NSG-3250 Exam Study Guide –
Practice Questions with
Verified Answers. GRADED A+.
Latest 2026/2027 Update
Medical-surgical nursing - Answer✔✔-a specialty area of practice that provides
nursing services to patients from adolescence through the end-of-life in
hospital medical-surgical units, clinics, ambulatory care units, urgent care
centers, home health care agencies, and long-term care facilities
Rehospitalization - Answer✔✔-admission to the hospital within 30 days of a
prior discharge from a hospitalization
transitional care - Answer✔✔-coordinated services and supports during the
interval between preparing a patient to leave one setting and enter another
A home health nurse is conducting an assessment of a client who may qualify
for Medicare. Consequently, the nurse is utilizing the Outcome and Assessment
Instrument Set (OASIS). When performing an assessment using this instrument,
the nurse should assess what domain of the client's current status? -
Answer✔✔-Functional status
,Critical Care Nursing - Answer✔✔-a specialty area of practice that provides
nursing services to critically ill patients across the lifespan in acute care settings
such as the hospital intensive unit; current practice settings have expanded to
include virtual care and community settings
Rehabilitation nursing - Answer✔✔-returning patients to optimal functionality
through a holistic approach to care that is based on scientific evidence.
Home health - Answer✔✔-skilled nursing in a persons home
community-based nursing - Answer✔✔-promoting and maintaining the health
of individuals and families, preventing and minimizing the progression of
disease, and improving quality of life
activities of daily living (ADLs) - Answer✔✔-basic self-care tasks such as eating,
bathing, toileting, walking, and dressing
instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) - Answer✔✔-tasks necessary to
conduct the business of daily life and also requiring some cognitive
competence, such as telephoning, shopping, food preparation, housekeeping,
and paying bills
nurse navigator - Answer✔✔-assist clients with transitions in different levels of
care, such as from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility
case manager - Answer✔✔-ensure cost-effective care and to communicate
with the medical insurance company
, Medicare, Medicaid, and third party payers require - Answer✔✔-
documentation of the client's homebound status and the need for skilled
professional nursing care
When is discharge planning started? - Answer✔✔-Upon admission
preoperative phase - Answer✔✔-period of time from when the decision for
surgical intervention is made to when the patient is transferred to the
operating room table
intraoperative phase - Answer✔✔-period of time that begins with transfer of
the patient to the operating room area and continues until the patient is
admitted to the postanesthesia care unit
postoperative phase - Answer✔✔-period of time that begins with the
admission of the patient to the postanesthesia care unit and ends after follow-
up evaluation in the clinical setting or home
perioperative phase - Answer✔✔-period of time that constitutes the surgical
experience; includes the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative
phases of nursing care
ambulatory surgery - Answer✔✔-includes outpatient, same-day, or short-stay
surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay
Geriatric concerns with surgery - Answer✔✔-Increased comorbidities
Cardiac reserves are lower
renal and hepatic functions are depressed
Practice Questions with
Verified Answers. GRADED A+.
Latest 2026/2027 Update
Medical-surgical nursing - Answer✔✔-a specialty area of practice that provides
nursing services to patients from adolescence through the end-of-life in
hospital medical-surgical units, clinics, ambulatory care units, urgent care
centers, home health care agencies, and long-term care facilities
Rehospitalization - Answer✔✔-admission to the hospital within 30 days of a
prior discharge from a hospitalization
transitional care - Answer✔✔-coordinated services and supports during the
interval between preparing a patient to leave one setting and enter another
A home health nurse is conducting an assessment of a client who may qualify
for Medicare. Consequently, the nurse is utilizing the Outcome and Assessment
Instrument Set (OASIS). When performing an assessment using this instrument,
the nurse should assess what domain of the client's current status? -
Answer✔✔-Functional status
,Critical Care Nursing - Answer✔✔-a specialty area of practice that provides
nursing services to critically ill patients across the lifespan in acute care settings
such as the hospital intensive unit; current practice settings have expanded to
include virtual care and community settings
Rehabilitation nursing - Answer✔✔-returning patients to optimal functionality
through a holistic approach to care that is based on scientific evidence.
Home health - Answer✔✔-skilled nursing in a persons home
community-based nursing - Answer✔✔-promoting and maintaining the health
of individuals and families, preventing and minimizing the progression of
disease, and improving quality of life
activities of daily living (ADLs) - Answer✔✔-basic self-care tasks such as eating,
bathing, toileting, walking, and dressing
instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) - Answer✔✔-tasks necessary to
conduct the business of daily life and also requiring some cognitive
competence, such as telephoning, shopping, food preparation, housekeeping,
and paying bills
nurse navigator - Answer✔✔-assist clients with transitions in different levels of
care, such as from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility
case manager - Answer✔✔-ensure cost-effective care and to communicate
with the medical insurance company
, Medicare, Medicaid, and third party payers require - Answer✔✔-
documentation of the client's homebound status and the need for skilled
professional nursing care
When is discharge planning started? - Answer✔✔-Upon admission
preoperative phase - Answer✔✔-period of time from when the decision for
surgical intervention is made to when the patient is transferred to the
operating room table
intraoperative phase - Answer✔✔-period of time that begins with transfer of
the patient to the operating room area and continues until the patient is
admitted to the postanesthesia care unit
postoperative phase - Answer✔✔-period of time that begins with the
admission of the patient to the postanesthesia care unit and ends after follow-
up evaluation in the clinical setting or home
perioperative phase - Answer✔✔-period of time that constitutes the surgical
experience; includes the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative
phases of nursing care
ambulatory surgery - Answer✔✔-includes outpatient, same-day, or short-stay
surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay
Geriatric concerns with surgery - Answer✔✔-Increased comorbidities
Cardiac reserves are lower
renal and hepatic functions are depressed
