NUR 130 Actual Exam Study Questions with 100% Correct Answers

NUR 130 Actual Exam Study Questions with 100% Correct Answers 1. Clinical reasoning - ANSWER -Thinking process by which a nurse reaches a clinical judgement and or decision 2. Fine attunement - ANSWER How someone reacts and paying close attention 3. Critical thinking - ANSWER -Cognitive process used for the analysis of an issue or problem -Knowledge-based -How we think through a situation, prioritize what needs to be done first, and think about patients' outcomes 4. List the 5 demographics when caring for the older adult - ANSWER 1. Life expectancy 2. Chronic illness 3. Decrease in deaths from chronic illnesses 4. Age and race 5. Health promotion 5. Do women or men live longer? - ANSWER Women 6. Is the older population increasing or decreasing? - ANSWER Increasing 7. What's the major cause of pain and disability within older adults? - ANSWER Chronic illness 8. What are the 2 major causes of death within the older adult? - ANSWER 1. Heart disease 2. Cancer 9. Gerontology - ANSWER Study of aging process 10. Geriatrics - ANSWER Practice (medical or nursing) that focuses on the physiology, pathology, diagnosis, and management of the disorders and diseases of older adults 11. Geriatric nursing - ANSWER Field of nursing that specializes in the care of older adults 12. Presbyopia - ANSWER Age-related loss of the eye's ability to focus on close objects, caused by the lens becoming less flexible 13. Age-related changes regarding hearing (6) - ANSWER 1. Causes of hearing loss 2. Presbycusis 3. Difficulty following conversations 4. May not respond appropriately-may think patient confused 5. Wax build up 6. May need hearing aids 14. Presbycusis - ANSWER Age-related hearing loss 15. Advanced care planning (ACP) - ANSWER Process of thinking through, and possibly documenting, the medical interventions that one would or would not want in the case one is no longer able to voice one's own decisions 16. Examples of end-of-life preferences (5) - ANSWER 1. Advance directives 2. Do not resuscitate 3. Durable power of attorney for health care 4. Living will 5. Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) 17. Applying concepts to nursing practice - ANSWER Putting knowledge into the field 18. Skillful responding - ANSWER Respond to the task and taking action knowing the minimum amount one needs to do to help the patient the fastest 19. Reflective practice - ANSWER Reflect on what one has done 20. Delegation - ANSWER -transferring responsibility to a person for a specific task -Can be helpful to a nurse when prioritizing care -Need to ensure delegation is appropriate -Nurse is still responsible and accountable for ensuring the task is completed -Clinical judgment cannot be delegated 21. Delegation rights - ANSWER -Right task -Right circumstance -Right person -Right directions and communications -Right supervision 22. Prioritize hypotheses - ANSWER Evaluating and ranking hypotheses according to priority 23. Generate solutions - ANSWER Identifying expected outcomes and using hypotheses to define a set of interventions for the expected outcomes 24. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs IMPORTANT - ANSWER 1. Physiological needs- The most basic human needs for air, water, food, housing, sleep and sexual activity 2. Safety needs- The need for a secure environment in which one can live, work play 3. Love needs- A need to give love and receive love 4. Esteem needs- A need to have a high self-image 5. Self-actualization- A need for achievement and mastery 25. ABCDE - ANSWER Airway Breathing Circulation Disability (low blood sugar) Exposure (being able to see bone)