HCB 103 SHIPBOARD 2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
CDC (Center for Disease Control) - ANSWER-Federal agency of US GOVERNMENT that
provides facilities and services for the investigation, identification, prevention, and control of
diseases.
Cohorting - ANSWER-Grouping patients infected or colonized with the same infectious agent
together to confine their care to one area and prevent contact with susceptible patients
JCAHO ( joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organization) - ANSWER-Private,
Voluntary, non profit group that provides accreditation to the US hospitals and other healthcare
facilities
Ambulate - ANSWER-To move from place to place
Gait - ANSWER-Manner of walking or moving on foot
Shift report - ANSWER-Exchanging essential patient care info with other nursing staff at change
of shift
NAVMED 6550/8 - ANSWER-Medical Administration Record
MAR ( med admin record) - ANSWER-Documents medications administered during a 7 day
period, allergies, impressions
NAVMED 6550/12 - ANSWER-PATIENT PROFILE
Patient Profile form - ANSWER-Used to standardize treatment and provides a ready reference of
the care provided to each patient
SF 508 - ANSWER-Doctors Orders
SF 509 - ANSWER-Progress Notes is the chronological course of the inpatient
SF 510 - ANSWER-Nursing Notes
SF 558 - ANSWER-Emergency Care and Treatment
Alternate form of SF 600 - ANSWER-SF 558
DD form 792 - ANSWER-24 hr intake and output worksheet, documents the patients fluid intake
and output
Isolation precautions consist of? - ANSWER-2 tiers
Standard Precautions - ANSWER-Tier 1
, ISO precautions - ANSWER-Tier 2
Contact, droplet, airborne precautions are? - ANSWER-3 isolation categories
Why don't you rush through the care being provided? - ANSWER-Makes patient feel rejected
How many steps in the nursing process? - ANSWER-5
5 nursing steps - ANSWER-Assessment
Nursing diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment - ANSWER-Analysis of all data
Nursing diagnosis - ANSWER-Clinical judgement about individual, family or community
responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes
Considerations of nursing diagnosis - ANSWER-Physical needs
Emotional needs
Social needs
Spiritual needs
Planning - ANSWER-Involves setting patient centered goals
Implementation - ANSWER-Preforming or carrying out the nursing measures using interventions
developed during planning
Evaluation - ANSWER-Crucial to determine whether patients condition or well being has
improved after the application of the nursing process
Documentation - ANSWER-Ensure All findings while preforming the physical assessment are
documented On the SF 510 and DD 792
Suspected deep tissue injury - ANSWER-Localized discolored intact skin that is maroon or
purple or a blood filled blister resulting from damage to underlying soft tissue from pressure or
shearing.
Area may be painful, firm, mushy, boggy, warmer, or cooler when compared to adjacent tissue
Stage 1 Pressure Ulcer - ANSWER-An area of red, deep pink or mottled skin that does not
blanch with fingertip pressure.
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
CDC (Center for Disease Control) - ANSWER-Federal agency of US GOVERNMENT that
provides facilities and services for the investigation, identification, prevention, and control of
diseases.
Cohorting - ANSWER-Grouping patients infected or colonized with the same infectious agent
together to confine their care to one area and prevent contact with susceptible patients
JCAHO ( joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organization) - ANSWER-Private,
Voluntary, non profit group that provides accreditation to the US hospitals and other healthcare
facilities
Ambulate - ANSWER-To move from place to place
Gait - ANSWER-Manner of walking or moving on foot
Shift report - ANSWER-Exchanging essential patient care info with other nursing staff at change
of shift
NAVMED 6550/8 - ANSWER-Medical Administration Record
MAR ( med admin record) - ANSWER-Documents medications administered during a 7 day
period, allergies, impressions
NAVMED 6550/12 - ANSWER-PATIENT PROFILE
Patient Profile form - ANSWER-Used to standardize treatment and provides a ready reference of
the care provided to each patient
SF 508 - ANSWER-Doctors Orders
SF 509 - ANSWER-Progress Notes is the chronological course of the inpatient
SF 510 - ANSWER-Nursing Notes
SF 558 - ANSWER-Emergency Care and Treatment
Alternate form of SF 600 - ANSWER-SF 558
DD form 792 - ANSWER-24 hr intake and output worksheet, documents the patients fluid intake
and output
Isolation precautions consist of? - ANSWER-2 tiers
Standard Precautions - ANSWER-Tier 1
, ISO precautions - ANSWER-Tier 2
Contact, droplet, airborne precautions are? - ANSWER-3 isolation categories
Why don't you rush through the care being provided? - ANSWER-Makes patient feel rejected
How many steps in the nursing process? - ANSWER-5
5 nursing steps - ANSWER-Assessment
Nursing diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment - ANSWER-Analysis of all data
Nursing diagnosis - ANSWER-Clinical judgement about individual, family or community
responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes
Considerations of nursing diagnosis - ANSWER-Physical needs
Emotional needs
Social needs
Spiritual needs
Planning - ANSWER-Involves setting patient centered goals
Implementation - ANSWER-Preforming or carrying out the nursing measures using interventions
developed during planning
Evaluation - ANSWER-Crucial to determine whether patients condition or well being has
improved after the application of the nursing process
Documentation - ANSWER-Ensure All findings while preforming the physical assessment are
documented On the SF 510 and DD 792
Suspected deep tissue injury - ANSWER-Localized discolored intact skin that is maroon or
purple or a blood filled blister resulting from damage to underlying soft tissue from pressure or
shearing.
Area may be painful, firm, mushy, boggy, warmer, or cooler when compared to adjacent tissue
Stage 1 Pressure Ulcer - ANSWER-An area of red, deep pink or mottled skin that does not
blanch with fingertip pressure.
