NFDN 2003 MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. What is nursing - ANSWER ✔ Building upon cognitive and leadership skills
2. What is ideally wanted when a nursing team is trying to problem solve -
ANSWER ✔ Combine-knowledge
3. What are pitfalls of problem solving - ANSWER ✔ Micro-managing
One person making the cal
4. What are the decision areas - ANSWER ✔ Clinical
Ethical
Group Decision
Delegation decisions
5. What makes a good decision maker - ANSWER ✔ Flexible
Accountable for their own actions
Focused
Self-confident
, Proactive
Current knowledge
Works with resources
6. What are the priority settings - ANSWER ✔ Primary: Threat
Secondary: Actual problem, client asked for immediate help
Third: Client has not recognized the problem yet
Fourth: Actual or potential problem, client will have in the future
7. What are the time management steps - ANSWER ✔ Collect data
Identify problems
Analyze problems
Develop a plan
Implement the plan (Interventions)
Evaluate
8. SBAR - ANSWER ✔ situation, background, assessment, recommendation
9. clinical pathways - ANSWER ✔ used in management of care
10.care mapping - ANSWER ✔ care mapped out day by day from admission
day to discharge
11.priority setting - ANSWER ✔ based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs
,12.skin - ANSWER ✔ primary line of defence, protects body from
microorganisms
13.cause of a wound - ANSWER ✔ intentional vs. unintentional
14.skin integrity - ANSWER ✔ open, closed, acute, chronic
15.What does SBAR stand for? - ANSWER ✔ Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
16.Concept Map - ANSWER ✔ -another method of recording a nursing care
plan
-the nursing process is recorded in a visual diagram of patient problems and
interventions that illustrates the relationships among clinical data
17.Clinical (critical) pathways - ANSWER ✔ -directs the entire health care
team in the daily care goals for select health care problems
-includes: nursing care plan, specific interventions, and a documentation tool
-it describes the patient care required at specific times in the treatment
-multidisciplinary approach
18.Purpose of clinical pathway - ANSWER ✔ Critical to meet expected
outcomes
Standardize care
, Reduce delays in care
Reduce costs
19.What is the purpose of SBAR? - ANSWER ✔ -All events are critical to meet
outcomes
-Standardization of Care
-Can be individualized
-Reduces duplication and delays in care
-Reduces cost of care
20.What does SBAR do? - ANSWER ✔ -Communication Framework
-Clear & Direct communication with Care Providers
-Clinical Pathways
-Care maps
-Effective & Efficient Processes
-Care mapped from entry to exit
21.What is the purpose of dressing? pg. 1318 - ANSWER ✔ -Like a second
skin to something that has been broken
-to control bleeding, to prevent infection, to absorb blood
-aids in homeostasis
-provides a moist environment
22.What type of wounds need dressing? - ANSWER ✔ wounds with extensive
tissue loss
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. What is nursing - ANSWER ✔ Building upon cognitive and leadership skills
2. What is ideally wanted when a nursing team is trying to problem solve -
ANSWER ✔ Combine-knowledge
3. What are pitfalls of problem solving - ANSWER ✔ Micro-managing
One person making the cal
4. What are the decision areas - ANSWER ✔ Clinical
Ethical
Group Decision
Delegation decisions
5. What makes a good decision maker - ANSWER ✔ Flexible
Accountable for their own actions
Focused
Self-confident
, Proactive
Current knowledge
Works with resources
6. What are the priority settings - ANSWER ✔ Primary: Threat
Secondary: Actual problem, client asked for immediate help
Third: Client has not recognized the problem yet
Fourth: Actual or potential problem, client will have in the future
7. What are the time management steps - ANSWER ✔ Collect data
Identify problems
Analyze problems
Develop a plan
Implement the plan (Interventions)
Evaluate
8. SBAR - ANSWER ✔ situation, background, assessment, recommendation
9. clinical pathways - ANSWER ✔ used in management of care
10.care mapping - ANSWER ✔ care mapped out day by day from admission
day to discharge
11.priority setting - ANSWER ✔ based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs
,12.skin - ANSWER ✔ primary line of defence, protects body from
microorganisms
13.cause of a wound - ANSWER ✔ intentional vs. unintentional
14.skin integrity - ANSWER ✔ open, closed, acute, chronic
15.What does SBAR stand for? - ANSWER ✔ Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
16.Concept Map - ANSWER ✔ -another method of recording a nursing care
plan
-the nursing process is recorded in a visual diagram of patient problems and
interventions that illustrates the relationships among clinical data
17.Clinical (critical) pathways - ANSWER ✔ -directs the entire health care
team in the daily care goals for select health care problems
-includes: nursing care plan, specific interventions, and a documentation tool
-it describes the patient care required at specific times in the treatment
-multidisciplinary approach
18.Purpose of clinical pathway - ANSWER ✔ Critical to meet expected
outcomes
Standardize care
, Reduce delays in care
Reduce costs
19.What is the purpose of SBAR? - ANSWER ✔ -All events are critical to meet
outcomes
-Standardization of Care
-Can be individualized
-Reduces duplication and delays in care
-Reduces cost of care
20.What does SBAR do? - ANSWER ✔ -Communication Framework
-Clear & Direct communication with Care Providers
-Clinical Pathways
-Care maps
-Effective & Efficient Processes
-Care mapped from entry to exit
21.What is the purpose of dressing? pg. 1318 - ANSWER ✔ -Like a second
skin to something that has been broken
-to control bleeding, to prevent infection, to absorb blood
-aids in homeostasis
-provides a moist environment
22.What type of wounds need dressing? - ANSWER ✔ wounds with extensive
tissue loss
