NURS 303 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SOLVED 100% CORRECT NEWEST UPDATE 2025

What are the roles of a professional nurse? - Correct Ans-promote health, prevent illness, restoring health and facilitating coping with disease or death. The roles include caregiver, communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, and collaborator. Nursing involves specialized skills and application of knowledge based on an education that has both theoretical and clinical practice components. Licensed to formulate and dispense medications - Correct Ans-pharmacist Educated to assist clients to speak more clearly - Correct Ans-speech therapist Licensed to diagnose and treat illness - Correct Ans-physicians Titles include nursing assistant, orderly, care technician - Correct Ans-assistive personnel Manages and plans nutritional needs of clients - Correct Ans-dietitian Licensed to assist physically challenged clients to adapt - Correct Ans-occupational therapist Completes certification exam to assist health care providers - Correct Ans-physician assistant Seeks to restore function or prevent further disability - Correct Ans-physical therapist Counsels' clients/families and makes community referrals - Correct Ans-social worker Educated in techniques to improve pulmonary function - Correct Ans-respiratory therapist Gives spiritual support to clients, families, and staff - Correct Ans-chaplain or spiritual care provider Body of individuals who help maintain health of clients - Correct Ans-nurse primary health care occurs? - Correct Ans-1. family planning centers 2. Primary care centers 3. urgent care centers 4. employment health centers primary healthcare provides? - Correct Ans-Family planning, prenatal and well-baby care, immunizations, health risk screenings, diagnostic tests, health education, and medications primary healthcare treats what type of client? - Correct Ans-Patients with common health problems and/or needing preventative measures. secondary healthcare occurs? - Correct Ans-1. hospital-based clinics 2. emergency departments 3. hospitals or same day surgery units 4. psychiatric institutes secondary healthcare provides? - Correct Ans-Physicians in specialties such as internal medicine, pediatrics, neurology, psychiatry, and advanced practice nurses. secondary healthcare treats what type of clients? - Correct Ans-Victims of car accidents Someone needing surgery Clients needing mental health care tertiary healthcare occurs? - Correct Ans-large medical centers like Grady or CHOA tertiary healthcare provides? - Correct Ans-Subspecialist physicians such as cardiovascular surgeons, pediatric hematologists, and advanced practice nurses tertiary healthcare treats what type of clients? - Correct Ans-Rare and complex disease management. What does "person-centered care" mean? - Correct Ans-Individualized and holistic care. To have person centered care, the nurse must care for themselves. Think of REST: R: relationships with self and others E: exercise (care of the mind, body, and spirit) S: soul (compassionate emotional care) T: transformative thinking leading to thoughtful action. It focuses on the patient's symptoms and medical history and on the emotional, social, and financial factors that affect their life and values. Swansons theory of caring? - Correct Ans-knowing, being with, doing for, enabling, maintaining belief Benner and Wrubel's Theory of Caring? - Correct Ans-Care is primary, sets up what counts as stressful, as well as what counts as coping and cannot be divorced from situation, physical environment, nurse training, nurse experience, or client perspective/capacity Watsons theory of caring? - Correct Ans-Nursing's goal is to understand the interrelationship between health, illness, and human behavior. Focus on transpersonal caring/transformative. Nonverbal communication - Correct Ans-transmission of information without the use of words verbal communcation - Correct Ans-an exchange of info using words, including both the spoken and written words. Depends on language, or slang (how people use certain words). spoken words (subcategory of verbal communication) - Correct Ans-people use spoken and written language forms to reveal aspects of the person's intellectual development, educational level, and geographic and cultural origin. what are the categories of nonverbal communication - Correct Ans-Touch, eye contact, facial expressions, posture, gait, gestures, general physical appearance, mode of dress and grooming, sounds, and silence. intrapersonal communication is - Correct Ans-self-talk, communication within a person. Crucial because it affects the nurse's behavior and can enhance or detract from positive interactions with the patients and family. interpersonal communication is - Correct Ans-occurs between two or more people with a goal to exchange messages. small group communication - Correct Ans-occurs when nurses interact with two or more people. To be functional, members of the small group must communicate to achieve their goal. Examples include staff meetings, patient care conferences, teaching sessions, and support groups. organizational communication is - Correct Ans-when people and groups within an organization communicate to achieve established goals. How does developmental level impact communication? - Correct Ans-The rate of language development is directly correlated with the patient's neurologic competence and cognitive development. It is useful to understand the process of language development and the stages of intellectual and psychosocial development. This helps communicate effectively with patients and family of all age ranges. How do sociocultural difference impact communication? - Correct Ans-Understanding a patient's culture helps you understand nonverbal communication and deliver appropriate nursing care to their patients and their families. Development of cultural competence requires becoming aware of your own personal cultural beliefs and identifying prejudices or attitudes that could affect interactions with people different from you or be a barrier to good communication. What are the characteristics of professional communication? - Correct Ans-The ability to communicate with patients, other nurses, and other health care professionals is essential for effective use of the nursing process. Knowledge of the communication process and effective communication techniques is fundamental to all steps of the nursing process. At the same time, the nursing process provides the guidance and direction needed to communicate in a professional manner clearly, effectively, and passionately. Describe the I-SBAR-R and QSEN relationship. - Correct Ans-ISBAR is the communication between members of the health care team about a patient's condition. ISBARR and QSEN allow for open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision making which are all essential for achieving quality patient care. What is I-SBAR-R (identification, situation, background, assessment, recommendation, readback) and what is its purpose? - Correct Ans-I: identify/introduction: communicate who you are, your credentials, your relationship to the patient, where you are, and why you are communicating. S: situation: communicate concisely what is occurring in the patient situation and why you are consulting the health care provider-what is happening. B: background: explain significant details of the patient's history related to the current situation-brief patient information. A: assessment: give your analysis of the current situation-what you think. R: recommendation: explain the action requested or the health care providers recommendation regarding the current situation, what you want.