NSG 3100 STUDY EXAMS GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Crutches (two pt alt gait) - ✔✔-left crutch-right foot together
right crutch-left foot together
repeat
✔✔swing to gait - ✔✔-hip paralysis
-Crutches moved forward simultaneously
swing both feet together up to the crutches
repeat
✔✔swing through gait - ✔✔both crutches are advanced then the legs swing past the
crutches
✔✔Fowler's position - ✔✔a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised between
45 and 60 degrees
✔✔Semi-Fowler's Position - ✔✔15-45 degrees
✔✔High Fowler's Position - ✔✔-sitting up almost straight
-60 to 90 degrees
-never long for elderly due to skin breakdown
✔✔orthopedic bed position - ✔✔respiratory patients
✔✔Sims position - ✔✔-a side-lying position with the lowermost arm behind the body
and the uppermost leg flexed
-pregnant women
-halfway between lateral and prone
✔✔dorsal recumbent position - ✔✔-lying on the back with the knees flexed
, -elevate head with pillow
✔✔supine - ✔✔lying on the back
✔✔lateral position - ✔✔side lying position
✔✔prone position - ✔✔lying on abdomen, facing downward (head may be turned to one
side)
✔✔nursing labels (diagnosis terms) - ✔✔-impaired skin integrity
-impaired gas exchange
-risk for fall
-risk for infection
✔✔Masiows hierarchy of needs - ✔✔-physiological needs
-safety or security needs
-love & belonging needs
-self-esteem
-self-actualization
✔✔physiological needs - ✔✔the most basic human needs to be satisfied- water, food,
shelter, and clothing
✔✔safety needs - ✔✔A person's needs for security and protection from physical and
emotional harm
✔✔love and belonging needs - ✔✔friendship, family, sexual intimacy
✔✔self-esteem needs - ✔✔The need for a person to feel good about oneself, to feel
pride and a sense of accomplishment, and to believe that others also respect and
appreciate those accomplishments.
✔✔self-actualization needs - ✔✔the need to be the best one can be; at the top of
Maslow's hierarchy
✔✔Phases of the nursing process - ✔✔Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
✔✔Assessing - ✔✔collecting, validating, and communicating patient data
✔✔diagnosis - ✔✔analyzing and synthesizing data
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Crutches (two pt alt gait) - ✔✔-left crutch-right foot together
right crutch-left foot together
repeat
✔✔swing to gait - ✔✔-hip paralysis
-Crutches moved forward simultaneously
swing both feet together up to the crutches
repeat
✔✔swing through gait - ✔✔both crutches are advanced then the legs swing past the
crutches
✔✔Fowler's position - ✔✔a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised between
45 and 60 degrees
✔✔Semi-Fowler's Position - ✔✔15-45 degrees
✔✔High Fowler's Position - ✔✔-sitting up almost straight
-60 to 90 degrees
-never long for elderly due to skin breakdown
✔✔orthopedic bed position - ✔✔respiratory patients
✔✔Sims position - ✔✔-a side-lying position with the lowermost arm behind the body
and the uppermost leg flexed
-pregnant women
-halfway between lateral and prone
✔✔dorsal recumbent position - ✔✔-lying on the back with the knees flexed
, -elevate head with pillow
✔✔supine - ✔✔lying on the back
✔✔lateral position - ✔✔side lying position
✔✔prone position - ✔✔lying on abdomen, facing downward (head may be turned to one
side)
✔✔nursing labels (diagnosis terms) - ✔✔-impaired skin integrity
-impaired gas exchange
-risk for fall
-risk for infection
✔✔Masiows hierarchy of needs - ✔✔-physiological needs
-safety or security needs
-love & belonging needs
-self-esteem
-self-actualization
✔✔physiological needs - ✔✔the most basic human needs to be satisfied- water, food,
shelter, and clothing
✔✔safety needs - ✔✔A person's needs for security and protection from physical and
emotional harm
✔✔love and belonging needs - ✔✔friendship, family, sexual intimacy
✔✔self-esteem needs - ✔✔The need for a person to feel good about oneself, to feel
pride and a sense of accomplishment, and to believe that others also respect and
appreciate those accomplishments.
✔✔self-actualization needs - ✔✔the need to be the best one can be; at the top of
Maslow's hierarchy
✔✔Phases of the nursing process - ✔✔Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
✔✔Assessing - ✔✔collecting, validating, and communicating patient data
✔✔diagnosis - ✔✔analyzing and synthesizing data
