NUR 111 EXAM ONE STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
| NUR 111 PRACTICE TEST & EXAM REVIEW 2026/2027
List the 5 critical thinking/nursing process competencies. - ANS ✔✔1. assessment
2. diagnosis
3. planning
4. implementation
5. evaluation
List the 3 core components of nursing. - ANS ✔✔1. care
2. cure
3. coordination
List the 5 Rights of Delegation. - ANS ✔✔1. right task
2. right circumstances
3. right person
4. right direction & communication
5. right supervision
Defines actions as right or wrong based on "right-making characteristics", like truth and justice. - ANS
✔✔deontology
List the 6 steps of evidence based practice. - ANS ✔✔1. ask clinical question
2. collect best/relevant evidence
3. critique evidence
4. integrate evidence into practice
5. evaluate practice change
6. communicate results
The professional nurse's approach to identifying/diagnosing/treating the human response to health and
illness. - ANS ✔✔Nursing Process
The deliberate & systematic collection of data about a pt's health status to identify concerns & needs
that can be managed by nursing care. - ANS ✔✔assessment
List the 6 key components of an assessment. - ANS ✔✔1.physiological
2. psychological
3. socio-cultural
4. spiritual
5. economic
6. lifestyle factors
List the 4 phases of an interview/health history. - ANS ✔✔1. preparation phase
2. orientation phase
3. working phase
, 4. termination phase
A clinical judgment about individual/family/community responses to actual or potential health problems.
- ANS ✔✔Nursing Diagnosis
Identification of a disease or condition based on evaluation of signs/symptoms/history/diagnostic
procedures. - ANS ✔✔Medical Diagnosis
List the 5 types of Nursing Diagnoses, according to NANDA. - ANS ✔✔1. actual
2. health promotion
3. risk
4. syndrome
5. wellness
What is included in the two-part format of the Nursing Diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔1. diagnostic label
2. etiology (r/t factor)
What is included in the three-part format (PES System) of the Nursing Diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔1. nursing
diagnosis
2. etiology (r/t factor)
3. defining characteristics (aeb)
What does PES stand for in the three part Nursing Diagnosis format? - ANS ✔✔P: problem
E: etiology
S: signs/symptoms
List Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in order of priority, from most important to least important. - ANS
✔✔1. physiological
2. safety & security
3. love & belonging
4. self-esteem
5. self-actualization
List the 5 steps of the Nursing process. - ANS ✔✔1. assessment
2. diagnosis
3. planning
4. implementation
5. evaluation
List 3 elements of nursing that CANNOT be delegated. - ANS ✔✔1. initial & subsequent assessments that
require professional judgment
2. determination of nursing diagnosis/goals/plans of care or progress
3. interventions that require application of knowledge & skill
List the 7 steps to processing an ethical dilemma. - ANS ✔✔1. Is this an ethical dilemma?
2. Gather all relevant info
3. Examine/determine values & opinions on issue
4. State problem clearly
| NUR 111 PRACTICE TEST & EXAM REVIEW 2026/2027
List the 5 critical thinking/nursing process competencies. - ANS ✔✔1. assessment
2. diagnosis
3. planning
4. implementation
5. evaluation
List the 3 core components of nursing. - ANS ✔✔1. care
2. cure
3. coordination
List the 5 Rights of Delegation. - ANS ✔✔1. right task
2. right circumstances
3. right person
4. right direction & communication
5. right supervision
Defines actions as right or wrong based on "right-making characteristics", like truth and justice. - ANS
✔✔deontology
List the 6 steps of evidence based practice. - ANS ✔✔1. ask clinical question
2. collect best/relevant evidence
3. critique evidence
4. integrate evidence into practice
5. evaluate practice change
6. communicate results
The professional nurse's approach to identifying/diagnosing/treating the human response to health and
illness. - ANS ✔✔Nursing Process
The deliberate & systematic collection of data about a pt's health status to identify concerns & needs
that can be managed by nursing care. - ANS ✔✔assessment
List the 6 key components of an assessment. - ANS ✔✔1.physiological
2. psychological
3. socio-cultural
4. spiritual
5. economic
6. lifestyle factors
List the 4 phases of an interview/health history. - ANS ✔✔1. preparation phase
2. orientation phase
3. working phase
, 4. termination phase
A clinical judgment about individual/family/community responses to actual or potential health problems.
- ANS ✔✔Nursing Diagnosis
Identification of a disease or condition based on evaluation of signs/symptoms/history/diagnostic
procedures. - ANS ✔✔Medical Diagnosis
List the 5 types of Nursing Diagnoses, according to NANDA. - ANS ✔✔1. actual
2. health promotion
3. risk
4. syndrome
5. wellness
What is included in the two-part format of the Nursing Diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔1. diagnostic label
2. etiology (r/t factor)
What is included in the three-part format (PES System) of the Nursing Diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔1. nursing
diagnosis
2. etiology (r/t factor)
3. defining characteristics (aeb)
What does PES stand for in the three part Nursing Diagnosis format? - ANS ✔✔P: problem
E: etiology
S: signs/symptoms
List Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in order of priority, from most important to least important. - ANS
✔✔1. physiological
2. safety & security
3. love & belonging
4. self-esteem
5. self-actualization
List the 5 steps of the Nursing process. - ANS ✔✔1. assessment
2. diagnosis
3. planning
4. implementation
5. evaluation
List 3 elements of nursing that CANNOT be delegated. - ANS ✔✔1. initial & subsequent assessments that
require professional judgment
2. determination of nursing diagnosis/goals/plans of care or progress
3. interventions that require application of knowledge & skill
List the 7 steps to processing an ethical dilemma. - ANS ✔✔1. Is this an ethical dilemma?
2. Gather all relevant info
3. Examine/determine values & opinions on issue
4. State problem clearly
