NMNC 3110 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Caregiving - Answers Multidimensional concept that encompasses the action or process of helping
those who are suffering. It is made up of actions one does on the behalf of another individual who is
unable to do those actions for themselves.
Scope of Caregiving - Answers Ranges from temporary/limited, to long-term or permanent.
5 Types of Caregivers - Answers -Spousal
-Adult Children
-Grandparent
-Parental
-Friend/Neighbor
Spousal Caregiver - Answers Taking care of a husband/wife/significant other.
Adult Children Caregiver - Answers Taking care of a parent
Grandparent Caregiver - Answers Taking care of a grandchild/ren.
Parental Caregiver - Answers Taking care of a child with an impairment.
Friend/Neighbor - Answers Taking care of a friend or neighbor, as the name implies.
Attributes of Caregiving - Answers -Ability to care and adapt
-Good listener
-Ability to show affection
-Ability to accept responsibility
-Advocate for, provide emotional and social support
-Manage and coordinate healthcare.
Caregiver Stress - Answers Can effect health and well-being negatively.
Signs of Caregiver Stress - Answers -Irritability, Anger
-Inability to concentrate
-Fatigue
-Sleeplessness.
Compassion Fatigue - Answers State of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Those with frequent,
intense, or prolonged exposure to grief and loss are at high risk.
Respite Care - Answers A service that offers short-term relief by providing a new environment or time
to relax for family caregivers who support the ill, disabled, or frail older adult.
Caring - Answers The essence of excellent nursing practice. Is specific for each nurse-patient
encounter. Caring improves a nurses ability to know a patient, recognize problems, and create
solutions
Swanson's Caring Process - Answers -Knowing
-Being with
-Doing for
-Enabling
-Maintaining Belief
Knowing - Answers Striving to understand an event that has meaning in another's life.
Being With - Answers Being emotionally present.
Doing For - Answers Doing for the other as one would do for you.
Enabling - Answers Facilitating other's passage through life.
Maintaining Belief - Answers Sustaining faith in other's capacity to get through an event or transition.
Ethics of Care - Answers Is concerned with relationships between people and a nurse's character and
attitude towards others.
Ways Nurses Show Caring - Answers -Presence
-Spiritual Caring
-Touch
-Listening
-Knowing the Patient
Presence - Answers Person-to-person encounter, connect the nurse to the patient.
Spiritual Caring - Answers Help patient to find a balance between values, goals, and beliefs.
Touch - Answers Provides comfort and creates connection.
Listening - Answers Necessary for meaningful interactions with patients.
Knowing the Patient - Answers Core of clinical judgement and patient-centered care.
, Acute Pain - Answers Sudden onset, last 3 months, can include surgery, trauma, muscle strain. Pain
goes away as recover and healing occurs.
Chronic Pain - Answers Prolonged, lasts longer than 6 months. Exceeds normal healing time. Impacts
ability to attend to ADLs.
Nociceptive Pain - Answers Damage to somatic or visceral tissue (surgery or broken bone).
Somatic Pain - Answers Superficial and Deep.
Visceral Pain - Answers Nociceptors with in internal organs (inflammation, tumor, obstruction).
Neuropathic Pain - Answers Damage to the peripheral nerves or Central Nervous System.
Central Pain - Answers Injury to the CNS.
Peripheral/Neuropathic Pain - Answers Felt along distribution of one or more peripheral nerves.
Breakthrough Pain - Answers Occurs beyond treated pain, can be moderate to severe, usually lasts for
a brief duration and takes place when medications wear off.
COLDSPA - Answers -Character
-Onset
-Location
-Duration
-Severity
-Pattern
-Associated Factors
OPQRST - Answers -Onset
-Provocation
-Quality
-Region/Radiate
-Severity
-Time
FLACC - Answers -Face
-Legs
-Active
-Cry
-Consolability
Nonpharmacological Interventions - Answers -Massage
-Repositioning
-Body alignment
-Splinting
-Thermal therapy
-TENS Unit
-Mind-body therapy
Pharmacological Interventions - Answers -Opioids
-Non-opioids
-Adjunctive therapies
Evaluation of Common Concerns - Answers -Tolerance
-Physical dependence
-Pseudo-dependence
-Addiction
Nausea - Answers Feeling of discomfort in epigastric area, need to vomit.
Vomiting (Emesis) - Answers Forceful ejection of partially digested food and secretions, with nausea.
Projectile Vomiting - Answers Vomiting without nausea.
Regurgitation - Answers Is the action of bringing up swallowed food into the mouth.
Interventions for N/V - Answers -NPO
-I's and O's
-Assess for dehydration
-Environmental comfort
-Aspiration precautions
Nutrition Therapy for N/V - Answers -NPO
-Clear liquids
-Carbonated, room temperature beverage, warm tea
-Dry toast, crackers, gelatin
Caregiving - Answers Multidimensional concept that encompasses the action or process of helping
those who are suffering. It is made up of actions one does on the behalf of another individual who is
unable to do those actions for themselves.
Scope of Caregiving - Answers Ranges from temporary/limited, to long-term or permanent.
5 Types of Caregivers - Answers -Spousal
-Adult Children
-Grandparent
-Parental
-Friend/Neighbor
Spousal Caregiver - Answers Taking care of a husband/wife/significant other.
Adult Children Caregiver - Answers Taking care of a parent
Grandparent Caregiver - Answers Taking care of a grandchild/ren.
Parental Caregiver - Answers Taking care of a child with an impairment.
Friend/Neighbor - Answers Taking care of a friend or neighbor, as the name implies.
Attributes of Caregiving - Answers -Ability to care and adapt
-Good listener
-Ability to show affection
-Ability to accept responsibility
-Advocate for, provide emotional and social support
-Manage and coordinate healthcare.
Caregiver Stress - Answers Can effect health and well-being negatively.
Signs of Caregiver Stress - Answers -Irritability, Anger
-Inability to concentrate
-Fatigue
-Sleeplessness.
Compassion Fatigue - Answers State of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Those with frequent,
intense, or prolonged exposure to grief and loss are at high risk.
Respite Care - Answers A service that offers short-term relief by providing a new environment or time
to relax for family caregivers who support the ill, disabled, or frail older adult.
Caring - Answers The essence of excellent nursing practice. Is specific for each nurse-patient
encounter. Caring improves a nurses ability to know a patient, recognize problems, and create
solutions
Swanson's Caring Process - Answers -Knowing
-Being with
-Doing for
-Enabling
-Maintaining Belief
Knowing - Answers Striving to understand an event that has meaning in another's life.
Being With - Answers Being emotionally present.
Doing For - Answers Doing for the other as one would do for you.
Enabling - Answers Facilitating other's passage through life.
Maintaining Belief - Answers Sustaining faith in other's capacity to get through an event or transition.
Ethics of Care - Answers Is concerned with relationships between people and a nurse's character and
attitude towards others.
Ways Nurses Show Caring - Answers -Presence
-Spiritual Caring
-Touch
-Listening
-Knowing the Patient
Presence - Answers Person-to-person encounter, connect the nurse to the patient.
Spiritual Caring - Answers Help patient to find a balance between values, goals, and beliefs.
Touch - Answers Provides comfort and creates connection.
Listening - Answers Necessary for meaningful interactions with patients.
Knowing the Patient - Answers Core of clinical judgement and patient-centered care.
, Acute Pain - Answers Sudden onset, last 3 months, can include surgery, trauma, muscle strain. Pain
goes away as recover and healing occurs.
Chronic Pain - Answers Prolonged, lasts longer than 6 months. Exceeds normal healing time. Impacts
ability to attend to ADLs.
Nociceptive Pain - Answers Damage to somatic or visceral tissue (surgery or broken bone).
Somatic Pain - Answers Superficial and Deep.
Visceral Pain - Answers Nociceptors with in internal organs (inflammation, tumor, obstruction).
Neuropathic Pain - Answers Damage to the peripheral nerves or Central Nervous System.
Central Pain - Answers Injury to the CNS.
Peripheral/Neuropathic Pain - Answers Felt along distribution of one or more peripheral nerves.
Breakthrough Pain - Answers Occurs beyond treated pain, can be moderate to severe, usually lasts for
a brief duration and takes place when medications wear off.
COLDSPA - Answers -Character
-Onset
-Location
-Duration
-Severity
-Pattern
-Associated Factors
OPQRST - Answers -Onset
-Provocation
-Quality
-Region/Radiate
-Severity
-Time
FLACC - Answers -Face
-Legs
-Active
-Cry
-Consolability
Nonpharmacological Interventions - Answers -Massage
-Repositioning
-Body alignment
-Splinting
-Thermal therapy
-TENS Unit
-Mind-body therapy
Pharmacological Interventions - Answers -Opioids
-Non-opioids
-Adjunctive therapies
Evaluation of Common Concerns - Answers -Tolerance
-Physical dependence
-Pseudo-dependence
-Addiction
Nausea - Answers Feeling of discomfort in epigastric area, need to vomit.
Vomiting (Emesis) - Answers Forceful ejection of partially digested food and secretions, with nausea.
Projectile Vomiting - Answers Vomiting without nausea.
Regurgitation - Answers Is the action of bringing up swallowed food into the mouth.
Interventions for N/V - Answers -NPO
-I's and O's
-Assess for dehydration
-Environmental comfort
-Aspiration precautions
Nutrition Therapy for N/V - Answers -NPO
-Clear liquids
-Carbonated, room temperature beverage, warm tea
-Dry toast, crackers, gelatin
