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Prepare for NUR 216 Exam 1 covering Modules 1–3 with this comprehensive nursing fundamentals review focused on assessment, clinical reasoning, therapeutic communication, patient interviewing, and physical examination techniques. Review the purpose of nursing assessment, continuous data collection, baseline establishment, and the differences between primary and secondary subjective and objective data. Strengthen your understanding of comprehensive versus focused assessments and the five stages of the nursing process: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADPIE), including SMART goals, desired outcomes, nursing interventions, and evaluation of patient progress. Explore essential communication skills, including eye contact, appropriate positioning, personal space, and active listening, alongside cognitive skills such as critical thinking, inductive and deductive reasoning, clinical decision-making, and problem-solving. Additional topics include psychomotor and interpersonal skills, ethical responsibilities, patient advocacy, confidentiality, directive and non-directive interviews, open-ended and closed-ended questions, and the introductory, working, and termination phases of an interview. Finish with observation techniques and the correct sequence of physical assessment methods: inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. This exam-focused resource helps nursing students reinforce foundational concepts, review important definitions, and prepare for assessment-based questions and classroom examinations. Updated 2026/2027 | Instant Download

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NUR 216 - EXAM 1
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,What is an assessment?


-A data collection process
-A continuous process
-A method to establish a baseline


What is primary subjective data? Give an example.


Client reports feelings/thoughts
Ex. "I have a headache"


What is secondary subjective data? Give an example.


Anyone, other than the client, reports feelings/thoughts.
Ex. Spouse states, "She complained of pain in her abdomen this morning."




What is primary objective data? Give an example.


Nurse reports seeing, feeling, smelling, or hearing. (DO NOT
taste). Ex. "I can see redness and swelling of her right lower
extremity."

What is secondary objective data? Give an example.


Anyone, other than the nurse, reports seeing, feeling, smelling, or hearing. (DO
NOT taste).
Ex. AP states, "Her urine smells odorous."

, What is a comprehensive assessment?


Consists of a complete nursing history and physical examination.


What is a focused assessment?


Based around the patients immediate problems.


What is the nursing process?


Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
(ADPIE)



What is the "A" in the nursing process?


Assessment - gather information and review the patients history


What is the "D" in the nursing process?


Diagnose - identify problem list


What is the "P" in the nursing process?


Plan - develop SMART goals, desired outcomes, and action plans


What is the "I" in the nursing process?


Implementation - perform nursing actions

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