NURS 222 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
COMPLETE NURS 222 EXAM 1 REVIEW 2026/2027
ADPIE - correct answer ✔✔• Assessment: 1st step, subjective and objective data
• Diagnosis: analysis, formulation of nursing diagnosis
• Planning: prioritizing problems, determining goals, plan of care
• Implementation: nursing action (rather than medical action)
• Evaluating: comparing outcomes, communicate and document findings
Components of a health assessment - correct answer ✔✔-conducting a health history
-performing a physical exam
-reviewing other data from the health record
-documenting the findings
Health History - correct answer ✔✔-Information about the current state of health of patients, the
medications they take, any previous illness and surgeries, and a family history and review of systems
-Patient may report feelings or experiences associated with health problems; these pt reports are called
symptoms and considered subjective data
Signs - correct answer ✔✔Objective data observed, felt, heard, or measured
Symptoms - correct answer ✔✔-Subjective data perceived and reported by the patient
-Considered a "primary source data"
Biographic data - correct answer ✔✔-Collected at first visit and updated as changes occur. These data
begin to form a picture of the patient as a unique individual.
-Name, gender, contact information, birthplace, race, religion, marital status, occupation, contact
person, source of data
Primary prevention - correct answer ✔✔-Protection to prevent occurrence of disease
-Immunizations, pollution control, nutrition, exercise
Secondary prevention - correct answer ✔✔-Early identification of disease before it becomes
symptomatic to halt the progression of the pathologic process
-Screening examinations and self-examination practices (e.g., colorectal screening, mammography, blood
pressure screening)
Tertiary prevention - correct answer ✔✔-Minimize severity and disability from disease through
appropriate therapy for chronic disease
-Diabetes mellitus management, Cardiac rehabilitation, Hypertension management
Types of health assessment - correct answer ✔✔1. Comprehensive Assessment
2. Problem-Based/Focused Assessment
3. Episodic/Follow-up Assessment
4. Shift Assessment
5. Screening Assessment
, Obtaining a health history - correct answer ✔✔The purpose is to obtain subjective data from the patient
so the nurse and patient can create a plan to promote health, prevent disease, resolve acute health
problems, and minimize limitations related to chronic health problems.
Introduction phase of an interview - correct answer ✔✔Nurse:
-Introduces self to the patient
-Describes the purpose of the interview
-Describes the interview process
Discussion phase of an interview - correct answer ✔✔Nurse:
-Facilitates and maintains patient-centered discussion
-Uses various communication techniques to collect data
Summary phase of an interview - correct answer ✔✔Nurse:
-Summarizes the data with the patient
-Allows the patient to clarify the data
-Communicates an understanding of the problems to the patient
Techniques that enhance data collection - correct answer ✔✔1. Active listening
2. Facilitation
3. Clarification
4. Restatement
5. Reflection
6. Confrontation
7. Interpretation
8. Summary
Active listening for data collection - correct answer ✔✔Involves listening with a purpose to the spoken
words as well as noticing nonverbal behavior
Facilitation for data collection - correct answer ✔✔-Uses phrases to encourage patients to continue
talking
-Ex: "Go on", "Uh-huh", and "Then?"
Clarification for data collection - correct answer ✔✔-Used to obtain more information about conflicting,
vague, or ambiguous statements
Restatement for data collection - correct answer ✔✔Involves repeating what the patient has said to
confirm the interpretation of what was said
Reflection for data collection - correct answer ✔✔-A technique used to gain clarification by restating a
phrase used by the patient in the form of a question.
-This encourages elaboration and indicates that you are interested in more information.
Confrontation for data collection - correct answer ✔✔Used when inconsistencies are noted between
what the patient reports and observations or other data about the patient
COMPLETE NURS 222 EXAM 1 REVIEW 2026/2027
ADPIE - correct answer ✔✔• Assessment: 1st step, subjective and objective data
• Diagnosis: analysis, formulation of nursing diagnosis
• Planning: prioritizing problems, determining goals, plan of care
• Implementation: nursing action (rather than medical action)
• Evaluating: comparing outcomes, communicate and document findings
Components of a health assessment - correct answer ✔✔-conducting a health history
-performing a physical exam
-reviewing other data from the health record
-documenting the findings
Health History - correct answer ✔✔-Information about the current state of health of patients, the
medications they take, any previous illness and surgeries, and a family history and review of systems
-Patient may report feelings or experiences associated with health problems; these pt reports are called
symptoms and considered subjective data
Signs - correct answer ✔✔Objective data observed, felt, heard, or measured
Symptoms - correct answer ✔✔-Subjective data perceived and reported by the patient
-Considered a "primary source data"
Biographic data - correct answer ✔✔-Collected at first visit and updated as changes occur. These data
begin to form a picture of the patient as a unique individual.
-Name, gender, contact information, birthplace, race, religion, marital status, occupation, contact
person, source of data
Primary prevention - correct answer ✔✔-Protection to prevent occurrence of disease
-Immunizations, pollution control, nutrition, exercise
Secondary prevention - correct answer ✔✔-Early identification of disease before it becomes
symptomatic to halt the progression of the pathologic process
-Screening examinations and self-examination practices (e.g., colorectal screening, mammography, blood
pressure screening)
Tertiary prevention - correct answer ✔✔-Minimize severity and disability from disease through
appropriate therapy for chronic disease
-Diabetes mellitus management, Cardiac rehabilitation, Hypertension management
Types of health assessment - correct answer ✔✔1. Comprehensive Assessment
2. Problem-Based/Focused Assessment
3. Episodic/Follow-up Assessment
4. Shift Assessment
5. Screening Assessment
, Obtaining a health history - correct answer ✔✔The purpose is to obtain subjective data from the patient
so the nurse and patient can create a plan to promote health, prevent disease, resolve acute health
problems, and minimize limitations related to chronic health problems.
Introduction phase of an interview - correct answer ✔✔Nurse:
-Introduces self to the patient
-Describes the purpose of the interview
-Describes the interview process
Discussion phase of an interview - correct answer ✔✔Nurse:
-Facilitates and maintains patient-centered discussion
-Uses various communication techniques to collect data
Summary phase of an interview - correct answer ✔✔Nurse:
-Summarizes the data with the patient
-Allows the patient to clarify the data
-Communicates an understanding of the problems to the patient
Techniques that enhance data collection - correct answer ✔✔1. Active listening
2. Facilitation
3. Clarification
4. Restatement
5. Reflection
6. Confrontation
7. Interpretation
8. Summary
Active listening for data collection - correct answer ✔✔Involves listening with a purpose to the spoken
words as well as noticing nonverbal behavior
Facilitation for data collection - correct answer ✔✔-Uses phrases to encourage patients to continue
talking
-Ex: "Go on", "Uh-huh", and "Then?"
Clarification for data collection - correct answer ✔✔-Used to obtain more information about conflicting,
vague, or ambiguous statements
Restatement for data collection - correct answer ✔✔Involves repeating what the patient has said to
confirm the interpretation of what was said
Reflection for data collection - correct answer ✔✔-A technique used to gain clarification by restating a
phrase used by the patient in the form of a question.
-This encourages elaboration and indicates that you are interested in more information.
Confrontation for data collection - correct answer ✔✔Used when inconsistencies are noted between
what the patient reports and observations or other data about the patient
