Nursing 310 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
(ADPIE) Correct Answer - Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning,
Implementation, Evaluation
3 types of nursing research Correct Answer : basic - generate
theories, which help provide explanations for phenomena;
applied - application of theories in different situations with
different populations; clinical - used when testing theories about
the effectiveness of interventions.
3 Types of physical assessment Correct Answer - 1.
Comprehensive - thorough interview, health history, review of
systems, extensive head to toe assessment, often includes lab &
diagnostic tests (cranial nerve evaluation, sensory organ
evaluation); 2. Emergency assessment - priorities need to be
established in a few seconds, time is a factor, treatment must
begin immediately, treatment based on quick survey followed by
narrowly focused physical exam of critical injuries or symptoms
& signs, triage - a form of emergency assessment; 3. Focused
physical assessment.
Assessment Correct Answer - Data collection (primary,
secondary, subjective, objective); data analyzed, validated,
organized, documented.
Attitudes Necessary for critical thinking Correct Answer
confidence, thinking independently, fairness, humility, risk
taking, discipline, perseverance, creativity, curiosity, integrity,
responsibility & accountability
, Behaviors that demonstrate caring in nursing Correct Answer
Nurses presence, Consistence & predictability, the use of touch,
Listening in the nurse-patient relationship.
Belief Correct Answer mental representation of reality or a
person's perceptions about what is right (correct), true, real, or
what the person expects to happen in a given situation.
Beliefs of patients & nurses influence healthcare Correct
Answer example, a nurse is ordered to give a very high dose of
morphine to a terminally ill cancer patient but refuses because
they believe it will hasten death; a pregnant patient wants to
terminate pregnancy and asks a nurse to assist in locating a
clinic; a patient with a high risk of death if she becomes
pregnant refuses sterilization based on religious beliefs.
Characteristics of appropriately written goal: Correct Answer
Considers patient's conditions & resources (physical, mental,
spiritual, economic); Patient centered goals (written for the
patient, to reflect patients activities); Measurable goals
(Specific, with concrete methods of judging attainment; Time
limited goals (include a time for evaluation).
Codependency Correct Answer dysfunctional relationship in
which the person who wants to help acts in a manner that
enables harmful behavior by another person - may lead to
controlling behaviors exhibited by nurses that prevent patients
from healing & moving toward independent.
Communicating special situations Correct Answer visually
impaired (use analog clock to reference position of food on a