2026 NUR 355 Med Surg Adult Health EXAM 1 MUST KNOW MOD 1 AND 2 STUDY
GUIDE (Acute & Chronic Health Disruptions In Adults I) Arizona College of Nursing)
Arizona College of Nursing
Med Surg Exam 1
Module 1
Ethical Principles
- Autonomy: The right to make one’s own personal decisions, even when those decisions
might not be in that person’s own best interest
- Beneficence: the actions that promote good for others, without any self - interest
- Veracity: the commitment to telling the truth
- Fidelity: fulfillment of promises
- Social Justice: fairness in care delivery and use of resources
- Nonmaleficence: the commitment to doing no harm
Healthcare Team
- Who’s on the Healthcare team: dietitian, lab techs, PT, pharmacists, providers, radiology
techs, RT, social workers, speech - language pathologists
- Interprofessional Communication:
- Interprofessional education sharing your role and understanding other's roles to
improve communication and inpatient satisfaction educating the team about your role as a
, nurse
Healthcare Access
- What factors affect ability to healthcare access
- poverty and its correlates, geographic area of residence, race and ethnicity, sex,
age, language spoken, and disability status
Cultural care
- How do we recognize different cultures/ what questions should be asked:
- Some cultures mistrust doctors from past trauma
, - Different languages and religion
- Fear of unknown
- Belief in alternative medicine
- Language barriers
- Unfamiliarity with medical treatment
EBP
- Steps of EBP:
- Ask clinical questions
- Acquire the best evidence
- Appraise the evidence
- Apply evidence to pt care
- Assess pt
- PICOT:
- P; patient
- I; intervention
- C; comparison
- O; outcome
- T; time
- What is HCHAPS
- Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
- survey and data collection method for measuring patients’ perceptions of their
hospital experience
QSEN competencies
GUIDE (Acute & Chronic Health Disruptions In Adults I) Arizona College of Nursing)
Arizona College of Nursing
Med Surg Exam 1
Module 1
Ethical Principles
- Autonomy: The right to make one’s own personal decisions, even when those decisions
might not be in that person’s own best interest
- Beneficence: the actions that promote good for others, without any self - interest
- Veracity: the commitment to telling the truth
- Fidelity: fulfillment of promises
- Social Justice: fairness in care delivery and use of resources
- Nonmaleficence: the commitment to doing no harm
Healthcare Team
- Who’s on the Healthcare team: dietitian, lab techs, PT, pharmacists, providers, radiology
techs, RT, social workers, speech - language pathologists
- Interprofessional Communication:
- Interprofessional education sharing your role and understanding other's roles to
improve communication and inpatient satisfaction educating the team about your role as a
, nurse
Healthcare Access
- What factors affect ability to healthcare access
- poverty and its correlates, geographic area of residence, race and ethnicity, sex,
age, language spoken, and disability status
Cultural care
- How do we recognize different cultures/ what questions should be asked:
- Some cultures mistrust doctors from past trauma
, - Different languages and religion
- Fear of unknown
- Belief in alternative medicine
- Language barriers
- Unfamiliarity with medical treatment
EBP
- Steps of EBP:
- Ask clinical questions
- Acquire the best evidence
- Appraise the evidence
- Apply evidence to pt care
- Assess pt
- PICOT:
- P; patient
- I; intervention
- C; comparison
- O; outcome
- T; time
- What is HCHAPS
- Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
- survey and data collection method for measuring patients’ perceptions of their
hospital experience
QSEN competencies
