RNSG LEVEL ONE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
APIE (Assessment, Problem, Intervention, Evaluation) Correct
Answers Assessment, Problem, Intervention, Evaluation
-Each entry preceded by problem, addressed once per shift.
-Focused on interventions and evaluation
Advantages: Saves time, no separate plan of care
Disadvantages: Must read all notes to find out
problems/interventions.
*Used in care plans for ACC
Case Management Model Correct Answers Incorporates an
inter professional approach to documenting patient care. Critical
pathways are inter professional care plans that facilitate
integration of care, because all members of the team use the
same critical pathway to monitor patient progress. This
eliminates nurse's notes, flow sheets, and nursing care plans.
Variances address unexpected outcomes.
Charting by Exception Correct Answers Use of form based on
establishment of norms. No other documentation needed unless
findings are abnormal.
-Relies on use of flowsheets and graphic records.
Advantages: Time efficient, reduces duplication
,Disadvantages: More difficult to identify omissions, limited
details, hard to prove
*Most common in Austin
Computerized Charting Correct Answers Advantages:
simultaneous access to patient from many locations, legibility,
flexible data layout, integration with other information
resources, incorporation of electronic data, and always up to
date.
Correctly name and locate the landmarks, nerves, great vessels,
and tissue landmarks pertinent to each injection site Correct
Answers
Define terms used in percussion of the thorax Correct Answers
Define the extra heart sounds, S-3, S-4, snaps, clicks and
murmurs Correct Answers
Define the following terms:
-distention, ascites, flatus, ileus, borborygmi, hypoactive,
hyperactive, tympany, rebound tenderness, paralytic ileus
Correct Answers
Define the following terms: affect, mood, aphasia, paraesthesia,
deep tendon reflexes (DTR) Correct Answers
Define the following terms: kyphosis, lordosis, scoliosis,
contractures, spasticity, flaccidity, atrophy, hypertrophy,
subluxation, crepitus, TMJ Correct Answers
, Define the Glasgow Coma Scale Correct Answers
Define the roles and functions of the health care team Correct
Answers
Define the terms related to cardiovascular assessment Correct
Answers
Define the various roles of the professional nurse:
a. Caregiver
b. Communicator
c. Teacher
d. Counselor
e. Leader
f. Researcher
g. Advocate
h. Collaborator Correct Answers
Demonstrate auscultation of the lungs, identifying the various
areas of lung assessment Correct Answers
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
APIE (Assessment, Problem, Intervention, Evaluation) Correct
Answers Assessment, Problem, Intervention, Evaluation
-Each entry preceded by problem, addressed once per shift.
-Focused on interventions and evaluation
Advantages: Saves time, no separate plan of care
Disadvantages: Must read all notes to find out
problems/interventions.
*Used in care plans for ACC
Case Management Model Correct Answers Incorporates an
inter professional approach to documenting patient care. Critical
pathways are inter professional care plans that facilitate
integration of care, because all members of the team use the
same critical pathway to monitor patient progress. This
eliminates nurse's notes, flow sheets, and nursing care plans.
Variances address unexpected outcomes.
Charting by Exception Correct Answers Use of form based on
establishment of norms. No other documentation needed unless
findings are abnormal.
-Relies on use of flowsheets and graphic records.
Advantages: Time efficient, reduces duplication
,Disadvantages: More difficult to identify omissions, limited
details, hard to prove
*Most common in Austin
Computerized Charting Correct Answers Advantages:
simultaneous access to patient from many locations, legibility,
flexible data layout, integration with other information
resources, incorporation of electronic data, and always up to
date.
Correctly name and locate the landmarks, nerves, great vessels,
and tissue landmarks pertinent to each injection site Correct
Answers
Define terms used in percussion of the thorax Correct Answers
Define the extra heart sounds, S-3, S-4, snaps, clicks and
murmurs Correct Answers
Define the following terms:
-distention, ascites, flatus, ileus, borborygmi, hypoactive,
hyperactive, tympany, rebound tenderness, paralytic ileus
Correct Answers
Define the following terms: affect, mood, aphasia, paraesthesia,
deep tendon reflexes (DTR) Correct Answers
Define the following terms: kyphosis, lordosis, scoliosis,
contractures, spasticity, flaccidity, atrophy, hypertrophy,
subluxation, crepitus, TMJ Correct Answers
, Define the Glasgow Coma Scale Correct Answers
Define the roles and functions of the health care team Correct
Answers
Define the terms related to cardiovascular assessment Correct
Answers
Define the various roles of the professional nurse:
a. Caregiver
b. Communicator
c. Teacher
d. Counselor
e. Leader
f. Researcher
g. Advocate
h. Collaborator Correct Answers
Demonstrate auscultation of the lungs, identifying the various
areas of lung assessment Correct Answers
