NUR 229 - Adult Exam 3 Assessment
Questions And 100% Correct Answers
2025-2026 Edition.
What is the role of a nurse manager? - Answer planning, organizing, directing, and controlling
nursing staff
- also concerned with unit resources
How should you resolve conflict? - Answer compromise if there is a mutually agreeable
solution
- do not avoid, compete, or smooth
- cooperate/accommodate with caution
What is team nursing? - Answer includes multiple differently licensed healthcare personnel
(RNs, UAPs/CNAs, etc.)
- delegation is vital
What is total patient care nursing? - Answer a model of care overseen by a registered nurse
who provides one-on-one care to patients
- common in critical care/ICUs
- not as much responsibility as primary nursing
What is primary nursing? - Answer one nurse plans all the care for one pt and is the primary
contact for that pt during their stay; does all tasks and leads all treatments
- more responsibility than total pt care
What is functional nursing? - Answer each nurse is assigned a specific task for all pts
- ex: one nurse is responsible for all labs while another does all meds
- common in pre-op settings
How do you implement planned change in nursing practice? - Answer planned change follows
a similar pattern to the nursing process
- assess a need for change
, - implement the selected plan for change
- evaluate the effectiveness of the change
- stabilize the change
What should you consider when creating planned change? - Answer - feedback from those
who will be impacted
- what is available to be changed?
- is the group ready for a change?
- how quickly should the change be made?
- are the changes major or minor?
How should you manage time with nursing care? - Answer - establish goals and priorities for
each day
- be organized
- plan for prevention strategies; be proactive in planning pt care (ex: compression socks to
prevent DVT rather than waiting for DVT to happen)
How do you prioritize nursing care? - Answer - Airway, Breathing, Circulation (ABCs)
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs
What is informed consent? - Answer permission granted from the pt for a procedure to be
done
- only signed and accepted when the pt is educated on everything involved, especially risks
What is the nurses role in informed consent? - Answer - to witness the client's signature
- to ensure that informed consent has been appropriately obtained
- provide all necessary pt teaching
What is delegation? - Answer the act of transferring a task to another person
- ex: RN -> UAP/CNA
What can be delegated? - Answer - vital signs
Questions And 100% Correct Answers
2025-2026 Edition.
What is the role of a nurse manager? - Answer planning, organizing, directing, and controlling
nursing staff
- also concerned with unit resources
How should you resolve conflict? - Answer compromise if there is a mutually agreeable
solution
- do not avoid, compete, or smooth
- cooperate/accommodate with caution
What is team nursing? - Answer includes multiple differently licensed healthcare personnel
(RNs, UAPs/CNAs, etc.)
- delegation is vital
What is total patient care nursing? - Answer a model of care overseen by a registered nurse
who provides one-on-one care to patients
- common in critical care/ICUs
- not as much responsibility as primary nursing
What is primary nursing? - Answer one nurse plans all the care for one pt and is the primary
contact for that pt during their stay; does all tasks and leads all treatments
- more responsibility than total pt care
What is functional nursing? - Answer each nurse is assigned a specific task for all pts
- ex: one nurse is responsible for all labs while another does all meds
- common in pre-op settings
How do you implement planned change in nursing practice? - Answer planned change follows
a similar pattern to the nursing process
- assess a need for change
, - implement the selected plan for change
- evaluate the effectiveness of the change
- stabilize the change
What should you consider when creating planned change? - Answer - feedback from those
who will be impacted
- what is available to be changed?
- is the group ready for a change?
- how quickly should the change be made?
- are the changes major or minor?
How should you manage time with nursing care? - Answer - establish goals and priorities for
each day
- be organized
- plan for prevention strategies; be proactive in planning pt care (ex: compression socks to
prevent DVT rather than waiting for DVT to happen)
How do you prioritize nursing care? - Answer - Airway, Breathing, Circulation (ABCs)
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs
What is informed consent? - Answer permission granted from the pt for a procedure to be
done
- only signed and accepted when the pt is educated on everything involved, especially risks
What is the nurses role in informed consent? - Answer - to witness the client's signature
- to ensure that informed consent has been appropriately obtained
- provide all necessary pt teaching
What is delegation? - Answer the act of transferring a task to another person
- ex: RN -> UAP/CNA
What can be delegated? - Answer - vital signs
