RNSG 1105 CORE MAIN ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Break chain - transmission - ✔✔food handling, air flow control, sterilization, hand
washing
✔✔Break chain - susceptible host - ✔✔treat underlying disease, identify high-risk
patients
✔✔Aims of Nursing Practice - ✔✔Promote health
Prevent illness
Restore health
Facilitate coping with disability or death
✔✔A nurse who uses critical thinking skills to develop a nursing care plan for an
expectant mother of triplets is said to be using which of the following skills?
A. Cognitive
B. Technical
C. Interpersonal
D. Ethical - ✔✔Cognitive
Rationale: Cognitive skills involve thinking about the nature of things sufficiently to make
decisions regarding care. Technical skills enable nurses to manipulate equipment to
produce a desired outcome. Interpersonal skills involve caring relationships.
Ethical/legal skills enable nurses to conduct themselves morally and professionally.
✔✔True or False:
Once a graduate successfully passes the National Council Licensure Examination
(NCLEX) they are licensed as a nurse? - ✔✔False - they still must apply within the state
they want to work to become a nurse. It is a states board of nursing that is responsible
for licensure.
NCLEX is responsible for testing - the state is responsible for licensure.
, ✔✔What does SBAR stand for? - ✔✔S-Situation
B- Background
A- Assessment
R-Recommendation
✔✔What are the components of SBAR? How does each of the components impact
communication? - ✔✔S= Situation - What is the situation you are calling about? Be
concise. ALWAYS ask - Do you know Mr. or Mrs. Patient's Name?
B= Background- Pertinent background information related to the situation. Mental
status, etc.
A = Assessment- What is the nurse's assessment of the situation? what you found/think
R= Recommendation- What is the nurse's recommendation or what does nurse want?
✔✔What does PERSON stand for? - ✔✔P-Psychosocial Needs
E- Elimination Needs
R- Rest, Regulatory, Reproductive Needs
S- Safety Needs
O- Oxygenation Needs
N- Nutrition Needs
(Guide for Assessment of a Patient)
✔✔Electronic Health Record (EHR) - ✔✔a digital version of patient data that is found in
traditional paper records. It refers to a longitudinal (lifetime) record of all health care
encounters for an individual patient.
✔✔Electronic Medical Record (EMR) - ✔✔the legal record that describes a single
encounter or visit created in hospitals and outpatient healthcare settings that is the
source of the data for the EHR. In other words, EMR's make up a patient's EHR.
✔✔Define health informatics. - ✔✔is the application of computer and information
science in all basic and biomedical sciences to facilitate the acquisition, processing,
interpretation, optimal use, and communication of health related data.
✔✔Airborne Precautions - ✔✔Illnesses: Tuberculosis, Measles (rubeola), Herpes
Zoster, chickenpox
-Negative Air Pressure Room
-N95 mask
-Keep patient door closed at all times
-Surgical mask on patient when leaving room
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Break chain - transmission - ✔✔food handling, air flow control, sterilization, hand
washing
✔✔Break chain - susceptible host - ✔✔treat underlying disease, identify high-risk
patients
✔✔Aims of Nursing Practice - ✔✔Promote health
Prevent illness
Restore health
Facilitate coping with disability or death
✔✔A nurse who uses critical thinking skills to develop a nursing care plan for an
expectant mother of triplets is said to be using which of the following skills?
A. Cognitive
B. Technical
C. Interpersonal
D. Ethical - ✔✔Cognitive
Rationale: Cognitive skills involve thinking about the nature of things sufficiently to make
decisions regarding care. Technical skills enable nurses to manipulate equipment to
produce a desired outcome. Interpersonal skills involve caring relationships.
Ethical/legal skills enable nurses to conduct themselves morally and professionally.
✔✔True or False:
Once a graduate successfully passes the National Council Licensure Examination
(NCLEX) they are licensed as a nurse? - ✔✔False - they still must apply within the state
they want to work to become a nurse. It is a states board of nursing that is responsible
for licensure.
NCLEX is responsible for testing - the state is responsible for licensure.
, ✔✔What does SBAR stand for? - ✔✔S-Situation
B- Background
A- Assessment
R-Recommendation
✔✔What are the components of SBAR? How does each of the components impact
communication? - ✔✔S= Situation - What is the situation you are calling about? Be
concise. ALWAYS ask - Do you know Mr. or Mrs. Patient's Name?
B= Background- Pertinent background information related to the situation. Mental
status, etc.
A = Assessment- What is the nurse's assessment of the situation? what you found/think
R= Recommendation- What is the nurse's recommendation or what does nurse want?
✔✔What does PERSON stand for? - ✔✔P-Psychosocial Needs
E- Elimination Needs
R- Rest, Regulatory, Reproductive Needs
S- Safety Needs
O- Oxygenation Needs
N- Nutrition Needs
(Guide for Assessment of a Patient)
✔✔Electronic Health Record (EHR) - ✔✔a digital version of patient data that is found in
traditional paper records. It refers to a longitudinal (lifetime) record of all health care
encounters for an individual patient.
✔✔Electronic Medical Record (EMR) - ✔✔the legal record that describes a single
encounter or visit created in hospitals and outpatient healthcare settings that is the
source of the data for the EHR. In other words, EMR's make up a patient's EHR.
✔✔Define health informatics. - ✔✔is the application of computer and information
science in all basic and biomedical sciences to facilitate the acquisition, processing,
interpretation, optimal use, and communication of health related data.
✔✔Airborne Precautions - ✔✔Illnesses: Tuberculosis, Measles (rubeola), Herpes
Zoster, chickenpox
-Negative Air Pressure Room
-N95 mask
-Keep patient door closed at all times
-Surgical mask on patient when leaving room
