PN 1002 Midterm Examination with
Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2026
Graded A+
What is the defining feature of liberalism? - Answer Individualism
What developed nursing knowledge? - Answer Liberalism
True or false: Ill health is a result of failure to make good choices - Answer true
Liberalism - Answer -Based on scientific knowledge
-Society is essentially fair and equitable
-individual responsibility to make choices that support health
What is Objectivity? - Answer -Universal (one truth/reality)
- generalizable
- The 'truth' exists and can be discovered via scientific method
-Perspective that health care knowledge and practice is/should be grounded in this notion
What does objectivity in health care assume? - Answer - nurses are objective experts who
gain the facts through assessment
- Nursing diagnosis is the label for the real problem
What is non-objective knowing? - Answer •Experiential, emotional, irrational
•Subjective, biased
•Embodied knowing
•Ethics tells us what is 'right' or wrong/unjust
•Emotion tells us what is meaningful, important
What does relational inquiry challenge? - Answer Liberalism
Why is relational inquiry important? - Answer -Offers lenses and practice processes that are
relational
-Draw attention to sociohistorical contextual factors and inequities that influence lived
experience
,-Lead to the development of political knowledge
-Support critique and challenge of the status quo
What does relational inquiry require? - Answer •A sound knowledge base
•Sophisticated inquiry, observational and analytical skills
•Strong clinical skills clinical judgement, decision making, clinical competencies
pragmatic perspective - Answer dealing with things sensibly and realistically
What does pragmatic perspective assume? - Answer -multiple truths and interpretations
-Rejects the idea that the mind and body are separate
-Rejects the idea that objective knowing is possible
-All knowledge is socially constructed by embedded, embodied
-People who are in relation with each other & their context
-Knowing is a relational process (vs an individual experience)
Socio-environmental understanding - Answer -All people have strengths and are capable of
determining their own needs, finding their own answers, and developing their own solutions if
they have access to the resources to do so.
-Every person and family lives within a social-historical context that helps shape their identity
and social relationships. This context can lead to the restriction of choices, limited resources,
and a state of perceived powerlessness.
-Diversity (race, gender, age, sexual orientation) is positively valued
-People with fewer privileges have as much capacity as those with more privileges to assess
their own needs (people have expert knowledge about their own lives).
Hermeneutic phenomenological lens - Answer -Valuing lived and living experiences
-People can only be understood from within their own context
Nursing Process - Answer
3 types of assessments - Answer 1.Health Assessment - requires a holistic, multidimensional
assessment including subjective and objective data collection
2.Physical Assessment - Head-to-toe, focused, Emergency
3.Functional Assessment - FAST, Functional Health Patterns Assessment
,Screening Assessment vs Diagnostic Assessment - Answer -Initial assessment - or triage, helps
determine the nature of the problem and includes medical history, possible physical exam
psychosocial, subjective data and vital signs
-Focused Assessment - used to identify symptoms and signs of problems, develop a diagnosis
and used to prepare care plan. Usually includes a physical exam, system based focus and other
diagnostic tests, like X-rays, blood work et.
What does SPICES stand for? - Answer S: Sleep disorders.
P: Problems with eating or feeding.
I: Incontinence.
C: Confusion
E: Evidence of falls.
S: Skin breakdown.
Nursing diagnosis vs medical diagnosis - Answer Nursing
-Statement of nursing judgment made by a nurse using their education, experience, and
expertise within their scope of practice
-Describes the human response to an illness or health problem
-Comprehensive overview including psychosocial, socioeconomic, environmental, social
determinants of health and individual characteristics of the patient and their support system
-Fluid may change as the patient's response changes
Medical
-Made by a physician or RNP based on medical evidence and diagnostic results
-Refers to a disease process
-Remains the same for as long as the disease or illness is present
9 types of nursing documentation errors - Answer Sloppy or illegible handwriting
Failure to date, time, and sign a medical entry
Lack of documentation for omitted medications and/or treatments
Incomplete or missing documentation
Adding entries later on
Documenting subjective data
Not questioning incomprehensible orders
Using the wrong abbreviations
Entering information into the wrong chart
, What are the factors that influence again? - Answer -Physical Activity
-Diet
-Self-awareness
-Attitude
-Life-long learning
-Faith
-Social support
-Financial security
-Community engagement
-Independence
Defining aging - Answer -Chronological age
-Age subcategories
-Functional abilities
-Social or self-reported quality-of-life
-Happiness
-Absence of disease (biological)
-Concept of prospective age
What is healthy aging? - Answer -the process of developing and maintaining the functional
ability that enables wellbeing in older age
True or false: Health aging is not simply the absence of illness - Answer true
What is instrumental in preserving function? What may be needed? - Answer Management
of chronic illness
Physical and behavioral interventions
Health assessment of older adult - Answer -Generally more bio-medical-model series of
questions and examinations but practice has evolved to be more comprehensive
-Gives us information about the physical and mental health based on physical exam and health
history
Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2026
Graded A+
What is the defining feature of liberalism? - Answer Individualism
What developed nursing knowledge? - Answer Liberalism
True or false: Ill health is a result of failure to make good choices - Answer true
Liberalism - Answer -Based on scientific knowledge
-Society is essentially fair and equitable
-individual responsibility to make choices that support health
What is Objectivity? - Answer -Universal (one truth/reality)
- generalizable
- The 'truth' exists and can be discovered via scientific method
-Perspective that health care knowledge and practice is/should be grounded in this notion
What does objectivity in health care assume? - Answer - nurses are objective experts who
gain the facts through assessment
- Nursing diagnosis is the label for the real problem
What is non-objective knowing? - Answer •Experiential, emotional, irrational
•Subjective, biased
•Embodied knowing
•Ethics tells us what is 'right' or wrong/unjust
•Emotion tells us what is meaningful, important
What does relational inquiry challenge? - Answer Liberalism
Why is relational inquiry important? - Answer -Offers lenses and practice processes that are
relational
-Draw attention to sociohistorical contextual factors and inequities that influence lived
experience
,-Lead to the development of political knowledge
-Support critique and challenge of the status quo
What does relational inquiry require? - Answer •A sound knowledge base
•Sophisticated inquiry, observational and analytical skills
•Strong clinical skills clinical judgement, decision making, clinical competencies
pragmatic perspective - Answer dealing with things sensibly and realistically
What does pragmatic perspective assume? - Answer -multiple truths and interpretations
-Rejects the idea that the mind and body are separate
-Rejects the idea that objective knowing is possible
-All knowledge is socially constructed by embedded, embodied
-People who are in relation with each other & their context
-Knowing is a relational process (vs an individual experience)
Socio-environmental understanding - Answer -All people have strengths and are capable of
determining their own needs, finding their own answers, and developing their own solutions if
they have access to the resources to do so.
-Every person and family lives within a social-historical context that helps shape their identity
and social relationships. This context can lead to the restriction of choices, limited resources,
and a state of perceived powerlessness.
-Diversity (race, gender, age, sexual orientation) is positively valued
-People with fewer privileges have as much capacity as those with more privileges to assess
their own needs (people have expert knowledge about their own lives).
Hermeneutic phenomenological lens - Answer -Valuing lived and living experiences
-People can only be understood from within their own context
Nursing Process - Answer
3 types of assessments - Answer 1.Health Assessment - requires a holistic, multidimensional
assessment including subjective and objective data collection
2.Physical Assessment - Head-to-toe, focused, Emergency
3.Functional Assessment - FAST, Functional Health Patterns Assessment
,Screening Assessment vs Diagnostic Assessment - Answer -Initial assessment - or triage, helps
determine the nature of the problem and includes medical history, possible physical exam
psychosocial, subjective data and vital signs
-Focused Assessment - used to identify symptoms and signs of problems, develop a diagnosis
and used to prepare care plan. Usually includes a physical exam, system based focus and other
diagnostic tests, like X-rays, blood work et.
What does SPICES stand for? - Answer S: Sleep disorders.
P: Problems with eating or feeding.
I: Incontinence.
C: Confusion
E: Evidence of falls.
S: Skin breakdown.
Nursing diagnosis vs medical diagnosis - Answer Nursing
-Statement of nursing judgment made by a nurse using their education, experience, and
expertise within their scope of practice
-Describes the human response to an illness or health problem
-Comprehensive overview including psychosocial, socioeconomic, environmental, social
determinants of health and individual characteristics of the patient and their support system
-Fluid may change as the patient's response changes
Medical
-Made by a physician or RNP based on medical evidence and diagnostic results
-Refers to a disease process
-Remains the same for as long as the disease or illness is present
9 types of nursing documentation errors - Answer Sloppy or illegible handwriting
Failure to date, time, and sign a medical entry
Lack of documentation for omitted medications and/or treatments
Incomplete or missing documentation
Adding entries later on
Documenting subjective data
Not questioning incomprehensible orders
Using the wrong abbreviations
Entering information into the wrong chart
, What are the factors that influence again? - Answer -Physical Activity
-Diet
-Self-awareness
-Attitude
-Life-long learning
-Faith
-Social support
-Financial security
-Community engagement
-Independence
Defining aging - Answer -Chronological age
-Age subcategories
-Functional abilities
-Social or self-reported quality-of-life
-Happiness
-Absence of disease (biological)
-Concept of prospective age
What is healthy aging? - Answer -the process of developing and maintaining the functional
ability that enables wellbeing in older age
True or false: Health aging is not simply the absence of illness - Answer true
What is instrumental in preserving function? What may be needed? - Answer Management
of chronic illness
Physical and behavioral interventions
Health assessment of older adult - Answer -Generally more bio-medical-model series of
questions and examinations but practice has evolved to be more comprehensive
-Gives us information about the physical and mental health based on physical exam and health
history
