NSG 122 Exam 1 Questions & Answers | Nursing
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Florence Nightingale
CORRECT ANSWER:
- founder of modern nursing
- established professional education of nursing
Standards of nursing practice
CORRECT ANSWER:
allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection
for the nurse, the patient, and the institution where health care is
provided
Nurse Practice Act
CORRECT ANSWER:
- laws in each state that regulate the practice of nursing
- sets scope of practice in each state
- sets requirements for nursing school curriculum
Code of ethics for nurses
CORRECT ANSWER:
- statements of the professional nurse values and beliefs
- 9 total provisions
,- practice with compassion and respect
- primary commitment is to the patient
- promotes, advocates, and protects patients' rights
Social policy statement
CORRECT ANSWER:
- contract of nursing with society and society's contract with nursing
- What does society expect from nursing - stay up to date with
nursing practice, continuing education
- What does nursing expect from society - provide facilities, allow
nursing to grow
Roles of nurses
CORRECT ANSWER:
- caregiver
- communicator
- teacher / educator
- counselor
- leader
- researcher
- advocate
- collaborator
4 aims of nursing
CORRECT ANSWER:
- to promote health
- to prevent illness
- to restore health
- to facilitate coping with disability or death
Nursing process
CORRECT ANSWER:
,- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
Types of assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
- comprehensive
- focused
- emergency
- time-lapsed
- assessment of communities/special populations
Comprehensive assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
- complete health history (medical, surgical, family, social)
- allergies
- medications
- safety
Focused assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
assessment for a specific problem, focuses on pertinent history and
body regions for that problem
Emergency assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
type of rapid focused assessment conducted when addressing a life-
threatening or unstable situation, focus on ABCs
Time-lapsed assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
, compares a patient's current status to baseline data obtained earlier
Community assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
helps identify community needs, clarify problems, and identify
strengths and resources (# of hospitals, grocery stores, churches,
parks)
Characteristics of assessments
CORRECT ANSWER:
- purposeful
- prioritized
- complete
- systematic
- factual and accurate
- relevant
- recorded in a standard manner
subjective data
CORRECT ANSWER:
what the patient reports themselves (symptoms)
objective data
CORRECT ANSWER:
information that is visible and measurable by someone else, can be
seen, heard, or felt by an observer (signs)
Sources of data collection
CORRECT ANSWER:
- primary - patient
- secondary - all people other than the patient, labs, patient records,
nursing literature
Study Guide, Detailed Rationales and Well
Revised|100% Verified and Updated| Latest
Exam and Newest Version!!!!
Florence Nightingale
CORRECT ANSWER:
- founder of modern nursing
- established professional education of nursing
Standards of nursing practice
CORRECT ANSWER:
allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection
for the nurse, the patient, and the institution where health care is
provided
Nurse Practice Act
CORRECT ANSWER:
- laws in each state that regulate the practice of nursing
- sets scope of practice in each state
- sets requirements for nursing school curriculum
Code of ethics for nurses
CORRECT ANSWER:
- statements of the professional nurse values and beliefs
- 9 total provisions
,- practice with compassion and respect
- primary commitment is to the patient
- promotes, advocates, and protects patients' rights
Social policy statement
CORRECT ANSWER:
- contract of nursing with society and society's contract with nursing
- What does society expect from nursing - stay up to date with
nursing practice, continuing education
- What does nursing expect from society - provide facilities, allow
nursing to grow
Roles of nurses
CORRECT ANSWER:
- caregiver
- communicator
- teacher / educator
- counselor
- leader
- researcher
- advocate
- collaborator
4 aims of nursing
CORRECT ANSWER:
- to promote health
- to prevent illness
- to restore health
- to facilitate coping with disability or death
Nursing process
CORRECT ANSWER:
,- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
Types of assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
- comprehensive
- focused
- emergency
- time-lapsed
- assessment of communities/special populations
Comprehensive assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
- complete health history (medical, surgical, family, social)
- allergies
- medications
- safety
Focused assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
assessment for a specific problem, focuses on pertinent history and
body regions for that problem
Emergency assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
type of rapid focused assessment conducted when addressing a life-
threatening or unstable situation, focus on ABCs
Time-lapsed assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
, compares a patient's current status to baseline data obtained earlier
Community assessment
CORRECT ANSWER:
helps identify community needs, clarify problems, and identify
strengths and resources (# of hospitals, grocery stores, churches,
parks)
Characteristics of assessments
CORRECT ANSWER:
- purposeful
- prioritized
- complete
- systematic
- factual and accurate
- relevant
- recorded in a standard manner
subjective data
CORRECT ANSWER:
what the patient reports themselves (symptoms)
objective data
CORRECT ANSWER:
information that is visible and measurable by someone else, can be
seen, heard, or felt by an observer (signs)
Sources of data collection
CORRECT ANSWER:
- primary - patient
- secondary - all people other than the patient, labs, patient records,
nursing literature
