NUR 3066 - QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

NUR 3066 - QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 What does assessment mean? - Answers collection of data about an individual's health state Subjective data - Answers what the subject says about themselves during assessment Objective Data - Answers what you sense during assessment process see, hear, smell, feel Database - Answers entire patient's file, including lab studies Diagnostic reasoning: - Answers analyzing all data and drawing conclusions to identify diagnosis First-Level Priority - Answers emergent, life threatening ABC's airway breathing circulation second-level priority - Answers needs attention before it becomes a first level examples of second level priorities - Answers mental status change acute pain infection risk abnormal labs safety risks third-level priorities - Answers important, but can be helped after first and second levels are cleared Third-level priority problems - Answers knowledge deficit, mobility issues, family coping complete database - Answers complete health history and full physical examination. done in primary care settings includes minor things like wisdom teeth removal at early age focused (problem-centered) database - Answers collect a targeted history and physical examination around area of concern. completed in all settings follow-up database - Answers used to check status of known issue to verify if change has occured completed in all settings emergency database - Answers urgent, rapid collection of info in conjunction with life-saving measures. complete database can follow once patient is stable culture - Answers includes attitudes, values, beliefs, norms, and roles culture is - Answers learned from birth shared by all group members adapted to environmental factors always changing sub-cultures may share different beliefs, values, attitudes, norms socialization - Answers raised within a culture and acquiring the norms, values ethnicity - Answers social group that may share traits - geographic origin, religion, language, values, traditions acculturation - Answers adopting culture and behaviors of the major culture biomedical/scientific beliefs - Answers all events have cause/effect bacteria & viruses cause diseases basis for most medical profession education germ theory - Answers bacteria & viruses cause diseases naturalistic - Answers forces of nature must be kept in balance/harmony asians: yin/yang hispanic/arab/asian: hot cold theory magicoreligious - Answers supernatural forces dominate everyone's fate is up to supernatural forces - good and evil traditional treatments for hispanics - Answers rely on curadernos/as, espiritualista, yerbos/as, parteras traditional treatments for african - Answers houngan, spiritualist traditional treatments for american indian - Answers shamans traditional treatment for asians - Answers herbalist, acupuncturist, bonesetters traditional amish treatments - Answers brauchers pain is - Answers embedded in cultural context may be found objectively cultural self-assessment - Answers always the first step, as a nurse, leave beliefs at home cultural assessment - Answers must always ask about cultural practices that may impact care what if patients have a preferred language - Answers check hospital to see what services they offer. family/friends are not sufficient translators spiritual assessment - Answers FICA F:aith I:mportance/influence C:ommunity A:ddress/action How should you address patients? - Answers by last name unless directed otherwise What should you do to introduce interview? - Answers state who u are and purpose/plan open-ended questions - Answers questions that allow respondents to answer however they want closed/direct question - Answers yes or no, few words specific info and shorter nonverbal skills - Answers physical appearance, posture, gestures, facial expression, eye contact, voice, touch traps of interviewing - Answers - Providing False Reassurance - Giving Unwanted Advice - Using Authority - Using Avoidance Language - Engaging in Distancing - Using Profession Jargon - Using Leading or Biased Questions - Talking too much - Interrupting - Using "why" Questions Interviewing people with special needs - Answers Hearing impaired Acutely ill Under influence of street drugs or alcohol Those who must be asked personal questions Sexually aggressive Crying Angry and threatening violence Anxious SBAR Situation - Answers What is the situation you are calling about? • Identify self, unit, patient, room number. • Briefly state the problem, what is it, when it happened or started, and how severe. SBAR Background - Answers Pertinent background information related to the situation could include the following: • The admitting diagnosis and date of admission • List of current medications, allergies, IV fluids, and labs • Most recent vital signs • Lab results: provide the date and time test was done and results of previous tests for comparison • Other clinical information • Code status SBAR Assessment - Answers What is the nurse's assessment of the situation? Is it getting worse? SBAR Recommendation - Answers What is the nurse's recommendation or what does he/she want? Examples: • Notification that patient has been admitted • Patient needs to be seen now • Order change Health History Sequence - Answers 1. Biographic data 2. Reason for seeking care 3. Present health or history of present illness 4. Past history 5. Medication reconciliation 6. Family history 7. Review of systems 8. Functional assessment or activities of daily living (ADLs) Biographic data includes - Answers name, dob, gender, race, ethnicity, relationship status, occupation History of Present Illness (HPI) - Answers OLDCARTS OLDCARTS - Answers Onset Location Duration Characteristics Aggravating and Alleviating Factors Relieving Treatment Severity Moderate drinking - Answers men: 2 drinks/day women: 1 drink/day Heavy Drinking - Answers men: 15 drinks/week women: 8 drinks/week Binge Drinking - Answers men: 5 drinks/occasion women: 4 drinks/occasion Common tools for alcohol assessment - Answers AUDIT, AUDIT-C, CAGE, TWEAK What does CAGE stand for - Answers Cut down Annoyed Guilty Eyeopener TWEAK - Answers Tolerance Worry Eye Opener Amnesia Kut Down Marijuana - Answers red eyes, tachycardia, dry mouth, increased appetite, loss of coordination/balance Cocaine - Answers pupillary dilations, elevatd/lowered BP sweating chills nausea weight loss heroin - Answers pinpoint pupils, decreased BP hallucinogens, - Answers increased bp, respirations, temp, paranoia, psychosis inhalants - Answers slurred speech, lack of coordination, dizziness, delusions methamphetamines - Answers pupillary dilation, tachy/bradycardia, elevated/decreased bp, ... non medical use of psychotherapeutics - Answers symptoms depends on medication mandatory reporters for what types of violeence - Answers child abuse/neglect elder abuse/neglect depending on state