NURS 3500 EXAM 4 2026/2027 | NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS,
ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
Home Visit - correct answer ✔✔the hallmark of nursing in home health and hospice
What does the nurse need to include in a patient and home assessment - correct answer ✔✔assessment
of physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of pt. and family. also provide grief counseling for the patient
prior to death
Home health nurse - correct answer ✔✔must survey her environment the environment and the home.
reminding that the nurse is a guest and needs to earn the the trust of the family. also must assess the
caregivers
What are stressors in the patient's home - correct answer ✔✔finances, insurance coverage, food
insecurity, housing concerns, sanitation, need for medical supplies
Role of home health nurse - correct answer ✔✔help with DNR, living will status, healthcare wishes of
the patient, must use the nursing process and mutually set up a care plan with frequent eval to keep
What is the primary level of prevention in home health - correct answer ✔✔giving flu shots and
educating ppl about needs of the flu vaccine
what is the secondary level of prevention in home health - correct answer ✔✔monitoring patients in
their home for medication side effects or the development of new symptoms
what is the tertiary level of prevention in home health - correct answer ✔✔instructing patient about
insulin, wound care , diet
Omaha System - correct answer ✔✔a conceptual model based on the dynamic, interactive nature of the
nursing or problem solving process
created for a comprehensive care
What appears at the center of the omaha system - correct answer ✔✔individual, family or community
What are the steps of the omaha system - correct answer ✔✔collect and assess data, state the problem,
identify the admission problem rating, plan and intervene, identify dismissal problem rating and evaluate
problem outcome
Hospice - correct answer ✔✔end of life and do not include curative treatments. Dr document that pt will
likely die within a 6 month period. reevaluate every 90 days
Palliative - correct answer ✔✔wider range of services and can include curative treatments, longer period
Difference between comfort care and curative care - correct answer ✔✔comfort care: goal of controlling
pain and other symptoms
curative care: aims to cure a patients disease or promote their recovery from an illness
ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
Home Visit - correct answer ✔✔the hallmark of nursing in home health and hospice
What does the nurse need to include in a patient and home assessment - correct answer ✔✔assessment
of physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of pt. and family. also provide grief counseling for the patient
prior to death
Home health nurse - correct answer ✔✔must survey her environment the environment and the home.
reminding that the nurse is a guest and needs to earn the the trust of the family. also must assess the
caregivers
What are stressors in the patient's home - correct answer ✔✔finances, insurance coverage, food
insecurity, housing concerns, sanitation, need for medical supplies
Role of home health nurse - correct answer ✔✔help with DNR, living will status, healthcare wishes of
the patient, must use the nursing process and mutually set up a care plan with frequent eval to keep
What is the primary level of prevention in home health - correct answer ✔✔giving flu shots and
educating ppl about needs of the flu vaccine
what is the secondary level of prevention in home health - correct answer ✔✔monitoring patients in
their home for medication side effects or the development of new symptoms
what is the tertiary level of prevention in home health - correct answer ✔✔instructing patient about
insulin, wound care , diet
Omaha System - correct answer ✔✔a conceptual model based on the dynamic, interactive nature of the
nursing or problem solving process
created for a comprehensive care
What appears at the center of the omaha system - correct answer ✔✔individual, family or community
What are the steps of the omaha system - correct answer ✔✔collect and assess data, state the problem,
identify the admission problem rating, plan and intervene, identify dismissal problem rating and evaluate
problem outcome
Hospice - correct answer ✔✔end of life and do not include curative treatments. Dr document that pt will
likely die within a 6 month period. reevaluate every 90 days
Palliative - correct answer ✔✔wider range of services and can include curative treatments, longer period
Difference between comfort care and curative care - correct answer ✔✔comfort care: goal of controlling
pain and other symptoms
curative care: aims to cure a patients disease or promote their recovery from an illness
