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Nurs 5000 Exam 1 questions with correct answersDefine Nursing Correct Answer-the protection, promotion, and
optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury,
alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families,
communities, and populations
Why define Nursing? Correct Answer-Help public understand our value,
and helps differentiate activities of nursing from those of other help care
professionals.
Define critical thinking. Correct Answer-Combination of reasoned
thinking, openness to altering, ability to reflect, desire to fin the truth.
(Likely to have more than 1 answer)
What are some skills you must have to critically think. Correct Answer-
Recognize gaps in own knowledge.
Objectively gather information.
Separate relevant from irrelevant.
Give examples of critical thinking attitudes. Correct Answer-intellectual
autonomy, curiosity, humility, courage, fair-mindedness, integrity,
confidence in reasoning.
Define the Nursing Process.
- What are characteristics of it?
, - What are the 6 phases? Correct Answer-Systematic, problem-solving
that guides nursing practice.
- goal directed, client centered, think and do, cyclical process.
1. assessment
2. analysis/diagnosis
3. planning interventions
4. planning outcomes
5. implementation
6. evaluation
What are the 3 main difference between medical diagnoses and nursing
diagnoses? Correct Answer-1. Cant predict a nursing diagnosis. Patients
with the same medical diagnosis may have a different nursing diagnosis.
2. Medical diagnoses can have many nursing diagnosis within them.
3. Medical diagnosis stays the same as long as the pathology remains.
Nursing assessments are ever changing as patients response to health
changes.
Define Nursing Diagnosis. Correct Answer-A statement of health status
that a nurse can identify, prevent or treat INDEPENDENTLY.
(A clinical judgement about experiences to actual or potential health
problems.)
,True or False: If you can prevent the complication with independent
nursing intervention alone, its not a collaborative problem. Correct
Answer-true
State whether the following represents a nursing diagnosis, medical
diagnosis or collaborative problem.
- After giving birth, all women are at risk for developing postpartum
hemorrhage. Correct Answer-collaborative problem
State whether the following represents a nursing diagnosis, medical
diagnosis or collaborative problem.
- A patient has signs and symptoms of appendicitis which must be
treated with surgery and antibiotics. Correct Answer-medical diagnosis
State whether the following represents a nursing diagnosis, medical
diagnosis or collaborative problem.
- A client is at risk for constipation because he postpones defecation and
also does not consume enough dietary fiber and fluids. The problem can
be prevented by patient teaching which the nurse is licensed to do.
Correct Answer-nursing diagnosis
What are collaborative problems?
How do nurses manage them? Correct Answer-Certain physiologic
complications that nurses monitor to detect onset or change in status. A
collaborative problem is always a potential problem.
, Using physician prescribed and nurse prescribed interventions to
minimize the complications of the events.
Give a rationale for why "Collaborative problems are determined by the
medical diagnosis or pathology". Correct Answer-All patients who have
a certain disease or medical treatment are at risk for developing the same
complications.
Nursing Diagnosis Types. Define each.
Actual
Potential (risk)
Possible
Wellness Correct Answer-Actual: signs/symptoms and cues currently
present.
Potential: have all the information, but hasn't happened yet.
Possible: think it might be going on.
Wellness: transition to a greater level of wellness.
Which Nursing Diagnosis Type: Actual, Potential (risk), Possible,
Wellness
- Alicia seems anxious but you are not sure whether she actually is. You
would need to have more data in order to diagnose or rule out a
diagnosis of Anxiety. Correct Answer-Possible
What are the components of a NANDA-I nursing diagnosis? Describe
each. (5) Correct Answer-Diagnostic Label: title or name
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