NUR 200 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY
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Noticing - correct answer ✔✔Indicate when a situation is normal, abnormal or has changed.
Get an initial grasp on the situation
Application to thinking noticing - correct answer ✔✔Collect: Subjective & objective data
VS, Complaints, self-described symptoms. What nurse notices, such as rashes, swelling, bruising,
etc
Identifying signs and symptoms - correct answer ✔✔Noticing
Gathering Complete and Accurate Data - correct answer ✔✔Noticing
Assessing Systematically and Comprehensively - correct answer ✔✔Noticing
Predicting (and Managing) Potential Complications - correct answer ✔✔Noticing
Identifying Assumptions - correct answer ✔✔Noticing
5 concepts of critical thinking - correct answer ✔✔Standards Attitudes Competencies
Experience Specific Knowledge Base
Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔The nursing process is a variation of scientific reasoning
that involves five steps: assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and
,evaluation.Assess (collection verification of data and analysis of data) Diagnose, Plan,
Implement, Evaluate
cue - correct answer ✔✔obtain information that you obtain through sense. (Lies still with arms
along side: tense. States has not turned in some time. Reports pain a 7 and on scale of 0-10)
Sources of Data - correct answer ✔✔Patient, family and significant other, health care team,
medical records, other records and scientific literature
An initial patient-centered interview involves - correct answer ✔✔(1) setting the stage, (2)
gathering information about the patient's problems and setting an agenda, (3) collecting the
assessment or a nursing health history, and (4) terminating the interview.
A nurse assesses a patient who comes to the pulmonary clinic. "I see that it's been over 6
months since you've been here, but your appointment was for every 2 months. Tell me about
that. Also I see from your last visit that the doctor recommended routine exercise. Can you tell
me how successful you've been in following his plan?" The nurse's assessment covers which of
Gordon's functional health patterns? - correct answer ✔✔Health perception-health
management pattern
The nurse observes a patient walking down the hall with a shuffling gait. When the patient
returns to bed, the nurse checks the strength in both of the patient's legs. The nurse applies the
information gained to suspect that the patient has a mobility problem. This conclusion is an
example of: - correct answer ✔✔Clinical inference.
A 72-year-old male patient comes to the health clinic for an annual follow-up. The nurse enters
the patient's room and notices him to be diaphoretic, holding his chest and breathing with
difficulty. The nurse immediately checks the patient's heart rate and blood pressure and asks
him, "Tell me where your pain is." Which of the following assessment approaches does this
scenario describe? - correct answer ✔✔A problem-oriented approach
, The nurse asks a patient, "Describe for me a typical night's sleep. What do you do to fall asleep?
Do you have difficulty falling or staying asleep? This series of questions would likely occur during
which phase of a patient-centered interview? - correct answer ✔✔Working phase
A nurse is assigned to a 42-year-old mother of 4 who weighs 136.2 kg (300 lbs), has diabetes,
and works part time in the kitchen of a restaurant. The patient is facing surgery for gallbladder
disease. Which of the following approaches demonstrates the nurse's cultural competence in
assessing the patient's health care problems? - correct answer ✔✔"You have four children; do
you have any concerns about going home and caring for them?"
A nurse is checking a patient's intravenous line and, while doing so, notices how the patient
bathes himself and then sits on the side of the bed independently to put on a new gown. This
observation is an example of assessing: - correct answer ✔✔Patient's level of function.
A patient who visits the surgery clinic 4 weeks after a traumatic amputation of his right leg tells
the nurse practitioner that he is worried about his ability to continue to support his family. He
tells the nurse he feels that he has let his family down after having an auto accident that led to
the loss of his left leg. The nurse listens and then asks the patient, "How do you see yourself
now?" On the basis of Gordon's functional health patterns, which pattern does the nurse assess
- correct answer ✔✔Self-perception-self-concept pattern
During a visit to the clinic, a patient tells the nurse that he has been having headaches on and
off for a week. The headaches sometimes make him feel nauseated. Which of the following
responses by the nurse is an example of probing? - correct answer ✔✔Tell me what makes your
headaches begin.
Steps of NOTICING - correct answer ✔✔Identifying Assumptions
Predicting (and Managing) Potential Complications
Assessing Systematically and Comprehensively
Gathering Complete and Accurate Data
Identifying signs and symptoms
ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY
GRADED A+ LATEST VERSION
Noticing - correct answer ✔✔Indicate when a situation is normal, abnormal or has changed.
Get an initial grasp on the situation
Application to thinking noticing - correct answer ✔✔Collect: Subjective & objective data
VS, Complaints, self-described symptoms. What nurse notices, such as rashes, swelling, bruising,
etc
Identifying signs and symptoms - correct answer ✔✔Noticing
Gathering Complete and Accurate Data - correct answer ✔✔Noticing
Assessing Systematically and Comprehensively - correct answer ✔✔Noticing
Predicting (and Managing) Potential Complications - correct answer ✔✔Noticing
Identifying Assumptions - correct answer ✔✔Noticing
5 concepts of critical thinking - correct answer ✔✔Standards Attitudes Competencies
Experience Specific Knowledge Base
Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔The nursing process is a variation of scientific reasoning
that involves five steps: assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and
,evaluation.Assess (collection verification of data and analysis of data) Diagnose, Plan,
Implement, Evaluate
cue - correct answer ✔✔obtain information that you obtain through sense. (Lies still with arms
along side: tense. States has not turned in some time. Reports pain a 7 and on scale of 0-10)
Sources of Data - correct answer ✔✔Patient, family and significant other, health care team,
medical records, other records and scientific literature
An initial patient-centered interview involves - correct answer ✔✔(1) setting the stage, (2)
gathering information about the patient's problems and setting an agenda, (3) collecting the
assessment or a nursing health history, and (4) terminating the interview.
A nurse assesses a patient who comes to the pulmonary clinic. "I see that it's been over 6
months since you've been here, but your appointment was for every 2 months. Tell me about
that. Also I see from your last visit that the doctor recommended routine exercise. Can you tell
me how successful you've been in following his plan?" The nurse's assessment covers which of
Gordon's functional health patterns? - correct answer ✔✔Health perception-health
management pattern
The nurse observes a patient walking down the hall with a shuffling gait. When the patient
returns to bed, the nurse checks the strength in both of the patient's legs. The nurse applies the
information gained to suspect that the patient has a mobility problem. This conclusion is an
example of: - correct answer ✔✔Clinical inference.
A 72-year-old male patient comes to the health clinic for an annual follow-up. The nurse enters
the patient's room and notices him to be diaphoretic, holding his chest and breathing with
difficulty. The nurse immediately checks the patient's heart rate and blood pressure and asks
him, "Tell me where your pain is." Which of the following assessment approaches does this
scenario describe? - correct answer ✔✔A problem-oriented approach
, The nurse asks a patient, "Describe for me a typical night's sleep. What do you do to fall asleep?
Do you have difficulty falling or staying asleep? This series of questions would likely occur during
which phase of a patient-centered interview? - correct answer ✔✔Working phase
A nurse is assigned to a 42-year-old mother of 4 who weighs 136.2 kg (300 lbs), has diabetes,
and works part time in the kitchen of a restaurant. The patient is facing surgery for gallbladder
disease. Which of the following approaches demonstrates the nurse's cultural competence in
assessing the patient's health care problems? - correct answer ✔✔"You have four children; do
you have any concerns about going home and caring for them?"
A nurse is checking a patient's intravenous line and, while doing so, notices how the patient
bathes himself and then sits on the side of the bed independently to put on a new gown. This
observation is an example of assessing: - correct answer ✔✔Patient's level of function.
A patient who visits the surgery clinic 4 weeks after a traumatic amputation of his right leg tells
the nurse practitioner that he is worried about his ability to continue to support his family. He
tells the nurse he feels that he has let his family down after having an auto accident that led to
the loss of his left leg. The nurse listens and then asks the patient, "How do you see yourself
now?" On the basis of Gordon's functional health patterns, which pattern does the nurse assess
- correct answer ✔✔Self-perception-self-concept pattern
During a visit to the clinic, a patient tells the nurse that he has been having headaches on and
off for a week. The headaches sometimes make him feel nauseated. Which of the following
responses by the nurse is an example of probing? - correct answer ✔✔Tell me what makes your
headaches begin.
Steps of NOTICING - correct answer ✔✔Identifying Assumptions
Predicting (and Managing) Potential Complications
Assessing Systematically and Comprehensively
Gathering Complete and Accurate Data
Identifying signs and symptoms
