condition has improved, worsened, or stayed the same
Emergency assessment
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Ans: -To ensure the patient has a patent airway, is breathing,
and has adequate circulation
-To identify the primary cause of the problem
Types of data
Ans: -Subjective-What the patient says (sometimes patient's
family)
-Objective-What the nurse collects or observes (physical
assessment, medical records, patient sometimes)
Health interview
Ans: A health *interview* is a structured interaction between
you and the patient. The *rules* governing this interaction
should be *clearly outlined and agreed on* by you and the
patient at the start of the interview. Your mutual *goal* is the
*patient's optimal health*.
-Provides opportunity for communication, gathering
information, and form a therapeutic relationship with the
patient
Assessment tools
Ans: -Stethoscope
-Blood pressure cuff
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