NUR 355 EXAM 1 COMPETENCY REVIEW 2026
MOCK TEST COMPLETE KEY INSIGHTS
◉ Collaboration.
Answer: Working jointly and as an equal partnership with other
healthcare professionals and the public to solve problems,
coordinate care, optimize outcomes, protect human rights, and
promote health.
◉ Communication.
Answer: A vital skill for exchanging information, ideas, and feelings,
especially for conveying complex information to patients and
families, navigating ethical situations, and ensuring concise and
accurate information exchange within the team.
◉ Safety.
Answer: The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause
danger, risk, or injury, a priority in all care settings, especially for
older adults and in preventing medical errors.
◉ Cellular Regulation.
Answer: The control mechanisms governing cell growth,
differentiation, and death, disrupted in cancer.
,◉ Fluid and Electrolyte Balance.
Answer: Maintaining appropriate levels of fluids and electrolytes,
crucial for normal physiological function and often disrupted by
cancer or its treatment, or in older adults due to age-related renal
changes.
◉ Infection.
Answer: A significant risk for cancer patients due to weakened
immune systems and a common complication for older adults due to
diminished immune functioning.
◉ Promoting Health.
Answer: Strategies for preventing disease, early detection, and
improving overall well-being.
◉ Cognition.
Answer: The mental processes of knowing, including awareness,
perception, reasoning, and judgment, often affected in older adults
by conditions like dementia or delirium.
◉ Nutrition.
Answer: The process of obtaining food necessary for health and
growth, a common concern in geriatric and cancer care.
,◉ Perfusion.
Answer: The passage of fluid, such as blood, through the circulatory
system to an organ or tissue.
◉ Ethics.
Answer: A branch of philosophy concerned with choices regarding
right and wrong behaviors, providing a moral framework for sound
decision-making in nursing.
◉ Diversity.
Answer: Having a wide variety of features and characteristics that
differentiate one person from another.
◉ Self.
Answer: How a person views themselves, influencing cultural belief
systems and identity.
◉ Social Determinants of Health (SDOH).
Answer: Conditions in the environments where people are born, live,
learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect health outcomes and
risks.
◉ Healthcare Systems.
Answer: The organization and delivery of healthcare services.
, ◉ Quality Improvement.
Answer: Systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable
improvement in healthcare services and the health of targeted
patient groups.
◉ Patient-Centered Care.
Answer: Care that respects the patient's values, preferences, and
expressed needs, and involves the patient and caregiver in
healthcare decisions and care planning, treating them with dignity
and respect.
◉ Importance of Patient-Centered Care.
Answer: Essential for quality care, highlighted by the Institute of
Medicine (IOM). Nursing care is a major component of its evaluation
because nurses provide 24-hour care.
◉ Assessment (HCAHPS).
Answer: The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare
Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is a standardized survey that
scores patient-centered care via telephone survey after discharge.
◉ Interprofessional Collaboration (IC).
MOCK TEST COMPLETE KEY INSIGHTS
◉ Collaboration.
Answer: Working jointly and as an equal partnership with other
healthcare professionals and the public to solve problems,
coordinate care, optimize outcomes, protect human rights, and
promote health.
◉ Communication.
Answer: A vital skill for exchanging information, ideas, and feelings,
especially for conveying complex information to patients and
families, navigating ethical situations, and ensuring concise and
accurate information exchange within the team.
◉ Safety.
Answer: The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause
danger, risk, or injury, a priority in all care settings, especially for
older adults and in preventing medical errors.
◉ Cellular Regulation.
Answer: The control mechanisms governing cell growth,
differentiation, and death, disrupted in cancer.
,◉ Fluid and Electrolyte Balance.
Answer: Maintaining appropriate levels of fluids and electrolytes,
crucial for normal physiological function and often disrupted by
cancer or its treatment, or in older adults due to age-related renal
changes.
◉ Infection.
Answer: A significant risk for cancer patients due to weakened
immune systems and a common complication for older adults due to
diminished immune functioning.
◉ Promoting Health.
Answer: Strategies for preventing disease, early detection, and
improving overall well-being.
◉ Cognition.
Answer: The mental processes of knowing, including awareness,
perception, reasoning, and judgment, often affected in older adults
by conditions like dementia or delirium.
◉ Nutrition.
Answer: The process of obtaining food necessary for health and
growth, a common concern in geriatric and cancer care.
,◉ Perfusion.
Answer: The passage of fluid, such as blood, through the circulatory
system to an organ or tissue.
◉ Ethics.
Answer: A branch of philosophy concerned with choices regarding
right and wrong behaviors, providing a moral framework for sound
decision-making in nursing.
◉ Diversity.
Answer: Having a wide variety of features and characteristics that
differentiate one person from another.
◉ Self.
Answer: How a person views themselves, influencing cultural belief
systems and identity.
◉ Social Determinants of Health (SDOH).
Answer: Conditions in the environments where people are born, live,
learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect health outcomes and
risks.
◉ Healthcare Systems.
Answer: The organization and delivery of healthcare services.
, ◉ Quality Improvement.
Answer: Systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable
improvement in healthcare services and the health of targeted
patient groups.
◉ Patient-Centered Care.
Answer: Care that respects the patient's values, preferences, and
expressed needs, and involves the patient and caregiver in
healthcare decisions and care planning, treating them with dignity
and respect.
◉ Importance of Patient-Centered Care.
Answer: Essential for quality care, highlighted by the Institute of
Medicine (IOM). Nursing care is a major component of its evaluation
because nurses provide 24-hour care.
◉ Assessment (HCAHPS).
Answer: The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare
Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is a standardized survey that
scores patient-centered care via telephone survey after discharge.
◉ Interprofessional Collaboration (IC).
