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Nursing 231 Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers

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Nursing 231 Final Exam Questions With // // // // //




Correct Answers
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what are some nursing diagnoses that if left untreated, result in
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harm? - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔-airway status
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-breathing
-circulation
-pain
-safety //




(these have the highest priorities)
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intermediate priority nursing diagnoses - CORRECT
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ANSWERS(S)✔✔-non emergent
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-non life threatening needs
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low priority nursing diagnoses - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔affect
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a patients future well being
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what are Maslow's hierarchy of needs from highest to lowest? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔-self actualization
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,-self esteem
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-love and belonging
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-safety and security // //




-physiologic needs //




goal - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔-a broad statement that
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describes the desired change in a patients condition,
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perceptions, or behavior
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-an aim, intent, or end
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ex: you plan to graduate
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expected outcome - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔-time limited and
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measurable changes that must be achieved to reach a goal
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-many times, several must be met to meet a single goal
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ex: your individual assignments and course work
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short-term goals - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔usually achievable
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in less than a week
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long-term goals - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔are achievable over
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several days, weeks, or months
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,collaboration - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔helps the nurse and
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patient identify goals that are reasonable, appropriately
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challenging, and promote patient success
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SMART - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔Specific, Measurable,
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Attainable, Realistic, Timely
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specific - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔address only one thing at a
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time
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measurable - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔use terms describing
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quality, quantity, frequency, length or weight
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attainable - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔mutually set considering
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patients condition and typical responses to clinical interventions
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realistic - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔to establish assess the
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resources of a patient, health care facility, and family
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-can give the patient hope
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timed - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔provides a common time
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frame for problem resolution
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, ambulate patient in the hall three times a day is considered an
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______ not a goal or expected outcome - CORRECT
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ANSWERS(S)✔✔intervention
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A patient is suffering from shortness of breath. The correct goal
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statement would be written as:
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A. the patient will be comfortable by the morning.
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B. the patient will breath at a rate of 14 to 18 breaths per
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minute by the end of the shift.
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C. the patient will not complain of breathing problems within the
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next 8 hours.
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D. the patient will have a respiratory rate of 14 to 18 breaths
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per minute. - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔B
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Which of the following is an example of a Long-term goal for the
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patient?
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A. Demonstrate an increase in activity tolerance in 3 days.
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B. Have a pain level of less than 3 for 48 hours.
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C. Achieve wound healing in 3 weeks
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