NURS 230 FINAL EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
◉ nurses and patients work together to identify outcomes
Answer: outcome oriented
◉ a framework for all nursing activities
Answer: universally applicable
◉ make sense of the situation and grasp what is necessary to
achieve goals
Answer: cognitive skills
◉ manipulate equipment skillfully to produce desired outcome
Answer: technical skills
◉ establish and maintain caring relationships that facilitate
achievement of goals
Answer: interpersonal skills
◉ personal moral code and professional role responsibilities
,Answer: ethical/legal skills
◉ performed shortly after admittance to the hospital
performed to establish a complete database for problem
identification and care planning
performed by the nurse to collect data on all aspects of patient's
health
Answer: initial assessment
◉ may be performed during initial assessment or as routine ongoing
data collection
performed to gather data about a specific problem already
identified, or to identify new or overlooked problems
performed by the nurse to collect data about the specific problem
Answer: focused assessment
◉ performed when a physiologic or psychological crisis presents
performed to identify life-threatening problems
performed by the nurse to gather data about the life-threatening
problem
Answer: emergency assessment
◉ performed to compare a patient's current status to baseline data
obtained earlier
, performed to reassess health status and make necessary revisions in
plan of care
performed by the nurse to collect data about current health status if
a patient
Answer: time-lapsed assessment
◉ identifies what is unhealthy about patient
Answer: problem
◉ identifies factors maintaining the unhealthy state
Answer: etiology
◉ identifies the subjective and objective data that signal the
existence of a problem
Answer: defining characteristics
◉ 5 types of nursing diagnoses
Answer: actual, risk, possible, wellness, syndrome
◉ 4 components of a nursing diagnosis
Answer: label, definition, defining characteristics, related factor
◉ developed by the nurse who performs the nursing history and
physical assessment
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
◉ nurses and patients work together to identify outcomes
Answer: outcome oriented
◉ a framework for all nursing activities
Answer: universally applicable
◉ make sense of the situation and grasp what is necessary to
achieve goals
Answer: cognitive skills
◉ manipulate equipment skillfully to produce desired outcome
Answer: technical skills
◉ establish and maintain caring relationships that facilitate
achievement of goals
Answer: interpersonal skills
◉ personal moral code and professional role responsibilities
,Answer: ethical/legal skills
◉ performed shortly after admittance to the hospital
performed to establish a complete database for problem
identification and care planning
performed by the nurse to collect data on all aspects of patient's
health
Answer: initial assessment
◉ may be performed during initial assessment or as routine ongoing
data collection
performed to gather data about a specific problem already
identified, or to identify new or overlooked problems
performed by the nurse to collect data about the specific problem
Answer: focused assessment
◉ performed when a physiologic or psychological crisis presents
performed to identify life-threatening problems
performed by the nurse to gather data about the life-threatening
problem
Answer: emergency assessment
◉ performed to compare a patient's current status to baseline data
obtained earlier
, performed to reassess health status and make necessary revisions in
plan of care
performed by the nurse to collect data about current health status if
a patient
Answer: time-lapsed assessment
◉ identifies what is unhealthy about patient
Answer: problem
◉ identifies factors maintaining the unhealthy state
Answer: etiology
◉ identifies the subjective and objective data that signal the
existence of a problem
Answer: defining characteristics
◉ 5 types of nursing diagnoses
Answer: actual, risk, possible, wellness, syndrome
◉ 4 components of a nursing diagnosis
Answer: label, definition, defining characteristics, related factor
◉ developed by the nurse who performs the nursing history and
physical assessment
