NUR 215 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Ways to protect patient's privacy - ✔✔Logging Off: log off the computer before you
leave the area; Do Not Discuss: Do not discuss patient info with those who are not
involved OR in public areas; Do Not Search: Do not search patient's belongings without
their permission (Unless they're a danger to themselves/others).
✔✔Nursing Attributes - ✔✔Qualities that make a nurse good and professional.
✔✔Honesty - ✔✔The quality of being truthful and sincere.
✔✔Integrity - ✔✔The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.
✔✔Assertive communication - ✔✔A communication style that is direct and respectful.
✔✔Caring - ✔✔Showing kindness and concern for others.
✔✔Beneficent - ✔✔Acting in the best interest of the patient.
✔✔Advocacy - ✔✔Supporting and promoting the interests of the patient.
✔✔Prioritization skills - ✔✔The ability to determine the order of importance of tasks.
✔✔Fair - ✔✔Treating people equally without favoritism or discrimination.
✔✔Responsible - ✔✔Being accountable for one's actions and decisions.
✔✔Trustworthy - ✔✔Being reliable and deserving of trust.
✔✔Takes accountability for their own actions - ✔✔Accepting responsibility for the
outcomes of one's actions.
, ✔✔Therapeutic communication - ✔✔Ways to make the patient feel more at ease during
a sexual health exam.
✔✔Non-judgemental attitude - ✔✔An unbiased approach that does not judge the
patient.
✔✔Privacy - ✔✔The state of being free from public attention.
✔✔Modifiable Risk Factors - ✔✔Risk factors that can be reduced by changes such as
diet, lifestyle, and stress.
✔✔Nonmodifiable Risk Factors - ✔✔Risk factors that cannot be reduced by changes,
such as family history and genetics.
✔✔Focused Sexual Health Assessment - ✔✔An assessment needed for
pregnancy/infertility work-up, menstrual cycle problems, annual health visits, unusual
discharge, urination problems, known sexual problems, and illness/surgery/drugs.
✔✔Active Listening - ✔✔Being attentive to what the patient is saying (verbally and
nonverbally)
✔✔Sharing Observations - ✔✔Commenting on how the patient looks, sounds, or acts
✔✔Sharing Empathy - ✔✔The ability to understand and accept another person's reality;
To accurately perceive feelings and communicate understanding
✔✔Sharing Hope - ✔✔Communicating a "Sense of possibility" to others;
Encouragement when appropriate and positive feedback
✔✔Sharing Humor - ✔✔Contributes to feelings of togetherness, closeness, and
friendliness; Promotes positive communication in prevention, perception, and
perspective
✔✔Sharing Feelings - ✔✔Help patient's express emotions by making observations,
acknowledging feelings, encouraging communication, and giving permission to express
"negative" feelings and modeling healthy anger
✔✔Using Touch - ✔✔**Most potent form of communication** Comforting touches are
especially important for vulnerable patients who are experiencing severe illness/stress
✔✔Silence - ✔✔Time for nurses and patients to observe one another, sort out feelings,
think about how to say things, and reflect
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Ways to protect patient's privacy - ✔✔Logging Off: log off the computer before you
leave the area; Do Not Discuss: Do not discuss patient info with those who are not
involved OR in public areas; Do Not Search: Do not search patient's belongings without
their permission (Unless they're a danger to themselves/others).
✔✔Nursing Attributes - ✔✔Qualities that make a nurse good and professional.
✔✔Honesty - ✔✔The quality of being truthful and sincere.
✔✔Integrity - ✔✔The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.
✔✔Assertive communication - ✔✔A communication style that is direct and respectful.
✔✔Caring - ✔✔Showing kindness and concern for others.
✔✔Beneficent - ✔✔Acting in the best interest of the patient.
✔✔Advocacy - ✔✔Supporting and promoting the interests of the patient.
✔✔Prioritization skills - ✔✔The ability to determine the order of importance of tasks.
✔✔Fair - ✔✔Treating people equally without favoritism or discrimination.
✔✔Responsible - ✔✔Being accountable for one's actions and decisions.
✔✔Trustworthy - ✔✔Being reliable and deserving of trust.
✔✔Takes accountability for their own actions - ✔✔Accepting responsibility for the
outcomes of one's actions.
, ✔✔Therapeutic communication - ✔✔Ways to make the patient feel more at ease during
a sexual health exam.
✔✔Non-judgemental attitude - ✔✔An unbiased approach that does not judge the
patient.
✔✔Privacy - ✔✔The state of being free from public attention.
✔✔Modifiable Risk Factors - ✔✔Risk factors that can be reduced by changes such as
diet, lifestyle, and stress.
✔✔Nonmodifiable Risk Factors - ✔✔Risk factors that cannot be reduced by changes,
such as family history and genetics.
✔✔Focused Sexual Health Assessment - ✔✔An assessment needed for
pregnancy/infertility work-up, menstrual cycle problems, annual health visits, unusual
discharge, urination problems, known sexual problems, and illness/surgery/drugs.
✔✔Active Listening - ✔✔Being attentive to what the patient is saying (verbally and
nonverbally)
✔✔Sharing Observations - ✔✔Commenting on how the patient looks, sounds, or acts
✔✔Sharing Empathy - ✔✔The ability to understand and accept another person's reality;
To accurately perceive feelings and communicate understanding
✔✔Sharing Hope - ✔✔Communicating a "Sense of possibility" to others;
Encouragement when appropriate and positive feedback
✔✔Sharing Humor - ✔✔Contributes to feelings of togetherness, closeness, and
friendliness; Promotes positive communication in prevention, perception, and
perspective
✔✔Sharing Feelings - ✔✔Help patient's express emotions by making observations,
acknowledging feelings, encouraging communication, and giving permission to express
"negative" feelings and modeling healthy anger
✔✔Using Touch - ✔✔**Most potent form of communication** Comforting touches are
especially important for vulnerable patients who are experiencing severe illness/stress
✔✔Silence - ✔✔Time for nurses and patients to observe one another, sort out feelings,
think about how to say things, and reflect
