NRSG 2220 Study Guide – Exam 1
Make sure you arrive at the exam early.
For ABSN – check in and get your testing computer
For Boston – have your laptop or Chromebook charged! It is your
responsibility to have a charged working device for the exam.
You must have Respondus loaded on your computer. All exams
will use Respondus.
All personal items should be at the front or back of the
room, away from you during testing (refer to the testing
policy in the student handbook).
Exam 1 covers modules 1-2. It is a 50-question test, and you have
75 minutes to complete it (1.5 mins/question). Matching lab
content is covered on the exam.
The module reminders below are not all content from each
module - just major themes. You are responsible for all
content covered in each module/book chapters). This
statement applies to every exam and module.
This is an approximate of the test concepts and number of
questions (the number of questions per content can vary
slightly).
Reminder Module 1:
This includes all aspects of obtaining a health history,
interviewing, general survey, physical assessment techniques,
vital signs, pain assessment, and basic neurological assessment.
Reminder Module 2:
This includes all aspects of medical asepsis, PPE, infection
control, precautions, documentation and reporting.
, Assessment/chapter 15 – 9 questions
Assessment - what is the focus of the assessment? What can
affect it?
Initial, focused, quick priority, emergency, time lapsed, triage,
patient centered
Prioritization
Collecting Data – sources of data and methods of collecting data,
identifying cues and validating data, recognizing cues, clustering
data, and reporting data
Documentation
Health Assessment/chapter 27 – 8
The Health Assessment – history, physical assessment,
comprehensive assessment, ongoing/partial, follow up, focused,
emergency
The assessment – ROS, preparing the patient, equipment,
positioning, privacy, draping
Techniques – inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion –
positions used during the assessment
Equipment: Stethoscope, SPHYGMOMANOMETER,
thermometer,
General Survey
Key Terms:
activities of daily living (ADLs)
adventitious breath sounds
auscultation
body mass index (BMI)
Make sure you arrive at the exam early.
For ABSN – check in and get your testing computer
For Boston – have your laptop or Chromebook charged! It is your
responsibility to have a charged working device for the exam.
You must have Respondus loaded on your computer. All exams
will use Respondus.
All personal items should be at the front or back of the
room, away from you during testing (refer to the testing
policy in the student handbook).
Exam 1 covers modules 1-2. It is a 50-question test, and you have
75 minutes to complete it (1.5 mins/question). Matching lab
content is covered on the exam.
The module reminders below are not all content from each
module - just major themes. You are responsible for all
content covered in each module/book chapters). This
statement applies to every exam and module.
This is an approximate of the test concepts and number of
questions (the number of questions per content can vary
slightly).
Reminder Module 1:
This includes all aspects of obtaining a health history,
interviewing, general survey, physical assessment techniques,
vital signs, pain assessment, and basic neurological assessment.
Reminder Module 2:
This includes all aspects of medical asepsis, PPE, infection
control, precautions, documentation and reporting.
, Assessment/chapter 15 – 9 questions
Assessment - what is the focus of the assessment? What can
affect it?
Initial, focused, quick priority, emergency, time lapsed, triage,
patient centered
Prioritization
Collecting Data – sources of data and methods of collecting data,
identifying cues and validating data, recognizing cues, clustering
data, and reporting data
Documentation
Health Assessment/chapter 27 – 8
The Health Assessment – history, physical assessment,
comprehensive assessment, ongoing/partial, follow up, focused,
emergency
The assessment – ROS, preparing the patient, equipment,
positioning, privacy, draping
Techniques – inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion –
positions used during the assessment
Equipment: Stethoscope, SPHYGMOMANOMETER,
thermometer,
General Survey
Key Terms:
activities of daily living (ADLs)
adventitious breath sounds
auscultation
body mass index (BMI)
