NUR 352 EXAM 1 | COMPREHENSIVE NURSING STUDY GUIDE,
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
What is the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔A critical thinking process that professional nurses use
to apply the best available evidence to caregiving and to promoting human functions and responses to
health and illness
What are the five parts of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
What is part of Assessment? - correct answer ✔✔gathering and analysis of information about patient's
health status
What are types of assessment? - correct answer ✔✔Any time you are asking information about the
patients/vital signs/etc.
Subjective data - correct answer ✔✔What the patient says. Their verbal description
Objective data - correct answer ✔✔Observations or measurements of a patient's health status
What is your best source of data? - correct answer ✔✔THE PATIENT
What are the sources of data? - correct answer ✔✔Patient, Family/sig other, health care team, medical
records, other records, nurse experience
What are the components of the nursing health history - correct answer ✔✔biographical information,
reason for seeking health care, health history, psychosocial history, patient expectations, present illness
or concerns, family history, spiritual health, review of systems
What do you have to do anytime you do something with a patient? - correct answer ✔✔Document it or
you didn't do it
What is a nursing diagnosis? - correct answer ✔✔clinical judgment vulnerability for that response by an
individual, family, or community that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat. patients are actively
involved
What is a collaborative problem? - correct answer ✔✔an actual or potential physiological complication
that nurses monitor to detect the onset of changes in a patient's health status
When was NANDA founded? - correct answer ✔✔1982
What develops and adds new diagnostic labels? - correct answer ✔✔NANDA-1
, What are the different types of nursing diagnoses (3)? - correct answer ✔✔problem-focused
risk
health promotion
Problem focused nursing diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔describes a clinical judgment concerning an
undesirable human response to a health condition/life process that exists in an individ/fam/comm
related factor - correct answer ✔✔etiological or causative factor for the diagnosis, and allows you to
individualize a problem-focused nursing diagnosis for a specific patient need
What supports each problem-focused diagnosis? - correct answer ✔✔Defining characteristics
Risk nursing diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔clinical judgment concerning the vulnerability of an individual
for developing an undesirable human response (have risk factors)
Health promotion - correct answer ✔✔clinical judgment converning motivation and desire to increase
well-being and actualize human health potential
What is the universal means for communication among professional nurses and across other health care
disciplines? - correct answer ✔✔Nursing diagnosis
Classification of priorities: - correct answer ✔✔High- emergent
Intermediate- non-life-threatening
Low: affect patient's future well being
Examples of high priorities - correct answer ✔✔airway status, circulation, safety, pain
What is a goal? - correct answer ✔✔a broad statement that describes the desired change in a patient's
condition, perceptions or behavior, aim intent or end
Expected outcome - correct answer ✔✔measurable change that must be achieved to reach a goal
The nurse must always include who in goal setting - correct answer ✔✔the patient
Patient-centered goal - correct answer ✔✔a patients highest possible level of wellness and
independence in function, based on patient needs, abilities, and resources
Nursing-sensitive patient outcome - correct answer ✔✔a measurable patient, family, or community
state, behavior, or perception largely influenced by and sensitive to nursing intervention
SMART goal - correct answer ✔✔Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timed
Where does pain originate from? - correct answer ✔✔The central nervous system and the peripheral
nervous system
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
What is the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔A critical thinking process that professional nurses use
to apply the best available evidence to caregiving and to promoting human functions and responses to
health and illness
What are the five parts of the nursing process? - correct answer ✔✔Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
What is part of Assessment? - correct answer ✔✔gathering and analysis of information about patient's
health status
What are types of assessment? - correct answer ✔✔Any time you are asking information about the
patients/vital signs/etc.
Subjective data - correct answer ✔✔What the patient says. Their verbal description
Objective data - correct answer ✔✔Observations or measurements of a patient's health status
What is your best source of data? - correct answer ✔✔THE PATIENT
What are the sources of data? - correct answer ✔✔Patient, Family/sig other, health care team, medical
records, other records, nurse experience
What are the components of the nursing health history - correct answer ✔✔biographical information,
reason for seeking health care, health history, psychosocial history, patient expectations, present illness
or concerns, family history, spiritual health, review of systems
What do you have to do anytime you do something with a patient? - correct answer ✔✔Document it or
you didn't do it
What is a nursing diagnosis? - correct answer ✔✔clinical judgment vulnerability for that response by an
individual, family, or community that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat. patients are actively
involved
What is a collaborative problem? - correct answer ✔✔an actual or potential physiological complication
that nurses monitor to detect the onset of changes in a patient's health status
When was NANDA founded? - correct answer ✔✔1982
What develops and adds new diagnostic labels? - correct answer ✔✔NANDA-1
, What are the different types of nursing diagnoses (3)? - correct answer ✔✔problem-focused
risk
health promotion
Problem focused nursing diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔describes a clinical judgment concerning an
undesirable human response to a health condition/life process that exists in an individ/fam/comm
related factor - correct answer ✔✔etiological or causative factor for the diagnosis, and allows you to
individualize a problem-focused nursing diagnosis for a specific patient need
What supports each problem-focused diagnosis? - correct answer ✔✔Defining characteristics
Risk nursing diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔clinical judgment concerning the vulnerability of an individual
for developing an undesirable human response (have risk factors)
Health promotion - correct answer ✔✔clinical judgment converning motivation and desire to increase
well-being and actualize human health potential
What is the universal means for communication among professional nurses and across other health care
disciplines? - correct answer ✔✔Nursing diagnosis
Classification of priorities: - correct answer ✔✔High- emergent
Intermediate- non-life-threatening
Low: affect patient's future well being
Examples of high priorities - correct answer ✔✔airway status, circulation, safety, pain
What is a goal? - correct answer ✔✔a broad statement that describes the desired change in a patient's
condition, perceptions or behavior, aim intent or end
Expected outcome - correct answer ✔✔measurable change that must be achieved to reach a goal
The nurse must always include who in goal setting - correct answer ✔✔the patient
Patient-centered goal - correct answer ✔✔a patients highest possible level of wellness and
independence in function, based on patient needs, abilities, and resources
Nursing-sensitive patient outcome - correct answer ✔✔a measurable patient, family, or community
state, behavior, or perception largely influenced by and sensitive to nursing intervention
SMART goal - correct answer ✔✔Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timed
Where does pain originate from? - correct answer ✔✔The central nervous system and the peripheral
nervous system
