Basic Skills VNSG 1423 Vocational Nursing
Exam 3 Blueprint UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Critical Thinking (definition)- - CORRECT ANSWER - Critical thinking is required to use
the nursing process successfully.•
Critical thinking means requiring careful judgment.•
Critical thinking is directed purposeful mental activity by which ideas are evaluated, plans are
constructed, and desired outcomes are met
Essential for evaluation purposes
Clinical reasoning
Charting by exception - CORRECT ANSWER - use of predetermined standards and norms
to record only significant assessment care
Source-oriented - CORRECT ANSWER - charting focuses on the client's disease
Focus charting - CORRECT ANSWER - centers on the patient from a positive perspective
POMR charting( Problem-oriented medical record (POMR) charting) - CORRECT
ANSWER - focuses on patient problems that resulted from being ill or on the defined
nursing diagnoses reflecting those problems.
POMR charting( Problem-oriented medical record (POMR) charting) - CORRECT
ANSWER - The original SOAP method is categorized in which method of documentation
Revision of the nursing care plan involves: - CORRECT ANSWER - inactivating resolved
problems
, Before carrying out a specific intervention in the patient plan of care, a nurse should: -
CORRECT ANSWER - identify the reason for the intervention.
identify the rationale for the intervention.
identify the usual standard of care.
identify any potential dangers
Priority Setting - CORRECT ANSWER - Priority setting involves placing nursing
diagnoses or nursing interventions in the order of importance•
Life-threatening problems take priority•
Problems that threaten health or coping ability are medium priority•
Problems that do not have a major effect if not attended to that day or week are the low priority.•
When faced with two patient needs (or more) first consider the consequences of each one
Skills for Critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Effective reading, effective writing,
attentive listening, and effective communicating
Priority setting with delivery of care involves - CORRECT ANSWER - using the least
invasive treatment first
Components of the nursing process - CORRECT ANSWER - assessment , nursing
diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of collecting, organizing, documenting,
and validating a patients health data•Data is gathered from the patient (physical assessment and
interview) and the family, as well as from the physician and the patient's medical record•Data
from other health professionals and diagnostic test are included in assessment.
nursing diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of sorting and analyzing the
assessment data to identify potential health problems •Problems identified during the process are
specific nursing diagnoses.•Nursing diagnoses are prioritized and entered into the nursing plan of
care.
Exam 3 Blueprint UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Critical Thinking (definition)- - CORRECT ANSWER - Critical thinking is required to use
the nursing process successfully.•
Critical thinking means requiring careful judgment.•
Critical thinking is directed purposeful mental activity by which ideas are evaluated, plans are
constructed, and desired outcomes are met
Essential for evaluation purposes
Clinical reasoning
Charting by exception - CORRECT ANSWER - use of predetermined standards and norms
to record only significant assessment care
Source-oriented - CORRECT ANSWER - charting focuses on the client's disease
Focus charting - CORRECT ANSWER - centers on the patient from a positive perspective
POMR charting( Problem-oriented medical record (POMR) charting) - CORRECT
ANSWER - focuses on patient problems that resulted from being ill or on the defined
nursing diagnoses reflecting those problems.
POMR charting( Problem-oriented medical record (POMR) charting) - CORRECT
ANSWER - The original SOAP method is categorized in which method of documentation
Revision of the nursing care plan involves: - CORRECT ANSWER - inactivating resolved
problems
, Before carrying out a specific intervention in the patient plan of care, a nurse should: -
CORRECT ANSWER - identify the reason for the intervention.
identify the rationale for the intervention.
identify the usual standard of care.
identify any potential dangers
Priority Setting - CORRECT ANSWER - Priority setting involves placing nursing
diagnoses or nursing interventions in the order of importance•
Life-threatening problems take priority•
Problems that threaten health or coping ability are medium priority•
Problems that do not have a major effect if not attended to that day or week are the low priority.•
When faced with two patient needs (or more) first consider the consequences of each one
Skills for Critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Effective reading, effective writing,
attentive listening, and effective communicating
Priority setting with delivery of care involves - CORRECT ANSWER - using the least
invasive treatment first
Components of the nursing process - CORRECT ANSWER - assessment , nursing
diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of collecting, organizing, documenting,
and validating a patients health data•Data is gathered from the patient (physical assessment and
interview) and the family, as well as from the physician and the patient's medical record•Data
from other health professionals and diagnostic test are included in assessment.
nursing diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of sorting and analyzing the
assessment data to identify potential health problems •Problems identified during the process are
specific nursing diagnoses.•Nursing diagnoses are prioritized and entered into the nursing plan of
care.
