NUR 315 Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Subjective data - CORRECT ANSWER What the patient tells you.
History.
History of present illness.
Reviews of systems.
Objective data (SIGNS) - CORRECT ANSWER What you see
Physical examination
Laboratory results
Radiologic findings
Vital signs
Nursing process: ADPIE (A) - CORRECT ANSWER Assessment: gathering data
Grouping together pertinent data
Prioritizing your findings
ongoing process
reliability - CORRECT ANSWER Ability of an instrument or a test to give the same result
over and over again (scale weighing the book 5lbs every time)
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER Extent to which something measures what it is supposed to
measure
Sensitivity - CORRECT ANSWER Testability to correctly identify patients with a disease
Specificity - CORRECT ANSWER Opposite of sensitivity. Ability of a test to identify patients
that do not have the disease. Those who should be negative should be negative
, Nursing Process ADPIE (D) - CORRECT ANSWER Diagnosis: focuses on treatment of the
actual or potential human responses
Nursing Process ADPIE (P) - CORRECT ANSWER Planning: establishing goals for each
diagnosis
Short term goals/ long term goals
Identify interventions
Nursing Process ADPIE (I) - CORRECT ANSWER Implementation: Put your plan into action
Modified as changes occur
Nursing Process ADPIE (E) - CORRECT ANSWER Evaluation: determine if the goals were
met.
How will you maintain successes.
How will you address goals that were not met?
Documentation of allergies: - CORRECT ANSWER Food, insects, medication, environmental
factors, include reaction
Screening for alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER Assess what patients consider alcohol
CAGE screening tools
-Have you ever felt the need to CUT DOWN on drinking?
-Felt ANNOYED by criticism of your drinking?
- Have you ever felt GUILTY about drinking?
-Have you ever taken a drink first thing in the morning (EYE-OPENER) to steady your nerves or get
rid of a hangover?
Screening for illicit drug use - CORRECT ANSWER Prescription drug use
Ask about modes of consumption
Comprehensive health history - CORRECT ANSWER -identifying data and source of the
history
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Subjective data - CORRECT ANSWER What the patient tells you.
History.
History of present illness.
Reviews of systems.
Objective data (SIGNS) - CORRECT ANSWER What you see
Physical examination
Laboratory results
Radiologic findings
Vital signs
Nursing process: ADPIE (A) - CORRECT ANSWER Assessment: gathering data
Grouping together pertinent data
Prioritizing your findings
ongoing process
reliability - CORRECT ANSWER Ability of an instrument or a test to give the same result
over and over again (scale weighing the book 5lbs every time)
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER Extent to which something measures what it is supposed to
measure
Sensitivity - CORRECT ANSWER Testability to correctly identify patients with a disease
Specificity - CORRECT ANSWER Opposite of sensitivity. Ability of a test to identify patients
that do not have the disease. Those who should be negative should be negative
, Nursing Process ADPIE (D) - CORRECT ANSWER Diagnosis: focuses on treatment of the
actual or potential human responses
Nursing Process ADPIE (P) - CORRECT ANSWER Planning: establishing goals for each
diagnosis
Short term goals/ long term goals
Identify interventions
Nursing Process ADPIE (I) - CORRECT ANSWER Implementation: Put your plan into action
Modified as changes occur
Nursing Process ADPIE (E) - CORRECT ANSWER Evaluation: determine if the goals were
met.
How will you maintain successes.
How will you address goals that were not met?
Documentation of allergies: - CORRECT ANSWER Food, insects, medication, environmental
factors, include reaction
Screening for alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER Assess what patients consider alcohol
CAGE screening tools
-Have you ever felt the need to CUT DOWN on drinking?
-Felt ANNOYED by criticism of your drinking?
- Have you ever felt GUILTY about drinking?
-Have you ever taken a drink first thing in the morning (EYE-OPENER) to steady your nerves or get
rid of a hangover?
Screening for illicit drug use - CORRECT ANSWER Prescription drug use
Ask about modes of consumption
Comprehensive health history - CORRECT ANSWER -identifying data and source of the
history
