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NUR155/ NUR 155 (Latest 2025) Foundations of
Nursing Exam| Questions and Answers| Grade
A| Galen
What is the nursing process? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Systematic, rational method of planning and proving
individualized care.
What do you do in the nursing process? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ 1. Assessing
2. Nursing Diagnosing
3. Planning
4. Implementing
5. Evaluating
What is the Decision-Making Process? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -Choosing the best actions to meet a desired
goal
-Make value decisions
-Time management decisions
-Scheduling decisions
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-Priority decisions
The Nursing Process: Assessing - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
Collecting, organizing, validating and documenting a
patient's health data
-collect data
-organize data
-validate data
-Document data
The Nursing Process: Diagnosing - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
-Analyze date
-Identify health problems, risks, and strengths
-formulate diagnostic statements
The Nursing Process: Planning - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
Prioritize problems/diagnoses
-Formulate goals/desired outcomes
-Select nursing interventions
-Write nursing interventions
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The Nursing Process: Implementing - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -Reassess the client
-Determine the nurse's need for assistance
-Implementing the nursing interventions
-Supervise delegated care
-Document nursing activités
The Nursing Process: Evaluating - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
Collect data related to outcomes
-Compare data with outcomes
-Relate nursing actions to client goals/outcomes
-Draw conclusions about problem status
-Continue, modify, or terminate the client's care plan
What is subjective? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ What the
patient says
Ex: "I have pain, nausea, fear"
What is objective? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -Measurable
Ex: vital signs, labs, drainage, etc.
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Methods of data collection? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
Observing
-Interviewing
Directive Approach to Interviewing? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -Nurse establishes purpose
-Nurse controls the interview
-Used to gather and give information when time is
limited, e.g., in an emergency
Nondirective Approach to Interviewing - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -Rapport-building
-Client controls the purpose, subject matter, and pacing
-Combination of directive and nondirective approaches
usually appropriate during the information-gathering
interview
Types of questions: Closed - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ If you
can answer a question with only a "yes" or "no"
NUR155/ NUR 155 (Latest 2025) Foundations of
Nursing Exam| Questions and Answers| Grade
A| Galen
What is the nursing process? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Systematic, rational method of planning and proving
individualized care.
What do you do in the nursing process? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ 1. Assessing
2. Nursing Diagnosing
3. Planning
4. Implementing
5. Evaluating
What is the Decision-Making Process? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -Choosing the best actions to meet a desired
goal
-Make value decisions
-Time management decisions
-Scheduling decisions
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-Priority decisions
The Nursing Process: Assessing - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
Collecting, organizing, validating and documenting a
patient's health data
-collect data
-organize data
-validate data
-Document data
The Nursing Process: Diagnosing - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
-Analyze date
-Identify health problems, risks, and strengths
-formulate diagnostic statements
The Nursing Process: Planning - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
Prioritize problems/diagnoses
-Formulate goals/desired outcomes
-Select nursing interventions
-Write nursing interventions
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The Nursing Process: Implementing - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -Reassess the client
-Determine the nurse's need for assistance
-Implementing the nursing interventions
-Supervise delegated care
-Document nursing activités
The Nursing Process: Evaluating - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
Collect data related to outcomes
-Compare data with outcomes
-Relate nursing actions to client goals/outcomes
-Draw conclusions about problem status
-Continue, modify, or terminate the client's care plan
What is subjective? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ What the
patient says
Ex: "I have pain, nausea, fear"
What is objective? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -Measurable
Ex: vital signs, labs, drainage, etc.
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Methods of data collection? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
Observing
-Interviewing
Directive Approach to Interviewing? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -Nurse establishes purpose
-Nurse controls the interview
-Used to gather and give information when time is
limited, e.g., in an emergency
Nondirective Approach to Interviewing - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -Rapport-building
-Client controls the purpose, subject matter, and pacing
-Combination of directive and nondirective approaches
usually appropriate during the information-gathering
interview
Types of questions: Closed - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ If you
can answer a question with only a "yes" or "no"
