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
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