Nurs 325 Exam 1 EXAM QUESTIONS
VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026 RATED A+
primary healthcare - CORRECT ANSWERS medical care services, health education, nutritional
care, family planning, and control of diseases
secondary and tertiary - CORRECT ANSWERS hospitals deliver health care to patients who are
acutely ill and need comprehensive specialized ________ and __________ health care
discharge planning - CORRECT ANSWERS begins when a patient is admitted to a health care
agency and helps in the transition of a patient's care from one environment to another
barriers to effective discharge planning - CORRECT ANSWERS ineffective communication, lack
of role clarity among health care team members, and lack of resources
diagnoses related groups (DRGs) - CORRECT ANSWERS classifications based on a hospitalized
patients primary and secondary medical diagnoses; encourages cost containment initiatives
minimum data set (MDS) - CORRECT ANSWERS classification system which allows for the
standardized collection of essential nursing data
theories - CORRECT ANSWERS _____are dynamic and responsive to the changing environment
in which we live
assumptions - CORRECT ANSWERS explain the nature of the concepts, definitions, purpose,
relationships, and structure of a theory
, grand theories - CORRECT ANSWERS provides the structural framework for general, global
ideas about nursing.
-intend to answer the question: "what is nursing? " and focus on the whole of nursing rather than on a
specific type of nursing
metatheory - CORRECT ANSWERS examines the relationships of various components that
make up the knowledge of a discipline including philosophical, theoretical, and empirical components
that provide a broad overview of the discipline
middle-range theories - CORRECT ANSWERS address a specific phenomenon and reflect a
certain practice.
-theories expand on specific concepts in a specific field of nursing such as uncertainty, incontinence,
social support, etc
paradigm - CORRECT ANSWERS a pattern of beliefs used to describe the domain of a discipline;
links the concepts theories, values, beliefs, and assumptions accepted and applied by the discipline
practice theories - CORRECT ANSWERS aka situation specific theories; bring theory to the
bedside; are narrow in scope and focus and guide the nursing care of a specific patient population at a
specific time
shared theory - CORRECT ANSWERS explains a phenomenon specific to the discipline that
developed the theory
illness behaviors - CORRECT ANSWERS different reactions people have when they become ill.
VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026 RATED A+
primary healthcare - CORRECT ANSWERS medical care services, health education, nutritional
care, family planning, and control of diseases
secondary and tertiary - CORRECT ANSWERS hospitals deliver health care to patients who are
acutely ill and need comprehensive specialized ________ and __________ health care
discharge planning - CORRECT ANSWERS begins when a patient is admitted to a health care
agency and helps in the transition of a patient's care from one environment to another
barriers to effective discharge planning - CORRECT ANSWERS ineffective communication, lack
of role clarity among health care team members, and lack of resources
diagnoses related groups (DRGs) - CORRECT ANSWERS classifications based on a hospitalized
patients primary and secondary medical diagnoses; encourages cost containment initiatives
minimum data set (MDS) - CORRECT ANSWERS classification system which allows for the
standardized collection of essential nursing data
theories - CORRECT ANSWERS _____are dynamic and responsive to the changing environment
in which we live
assumptions - CORRECT ANSWERS explain the nature of the concepts, definitions, purpose,
relationships, and structure of a theory
, grand theories - CORRECT ANSWERS provides the structural framework for general, global
ideas about nursing.
-intend to answer the question: "what is nursing? " and focus on the whole of nursing rather than on a
specific type of nursing
metatheory - CORRECT ANSWERS examines the relationships of various components that
make up the knowledge of a discipline including philosophical, theoretical, and empirical components
that provide a broad overview of the discipline
middle-range theories - CORRECT ANSWERS address a specific phenomenon and reflect a
certain practice.
-theories expand on specific concepts in a specific field of nursing such as uncertainty, incontinence,
social support, etc
paradigm - CORRECT ANSWERS a pattern of beliefs used to describe the domain of a discipline;
links the concepts theories, values, beliefs, and assumptions accepted and applied by the discipline
practice theories - CORRECT ANSWERS aka situation specific theories; bring theory to the
bedside; are narrow in scope and focus and guide the nursing care of a specific patient population at a
specific time
shared theory - CORRECT ANSWERS explains a phenomenon specific to the discipline that
developed the theory
illness behaviors - CORRECT ANSWERS different reactions people have when they become ill.
