nursing 302 exam 1 questions with complete solutions

what is tripod position correct answer: leaning over body, to contract all muscles to help breath what are the steps of nursing process? correct answer: assessment, diagnosis, outcome, planning implementation, evaluation what are the types of data? correct answer: complete, focused or problem, follow up, emergency what is complete data history correct answer: know every little thing about the patient what is focused or problem data history correct answer: focus in on symptoms of that time, already have complete data what is follow up data? correct answer: after discharge you check back in what is emergency data history correct answer: just get the info that you need, while working on the patient steps of assessment(4) correct answer: inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation palpation is used to assess what kind of things? correct answer: touch, texture, moisture, organ location, presence of tenderness, lumps, mass what is percussion correct answer: tapping the skin to conduct sound threw tissue, air, muscles. to detect if fluid, air, mass are places they shouldn't be whats auscultation correct answer: listen to sounds produced by the body what equipment do you use while performing auscultation correct answer: stethoscope in doing an abdominal exam what step of the assessment do you do first? correct answer: auscultation when do you do a review of systems with a patient correct answer: at the beginning of interview, and then more specificity at the end. what are the two end pieces of the stethoscope correct answer: diaphragm, bell which part of your hand is best for detecting vibration correc