NURS 100 - Introduction to Nursing
NURSING: NURS 100 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST
2024 INTRODUCTION TO NURSING (QUESTION
AND ANSWER) McNeese State University
The foundation of the nursing profession; is the systematic approach to problem-
solving and providing individualized care?
The Nursing Process
The phases of the nursing process?
Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning (includes Outcome), Implementation, Evaluation
What is Assessment?
Collection of data to help establish a goal of making a clinical nursing judgment.
Difference between subjective and objective data?
Subjective, from the client; Objective, from the nurse's senses.
Difference between primary, secondary and tertiary sources?
,NURS 100 - Introduction to Nursing
Primary, can only be the patient; Secondary, info from families, medical records,
or other health care professionals; Tertiary, info from textbooks, nurse's and
other health care team responses to patient
What must be done by the nurse on admission to a health care facility? And what
does it identify?
In depth nursing history and physical assessment must be done and it identifies
the patient's strengths and weakness/health problems.
When does data collection take place?
Through observations, interviews, physical assessment, and interpreting lab and
diagnostic results.
What is diagnosis?
The clinical act of identifying problems using the assessment data collected. This
step identifies an individual, family or group response to an actual or potential
health problem.
What is the nursing diagnosis based on?
The pathophysiology of the disease process.
,NURS 100 - Introduction to Nursing
Who established the list of nursing diagnosis for classifying nursing problems,
standardizing language and facilitating communication for nurses?
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)
What is included in Outcome?
Development of patient focused goals...included in the planning phase.
What are the guidelines on making goals?
Must be patient-focused, specific to the nursing diagnosis or patient problem,
measurable, realistic and have time frame.
What is involved in the Planning phase?
Preparing the nursing care plan with patient input in how to identify goals and
interventions to help with the identified problems.
What is included in the Planning phase?
, NURS 100 - Introduction to Nursing
Patient goals/outcomes specific to the problem, assessment, specific treatments
(independent and dependent), medications, teaching, and community care.
What is a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JACHO)
requirement?
The care plan is a written summary of the care that a patient is to receive.
What is the action phase?
Implementatio/Intervention
Why are nursing actions goal oriented?
To help the patient reach maximum health potential
What is crucial in the implementation phase?
Documentation
What is determined in the Evaluation phase?
NURSING: NURS 100 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST
2024 INTRODUCTION TO NURSING (QUESTION
AND ANSWER) McNeese State University
The foundation of the nursing profession; is the systematic approach to problem-
solving and providing individualized care?
The Nursing Process
The phases of the nursing process?
Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning (includes Outcome), Implementation, Evaluation
What is Assessment?
Collection of data to help establish a goal of making a clinical nursing judgment.
Difference between subjective and objective data?
Subjective, from the client; Objective, from the nurse's senses.
Difference between primary, secondary and tertiary sources?
,NURS 100 - Introduction to Nursing
Primary, can only be the patient; Secondary, info from families, medical records,
or other health care professionals; Tertiary, info from textbooks, nurse's and
other health care team responses to patient
What must be done by the nurse on admission to a health care facility? And what
does it identify?
In depth nursing history and physical assessment must be done and it identifies
the patient's strengths and weakness/health problems.
When does data collection take place?
Through observations, interviews, physical assessment, and interpreting lab and
diagnostic results.
What is diagnosis?
The clinical act of identifying problems using the assessment data collected. This
step identifies an individual, family or group response to an actual or potential
health problem.
What is the nursing diagnosis based on?
The pathophysiology of the disease process.
,NURS 100 - Introduction to Nursing
Who established the list of nursing diagnosis for classifying nursing problems,
standardizing language and facilitating communication for nurses?
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)
What is included in Outcome?
Development of patient focused goals...included in the planning phase.
What are the guidelines on making goals?
Must be patient-focused, specific to the nursing diagnosis or patient problem,
measurable, realistic and have time frame.
What is involved in the Planning phase?
Preparing the nursing care plan with patient input in how to identify goals and
interventions to help with the identified problems.
What is included in the Planning phase?
, NURS 100 - Introduction to Nursing
Patient goals/outcomes specific to the problem, assessment, specific treatments
(independent and dependent), medications, teaching, and community care.
What is a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JACHO)
requirement?
The care plan is a written summary of the care that a patient is to receive.
What is the action phase?
Implementatio/Intervention
Why are nursing actions goal oriented?
To help the patient reach maximum health potential
What is crucial in the implementation phase?
Documentation
What is determined in the Evaluation phase?
