8/21/25, 7:45 PM NUR 500- Exam #3
NURS 500 Advanced Pathophysiology –MSN Nursing
week 1 Guide & study material \complete questions and
accurate detailed answers \verified 100%
Things a person tells you about that you cannot observe
Subjective data
through your senses (AKA symptoms)
Objective data Information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer.
(AKA Signs)
5-step (ADPIE):
Assessment- recognize cues Diagnosis- Analyze cues
Planning- prioritize hypotheses, generate solutions
Nursing Process Implementation- take action
Evaluation- evaluate outcomes
First-level priority problems Emergent, life-threatening, and immediate, such as establishing
an airway or supporting breathing
Requiring prompt intervention to forestall further deterioration;
Second-level priority such as mental status change, acute pain, acute urinary
problems elimination problem, untreated medical problems, abnormal lab
test results
Inspection Concentrated watching; close, careful scrutiny, first of the
individual as a whole and then of each body system
Palpation Applies your sense of touch to assess temperature, texture,
moisture, organ location and size, and a variety of other physical
features
Percussion Tapping a person's skin with short, sharp strokes to assess
underlying structures
Auscultation Listening to sounds produced by the body
Stethoscope bell The end-piece of this equipment that has a deep, hollow, cup-like
shape and is best for soft, low-pitched sounds
Stethoscope diaphragm The flat edge of the equipment that allows for high-pitched
sounds
Stroke Volume (SV) the volume of blood pumped out by a ventricle with each
heartbeat
Problems that are important to the patient's health but can be
Third-level priority problems addressed after more urgent health problems are addressed.
Interventions to treat these problems are more long-term, and
the response to treatment is expected to take more time
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, 8/21/25, 8:04 PM NUR500 Week 1
Evidence-based practice Clinical decision making that integrates the best available
research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and
preferences
Holistic Health Views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent and
functioning as a whole within the environment
Health Disparity A particular type of health difference that is closely linked with
social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage
Race A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood
types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited
characteristics
Diagnostic reasoning The process of analyzing health data and drawing conclusions to
identify diagnoses
Ethnicity A social division based on national origin, religion, language, and
often race
Bradycardia Slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm)
Tachycardia Rapid heart rate (greater than 100 bpm)
Sinus Arrhythmia A heart rate that varies with the respiratory cycle, speeding up at
the peak of inspiration and slowing to normal with expiration
Systolic Pressure The maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular
contraction
Diastolic pressure The elastic recoil, or resting, pressure that the blood exerts
constantly between each contraction
The pressure forcing blood into the tissues average over
Mean arterial pressure
the cardiac cycle; it equals the diastolic pressure + (1/3
* systolic pressure)
Series of sounds that correspond to changes in blood
Korotkoff sounds
flow through an artery as pressure is released; heard
while taking blood pressure
A question asked of a respondent that allows the answer
Open-ended questions
to take whatever form the respondent chooses
Asks for specific information; they elicit a short, one or
Closed/direct questions
two word answer, a "yes" or "no", or a forced
choice.
The ability to understand instructions, navigate the
Health literacy
healthcare system, and communicate concerns with a
healthcare provider
a comparison of a list of current medications with a
Medication reconciliation
previous list, which is done at every hospitalization
and every clinic visit
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NURS 500 Advanced Pathophysiology –MSN Nursing
week 1 Guide & study material \complete questions and
accurate detailed answers \verified 100%
Things a person tells you about that you cannot observe
Subjective data
through your senses (AKA symptoms)
Objective data Information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer.
(AKA Signs)
5-step (ADPIE):
Assessment- recognize cues Diagnosis- Analyze cues
Planning- prioritize hypotheses, generate solutions
Nursing Process Implementation- take action
Evaluation- evaluate outcomes
First-level priority problems Emergent, life-threatening, and immediate, such as establishing
an airway or supporting breathing
Requiring prompt intervention to forestall further deterioration;
Second-level priority such as mental status change, acute pain, acute urinary
problems elimination problem, untreated medical problems, abnormal lab
test results
Inspection Concentrated watching; close, careful scrutiny, first of the
individual as a whole and then of each body system
Palpation Applies your sense of touch to assess temperature, texture,
moisture, organ location and size, and a variety of other physical
features
Percussion Tapping a person's skin with short, sharp strokes to assess
underlying structures
Auscultation Listening to sounds produced by the body
Stethoscope bell The end-piece of this equipment that has a deep, hollow, cup-like
shape and is best for soft, low-pitched sounds
Stethoscope diaphragm The flat edge of the equipment that allows for high-pitched
sounds
Stroke Volume (SV) the volume of blood pumped out by a ventricle with each
heartbeat
Problems that are important to the patient's health but can be
Third-level priority problems addressed after more urgent health problems are addressed.
Interventions to treat these problems are more long-term, and
the response to treatment is expected to take more time
/ 1/8
, 8/21/25, 8:04 PM NUR500 Week 1
Evidence-based practice Clinical decision making that integrates the best available
research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and
preferences
Holistic Health Views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent and
functioning as a whole within the environment
Health Disparity A particular type of health difference that is closely linked with
social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage
Race A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood
types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited
characteristics
Diagnostic reasoning The process of analyzing health data and drawing conclusions to
identify diagnoses
Ethnicity A social division based on national origin, religion, language, and
often race
Bradycardia Slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm)
Tachycardia Rapid heart rate (greater than 100 bpm)
Sinus Arrhythmia A heart rate that varies with the respiratory cycle, speeding up at
the peak of inspiration and slowing to normal with expiration
Systolic Pressure The maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular
contraction
Diastolic pressure The elastic recoil, or resting, pressure that the blood exerts
constantly between each contraction
The pressure forcing blood into the tissues average over
Mean arterial pressure
the cardiac cycle; it equals the diastolic pressure + (1/3
* systolic pressure)
Series of sounds that correspond to changes in blood
Korotkoff sounds
flow through an artery as pressure is released; heard
while taking blood pressure
A question asked of a respondent that allows the answer
Open-ended questions
to take whatever form the respondent chooses
Asks for specific information; they elicit a short, one or
Closed/direct questions
two word answer, a "yes" or "no", or a forced
choice.
The ability to understand instructions, navigate the
Health literacy
healthcare system, and communicate concerns with a
healthcare provider
a comparison of a list of current medications with a
Medication reconciliation
previous list, which is done at every hospitalization
and every clinic visit
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