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NR 509 Week 1 Exam Questions & Verified Answers | Nursing Process, Health Assessment, Objective & Subjective Data, Clinical Reasoning, Critical Thinking, EBP, Priority Setting & Nursing Diagnosis | Updated 2026/2027 | Instant Download

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Prepare for NR 509 Week 1 with this comprehensive collection of Exam Questions and Verified Answers covering foundational nursing concepts, health assessment, the nursing process, clinical reasoning, critical thinking, evidence-based practice, priority setting, and nursing diagnosis. This exam-focused resource brings together essential concepts students need to review when studying patient assessment and clinical decision-making. Questions cover both foundational definitions and scenario-based applications to help reinforce recognition, prioritization, and evidence-based nursing practice. Topics covered include: * Objective and subjective patient data * Data collection and validation * Patient databases and assessment findings * Health history, interview, and physical examination * Validating abnormal or uncertain assessment findings * Nursing assessment concepts * Novice nurse decision-making * Rule-based clinical decision-making * Expert nursing intuition * Clinical knowledge and diagnostic reasoning * Evidence-based practice (EBP) * Best available evidence and clinical expertise * Patient preferences in EBP * Barriers to evidence-based practice * Research literacy and evaluating research quality * Electronic searches for nursing research * Applying research evidence to clinical decision-making * Critical thinking skills * Clustering related cues * Identifying relationships among assessment data * Distinguishing relevant and irrelevant information * Identifying gaps in assessment data * Nursing diagnostic reasoning * Diagnostic hypotheses * Nursing diagnosis * Nursing process * Assessment * Diagnosis * Outcome identification * Planning * Implementation * Evaluation * Priority setting in nursing * First-level priority problems * Second-level priority problems * ABC prioritization concepts * Respiratory distress and urgent assessment * Prioritizing breathing, pain, and sleep problems * Appropriate nursing interventions * Relationship between nursing diagnosis and interventions * Clinical decision-making and patient care Ideal for NR 509 students reviewing Week 1 concepts, preparing for an exam, or strengthening their understanding of foundational health assessment and nursing process principles. Updated 2026/2027 | Instant Download.

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,After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would
be.


A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. Subjective
D. Introspective


A. Objective



A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated and feels hot. These types of
data would be


A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. Subjective
D. Introspective


C. Subjective



The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to
form the


A. Data base
B. Admitting data
C. Financial Statement
D. Discharge Summary


A. Data base

,When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard.
The nurses next action should be to


A. Immediately notify the patients physician
B. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
C. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to breath sounds
D. Assess it again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present


C. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to breath sounds



The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session,
the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and
experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:


A. Intuition
B. A set of rules
C. Articles in journals
D. Advice from supervisors


b. A set of rules.



Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously
labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
A. Intuition
B. The nursing process
C. Clinical knowledge
D. Diagnostic reasoning


A. Intuition

, The nurse is reviewing information about EBP. Which statement best reflects EBP?
A. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices
B. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients
C. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience
D. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.


C. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience


The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses.
Which is an example of a first-level priority problem
A. Patient with postoperative pain
B. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
C. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
D. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress


D. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress


When considering priority settings of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-level
priority problems include which of these aspects?
A. Low self-esteem
B. Lack of knowledge
C. Abnormal laboratory values
D. Severely abnormal vital signs


C. Abnormal laboratory values


Which critical thinking skill helps see relationships among the data?
A. Validation
B. Clustering related cues
C. Identifying gaps in data
D. Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant


B. Clustering related cues

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