NUR 501 QUIZ 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | PRACTICE QUESTIONS, VERIFIED
ANSWERS & REVIEW
critical thinking - ANS ✔✔the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with openness
to question and reflect on the reasoning process
decision making - ANS ✔✔is a product of critical thinking that focuses on problem resolutions
Diagnostic reasoning - ANS ✔✔analytical process for determining a patient's health problems
Evidence-based knowledge - ANS ✔✔knowledge based on research or clinical expertise
Nursing process - ANS ✔✔five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves
assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
problem solving - ANS ✔✔the process of finding solutions to difficult or complex issues.
Reflection - ANS ✔✔turning over a subject in the mind and thinking about it seriously
Scientific Method - ANS ✔✔A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting
data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
closed-ended questions - ANS ✔✔Questions that can be answered in short or single word
responses.
open-ended questions - ANS ✔✔questions that respondents answer in their own words
, objective data - ANS ✔✔information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs
subjective data - ANS ✔✔what the person says about himself or herself during history taking
review of systems - ANS ✔✔physical examination of all body systems in a systematic manner as
part of the nursing assessment
collaborative problem - ANS ✔✔an actual or potential physiological complication that nurses
monitor to detect the onset of changes in a patient's status
data cluster - ANS ✔✔a set of signs or symptoms gathered during assessment that you group
together in a logical way
defining characteristics - ANS ✔✔the clinical criteria or assessment findings that support an
actual nursing diagnosis
NANDA-I - ANS ✔✔North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International
Nursing Diagnosis - ANS ✔✔a clinical judgement concerning a human response to health
conditions/life processes, or vulnerability for that response by an individual, family, or
community that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat.
collaborative interventions - ANS ✔✔Therapies that require the knowledge, skill, and expertise
of multiple health care professionals.
Expected Goals/Outcomes - ANS ✔✔the measurable change that must be achieved to reach a
goal
long term goal - ANS ✔✔a goal that you plan to reach over an extended period of time
ANSWERS & REVIEW
critical thinking - ANS ✔✔the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with openness
to question and reflect on the reasoning process
decision making - ANS ✔✔is a product of critical thinking that focuses on problem resolutions
Diagnostic reasoning - ANS ✔✔analytical process for determining a patient's health problems
Evidence-based knowledge - ANS ✔✔knowledge based on research or clinical expertise
Nursing process - ANS ✔✔five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves
assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
problem solving - ANS ✔✔the process of finding solutions to difficult or complex issues.
Reflection - ANS ✔✔turning over a subject in the mind and thinking about it seriously
Scientific Method - ANS ✔✔A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting
data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
closed-ended questions - ANS ✔✔Questions that can be answered in short or single word
responses.
open-ended questions - ANS ✔✔questions that respondents answer in their own words
, objective data - ANS ✔✔information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs
subjective data - ANS ✔✔what the person says about himself or herself during history taking
review of systems - ANS ✔✔physical examination of all body systems in a systematic manner as
part of the nursing assessment
collaborative problem - ANS ✔✔an actual or potential physiological complication that nurses
monitor to detect the onset of changes in a patient's status
data cluster - ANS ✔✔a set of signs or symptoms gathered during assessment that you group
together in a logical way
defining characteristics - ANS ✔✔the clinical criteria or assessment findings that support an
actual nursing diagnosis
NANDA-I - ANS ✔✔North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International
Nursing Diagnosis - ANS ✔✔a clinical judgement concerning a human response to health
conditions/life processes, or vulnerability for that response by an individual, family, or
community that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat.
collaborative interventions - ANS ✔✔Therapies that require the knowledge, skill, and expertise
of multiple health care professionals.
Expected Goals/Outcomes - ANS ✔✔the measurable change that must be achieved to reach a
goal
long term goal - ANS ✔✔a goal that you plan to reach over an extended period of time
