PNR 104 FINAL EXAM OVERVIEW | FORTIS
COLLEGE PRACTICAL NURSING STUDY GUIDE &
REVIEW QUESTIONS 2026/2027
PNR 104 Final Exam Overview (Chapters 1-11)
1. Hint: The definition of interventions refers to actions taken to
improve, maintain, restore health or prevent illness.
2. Hint: Practical nursing programs structured so that graduates can easily
enter the second year of a registered nursing program are known as “ladder
programs”.
3. Know the steps of the Nursing Process and what is entailed in each step
4. Know the definition of Health (page 14)
5. Define homeostasis (page 22)
6. Hint: A nursing theory is a statement about relationships among concepts
and facts based on existing information (page 4)
7. Know the definitions of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (page 626-
627)
8. Know the difference between trade name, chemical name and generic
name (page 623)
9. What is evidence- based nursing? (page 4)
10.Hint: Nursing Diagnosis is the process of sorting and analyzing assessment
data to identify specific actual and potential health problems. (page 64)
11.Know Maslow’s Theory of Basic Needs ( attention to: Safety and Security;
page 21)
12.Define synergistic effect. (page 628)
13.Know where to place the stethoscope to assess the apical heart sound.
(page 358)
14.Know the term for heart sounds that soft rustling sounds normally heard
over the periphery of the lung fields. (Page 384)
15.Know the definition of agonist (page 628)
16.Review page 626 Table 33.4
17.Know the multiple variables that influence health care. (Page 16 Figure 2.2)
18.You will have five drug calculation questions ( e.g. milligrams to milliliters)
COLLEGE PRACTICAL NURSING STUDY GUIDE &
REVIEW QUESTIONS 2026/2027
PNR 104 Final Exam Overview (Chapters 1-11)
1. Hint: The definition of interventions refers to actions taken to
improve, maintain, restore health or prevent illness.
2. Hint: Practical nursing programs structured so that graduates can easily
enter the second year of a registered nursing program are known as “ladder
programs”.
3. Know the steps of the Nursing Process and what is entailed in each step
4. Know the definition of Health (page 14)
5. Define homeostasis (page 22)
6. Hint: A nursing theory is a statement about relationships among concepts
and facts based on existing information (page 4)
7. Know the definitions of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (page 626-
627)
8. Know the difference between trade name, chemical name and generic
name (page 623)
9. What is evidence- based nursing? (page 4)
10.Hint: Nursing Diagnosis is the process of sorting and analyzing assessment
data to identify specific actual and potential health problems. (page 64)
11.Know Maslow’s Theory of Basic Needs ( attention to: Safety and Security;
page 21)
12.Define synergistic effect. (page 628)
13.Know where to place the stethoscope to assess the apical heart sound.
(page 358)
14.Know the term for heart sounds that soft rustling sounds normally heard
over the periphery of the lung fields. (Page 384)
15.Know the definition of agonist (page 628)
16.Review page 626 Table 33.4
17.Know the multiple variables that influence health care. (Page 16 Figure 2.2)
18.You will have five drug calculation questions ( e.g. milligrams to milliliters)
