Nursing 120 Exam 1 Questions with
Correct Answers 100% Correct|
Verified Set| Passed
advocate - Ans--nursing role that encompasses keeping patients safe,
communicating their needs, identifying better options, and help them to
understand their diseases and treatments so they can optimize self-care
altruism - Ans--true concern for the welfare of others
assessment - Ans--gathering info about the health status of the patient,
analyzing and synthesizing those data, making judgments about nursing
interventions based on the findings, and evaluating patient care outcomes
collaborative problems - Ans--problems that nurses monitor but require the
expertise of other health care providers for intervention
comprehensive assessment - Ans--an assessment that includes a
complete heath history and physical assessment; it is done annually on an
outpatient basis, following admission to a hospital or long-term care facility,
or every 8 hours for patients in intensive care
autonomy - Ans--the right of patients to make decisions about their own
health care
body systems assessment - Ans--assessment method in which a nurse
examines the patient focused on a single system or clusters data related to
that system together to identify issues
critical thinking - Ans--thinking that requires specific knowledge, skills, and
experience and is purposeful and outcome-directed (results-oriented);
driven by patient, family, and community needs; based on the nursing
process, evidenced-based thinking, and the scientific method; guided by
professional standards and codes of ethics; and constantly re-evaluating,
self-correcting, and striving to improve
, cultural competence - Ans--the complex combination of knowledge,
attitudes, and skills that a health care provider uses to deliver care that
considers the total context of the patient's situation across cultural
boundaries
diagnosis - Ans--clustering of data that makes a judgment or statement
about the patient's problem or condition
diagnostic reasoning - Ans--gathering ans clustering data to draw
inferences and propose diagnoses
emergency assessment - Ans--an assessment that involves a life-
threatening or unstable situation and that focuses on A-Airway (with
cervical spine protection if injury suspected); B-Breathing (rate and depth,
use of accessory muscles); C-Circulation (pulse rate and rhythm, skin
color); and D-Disability (level of consciousness, pupils, movement)
evaluation - Ans--judgment of the effectiveness of nursing care in meeting
the patient's goals and outcomes based upon the patient's responses to the
interventions
evidenced-based nursing - Ans--approach to patient care that minimizes
intuition and personal experience and instead relies upon research findings
and high-grade scientific support
focused assessment - Ans--an assessment based on the patient's issues
that can occur in all health care settings; it usually involves one or two body
systems and is smaller in scope than the comprehensive assessment but
more in depth on the specific issues
functional assessment - Ans--an assessment that focuses on the functional
patterns all humans share: health perception and health management,
activity and exercise, nutrition and metabolism, elimination, sleep and rest,
cognition and perception, self-perception and self-concept, roles and
relationships, coping and stress tolerance, sexuality and reproduction, and
values and beliefs
Correct Answers 100% Correct|
Verified Set| Passed
advocate - Ans--nursing role that encompasses keeping patients safe,
communicating their needs, identifying better options, and help them to
understand their diseases and treatments so they can optimize self-care
altruism - Ans--true concern for the welfare of others
assessment - Ans--gathering info about the health status of the patient,
analyzing and synthesizing those data, making judgments about nursing
interventions based on the findings, and evaluating patient care outcomes
collaborative problems - Ans--problems that nurses monitor but require the
expertise of other health care providers for intervention
comprehensive assessment - Ans--an assessment that includes a
complete heath history and physical assessment; it is done annually on an
outpatient basis, following admission to a hospital or long-term care facility,
or every 8 hours for patients in intensive care
autonomy - Ans--the right of patients to make decisions about their own
health care
body systems assessment - Ans--assessment method in which a nurse
examines the patient focused on a single system or clusters data related to
that system together to identify issues
critical thinking - Ans--thinking that requires specific knowledge, skills, and
experience and is purposeful and outcome-directed (results-oriented);
driven by patient, family, and community needs; based on the nursing
process, evidenced-based thinking, and the scientific method; guided by
professional standards and codes of ethics; and constantly re-evaluating,
self-correcting, and striving to improve
, cultural competence - Ans--the complex combination of knowledge,
attitudes, and skills that a health care provider uses to deliver care that
considers the total context of the patient's situation across cultural
boundaries
diagnosis - Ans--clustering of data that makes a judgment or statement
about the patient's problem or condition
diagnostic reasoning - Ans--gathering ans clustering data to draw
inferences and propose diagnoses
emergency assessment - Ans--an assessment that involves a life-
threatening or unstable situation and that focuses on A-Airway (with
cervical spine protection if injury suspected); B-Breathing (rate and depth,
use of accessory muscles); C-Circulation (pulse rate and rhythm, skin
color); and D-Disability (level of consciousness, pupils, movement)
evaluation - Ans--judgment of the effectiveness of nursing care in meeting
the patient's goals and outcomes based upon the patient's responses to the
interventions
evidenced-based nursing - Ans--approach to patient care that minimizes
intuition and personal experience and instead relies upon research findings
and high-grade scientific support
focused assessment - Ans--an assessment based on the patient's issues
that can occur in all health care settings; it usually involves one or two body
systems and is smaller in scope than the comprehensive assessment but
more in depth on the specific issues
functional assessment - Ans--an assessment that focuses on the functional
patterns all humans share: health perception and health management,
activity and exercise, nutrition and metabolism, elimination, sleep and rest,
cognition and perception, self-perception and self-concept, roles and
relationships, coping and stress tolerance, sexuality and reproduction, and
values and beliefs
