NR509 ADVANCED PHYSICAL
ASSESSMENT: MIDTERM EXAM STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Exam Format - ANS Non-Cumulative
Number of Questions - ANS 100
Time Allotted - ANS 120 minutes
Testing Timeframe - ANS The midterm exam will be available starting on Wednesday of Week
4 at 12:01 am MT until Saturday of Week 4 at 11:59 pm MT.
Illness - ANS Patient's lived experience.
Disease - ANS Clinician's biomedical explanation.
Goal of the Encounter - ANS Therapeutic partnership with mutual respect, empathy, and
clarity.
FIFE - ANS Feelings, Ideas, Function, Expectations.
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, NURSE - ANS Name, Understand, Respect, Support, Explore.
Teach-Back - ANS Patient repeats plan to confirm understanding.
Shared Decision-Making - ANS Options → Explore preferences → Decide together.
5Rs of Cultural Humility - ANS Reflection, Respect, Regard, Relevance, Resiliency.
Core Values of Ethics - ANS Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, Justice.
Decisional Capacity - ANS Understand, Appreciate, Reason, Communicate choice (different
from legal competence).
Active Listening - ANS Full attention to patient's words + cues.
Guided Questioning - ANS Open → focused → closed; continuers ("go on"), echoing,
clarifying vague terms.
Empathy - ANS Reflect back feelings.
Validation - ANS Legitimize concerns.
Patient Education - ANS Use plain language; 1-3 key points.
Ask Me Three - ANS What is my problem? What do I need to do? Why is it important?
SBAR - ANS Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (team communication).
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ASSESSMENT: MIDTERM EXAM STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Exam Format - ANS Non-Cumulative
Number of Questions - ANS 100
Time Allotted - ANS 120 minutes
Testing Timeframe - ANS The midterm exam will be available starting on Wednesday of Week
4 at 12:01 am MT until Saturday of Week 4 at 11:59 pm MT.
Illness - ANS Patient's lived experience.
Disease - ANS Clinician's biomedical explanation.
Goal of the Encounter - ANS Therapeutic partnership with mutual respect, empathy, and
clarity.
FIFE - ANS Feelings, Ideas, Function, Expectations.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, NURSE - ANS Name, Understand, Respect, Support, Explore.
Teach-Back - ANS Patient repeats plan to confirm understanding.
Shared Decision-Making - ANS Options → Explore preferences → Decide together.
5Rs of Cultural Humility - ANS Reflection, Respect, Regard, Relevance, Resiliency.
Core Values of Ethics - ANS Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, Justice.
Decisional Capacity - ANS Understand, Appreciate, Reason, Communicate choice (different
from legal competence).
Active Listening - ANS Full attention to patient's words + cues.
Guided Questioning - ANS Open → focused → closed; continuers ("go on"), echoing,
clarifying vague terms.
Empathy - ANS Reflect back feelings.
Validation - ANS Legitimize concerns.
Patient Education - ANS Use plain language; 1-3 key points.
Ask Me Three - ANS What is my problem? What do I need to do? Why is it important?
SBAR - ANS Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (team communication).
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
