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NUR 111 FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 – STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS, EXAM REVIEW & TEST PREP

1st step in the nursing process - ANS ✔✔assessment

nursing role - ANS ✔✔on going process prioritizes data & anticipates needs of patient

initial Assessment - ANS ✔✔gathering of baseline data

physical assessment - ANS ✔✔observable, measurable date

focused assessment - ANS ✔✔specific issue identified

emergency assessment - ANS ✔✔identifies life threatening problems in unstable patient

time-lapsed assessment - ANS ✔✔comparing current status to baseline assessment

head to toe assessment - ANS ✔✔start from top work your way down

data - ANS ✔✔information collected - health hx + assessments

data needs to be - ANS ✔✔1. Purposeful
2. Complete
3. Factual
4. Relevant

data can be retrieved from - ANS ✔✔1. Patient
2. Family
3. Past history
4. physician consult notes

types of data - ANS ✔✔1. demos
2. past health history
3. social history
4. health maintenance

the nurse should do what with data - ANS ✔✔· make inferences w/ data collected - taking info and
decide your next move
· validate everything (pt. identifiers & allergies)
· report data (oncoming nurse, MD)

holistic approach - ANS ✔✔"everything"
family, social, past hx

emergency assessment - ANS ✔✔ABCs on an unstable client

, subjective - ANS ✔✔what a client is feeling
pain is subjective

objective - ANS ✔✔can be seen / heard by others

BP
systolic:
diastolic: - ANS ✔✔systolic: 90-140
diastolic: 60-90

ISBAR stands for: - ANS ✔✔Introduction
Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation

order of an assessment - ANS ✔✔Inspection (see, smell, hear, size, color, position, movement,
symmetry)

palpation (uses sense of touch)

percussion (striking to hear sound ; advance practice)

auscultation (listening with stethoscope)

abdomen assessment order - ANS ✔✔inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion

pitch - ANS ✔✔range from high to low

quality - ANS ✔✔gurgle or swoosh

duration - ANS ✔✔short or long sound lasts

diaphragm - ANS ✔✔for high pitch
(lungs, heart, bowel)

bell - ANS ✔✔low pitch
(heart murmur)

BP range - ANS ✔✔90/60 LOW
140/90 HIGH

resp rate - ANS ✔✔12-20

HR - ANS ✔✔60-100

temp - ANS ✔✔98F-37C

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