NURS 6001 EXAM 1 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
Types of Assessment —Answer: comprehensive, episodic or problem-focused, emergency
comprehensive assessment —Answer: (initial) results in baseline data for problem
identification and care planning, time consuming, complete, all aspects of preventive
health/physical disease
episodic/problem-focused assessment —Answer: based on the patient's health issues, involves
one or two body systems. smaller scope, but more in depth
What is the nursing process? —Answer: systematic problem-solving approach to identifying
and treating human responses to actual or potential health difficulties. patient centered and
focuses on problem solving and inhaling strengths. uses ADPIE
emergency assessment —Answer: involves life threatening or unstable situation, traumatic
injury, uses ABCDE
ABCDE —Answer: airway, breathing, circulation, disability, and exposure
ADPIE —Answer: assessment of patient, nursing diagnosis, planning care, implementing and
then evaluating patients status
implementation —Answer: collaboration with other team members, involvement of patient
and family, actually doing the phase
evaluation —Answer: how effective is nursing care and each phases affects the other
nursing diagnosis vs medical diagnosis —Answer: medical focuses on diagnosis and treatment
of disease whereas nursing focuses on the human response to actual or potential health
problems
assessment —Answer: establish baseline, review history, physical assessment
diagnosis —Answer: clustering of data to make a judgement or statement about the patient's
difficulties or condition
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, Nanda diagnosis for nursing —Answer: a clinical judgement about individual, family, or
community responses to actual or potential health difficulties/life processes. Provides the basis
for selection of nursing interventions to achieve outcomes for which the nurse is accountable
Normal range of blood pressure —Answer: 120/80
normal range of pulse —Answer: 60-100 bpm
scale of pulse strength —Answer: 0-4+
scale of 0 pulse —Answer: non palpable or absent
1+ of pulse —Answer: weak, diminished, and barely palpable
2+ of pulse —Answer: normal, expected
3+ of pulse —Answer: Full, increased
4+ of pulse —Answer: Bounding
normal oral temperature range —Answer: 97.7-99.5 F
normal range for Temporal range —Answer: 98.7-100.5 F
five ways to take temperature —Answer: oral, axillary, rectal, tympanic, and temporal
normal respirations —Answer: 12-20
normal O2 saturation —Answer: 95-100%
Pain scale —Answer: 1-10
COLDERR —Answer: characteristic, onset, location, duration, exacerbation, relief, radiation
6 stages of infection cycles —Answer: infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, means of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
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Answers)
Types of Assessment —Answer: comprehensive, episodic or problem-focused, emergency
comprehensive assessment —Answer: (initial) results in baseline data for problem
identification and care planning, time consuming, complete, all aspects of preventive
health/physical disease
episodic/problem-focused assessment —Answer: based on the patient's health issues, involves
one or two body systems. smaller scope, but more in depth
What is the nursing process? —Answer: systematic problem-solving approach to identifying
and treating human responses to actual or potential health difficulties. patient centered and
focuses on problem solving and inhaling strengths. uses ADPIE
emergency assessment —Answer: involves life threatening or unstable situation, traumatic
injury, uses ABCDE
ABCDE —Answer: airway, breathing, circulation, disability, and exposure
ADPIE —Answer: assessment of patient, nursing diagnosis, planning care, implementing and
then evaluating patients status
implementation —Answer: collaboration with other team members, involvement of patient
and family, actually doing the phase
evaluation —Answer: how effective is nursing care and each phases affects the other
nursing diagnosis vs medical diagnosis —Answer: medical focuses on diagnosis and treatment
of disease whereas nursing focuses on the human response to actual or potential health
problems
assessment —Answer: establish baseline, review history, physical assessment
diagnosis —Answer: clustering of data to make a judgement or statement about the patient's
difficulties or condition
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, Nanda diagnosis for nursing —Answer: a clinical judgement about individual, family, or
community responses to actual or potential health difficulties/life processes. Provides the basis
for selection of nursing interventions to achieve outcomes for which the nurse is accountable
Normal range of blood pressure —Answer: 120/80
normal range of pulse —Answer: 60-100 bpm
scale of pulse strength —Answer: 0-4+
scale of 0 pulse —Answer: non palpable or absent
1+ of pulse —Answer: weak, diminished, and barely palpable
2+ of pulse —Answer: normal, expected
3+ of pulse —Answer: Full, increased
4+ of pulse —Answer: Bounding
normal oral temperature range —Answer: 97.7-99.5 F
normal range for Temporal range —Answer: 98.7-100.5 F
five ways to take temperature —Answer: oral, axillary, rectal, tympanic, and temporal
normal respirations —Answer: 12-20
normal O2 saturation —Answer: 95-100%
Pain scale —Answer: 1-10
COLDERR —Answer: characteristic, onset, location, duration, exacerbation, relief, radiation
6 stages of infection cycles —Answer: infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, means of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
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