Basic Nursing (Rosdahl)
Planning - correct answers "Development of goals for care and possible activities to meet them, Identify
priorities. Anticipate nursing interventions.Prepare to document specific actions that will reach
outcomes/goals by stating specific timeline for the plan.
Implementation - correct answers "The giving of actual nursing care, Take actions that are necessary to
achieve goals.Adjust actions as conditions change.Monitor and report results of assessment, goals, and
interventions to other healthcare team members.
Evaluation - correct answers "The measurement of the effectiveness of nursing care, identify factors
that contributed to success or failure of the NCP's outcomes or goals. Reevaluate, Continue with nursing
process in a cyclic manner.
Characteristics of the Nursing Process - correct answers systematic, client-oriented, goal oriented,
continuous, dynamic
systemic - correct answers "The nurse follows specific, orderly, and logical steps based on the client's
most important and often most vital needs; prioritization or prioritizing.
goal-oriented - correct answers "Goals, objectives, or expected outcomes are established as an early
part of the nursing process.
"Short-term goals - correct answers
" - correct answers "Measurable outcomes that can be achieved in hours, days, or weeks, depending on
the individual problem
" - correct answers
"Long-term goals - correct answers "Provide guidance for the days, weeks, or months during and after
the time a client is seen by a healthcare provider
Dynamic - correct answers "Although it contains definite steps, these steps often overlap; ever-
changing.
Objective data - correct answers all measurable and observable pieces of information about the clients
overall health. Vital signs, height, weight
subjective data - correct answers the client's opinions about what is happening to them, can't be
verified, clients communication through written words or body language, info cannot be observed
through any other source
observation - correct answers "Assessment tool that relies on the use of the five senses to discover
information about the client
Visual observation - correct answers
, Tactile observation - correct answers
Auditory observation - correct answers
Olfactory observation - correct answers
Gustatory observation - correct answers
"The health interview or nursing history - correct answers
" - correct answers "A way of soliciting information from the client
Uses combinations of open-ended questions, detailed questions, and observational and tactile skills -
correct answers
Clients have the right to refuse to answer questions that they believe are too personal. - correct
answers
"Medical history - correct answers
" - correct answers "A healthcare provider obtains information from the client
complete health history - correct answers "helps develop an effective plan of care for the client. It
includes:
Biographical data - correct answers
Reason for coming to the healthcare facility - correct answers
Recent health history - correct answers
Important medical history - correct answers
Pertinent psychosocial information - correct answers
Activities of daily living (ADL) - correct answers
Data Analysis - correct answers "During and after data collection, critically examine each piece of
information to determine its relevance to the client's health problems and its relationship to other
pieces of information.
Validating data - correct answers by checking if they agree with what the client is experiencing.
Recognizing significant data - correct answers When preparing to analyze data, ask yourself which items
are pertinent to client care and which are not.
"Recognizing patterns or clusters - correct answers "Symptoms can be grouped together in clusters for
further analysis.
Identifying strengths and problems while assessing the client - correct answers the nurse should look
for strengths the client has that can be used in coping with problems
"Reaching conclusions - correct answers "The client has no problem.
The client may have a problem. - correct answers
Planning - correct answers "Development of goals for care and possible activities to meet them, Identify
priorities. Anticipate nursing interventions.Prepare to document specific actions that will reach
outcomes/goals by stating specific timeline for the plan.
Implementation - correct answers "The giving of actual nursing care, Take actions that are necessary to
achieve goals.Adjust actions as conditions change.Monitor and report results of assessment, goals, and
interventions to other healthcare team members.
Evaluation - correct answers "The measurement of the effectiveness of nursing care, identify factors
that contributed to success or failure of the NCP's outcomes or goals. Reevaluate, Continue with nursing
process in a cyclic manner.
Characteristics of the Nursing Process - correct answers systematic, client-oriented, goal oriented,
continuous, dynamic
systemic - correct answers "The nurse follows specific, orderly, and logical steps based on the client's
most important and often most vital needs; prioritization or prioritizing.
goal-oriented - correct answers "Goals, objectives, or expected outcomes are established as an early
part of the nursing process.
"Short-term goals - correct answers
" - correct answers "Measurable outcomes that can be achieved in hours, days, or weeks, depending on
the individual problem
" - correct answers
"Long-term goals - correct answers "Provide guidance for the days, weeks, or months during and after
the time a client is seen by a healthcare provider
Dynamic - correct answers "Although it contains definite steps, these steps often overlap; ever-
changing.
Objective data - correct answers all measurable and observable pieces of information about the clients
overall health. Vital signs, height, weight
subjective data - correct answers the client's opinions about what is happening to them, can't be
verified, clients communication through written words or body language, info cannot be observed
through any other source
observation - correct answers "Assessment tool that relies on the use of the five senses to discover
information about the client
Visual observation - correct answers
, Tactile observation - correct answers
Auditory observation - correct answers
Olfactory observation - correct answers
Gustatory observation - correct answers
"The health interview or nursing history - correct answers
" - correct answers "A way of soliciting information from the client
Uses combinations of open-ended questions, detailed questions, and observational and tactile skills -
correct answers
Clients have the right to refuse to answer questions that they believe are too personal. - correct
answers
"Medical history - correct answers
" - correct answers "A healthcare provider obtains information from the client
complete health history - correct answers "helps develop an effective plan of care for the client. It
includes:
Biographical data - correct answers
Reason for coming to the healthcare facility - correct answers
Recent health history - correct answers
Important medical history - correct answers
Pertinent psychosocial information - correct answers
Activities of daily living (ADL) - correct answers
Data Analysis - correct answers "During and after data collection, critically examine each piece of
information to determine its relevance to the client's health problems and its relationship to other
pieces of information.
Validating data - correct answers by checking if they agree with what the client is experiencing.
Recognizing significant data - correct answers When preparing to analyze data, ask yourself which items
are pertinent to client care and which are not.
"Recognizing patterns or clusters - correct answers "Symptoms can be grouped together in clusters for
further analysis.
Identifying strengths and problems while assessing the client - correct answers the nurse should look
for strengths the client has that can be used in coping with problems
"Reaching conclusions - correct answers "The client has no problem.
The client may have a problem. - correct answers
