Essentials of Nursing Practice Exam 1
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Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS Specific Knowledge + Expertise and Experience
What is the purpose of the nursing process? - CORRECT ANSWERS Purpose is to diagnose and
treat human responses to actual or potential health problems
Discuss critical thinking skills used in nursing practice. - CORRECT ANSWERS Connect
knowledge and theory with day to day practice and reflect on and analyze thoughts, action and
knowledge
What are the steps of the nursing process? - CORRECT ANSWERS Assessment, Diagnose, Plan,
Implement, Evaluate
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS Organized and ongoing appraisal of a patient's well-being.
Comprehensive assessment leads to accurate nursing diagnosis
Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWERS Identifies the actual problem. Differentiates into 2 part and 3
part system.
Planning - CORRECT ANSWERS the nurse prioritizes a patient's various nursing diagnoses,
establishes short- and long-term goals, chooses outcome indicators, and identifies interventions to
address patient goals.
Implementation - CORRECT ANSWERS focuses on initiation of appropriate interventions
designed to meet the unique needs of each patient
,Evaluate - CORRECT ANSWERS focuses on the patient and the patient's response to nursing
interventions and goal or outcome attainment.
Difference between nursing diagnosis and medical diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWERS Medical
Diagnosis: Identify and label medical illnesses. Can be Physical or Psychological.
Nursing Diagnosis: Broader in focus-Consider patient's response to medical diagnoses to life situations-
Make clinical judgments based on medical diagnoses and conditions.
Infection - CORRECT ANSWERS the invasion of a susceptible host by pathogens or
microorganisms; results in disease.
Colonization - CORRECT ANSWERS presence and growth of microorganisms within a host
without tissue invasion or damage.
Health Care Associated Infections - CORRECT ANSWERS Patients at greater risk for health care-
associated infections (HAIs)
Multiple illnesses
•Older adults
•Poorly nourished
•Compromised immune system
Iatrogenic (HAIs) - CORRECT ANSWERS Infection stems from a procedure
Exogenous (HAIs) - CORRECT ANSWERS from microorganisms outside the individual
, Endogenous (HAIs) - CORRECT ANSWERS when the patient's flora becomes altered and
overgrowth occurs
Contact (mode of transmission) - CORRECT ANSWERS junction of body surfaces with other
bodies or objects
Direct: Contact with infected person
Indirect: Contact with contaminated object
Airborne (mode of transmission) - CORRECT ANSWERS microorganisms dispersed by air, then
inhaled or deposited. Examples of illnesses transmitted through the air include tuberculosis, measles,
and chickenpox
Droplet (mode of transmission) - CORRECT ANSWERS mucous membranes of resp tract are
exposed to secretions of infected person. Droplets cannot remain suspended in the air for long periods
and seldom travel more than 3 feet from the source.
Examples of illnesses transmitted by droplets are influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection
Vector borne - CORRECT ANSWERS carry the pathogens from one host to another. Vectors
often are invertebrate animals such as ticks, but they can also be vertebrate animals such as raccoons,
which can transmit rabies by biting.
A microorganism is considered resistant if replication cannot be stopped by _______ ____ ______
antibiotics sequentially or simultaneously. - CORRECT ANSWERS two or more
Hand Hygiene - CORRECT ANSWERS Hands visibly soiled--- soap and water
Rub vigoursly with soap for at least 15-30 seconds
Hands not visibly soiled --- alcohol based rub
Rub until alcohol is dry
questions and answers 100%Correctly
verified answers latest update 2025/2026
RATED A+
Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS Specific Knowledge + Expertise and Experience
What is the purpose of the nursing process? - CORRECT ANSWERS Purpose is to diagnose and
treat human responses to actual or potential health problems
Discuss critical thinking skills used in nursing practice. - CORRECT ANSWERS Connect
knowledge and theory with day to day practice and reflect on and analyze thoughts, action and
knowledge
What are the steps of the nursing process? - CORRECT ANSWERS Assessment, Diagnose, Plan,
Implement, Evaluate
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS Organized and ongoing appraisal of a patient's well-being.
Comprehensive assessment leads to accurate nursing diagnosis
Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWERS Identifies the actual problem. Differentiates into 2 part and 3
part system.
Planning - CORRECT ANSWERS the nurse prioritizes a patient's various nursing diagnoses,
establishes short- and long-term goals, chooses outcome indicators, and identifies interventions to
address patient goals.
Implementation - CORRECT ANSWERS focuses on initiation of appropriate interventions
designed to meet the unique needs of each patient
,Evaluate - CORRECT ANSWERS focuses on the patient and the patient's response to nursing
interventions and goal or outcome attainment.
Difference between nursing diagnosis and medical diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWERS Medical
Diagnosis: Identify and label medical illnesses. Can be Physical or Psychological.
Nursing Diagnosis: Broader in focus-Consider patient's response to medical diagnoses to life situations-
Make clinical judgments based on medical diagnoses and conditions.
Infection - CORRECT ANSWERS the invasion of a susceptible host by pathogens or
microorganisms; results in disease.
Colonization - CORRECT ANSWERS presence and growth of microorganisms within a host
without tissue invasion or damage.
Health Care Associated Infections - CORRECT ANSWERS Patients at greater risk for health care-
associated infections (HAIs)
Multiple illnesses
•Older adults
•Poorly nourished
•Compromised immune system
Iatrogenic (HAIs) - CORRECT ANSWERS Infection stems from a procedure
Exogenous (HAIs) - CORRECT ANSWERS from microorganisms outside the individual
, Endogenous (HAIs) - CORRECT ANSWERS when the patient's flora becomes altered and
overgrowth occurs
Contact (mode of transmission) - CORRECT ANSWERS junction of body surfaces with other
bodies or objects
Direct: Contact with infected person
Indirect: Contact with contaminated object
Airborne (mode of transmission) - CORRECT ANSWERS microorganisms dispersed by air, then
inhaled or deposited. Examples of illnesses transmitted through the air include tuberculosis, measles,
and chickenpox
Droplet (mode of transmission) - CORRECT ANSWERS mucous membranes of resp tract are
exposed to secretions of infected person. Droplets cannot remain suspended in the air for long periods
and seldom travel more than 3 feet from the source.
Examples of illnesses transmitted by droplets are influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection
Vector borne - CORRECT ANSWERS carry the pathogens from one host to another. Vectors
often are invertebrate animals such as ticks, but they can also be vertebrate animals such as raccoons,
which can transmit rabies by biting.
A microorganism is considered resistant if replication cannot be stopped by _______ ____ ______
antibiotics sequentially or simultaneously. - CORRECT ANSWERS two or more
Hand Hygiene - CORRECT ANSWERS Hands visibly soiled--- soap and water
Rub vigoursly with soap for at least 15-30 seconds
Hands not visibly soiled --- alcohol based rub
Rub until alcohol is dry
