NURSING 150 FINAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
Describe normal pulse rate, bradycardia, and tachycardia related to a client's
heart rate.CORRECT-ANSWERSNormal pulse rate: bradycardia: slow heart
rate, less than 60 bpm
tachycardia: rapid heart rate, higher than 100 bpm
Describe the nursing role differences related to in-service education,
advanced education, certificate education, and continuing
education.CORRECT-ANSWERSInservice education- when a certain practice
comes into a hospital or institution and teaches you how to do something
(demonstration)
Advanced education- after a baccalaureate degree you can receive a
masters degree (2-3) extra years for specific education & doctorate is fully
specializing in your field to apply research findings to clinical nursing
Certificate education- choosing to work towards a specific certification in a
special area of nursing (certification in medical surgical) after passing the
exam, you go on to continue education
Continuing education- involves formal, organized educational purposes,
professional nursing organizations, and educational and healthcare
institutions (program on caring for older adults with dementia offered by a
university)
,Describe nursing practices which demonstrate autonomy, responsibility,
advocacy, and accountability.CORRECT-ANSWERSAutonomy- making
independent decisions based on medical knowledge on the situation
Patient autonomy- right for patient to have a say in their medical care
Responsibility- duties needed to perform & ownership to do them
(willingness to follow through)
Advocacy- stand up for the patient & command final decisions
Accountability- responsibility for actions
Confidentiality- keep things between patient & nurse on duty (protection of
patients privacy)
Describe the different influences on nursing in healthcare practice including:
nursing shortage, healthcare reform, and the medically underserved
population.CORRECT-ANSWERSNursing shortage- no struggle to find a job
(baby boomer generation is growing old) more care needed
When too many patients to handle happens = rushing patients (be like a
sloth)
Healthcare reform- ACA (Affordable Care Act) = people get insurance that
could not before, can not turn anyone down even if they do not have health
care (must treat everyone)
Medically underserved population- patients are sent home more frequently
due to less cost to treat from home
,Describe the different communication roles (channel, receiver, message,
sender, referent, and feedback) between the nurse and client.CORRECT-
ANSWERSChannel- how to get the message across (verbal, visual, electronic)
Receiver- student (receives message)
Massage- facial reaction, non-verbal cues
Sender- teacher (gets message out)
Referent- motivate a person to communicate w/someone
Feedback- how to understand message (either need a further explanation or
was interpreted good)
Environment- hot & cold, effects focus- lives in an abusive household (could
not tell the truth if abusive person is present) SETTING SHOULD BE SAFE
ALWAYS
Interpersonal variables- anything that can influence communication, severe
pain (hard to answer health questions)
Identify each component of SBAR utilized for delivering client report to the
healthcare provider.CORRECT-ANSWERSS- situation (what is happening right
now?)
B- background (what led up to the current situation?)
A- Assessment (What is the identified problem, concern, or need?)
R- Recommendation (What actions or interventions should be initiated to
alleviate the problem?)
Describe the nursing role in maintaining therapeutic communication with
clients utilizing intonation, gestures, timing, and vocabulary.CORRECT-
, ANSWERSDenotation- words could have several meanings (different meaning
somewhere else or in a different culture)
Connotation- perception of the word
Pacing- Do not talk too fast, try to slow down
Intonation- tone of voice, change based on situation (stay calm)
Clarity- making something more clear for the patient, explain more
Brevity- make it shorter, simplify the process of explaining for the patient
Timing- pay attention to the good time to communicate to someone (when
pain wears off)
Relevance- decide what is important to the patient & their status & report
Vocabulary- be careful when using medical jargon to a patient, when
someone speaks a forgein language & you don't use an interpreter always
(DO NOT TRUST A FAMILY MEMBER TO INTERPRET WORDS FOR PATIENT)
Paraphrasing- rephrasing what the patient said in your own words
Validation- acknowledge the patient's feelings
Describe the nurse's role in maintaining professionalism with client
interactions.CORRECT-ANSWERSAppearance- dress professional (scrubs)
Demeanor- act like you want to be there, take care of the patient with
meaning
Behavior- be engaged & do not do anything inappropriate
Use of names- address patient with first name, unless they are ederly use
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CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
Describe normal pulse rate, bradycardia, and tachycardia related to a client's
heart rate.CORRECT-ANSWERSNormal pulse rate: bradycardia: slow heart
rate, less than 60 bpm
tachycardia: rapid heart rate, higher than 100 bpm
Describe the nursing role differences related to in-service education,
advanced education, certificate education, and continuing
education.CORRECT-ANSWERSInservice education- when a certain practice
comes into a hospital or institution and teaches you how to do something
(demonstration)
Advanced education- after a baccalaureate degree you can receive a
masters degree (2-3) extra years for specific education & doctorate is fully
specializing in your field to apply research findings to clinical nursing
Certificate education- choosing to work towards a specific certification in a
special area of nursing (certification in medical surgical) after passing the
exam, you go on to continue education
Continuing education- involves formal, organized educational purposes,
professional nursing organizations, and educational and healthcare
institutions (program on caring for older adults with dementia offered by a
university)
,Describe nursing practices which demonstrate autonomy, responsibility,
advocacy, and accountability.CORRECT-ANSWERSAutonomy- making
independent decisions based on medical knowledge on the situation
Patient autonomy- right for patient to have a say in their medical care
Responsibility- duties needed to perform & ownership to do them
(willingness to follow through)
Advocacy- stand up for the patient & command final decisions
Accountability- responsibility for actions
Confidentiality- keep things between patient & nurse on duty (protection of
patients privacy)
Describe the different influences on nursing in healthcare practice including:
nursing shortage, healthcare reform, and the medically underserved
population.CORRECT-ANSWERSNursing shortage- no struggle to find a job
(baby boomer generation is growing old) more care needed
When too many patients to handle happens = rushing patients (be like a
sloth)
Healthcare reform- ACA (Affordable Care Act) = people get insurance that
could not before, can not turn anyone down even if they do not have health
care (must treat everyone)
Medically underserved population- patients are sent home more frequently
due to less cost to treat from home
,Describe the different communication roles (channel, receiver, message,
sender, referent, and feedback) between the nurse and client.CORRECT-
ANSWERSChannel- how to get the message across (verbal, visual, electronic)
Receiver- student (receives message)
Massage- facial reaction, non-verbal cues
Sender- teacher (gets message out)
Referent- motivate a person to communicate w/someone
Feedback- how to understand message (either need a further explanation or
was interpreted good)
Environment- hot & cold, effects focus- lives in an abusive household (could
not tell the truth if abusive person is present) SETTING SHOULD BE SAFE
ALWAYS
Interpersonal variables- anything that can influence communication, severe
pain (hard to answer health questions)
Identify each component of SBAR utilized for delivering client report to the
healthcare provider.CORRECT-ANSWERSS- situation (what is happening right
now?)
B- background (what led up to the current situation?)
A- Assessment (What is the identified problem, concern, or need?)
R- Recommendation (What actions or interventions should be initiated to
alleviate the problem?)
Describe the nursing role in maintaining therapeutic communication with
clients utilizing intonation, gestures, timing, and vocabulary.CORRECT-
, ANSWERSDenotation- words could have several meanings (different meaning
somewhere else or in a different culture)
Connotation- perception of the word
Pacing- Do not talk too fast, try to slow down
Intonation- tone of voice, change based on situation (stay calm)
Clarity- making something more clear for the patient, explain more
Brevity- make it shorter, simplify the process of explaining for the patient
Timing- pay attention to the good time to communicate to someone (when
pain wears off)
Relevance- decide what is important to the patient & their status & report
Vocabulary- be careful when using medical jargon to a patient, when
someone speaks a forgein language & you don't use an interpreter always
(DO NOT TRUST A FAMILY MEMBER TO INTERPRET WORDS FOR PATIENT)
Paraphrasing- rephrasing what the patient said in your own words
Validation- acknowledge the patient's feelings
Describe the nurse's role in maintaining professionalism with client
interactions.CORRECT-ANSWERSAppearance- dress professional (scrubs)
Demeanor- act like you want to be there, take care of the patient with
meaning
Behavior- be engaged & do not do anything inappropriate
Use of names- address patient with first name, unless they are ederly use
(mr.mrs.miss)
