RNSG 1105 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
Nursing Responsibilities Correct Answer 1. Articulate why you
are performing an action or procedure.
2. Demonstrate Understanding - the scientific rationale of your
interventions.
3. Define the goals of interventions and the outcomes for the
patient
4. Assess patient's health history.
5. Reassess patient. (determine how often is needed)
6. Evaluate patient and the effectiveness of interventions: Were
your goals reached?
National Patient Safety Goals - TJC Correct Answer 1. Identify
patients correctly using at least 2 identifiers
2. improve staff communication
6. Use alarms safely
7.Prevent infection by following CDC guidelines
Nursing competencies Correct Answer 1. Cognitive
Competency: have to think
Ex: offer scientific rationale for patient plan of care/select
nursing interventions most likely to yield desired outcomes/ use
critical thinking to solve patient problems and meet their needs
creatively
2. Technical Competency Skills: have to do/perform skills
Ex: Use psychomotor skills to provide care and meet needs of
patients/ use technical equipment to achieve goals with minimal
stress to patient/ creatively adapt equipment and technical
procedures
,3. Interpersonal Competency: have to care and communicate
Ex: communicate with the patient, family and members of the
health care team/ use interactions to promote human dignity and
respect/ elect personal strengths and abilities of patients to
achieve health goals and establish caring relationships.
4. Ethical/Legal Competency: have to value individuals and
follow the rules
Ex: Trusting in ways that advance interest of patients/
accountable for their own actions/ patient advocates/follow
ethical and legal guidelines
QSEN competencies Correct Answer Patient centered care
teamwork and collaboration
evidence based practice
Quality Improvement
safety
informatics
what do you ask to identify a patient? Correct Answer Name
and Medical Record number and/or DOB
What is the #1 way to prevent the spread of infection? Correct
Answer Hand washing
what are the steps of the nursing process? Correct Answer
Assessment, Analysis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
what are symptoms that the patients report to you? Correct
Answer Subjective
, what are the signs that you can see, hear, or feel from a patient?
Correct Answer Objective
two components of the assessment step of the nursing process?
Correct Answer Signs/symtoms + health history
what occurs during the analyse step of the nursing process?
Correct Answer Arrive at a Patient Problem - Analyzing and
interpreting the data to identify health needs / patient problems.
what occurs during the planning step of the nursing process?
Correct Answer Establish goals, getting ready to implement a
skill/ gathering necessary equipment
what occurs in the implementation step of the nursing process?
Correct Answer Carrying out the plan :
Organizing equipment• Organizing personnel- delegation• Time
management• Thinking, doing, communicating
what occurs in the evaluation step of the nursing process?
Correct Answer ask has the goal been met, what is the patients
response
SBAR Correct Answer S= Situation - What is the situation you
are calling
about? Be concise.
B= Background- Pertinent background information
related to the situation. Mental status, etc.
A = Assessment- What is the nurse's assessment of
the situation? what you found/think
Nursing Responsibilities Correct Answer 1. Articulate why you
are performing an action or procedure.
2. Demonstrate Understanding - the scientific rationale of your
interventions.
3. Define the goals of interventions and the outcomes for the
patient
4. Assess patient's health history.
5. Reassess patient. (determine how often is needed)
6. Evaluate patient and the effectiveness of interventions: Were
your goals reached?
National Patient Safety Goals - TJC Correct Answer 1. Identify
patients correctly using at least 2 identifiers
2. improve staff communication
6. Use alarms safely
7.Prevent infection by following CDC guidelines
Nursing competencies Correct Answer 1. Cognitive
Competency: have to think
Ex: offer scientific rationale for patient plan of care/select
nursing interventions most likely to yield desired outcomes/ use
critical thinking to solve patient problems and meet their needs
creatively
2. Technical Competency Skills: have to do/perform skills
Ex: Use psychomotor skills to provide care and meet needs of
patients/ use technical equipment to achieve goals with minimal
stress to patient/ creatively adapt equipment and technical
procedures
,3. Interpersonal Competency: have to care and communicate
Ex: communicate with the patient, family and members of the
health care team/ use interactions to promote human dignity and
respect/ elect personal strengths and abilities of patients to
achieve health goals and establish caring relationships.
4. Ethical/Legal Competency: have to value individuals and
follow the rules
Ex: Trusting in ways that advance interest of patients/
accountable for their own actions/ patient advocates/follow
ethical and legal guidelines
QSEN competencies Correct Answer Patient centered care
teamwork and collaboration
evidence based practice
Quality Improvement
safety
informatics
what do you ask to identify a patient? Correct Answer Name
and Medical Record number and/or DOB
What is the #1 way to prevent the spread of infection? Correct
Answer Hand washing
what are the steps of the nursing process? Correct Answer
Assessment, Analysis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
what are symptoms that the patients report to you? Correct
Answer Subjective
, what are the signs that you can see, hear, or feel from a patient?
Correct Answer Objective
two components of the assessment step of the nursing process?
Correct Answer Signs/symtoms + health history
what occurs during the analyse step of the nursing process?
Correct Answer Arrive at a Patient Problem - Analyzing and
interpreting the data to identify health needs / patient problems.
what occurs during the planning step of the nursing process?
Correct Answer Establish goals, getting ready to implement a
skill/ gathering necessary equipment
what occurs in the implementation step of the nursing process?
Correct Answer Carrying out the plan :
Organizing equipment• Organizing personnel- delegation• Time
management• Thinking, doing, communicating
what occurs in the evaluation step of the nursing process?
Correct Answer ask has the goal been met, what is the patients
response
SBAR Correct Answer S= Situation - What is the situation you
are calling
about? Be concise.
B= Background- Pertinent background information
related to the situation. Mental status, etc.
A = Assessment- What is the nurse's assessment of
the situation? what you found/think
