NSG 140 - NURSING FUNDAMENTALS QUESTIONS
What does ADoPIE stand for? - Answer -Assessment, Diagnosis, Outcomes
Identification, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
What is primary care? - Answer -Promotes wellness and prevents disease
What is secondary care? - Answer -When a person has contracted an illness or injury
and requires medical care
What is tertiary care? - Answer -Addresses the long-term effects from chronic illnesses
or conditions with the purpose to restore a patient's maximum physical and mental
function
What is scope of practice? - Answer -Services that a trained health professional is
deemed competent to perform and permitted to undertake according to the terms of
their professional nursing license
What is a LPN/LVN? Who do they work under? And what can they do? - Answer -
License Practical Nurse/License Vocational Nurse. They work under the supervision of
a RN. Give basic nursing care.
What is a RN? - Answer -Registered Nurse. Works independently, and used clinical
judgement model - the nursing process.
What is a APRN? What are the four types? - Answer -Advanced Practice Registered
Nurse. Nurse Midwife, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Practitioner, RN Anesthetist
Is the RN accountable for any task they delegate to a UAP or LPN? - Answer -Yes,
they are.
What can the RN NOT delegate? - Answer -Assessments, Patient-teaching,
Admissions, Discharge, Evaluation of a PT or their care planning
Which of the following is a correct expected outcome of a nursing diagnosis?
a. Patient will have no crackles in lower lobes
b. Patient will feel better
c. Patient will ambulate the hall three times and back by the end of my shift
d. Patient will experience a decrease in pain level - Answer -c. Patient will ambulate the
hall three times and back by the end of my shift
What are the three parts of the nursing diagnosis?
a. Temperature, Pulse, Respirations
, b. Problem, Etiology, Symptoms
c. Medical diagnosis, Defining characteristics, Perception
d. Medical diagnosis, MAR, Potential Risks - Answer -b. Problem, Etiology,
Respirations
What are the five rights of delegation? - Answer -1. Right Task
2. Right Circumstance
3. Right Person
4. Right Direction/Communication
5. Right Supervision/Evaluation
You have an 85-year-old stroke patient that is high risk for aspiration. Can you delegate
a UAP to help feed the patient? - Answer -No.
Your 4 pm vitals are due for all your patients; can you delegate this task? - Answer -
Yes.
A CNA informs you that a patient pulled out their NG tube. You are admitting a new
patient. The CNA tells you she worked GI lab and was checked off for placing NG
tubes. Can she place the NG tube for you? - Answer -No.
What is the Yavapai College Nursing Program mission statement? - Answer -The
mission of the Yavapai College Nursing Program is to provide quality education that will
develop competent, caring, holistic, and ethical practitioners who value lifelong learning
and adapt to continuous changes in the health care system.
Can the RN provide subjective information about patient? - Answer -NO! Only the
patient can give subjective information. OBJECTIVE information is what the RN sees,
hears, or smells.
What are the three phases of a Nursing Diagnosis? - Answer -First info - Related to -
as evidence by
WHAT is the problem?
WHY is it a problem?
WHAT is the evidence of that problem?
Ex.
"Acute pain - related to surgical incision - as evidence by patient report (or as evidence
by crying)"
It is required to wash hands with water and soap when: - Answer -- Hands are visibly
dirty
- When soiled with blood or other body fluids
- Before eating
- After toileting
What does ADoPIE stand for? - Answer -Assessment, Diagnosis, Outcomes
Identification, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
What is primary care? - Answer -Promotes wellness and prevents disease
What is secondary care? - Answer -When a person has contracted an illness or injury
and requires medical care
What is tertiary care? - Answer -Addresses the long-term effects from chronic illnesses
or conditions with the purpose to restore a patient's maximum physical and mental
function
What is scope of practice? - Answer -Services that a trained health professional is
deemed competent to perform and permitted to undertake according to the terms of
their professional nursing license
What is a LPN/LVN? Who do they work under? And what can they do? - Answer -
License Practical Nurse/License Vocational Nurse. They work under the supervision of
a RN. Give basic nursing care.
What is a RN? - Answer -Registered Nurse. Works independently, and used clinical
judgement model - the nursing process.
What is a APRN? What are the four types? - Answer -Advanced Practice Registered
Nurse. Nurse Midwife, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Practitioner, RN Anesthetist
Is the RN accountable for any task they delegate to a UAP or LPN? - Answer -Yes,
they are.
What can the RN NOT delegate? - Answer -Assessments, Patient-teaching,
Admissions, Discharge, Evaluation of a PT or their care planning
Which of the following is a correct expected outcome of a nursing diagnosis?
a. Patient will have no crackles in lower lobes
b. Patient will feel better
c. Patient will ambulate the hall three times and back by the end of my shift
d. Patient will experience a decrease in pain level - Answer -c. Patient will ambulate the
hall three times and back by the end of my shift
What are the three parts of the nursing diagnosis?
a. Temperature, Pulse, Respirations
, b. Problem, Etiology, Symptoms
c. Medical diagnosis, Defining characteristics, Perception
d. Medical diagnosis, MAR, Potential Risks - Answer -b. Problem, Etiology,
Respirations
What are the five rights of delegation? - Answer -1. Right Task
2. Right Circumstance
3. Right Person
4. Right Direction/Communication
5. Right Supervision/Evaluation
You have an 85-year-old stroke patient that is high risk for aspiration. Can you delegate
a UAP to help feed the patient? - Answer -No.
Your 4 pm vitals are due for all your patients; can you delegate this task? - Answer -
Yes.
A CNA informs you that a patient pulled out their NG tube. You are admitting a new
patient. The CNA tells you she worked GI lab and was checked off for placing NG
tubes. Can she place the NG tube for you? - Answer -No.
What is the Yavapai College Nursing Program mission statement? - Answer -The
mission of the Yavapai College Nursing Program is to provide quality education that will
develop competent, caring, holistic, and ethical practitioners who value lifelong learning
and adapt to continuous changes in the health care system.
Can the RN provide subjective information about patient? - Answer -NO! Only the
patient can give subjective information. OBJECTIVE information is what the RN sees,
hears, or smells.
What are the three phases of a Nursing Diagnosis? - Answer -First info - Related to -
as evidence by
WHAT is the problem?
WHY is it a problem?
WHAT is the evidence of that problem?
Ex.
"Acute pain - related to surgical incision - as evidence by patient report (or as evidence
by crying)"
It is required to wash hands with water and soap when: - Answer -- Hands are visibly
dirty
- When soiled with blood or other body fluids
- Before eating
- After toileting
