NUR155 EXAM 2 ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ What do you do in the nursing process? Answer: 1. Assessing
2. Nursing Diagnosing
3. Planning
4. Implementing
5. Evaluating
◉ What is the Decision-Making Process? Answer: -Choosing the best
actions to meet a desired goal
-Make value decisions
-Time management decisions
-Scheduling decisions
-Priority decisions
◉ The Nursing Process: Assessing Answer: -Collecting, organizing,
validating and documenting a patient's health data
-collect data
,-organize data
-validate data
-Document data
◉ The Nursing Process: Diagnosing Answer: -Analyze date
-Identify health problems, risks, and strengths
-formulate diagnostic statements
◉ The Nursing Process: Planning Answer: -Prioritize
problems/diagnoses
-Formulate goals/desired outcomes
-Select nursing interventions
-Write nursing interventions
◉ The Nursing Process: Implementing Answer: -Reassess the client
-Determine the nurse's need for assistance
-Implementing the nursing interventions
-Supervise delegated care
-Document nursing activites
◉ The Nursing Process: Evaluating Answer: -Collect data related to
outcomes
,-Compare data with outcomes
-Relate nursing actions to client goals/outcomes
-Draw conclusions about problem status
-Continue, modify, or terminate the client's care plan
◉ What is subjective? Answer: What the patient says
Ex: "I have pain, nausea, fear"
◉ What is objective? Answer: -Measurable
Ex: vital signs, labs, drainage, etc.
◉ Methods of data collection? Answer: -Observing
-Interviewing
◉ Directive Approach to Interviewing? Answer: -Nurse establishes
purpose
-Nurse controls the interview
-Used to gather and give information when time is limited, e.g., in an
emergency
, ◉ Nondirective Approach to Interviewing Answer: -Rapport-
building
-Client controls the purpose, subject matter, and pacing
-Combination of directive and nondirective approaches usually
appropriate during the information-gathering interview
◉ Types of questions: Closed Answer: If you can answer a question
with only a "yes" or "no" response, then you are answering a close-
ended type of question.
Examples of close-ended questions are:
Are you feeling better today?
May I use the bathroom?
Is the prime rib a special tonight?
Should I date him?
Will you please do me a favor?
◉ Types of questions: Open Answer: Open-ended questions are ones
that require more than one word answers. The answers could come
in the form of a list, a few sentences or something longer such as a
speech, paragraph or essay.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ What do you do in the nursing process? Answer: 1. Assessing
2. Nursing Diagnosing
3. Planning
4. Implementing
5. Evaluating
◉ What is the Decision-Making Process? Answer: -Choosing the best
actions to meet a desired goal
-Make value decisions
-Time management decisions
-Scheduling decisions
-Priority decisions
◉ The Nursing Process: Assessing Answer: -Collecting, organizing,
validating and documenting a patient's health data
-collect data
,-organize data
-validate data
-Document data
◉ The Nursing Process: Diagnosing Answer: -Analyze date
-Identify health problems, risks, and strengths
-formulate diagnostic statements
◉ The Nursing Process: Planning Answer: -Prioritize
problems/diagnoses
-Formulate goals/desired outcomes
-Select nursing interventions
-Write nursing interventions
◉ The Nursing Process: Implementing Answer: -Reassess the client
-Determine the nurse's need for assistance
-Implementing the nursing interventions
-Supervise delegated care
-Document nursing activites
◉ The Nursing Process: Evaluating Answer: -Collect data related to
outcomes
,-Compare data with outcomes
-Relate nursing actions to client goals/outcomes
-Draw conclusions about problem status
-Continue, modify, or terminate the client's care plan
◉ What is subjective? Answer: What the patient says
Ex: "I have pain, nausea, fear"
◉ What is objective? Answer: -Measurable
Ex: vital signs, labs, drainage, etc.
◉ Methods of data collection? Answer: -Observing
-Interviewing
◉ Directive Approach to Interviewing? Answer: -Nurse establishes
purpose
-Nurse controls the interview
-Used to gather and give information when time is limited, e.g., in an
emergency
, ◉ Nondirective Approach to Interviewing Answer: -Rapport-
building
-Client controls the purpose, subject matter, and pacing
-Combination of directive and nondirective approaches usually
appropriate during the information-gathering interview
◉ Types of questions: Closed Answer: If you can answer a question
with only a "yes" or "no" response, then you are answering a close-
ended type of question.
Examples of close-ended questions are:
Are you feeling better today?
May I use the bathroom?
Is the prime rib a special tonight?
Should I date him?
Will you please do me a favor?
◉ Types of questions: Open Answer: Open-ended questions are ones
that require more than one word answers. The answers could come
in the form of a list, a few sentences or something longer such as a
speech, paragraph or essay.
