Nursing 301: Fundamentals – Exam 1 Study Guide and Practice
Questions
Why is nursing theory used and what does it do? - ANS✔✔ It guides the nursing process and
help explain why nurses do what they do.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANS✔✔ (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and
Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5) Self
Actualization
What makes a group of people a vulnerable population? - ANS✔✔ Having excessive risk factors.
What is the focus of community nursing? - ANS✔✔ Health promotion
ex. education, vaccinations, clinics
Five stages of nursing process - ANS✔✔ Assessment: Data collection (subjective, objective)
Analysis/Diagnosis: Interpret data to reach an appropriate judgment about health status. Guides
nursing care.
Planning: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time (SMART)
Implementation: Nursing plan into action
Evaluation: Were goals met? What needs to be changed?
Nursing Diagnosis: "risk for" - ANS✔✔ "Risk for" puts priority at the bottom of the list
PHYSICAL NEEDS FIRST
Why do we use nursing diagnosis? - ANS✔✔ To distinguish nursing roles from the physician's
roles.
, Levels of Prevention - ANS✔✔ Primary: prevention (vaccines)
Secondary: screening (labs)
Tertiary: treatment for already diagnosed disease
Target audience for levels of prevention - ANS✔✔ Primary: healthy population
Secondary: at-risk population
Tertiary: sick population
When taking report from a nurse, what should you always do? - ANS✔✔ Assess the patient and
collect your data after receiving the report.
Subjective data - ANS✔✔ Things a patient tells you about that you cannot observe through your
senses, symptoms.
Ex. Patient states pain is 7/10
Objective data - ANS✔✔ What the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating,
percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
Ex. Vital signs
What did Clara Barton do? - ANS✔✔ Founded the American Red Cross and formalized nursing
education.
What did Florence Nightingale do? - ANS✔✔ Insisted on better hygiene infield hospitals,
founded the first nursing school, and focused on data collection.
What did Dorothy Dix do? - ANS✔✔ She advocated for mental health and indigenous rights.
What is holistic nursing? - ANS✔✔ Nourishes the whole person, body, mind and spirit.
Questions
Why is nursing theory used and what does it do? - ANS✔✔ It guides the nursing process and
help explain why nurses do what they do.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANS✔✔ (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and
Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5) Self
Actualization
What makes a group of people a vulnerable population? - ANS✔✔ Having excessive risk factors.
What is the focus of community nursing? - ANS✔✔ Health promotion
ex. education, vaccinations, clinics
Five stages of nursing process - ANS✔✔ Assessment: Data collection (subjective, objective)
Analysis/Diagnosis: Interpret data to reach an appropriate judgment about health status. Guides
nursing care.
Planning: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time (SMART)
Implementation: Nursing plan into action
Evaluation: Were goals met? What needs to be changed?
Nursing Diagnosis: "risk for" - ANS✔✔ "Risk for" puts priority at the bottom of the list
PHYSICAL NEEDS FIRST
Why do we use nursing diagnosis? - ANS✔✔ To distinguish nursing roles from the physician's
roles.
, Levels of Prevention - ANS✔✔ Primary: prevention (vaccines)
Secondary: screening (labs)
Tertiary: treatment for already diagnosed disease
Target audience for levels of prevention - ANS✔✔ Primary: healthy population
Secondary: at-risk population
Tertiary: sick population
When taking report from a nurse, what should you always do? - ANS✔✔ Assess the patient and
collect your data after receiving the report.
Subjective data - ANS✔✔ Things a patient tells you about that you cannot observe through your
senses, symptoms.
Ex. Patient states pain is 7/10
Objective data - ANS✔✔ What the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating,
percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
Ex. Vital signs
What did Clara Barton do? - ANS✔✔ Founded the American Red Cross and formalized nursing
education.
What did Florence Nightingale do? - ANS✔✔ Insisted on better hygiene infield hospitals,
founded the first nursing school, and focused on data collection.
What did Dorothy Dix do? - ANS✔✔ She advocated for mental health and indigenous rights.
What is holistic nursing? - ANS✔✔ Nourishes the whole person, body, mind and spirit.
