Final NURS 1010 Exam | Nursing Fundamentals Study
Guide & Practice Questions | Community College of
Rhode Island |NURS 1010 |
Examples of chronic illness
HTN, DM, Crohn's, MS, lupus.
Remission
Symptoms subside.
Exacerbation
Symptoms reappear or worsen.
Stages of response to illness
Disbelief and denial; anger, attempting to control, depression, acceptance
first stage of response to illness
disbelief and denial; difficult to believe that symptoms are caused by illness
second stage of response to illness
Irritability and anger; Can be directed at specific people or generally.
third stage of response to illness
Attempting to gain control; Fear stimulates treatment-seeking behavior (for others, fear could lead to
more denial).
fourth stage of response to illness
Depression and grief; Illness results in many losses; may grieve the loss of their previous state of health.
last stage of response to illness
Acceptance and participation; Acknowledges the reality of illness and becomes an expert in their own
care and management of the condition.
Internal factors influencing response to illness
Have some level of control over/independence, including spirituality, resiliency, and resourcefulness.
External factors influencing response to illness
, Do not have control over, including culture and past experiences.
Positive consequences of caregiving on nurses
Sense of accomplishment/purpose, fulfillment and wholeness, living in own philosophy, respect for life
and death, increased knowledge.
Compassion fatigue
Loss of physical energy, burnout, accident prone, emotional breakdowns, apathy, disinterest in being
introspective.
Critical thinking
Objective analysis and evaluation of a situation to form a judgement and action.
Characteristics of a well-cultivated critical thinker (from Paul and Elder)
- Raises questions and problems
- arrives at well-reasoned conclusions
- communicates effectively
- gathers and assesses relevant information
- open-minded.
what are the steps of the nursing process?
ADPIE (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation)
Assessment in nursing process
Gather information or data about the individual, family, or community. Both subjectively and objectively
Subjective data
Symptoms self-reported from patient, e.g., 'I don't feel well.'
Objective data
Signs observable and measurable, e.g., BP, respiratory rate, temp.
Types of physical assessment
Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation.
inspection
looking at body for visible problems ex: redness
palpation
touch patient with hands to feel lumps/tenderness
Percussion
tapping fingers on patient to hear solid/liquid/air
Guide & Practice Questions | Community College of
Rhode Island |NURS 1010 |
Examples of chronic illness
HTN, DM, Crohn's, MS, lupus.
Remission
Symptoms subside.
Exacerbation
Symptoms reappear or worsen.
Stages of response to illness
Disbelief and denial; anger, attempting to control, depression, acceptance
first stage of response to illness
disbelief and denial; difficult to believe that symptoms are caused by illness
second stage of response to illness
Irritability and anger; Can be directed at specific people or generally.
third stage of response to illness
Attempting to gain control; Fear stimulates treatment-seeking behavior (for others, fear could lead to
more denial).
fourth stage of response to illness
Depression and grief; Illness results in many losses; may grieve the loss of their previous state of health.
last stage of response to illness
Acceptance and participation; Acknowledges the reality of illness and becomes an expert in their own
care and management of the condition.
Internal factors influencing response to illness
Have some level of control over/independence, including spirituality, resiliency, and resourcefulness.
External factors influencing response to illness
, Do not have control over, including culture and past experiences.
Positive consequences of caregiving on nurses
Sense of accomplishment/purpose, fulfillment and wholeness, living in own philosophy, respect for life
and death, increased knowledge.
Compassion fatigue
Loss of physical energy, burnout, accident prone, emotional breakdowns, apathy, disinterest in being
introspective.
Critical thinking
Objective analysis and evaluation of a situation to form a judgement and action.
Characteristics of a well-cultivated critical thinker (from Paul and Elder)
- Raises questions and problems
- arrives at well-reasoned conclusions
- communicates effectively
- gathers and assesses relevant information
- open-minded.
what are the steps of the nursing process?
ADPIE (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation)
Assessment in nursing process
Gather information or data about the individual, family, or community. Both subjectively and objectively
Subjective data
Symptoms self-reported from patient, e.g., 'I don't feel well.'
Objective data
Signs observable and measurable, e.g., BP, respiratory rate, temp.
Types of physical assessment
Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation.
inspection
looking at body for visible problems ex: redness
palpation
touch patient with hands to feel lumps/tenderness
Percussion
tapping fingers on patient to hear solid/liquid/air
