Hesi Fundamentals Terms Exam
Questions and Answers Graded A+
1. Nightingale theory - Correct answer-Patient's environment is arrange to facilitate
the body's reparative processes.Lady with the lamp
2. Dorothea Orem - Correct answer-Self-Care Deficit Theory
Focuses on activities that adult individuals perform on their own behalf to maintain
life, health and well-being.
3. Malpractice - Correct answer-Professional negligence; failure to meet a legal
duty, thus causing harm to another.
4. Negligence - Correct answer-The commissioning (doing) of an act or the
omission (not doing) of an act that a reasonable prudent person would have
preformed in a similar situation, thus causing harm to another.
5. Abandonment of
Care - Correct answer-Wrongful termination of providing patient care.
,6. HIPAA - Correct answer-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 (HIPAA) set rules and limits on who can look at and receive health care
information.
7. Confidentiality - Correct answer-duty to protect information about a patient
8. Invasion of privacy - Correct answer-Person right to be left alone or anonymous
if she or he chooses
9. Erickson's
Developmental
Stages - Correct answer-1. Infancy/0-1/Basic trust vs. Mistrust
2. Toddler/1-3/Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
3. Preschool/4-6/Initiative vs. Guilt
4. School Age/7-11/Industry vs. Inferiority
5. Adolescence/12-19/Identity vs. Role confusion
6. Young Adulthood/20-44/Intimacy vs. Isolation
7. Middle Adulthood/45-65/Generativity vs. Stagnation
8. Late Adulthood/65+/Ego Integrity vs. Despair
10. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Correct answer-5: Self-Actualization
,4: Self-Esteem
3: Love and Belongingness
2: Safety and Security
1: Physiologic
11. Verbal communication techniques - Correct answer-Closed questioning
-Focuses and seeks a particular answer
Open-ended question
-Does not require a specific response and allows the patient to elaborate freely
Restating
- Caregiver repeats to the patient what the caregiver understands to be the main
point
Paraphrasing
-Restating the patient's message in the nurse's own words to verify that the nurse's
interpretation is correct Clarifying
-Restating the patient's message in a manner that asks the patient to verify that the
message received is accurate
Focusing
, - Used when more specific information is needed to accurately understand the
patient's message Reflecting
-Assists the patient to "reflect" on inner feelings and thoughts
- Stating observation
-Validates the accuracy of observation
Offering information
-Nurse should make this interaction two-way
Summarizing
-Review of the main points covered in an interaction
12. Nonverbal Communication - Correct answer-Non verbal cues such as tone, rate
of voice, volume of speech, eye contact, physical appearance, gestures, posture and
use of touch.
13. Nonverbal
Communication
Techniques - Correct answer-Listening
-Most effective methods but also most difficult
-Conveys interest and caring
Questions and Answers Graded A+
1. Nightingale theory - Correct answer-Patient's environment is arrange to facilitate
the body's reparative processes.Lady with the lamp
2. Dorothea Orem - Correct answer-Self-Care Deficit Theory
Focuses on activities that adult individuals perform on their own behalf to maintain
life, health and well-being.
3. Malpractice - Correct answer-Professional negligence; failure to meet a legal
duty, thus causing harm to another.
4. Negligence - Correct answer-The commissioning (doing) of an act or the
omission (not doing) of an act that a reasonable prudent person would have
preformed in a similar situation, thus causing harm to another.
5. Abandonment of
Care - Correct answer-Wrongful termination of providing patient care.
,6. HIPAA - Correct answer-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 (HIPAA) set rules and limits on who can look at and receive health care
information.
7. Confidentiality - Correct answer-duty to protect information about a patient
8. Invasion of privacy - Correct answer-Person right to be left alone or anonymous
if she or he chooses
9. Erickson's
Developmental
Stages - Correct answer-1. Infancy/0-1/Basic trust vs. Mistrust
2. Toddler/1-3/Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
3. Preschool/4-6/Initiative vs. Guilt
4. School Age/7-11/Industry vs. Inferiority
5. Adolescence/12-19/Identity vs. Role confusion
6. Young Adulthood/20-44/Intimacy vs. Isolation
7. Middle Adulthood/45-65/Generativity vs. Stagnation
8. Late Adulthood/65+/Ego Integrity vs. Despair
10. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Correct answer-5: Self-Actualization
,4: Self-Esteem
3: Love and Belongingness
2: Safety and Security
1: Physiologic
11. Verbal communication techniques - Correct answer-Closed questioning
-Focuses and seeks a particular answer
Open-ended question
-Does not require a specific response and allows the patient to elaborate freely
Restating
- Caregiver repeats to the patient what the caregiver understands to be the main
point
Paraphrasing
-Restating the patient's message in the nurse's own words to verify that the nurse's
interpretation is correct Clarifying
-Restating the patient's message in a manner that asks the patient to verify that the
message received is accurate
Focusing
, - Used when more specific information is needed to accurately understand the
patient's message Reflecting
-Assists the patient to "reflect" on inner feelings and thoughts
- Stating observation
-Validates the accuracy of observation
Offering information
-Nurse should make this interaction two-way
Summarizing
-Review of the main points covered in an interaction
12. Nonverbal Communication - Correct answer-Non verbal cues such as tone, rate
of voice, volume of speech, eye contact, physical appearance, gestures, posture and
use of touch.
13. Nonverbal
Communication
Techniques - Correct answer-Listening
-Most effective methods but also most difficult
-Conveys interest and caring
