NURS 208 Test 1 – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Nursing Exam Review
systematic, circular framework for planning and providing individualized nursing care to patients
- correct answer ✔✔define the nursing process
circular/cyclic, dynamism, patient centered, interpersonal, collaborative, universally used -
correct answer ✔✔characteristics of the nursing process
assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementing, evaluation - correct answer ✔✔steps of the
nursing process
reported by someone such as pt, family, another HCP - correct answer ✔✔subjective
information
observed, factual information such as lab data; something you or doctor sees-medial records -
correct answer ✔✔objective information
nursing diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔ND/NDx
nursing diagnostic statement (whole statement) - correct answer ✔✔NDS
nursing diagnostic category (1st statement) - correct answer ✔✔NDc
risk for complications - correct answer ✔✔RC
potential complication - correct answer ✔✔PC
risk/high risk - correct answer ✔✔R/HR
,North American Nursing Diagnosis Association - correct answer ✔✔NANDA
nursing intervention classification - correct answer ✔✔NIC
nursing outcomes classification - correct answer ✔✔NOC
actual collaborative problem - correct answer ✔✔RC: if problem exists, but cannot be
independently treated; something the nurse primarily monitors for changes in status while
carrying out MD orders
potential complication - correct answer ✔✔RC: there's the possibility for problem to arise but it
does not exist and cannot be independently prevented; primarily something nurses monitor for
onset
to be a risk complication - correct answer ✔✔RC: cannot be treated/prevented independently
by a nurse; must follow MD orders along w/ nursing interventions
planning stage - correct answer ✔✔part of the nursing process when you plan what outcome
you want your pt to have
should be nurse centered, general, broad, and long range - correct answer ✔✔what should
nursing goals (NG) be?
deficit - correct answer ✔✔if there is a ___, then the NG is to "increase"
risk - correct answer ✔✔if it is a ___, then the NG is to "prevent"
, be positive, be specific and measurable, use ranges for values and numbers, proves NG has
been met, should be able to answer yes/no if you met goal, should include time frame for
outcome to take effect - correct answer ✔✔outcome criteria BMCT
self actualization, self esteem, love and belonging, security and safety, physiological needs -
correct answer ✔✔Maslow's Hierarchy of Basic Human Needs
self actualization - correct answer ✔✔hierarchy with mortality, creativity, spontaneity, problem
solving, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts
self esteem - correct answer ✔✔hierarchy with self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect
of others and by others
love and belonging - correct answer ✔✔hierarchy with friendship, family, sexual intimacy
security and safety - correct answer ✔✔hierarchy with body, employment, resources, mortality,
the family, health, property
physiological needs - correct answer ✔✔hierarchy with breathing, food, water, sex, sleep,
homeostasis, excretion
intervention (implementation) - correct answer ✔✔step in the nursing process that deals with
how the nurse will achieve the NG
nursing orders - correct answer ✔✔tasks delegated to other personnel besides the RN
delegation - correct answer ✔✔must ensure that the person the tasks are given to is qualified
to do it
systematic, circular framework for planning and providing individualized nursing care to patients
- correct answer ✔✔define the nursing process
circular/cyclic, dynamism, patient centered, interpersonal, collaborative, universally used -
correct answer ✔✔characteristics of the nursing process
assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementing, evaluation - correct answer ✔✔steps of the
nursing process
reported by someone such as pt, family, another HCP - correct answer ✔✔subjective
information
observed, factual information such as lab data; something you or doctor sees-medial records -
correct answer ✔✔objective information
nursing diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔ND/NDx
nursing diagnostic statement (whole statement) - correct answer ✔✔NDS
nursing diagnostic category (1st statement) - correct answer ✔✔NDc
risk for complications - correct answer ✔✔RC
potential complication - correct answer ✔✔PC
risk/high risk - correct answer ✔✔R/HR
,North American Nursing Diagnosis Association - correct answer ✔✔NANDA
nursing intervention classification - correct answer ✔✔NIC
nursing outcomes classification - correct answer ✔✔NOC
actual collaborative problem - correct answer ✔✔RC: if problem exists, but cannot be
independently treated; something the nurse primarily monitors for changes in status while
carrying out MD orders
potential complication - correct answer ✔✔RC: there's the possibility for problem to arise but it
does not exist and cannot be independently prevented; primarily something nurses monitor for
onset
to be a risk complication - correct answer ✔✔RC: cannot be treated/prevented independently
by a nurse; must follow MD orders along w/ nursing interventions
planning stage - correct answer ✔✔part of the nursing process when you plan what outcome
you want your pt to have
should be nurse centered, general, broad, and long range - correct answer ✔✔what should
nursing goals (NG) be?
deficit - correct answer ✔✔if there is a ___, then the NG is to "increase"
risk - correct answer ✔✔if it is a ___, then the NG is to "prevent"
, be positive, be specific and measurable, use ranges for values and numbers, proves NG has
been met, should be able to answer yes/no if you met goal, should include time frame for
outcome to take effect - correct answer ✔✔outcome criteria BMCT
self actualization, self esteem, love and belonging, security and safety, physiological needs -
correct answer ✔✔Maslow's Hierarchy of Basic Human Needs
self actualization - correct answer ✔✔hierarchy with mortality, creativity, spontaneity, problem
solving, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts
self esteem - correct answer ✔✔hierarchy with self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect
of others and by others
love and belonging - correct answer ✔✔hierarchy with friendship, family, sexual intimacy
security and safety - correct answer ✔✔hierarchy with body, employment, resources, mortality,
the family, health, property
physiological needs - correct answer ✔✔hierarchy with breathing, food, water, sex, sleep,
homeostasis, excretion
intervention (implementation) - correct answer ✔✔step in the nursing process that deals with
how the nurse will achieve the NG
nursing orders - correct answer ✔✔tasks delegated to other personnel besides the RN
delegation - correct answer ✔✔must ensure that the person the tasks are given to is qualified
to do it
