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Nurs 205 Midterm Exam With Verified Questions and Answers What is medical-surgical nursing - answerCare of the acutely ill Looking after diverse patient populations Work in diverse practical settings (Hospital, Primary care, Communities) Diverse scope of practice Medical surgical - Bridges t...

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Nurs 205 Midterm Exam With Verified
Questions and Answers


What is medical-surgical nursing - answer✔✔Care of the acutely ill
Looking after diverse patient populations
Work in diverse practical settings
(Hospital, Primary care, Communities)
Diverse scope of practice


Medical surgical - Bridges the gap between medical and surgical conditions


Diabetes=medical condition
Surgery=surgical condition

What is critical thinking - answer✔✔High level thinking and reasoning skills
Attending to salient information and responding appropriately (Discovering what is truly
important)
Clinical reasoning and clinical judgement are synonyms

What is evidenced-informed practice - answer✔✔Conscious use of evidence to deliver the best-
informed decision


Dependent on the client's values

Where are Clinical practice guidelines made - answer✔✔Made from regulatory bodies (RNAO,
CNO) or specialized organizations (Canadian Cancer Society)

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What is a clinical practice guideline - answer✔✔Synthesis of nursing research


Minimum of 5 years ago and gives a starting place for care but must still be individualized

What is a consensus recommendation - answer✔✔Group of experts choose what is the most
appropriate decision based off of no prior research


*good areas to develop research

What is a collaborative care plan - answer✔✔Groups of experts in the hospital come from
different areas and come up with a plan of care

What is the nursing process - answer✔✔ADPIE - Assessment, diagnosis, planning outcomes,
planning interventions, implementation, and evaluation


Way of thinking for nurses (similar to scientific method)
Used to identify, prevent, and treat health problems

What is assessment in ADPIE - answer✔✔Gathering of both objective and subjective data


Obtained through interview, observation, and a physical examination

What is diagnosis in ADPIE - answer✔✔What is contributing to the presenting health status


"nursing diagnosis"

What is a nursing diagnosis - answer✔✔Precise statement about current health status and
contributing factors


Problem-etiology-signs & symptoms format
(problem -related to- etiology(probable cause) -as evidenced by- signs and symptoms)


Helps determine which diagnosis will respond to nursing care and which must be referred to
another HCP

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What is planning outcomes in ADPIE - answer✔✔Setting SMART short- and long- term goals


Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely

What is planning interventions in ADPIE - answer✔✔Independent (nurse capable) and
dependent (HCP/medication) interventions


Interventions should be feasible and based on best evidence

What is implementation in ADPIE - answer✔✔Doing, delegating, and documenting

What is evaluation in ADPIE - answer✔✔Evaluating the short- and long therm interventions


Evaluation data becomes new assessment data in the ADPIE cycle

What is the importance of the nursing process - answer✔✔Promotes collaboration
Is cost efficient
Helps people understand what nurses do
Is required by professional standards of practice
Increases client participation in care and promotes client autonomy
Promotes individualized care
Promotes efficiency
Promotes continuity and coordination of care (Next HCP will be able to easily follow along and
continue care)
Increases job satisfaction

What is nursing theory - answer✔✔Nursing is an art and science with its own evolving scientific
body of knowledge

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Holistic
Involves caring
Occurs in a variety of settings
Concerned with health promotion, disease prevention, and care during illness

What are the differences between medicine and nursing - answer✔✔Medicine
-Diagnose and treat illness
-Cure
-Physiological, biological, physical
-Treat about treatments


Nursing
-Diagnose, treat, and address human response
-Care
-Holistic and psychosocial, cultural spiritual
- Teach self-care and well activities

What are human responses - answer✔✔Reactions to events or stresses as disease, injury, or life
changes


4 groups of reactions - biological, psychological, social, spiritual

What are nursing care plans - answer✔✔Document the ADPIE process

What is nursing an illness vs nursing in wellness - answer✔✔Nursing an illness
-Support people who are ill and help to solve or reduce health problems
-Help persons who are ill to accept and adapt to untreatable problems
-Help terminally ill to achieve a peaceful death


Nursing in wellness

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