Nursing 108 Midterm Exam Fully Solved & Updated
2025-2026
1. what are the 2 types of community health nurses: 1) public health nurse
2) home health nurse/clinic nurse
2. what do public health nurses do?: promote/protect the health of a specific population or the
community as a whole
3. what do home health/clinic nurses do?: focus on prevention, health restoration, health mainte-
nance and palliative care
4. what kind of patients did community health nurses first begin to work with?-
: -TB patients in 1905
-later began to work with children to promote hygiene and nutrition
5. what is the British North American Act? (1867): stated that the federal gov't funds quarantine
and marine hospitals but the provinces are in charge of everything else. Organized health care was provided at the
local level through public welfare and charities.
6. what is the Medical Care Insurance Act? (1968): universal insurance for hospital and medical
services
7. what is critical thinking?: ability to focus purposeful thinking to get required results in specific situations.
8. why is critical thinking important to nursing?: it produces a positive patient/family outcome,
helps with patient safety and patient/family satisfaction
9. name some things that foster critical thinking: empathy, courage, humility, curiosity etc.
10. what are the 7 critical thinking skills?: 1) use of precise language
2) perceiving; recognizing ditterences
3) believing and knowing; don't jump to conclusions
4) clarifying; ask questions
5) comparing; notice similarities and ditterences
6) judging and evaluating; providing evidence
7) reasoning; distinguish b/w relevant vs irrelevant info
11. what are the 5 ways of acquiring nursing knowledge?: tradition, authority, trial and error,
personal experience, and role modelling
12. what is the nursing problem solving process?: a systemic, problem solving approach to
,identify, prevent and treat actual or potential health problems and promote wellness. It's a 'thinking and doing'
approach= a way of organizing your thoughts, then creating an action for it.
, 13. what are some benefits of the nursing problem solving process?: promotes
collaboration, is eflcient, increases client participation, promotes individualized care, promotes continuing care and
increases job satisfaction
14. what are the 5 steps of the nursing problem solving process cycle?: 1) assess-
ment
2) nursing diagnosis
3) planning of care
4) implementation of care
5) evaluation
15. what is nursing assessment?: -the first phase of the cycle, it's the process of collecting data where
the focus is on the client, family or community health status.
-can be subjective or objective data, primary or secondary sources, comprehensive vs focus assessment
16. what is subjective data? provide an example.: what the PATIENT/family tells you; including
their thought, beliefs, feelings and perceptions of health
ex:patient states they are in pain
17. what is objective data? provide an example.: what YOU observe or the information gathered
based on your assessment.
ex: you find the BP to be 120/80
18. what is primary source?: information by the patient, can be subjective or objective...can be their BP you
read or them telling you they hurt
19. what is secondary source?: all other sources of information...can include other doctors, reading charts
etc.
20. what is comprehensive assessment?: a way of assessing and gathering ALL data. Have to keep
an open mind to avoid pre-diagnosing
21. what is focused assessment?: a way of gathering and assessing SPECIFIC data. ex: if a patient claims
they hurt their elbow, focus the assessment around their elbow.
22. what are the 3 methods of assessment?: 1) interview=planned/structured communication
2) observation='how do they look?' 'what are they doing?'
3) physical examination=comprehensive 'head to toe' vs focused on particular body part.
23. what is the acronym used for documentation?: SOAP
subjective data, objective data, assessment, plan
2025-2026
1. what are the 2 types of community health nurses: 1) public health nurse
2) home health nurse/clinic nurse
2. what do public health nurses do?: promote/protect the health of a specific population or the
community as a whole
3. what do home health/clinic nurses do?: focus on prevention, health restoration, health mainte-
nance and palliative care
4. what kind of patients did community health nurses first begin to work with?-
: -TB patients in 1905
-later began to work with children to promote hygiene and nutrition
5. what is the British North American Act? (1867): stated that the federal gov't funds quarantine
and marine hospitals but the provinces are in charge of everything else. Organized health care was provided at the
local level through public welfare and charities.
6. what is the Medical Care Insurance Act? (1968): universal insurance for hospital and medical
services
7. what is critical thinking?: ability to focus purposeful thinking to get required results in specific situations.
8. why is critical thinking important to nursing?: it produces a positive patient/family outcome,
helps with patient safety and patient/family satisfaction
9. name some things that foster critical thinking: empathy, courage, humility, curiosity etc.
10. what are the 7 critical thinking skills?: 1) use of precise language
2) perceiving; recognizing ditterences
3) believing and knowing; don't jump to conclusions
4) clarifying; ask questions
5) comparing; notice similarities and ditterences
6) judging and evaluating; providing evidence
7) reasoning; distinguish b/w relevant vs irrelevant info
11. what are the 5 ways of acquiring nursing knowledge?: tradition, authority, trial and error,
personal experience, and role modelling
12. what is the nursing problem solving process?: a systemic, problem solving approach to
,identify, prevent and treat actual or potential health problems and promote wellness. It's a 'thinking and doing'
approach= a way of organizing your thoughts, then creating an action for it.
, 13. what are some benefits of the nursing problem solving process?: promotes
collaboration, is eflcient, increases client participation, promotes individualized care, promotes continuing care and
increases job satisfaction
14. what are the 5 steps of the nursing problem solving process cycle?: 1) assess-
ment
2) nursing diagnosis
3) planning of care
4) implementation of care
5) evaluation
15. what is nursing assessment?: -the first phase of the cycle, it's the process of collecting data where
the focus is on the client, family or community health status.
-can be subjective or objective data, primary or secondary sources, comprehensive vs focus assessment
16. what is subjective data? provide an example.: what the PATIENT/family tells you; including
their thought, beliefs, feelings and perceptions of health
ex:patient states they are in pain
17. what is objective data? provide an example.: what YOU observe or the information gathered
based on your assessment.
ex: you find the BP to be 120/80
18. what is primary source?: information by the patient, can be subjective or objective...can be their BP you
read or them telling you they hurt
19. what is secondary source?: all other sources of information...can include other doctors, reading charts
etc.
20. what is comprehensive assessment?: a way of assessing and gathering ALL data. Have to keep
an open mind to avoid pre-diagnosing
21. what is focused assessment?: a way of gathering and assessing SPECIFIC data. ex: if a patient claims
they hurt their elbow, focus the assessment around their elbow.
22. what are the 3 methods of assessment?: 1) interview=planned/structured communication
2) observation='how do they look?' 'what are they doing?'
3) physical examination=comprehensive 'head to toe' vs focused on particular body part.
23. what is the acronym used for documentation?: SOAP
subjective data, objective data, assessment, plan
