CHAPTER 40 HYGIENE POTTER
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 9TH EDITION
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What are the 5 steps in the nursing process? Answer: (1)
Assessment
(2) Nursing Diagnosis
(3) Planning
(4) Implementation
(5) Evaluation
*** All of the above require critical thinking!
◉ Define Assessment Answer: Collects comprehensive data
pertinent to the patient's health and/or situation.
- info medical personnel can look at
- begins the moment you walk through the door
,◉ Can the RN provide subjective information about patient? Answer:
NO! Only the patient can give subjective info.
OBJECTIVE info is what the RN sees, hears, or smells
◉ What is the Diagnosis phase? Answer: Analyze the assessment
and make a clinical judgement related to an ACTUAL or POTENTIAL
health problem.
** Nurses have to be aware of potential risks based on health
problems.
** Also collaborate with other specialists to manage the problem(s)
◉ What are the three phases of a Nursing Diagnosis? Answer: First
info → Related to → as evidence by
WHAT is the problem?
WHY is it a problem?
WHAT is the evidence of that problem?
Ex:
,"Acute pain → related to surgical incision → as evidence by patient
report (or as evidence by crying)"
◉ What are the OUTCOMES IDENTIFICATION? Answer: This is the
statement of how a patient's status will change once interventions
have been successfully instituted
Identify the expected outcomes when planning for the patient's
individual situation.
Interventions must be measurable criterion indicating that
objectives have been met.
◉ Define the PLANNING stage of the nursing process Answer:
Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain
expected outcomes.
- Prioritize strategies
- Goals (statement that describes the aim if the nursing care) should
be short term and long term
◉ Describe IMPLEMENTATION of the nursing process Answer: The
actions to facilitate positive patient outcomes
, ◉ What three skills are needed in order to implement goals?
Answer: Cognitive
Personal
Psychomotor
◉ Describe the EVALUATION phase of the nursing process Answer:
This describes how well the patients needs were met (or not met).
Done through reassessment
◉ What percentage of all communication is nonverbal? Answer:
90%
◉ What two characteristics should nurses always exude? Answer:
CARING
COMPETENCE
◉ How is communication used in the Assessment phase of the
nursing process? Answer: Verbal interviewing and history taking
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 9TH EDITION
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What are the 5 steps in the nursing process? Answer: (1)
Assessment
(2) Nursing Diagnosis
(3) Planning
(4) Implementation
(5) Evaluation
*** All of the above require critical thinking!
◉ Define Assessment Answer: Collects comprehensive data
pertinent to the patient's health and/or situation.
- info medical personnel can look at
- begins the moment you walk through the door
,◉ Can the RN provide subjective information about patient? Answer:
NO! Only the patient can give subjective info.
OBJECTIVE info is what the RN sees, hears, or smells
◉ What is the Diagnosis phase? Answer: Analyze the assessment
and make a clinical judgement related to an ACTUAL or POTENTIAL
health problem.
** Nurses have to be aware of potential risks based on health
problems.
** Also collaborate with other specialists to manage the problem(s)
◉ What are the three phases of a Nursing Diagnosis? Answer: First
info → Related to → as evidence by
WHAT is the problem?
WHY is it a problem?
WHAT is the evidence of that problem?
Ex:
,"Acute pain → related to surgical incision → as evidence by patient
report (or as evidence by crying)"
◉ What are the OUTCOMES IDENTIFICATION? Answer: This is the
statement of how a patient's status will change once interventions
have been successfully instituted
Identify the expected outcomes when planning for the patient's
individual situation.
Interventions must be measurable criterion indicating that
objectives have been met.
◉ Define the PLANNING stage of the nursing process Answer:
Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain
expected outcomes.
- Prioritize strategies
- Goals (statement that describes the aim if the nursing care) should
be short term and long term
◉ Describe IMPLEMENTATION of the nursing process Answer: The
actions to facilitate positive patient outcomes
, ◉ What three skills are needed in order to implement goals?
Answer: Cognitive
Personal
Psychomotor
◉ Describe the EVALUATION phase of the nursing process Answer:
This describes how well the patients needs were met (or not met).
Done through reassessment
◉ What percentage of all communication is nonverbal? Answer:
90%
◉ What two characteristics should nurses always exude? Answer:
CARING
COMPETENCE
◉ How is communication used in the Assessment phase of the
nursing process? Answer: Verbal interviewing and history taking
