NUR 211 EXAM 1 2026/2027 – STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS, EXAM
REVIEW & TEST PRE
What is a health assessment? - correct answer ✔✔Skill to identify normal from abnormal findings;
nurses need to identify normal variants
How does a nurse identify normal findings? - correct answer ✔✔By collecting, validaitng, and clustering
data to assess the whole patient
What is the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation,
evaluation
What is the "assessment" portion of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Requires nurse to collect
and analyze info about the whole individual including data : physiological, psychological , psychosocial,
spiritual/cultural practices and beliefs.
What is the "diagnosis" portion of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Analyzing a potential or
actual health problem wiht a patient using clinical judgement and critical thinking to analyze and
synthesize info and hypothesize about patient's health status
What is the "Planning" portion of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Working with individual as a
partner in care to meet the short and long term goals or needs of the individual ; goals should be
measurable and achievable
What is the "Implementation" portion of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Nursing and
individual actions and plan of care to meet individual's goals
What is the "evaluation" portion of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔The ongoing process that
assess whether the short term and long term goals have been met; nurses use clinical judgement to
determine what goals are met vs. unmet
What is critical thinking? - correct answer ✔✔Problem-solving
What is Clinical reasoning and judgement? - correct answer ✔✔Uses patient's history, physical signs,
symptoms, labs, imaging to arrive at a diagnosis and plan care
What question should I ask myself for: Clinical reasoning and judgement? - correct answer ✔✔What
safety concerns do I have for this patient?
What is intuitive thinking? - correct answer ✔✔"Gut" feeling or sense of knowing which is not reported
by observable facts; based on openness to subtle cues and general feeling of whether something is right
or wrong
World Health Organization (WHO) global strategy "health for all" meaning - correct answer ✔✔Means
that resources for health care are evenly distributed and accessible for everyone
, Levels of prevention: - correct answer ✔✔primary, secondary, tertiary
primary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Preventing disease and disability; focuses on improving an
individual's overall health and well-being
secondary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Early screenings and detections of disease and treatment of
diseases (medications used to treat a curable disease)
tertiary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Restoration of health after illness or disease has occurred
(rehab)
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with interpretive statements - correct answer ✔✔it advises that nurse are
expected to adhere to high standards including the maintenance of competency and skill based in
evidence based research
Conducting a health history- how many steps? - correct answer ✔✔21
Health history mnemonics for structured interviews: - correct answer ✔✔CLEAR, OLDCART, objective vs.
subjective data, open ended vs. close ended questions
CLEAR - correct answer ✔✔Center, listen, empathy, attention, and respect
OLDCARTS - correct answer ✔✔Onset, Location, Duration, Character, Aggravating factors, Relieving
Factors, Treatment, Severity
Objective = - correct answer ✔✔Observable + Measurable
Subjective = - correct answer ✔✔Pain score, pain characteristics, nausea, tinnitus
Open questions = - correct answer ✔✔More than one word response
Therapeutic communication is - correct answer ✔✔Sensitive, nonjudgmental, culturally competent, not
rushed, any necessary accommodations or needs have been addressed
Communication techniques - correct answer ✔✔Active listening, active observing, clarification,
confrontation, empathy, respect, exploring, facilitation, focusing, reflecting, transitional statements,
silence, summarizing
What do you need for special needs patients? - correct answer ✔✔Translation services, hard of hearing
(sit closer, good lightning, speak clearly, face patient, large print, reduce background noise), visual deficit
(good lighting, orient patient to environment, large print, etc.)
How to assess for history of present illness (HPI) - correct answer ✔✔OLDCARTS, ROS
What do you do for allergies? - correct answer ✔✔Assess and document promptly, perform any
necessary safety measures (charting, allergy band)
REVIEW & TEST PRE
What is a health assessment? - correct answer ✔✔Skill to identify normal from abnormal findings;
nurses need to identify normal variants
How does a nurse identify normal findings? - correct answer ✔✔By collecting, validaitng, and clustering
data to assess the whole patient
What is the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation,
evaluation
What is the "assessment" portion of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Requires nurse to collect
and analyze info about the whole individual including data : physiological, psychological , psychosocial,
spiritual/cultural practices and beliefs.
What is the "diagnosis" portion of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Analyzing a potential or
actual health problem wiht a patient using clinical judgement and critical thinking to analyze and
synthesize info and hypothesize about patient's health status
What is the "Planning" portion of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Working with individual as a
partner in care to meet the short and long term goals or needs of the individual ; goals should be
measurable and achievable
What is the "Implementation" portion of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Nursing and
individual actions and plan of care to meet individual's goals
What is the "evaluation" portion of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔The ongoing process that
assess whether the short term and long term goals have been met; nurses use clinical judgement to
determine what goals are met vs. unmet
What is critical thinking? - correct answer ✔✔Problem-solving
What is Clinical reasoning and judgement? - correct answer ✔✔Uses patient's history, physical signs,
symptoms, labs, imaging to arrive at a diagnosis and plan care
What question should I ask myself for: Clinical reasoning and judgement? - correct answer ✔✔What
safety concerns do I have for this patient?
What is intuitive thinking? - correct answer ✔✔"Gut" feeling or sense of knowing which is not reported
by observable facts; based on openness to subtle cues and general feeling of whether something is right
or wrong
World Health Organization (WHO) global strategy "health for all" meaning - correct answer ✔✔Means
that resources for health care are evenly distributed and accessible for everyone
, Levels of prevention: - correct answer ✔✔primary, secondary, tertiary
primary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Preventing disease and disability; focuses on improving an
individual's overall health and well-being
secondary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Early screenings and detections of disease and treatment of
diseases (medications used to treat a curable disease)
tertiary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Restoration of health after illness or disease has occurred
(rehab)
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with interpretive statements - correct answer ✔✔it advises that nurse are
expected to adhere to high standards including the maintenance of competency and skill based in
evidence based research
Conducting a health history- how many steps? - correct answer ✔✔21
Health history mnemonics for structured interviews: - correct answer ✔✔CLEAR, OLDCART, objective vs.
subjective data, open ended vs. close ended questions
CLEAR - correct answer ✔✔Center, listen, empathy, attention, and respect
OLDCARTS - correct answer ✔✔Onset, Location, Duration, Character, Aggravating factors, Relieving
Factors, Treatment, Severity
Objective = - correct answer ✔✔Observable + Measurable
Subjective = - correct answer ✔✔Pain score, pain characteristics, nausea, tinnitus
Open questions = - correct answer ✔✔More than one word response
Therapeutic communication is - correct answer ✔✔Sensitive, nonjudgmental, culturally competent, not
rushed, any necessary accommodations or needs have been addressed
Communication techniques - correct answer ✔✔Active listening, active observing, clarification,
confrontation, empathy, respect, exploring, facilitation, focusing, reflecting, transitional statements,
silence, summarizing
What do you need for special needs patients? - correct answer ✔✔Translation services, hard of hearing
(sit closer, good lightning, speak clearly, face patient, large print, reduce background noise), visual deficit
(good lighting, orient patient to environment, large print, etc.)
How to assess for history of present illness (HPI) - correct answer ✔✔OLDCARTS, ROS
What do you do for allergies? - correct answer ✔✔Assess and document promptly, perform any
necessary safety measures (charting, allergy band)
