NSE 103 MIDTERM REVIEW VERIFIED & ACCURATE
STUDY GUIDE
clinical judgment definition - Answers - Observed outcome of critical thinking and
decision making.
priorities of care - Answers - Actions that are most important to take first and what
actions can follow
Primary Survey - Answers - an examination of the patient to determine the presence of
any life-threatening emergencies; the initial assessment of airway, breathing, circulation,
disability and exposure
level of consciousness - Answers - Alert and oriented, confused & disoriented, lethargic,
obtunded, unconscious.
level of orientation - Answers - Place, time, person, self
Mental health examination - Answers - Appearance, Behavior, cognition, thinking
First level priorities - Answers - Emergent, life threatening, and immediate
second level priorities - Answers - May lead to clinical deterioration, prompt action.
third level priorities - Answers - Non urgent but need addressing
intervention types - Answers - Effective, ineffective, unrelated, contraindicated.
Health assessment frequency - Answers - Primary care, long term care, acute care.
Health assessment types - Answers - Primary survey, focused assessment, head to toe,
complete health assessment.
health promotion - Answers - Social and environmental interventions to enable people
and communities to increase control over health.
Broad approaches to health promotion - Answers - Behavioral, relational, structural
objective assessment - Answers - inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation.
Measurements obtain by the nurse observing.
Trauma-informed approach - Answers - Physical touch, trauma, trauma-informed-
approach
STUDY GUIDE
clinical judgment definition - Answers - Observed outcome of critical thinking and
decision making.
priorities of care - Answers - Actions that are most important to take first and what
actions can follow
Primary Survey - Answers - an examination of the patient to determine the presence of
any life-threatening emergencies; the initial assessment of airway, breathing, circulation,
disability and exposure
level of consciousness - Answers - Alert and oriented, confused & disoriented, lethargic,
obtunded, unconscious.
level of orientation - Answers - Place, time, person, self
Mental health examination - Answers - Appearance, Behavior, cognition, thinking
First level priorities - Answers - Emergent, life threatening, and immediate
second level priorities - Answers - May lead to clinical deterioration, prompt action.
third level priorities - Answers - Non urgent but need addressing
intervention types - Answers - Effective, ineffective, unrelated, contraindicated.
Health assessment frequency - Answers - Primary care, long term care, acute care.
Health assessment types - Answers - Primary survey, focused assessment, head to toe,
complete health assessment.
health promotion - Answers - Social and environmental interventions to enable people
and communities to increase control over health.
Broad approaches to health promotion - Answers - Behavioral, relational, structural
objective assessment - Answers - inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation.
Measurements obtain by the nurse observing.
Trauma-informed approach - Answers - Physical touch, trauma, trauma-informed-
approach
