PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 3
2026 EXAMPREP PRACTICE SET SOLUTION
QUESTIONS WITH FULL ANSWERS
◉ Focused Assessment. Answer: - Collects data for specific problem
- Ongoing collection
◉ Emergency assessment. Answer: Physiologic and psychological
crisis
◉ Time-lapsed Assessment. Answer: - Long term care pt.
- Comparing status from baseline to current
◉ Objective data. Answer: What we measure
◉ Subjective data. Answer: What the pt. tells us
◉ Nursing Diagnosis (PED). Answer: Problem: taken from NANDA-1
list
Etiology: cause or contributor of problem followed by R/T
Defining characteristics: signs and symptoms
,◉ Risk Nursing Diagnosis. Answer: when risk factors require
intervention from the nurse and healthcare team prior to a real
problem developing
◉ problem-focused nursing diagnosis. Answer: clinical judgment
concerning an undesirable human response to health condition/life
processes that exist in an individual, family, group, or community
◉ Health promotion nursing diagnosis. Answer: a clinical judgment
concerning motivation and desire to increase well-being and to
actualize human health potential
◉ Nursing Process. Answer: Assessment: objective and subjective
data
Analysis: determine pt. problems
Planning: create a plan for pt. problems
Implementation: take action to provide care as outlined in planning
Evaluation: evaluate effectiveness of the interventions + pt. response
◉ 3 Elements of comprehensive planning. Answer: initial, ongoing,
discharge
, ◉ SMART goal. Answer: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic,
Timely
◉ Cognitive pt. outcome. Answer: describes an increase in pt.
knowledge or intellectual behaviors
◉ Psychomotor pt. outcome. Answer: describes pt. achievements of
new skills
◉ Affective pt. outcome. Answer: describes changes in pt. values,
beliefs and attitudes
◉ Types of Implementation. Answer: direct care, individuals, family,
community, nurse-initiated treatments, provider initiated
treatments
◉ 3 parts of the evaluation. Answer: reassessment: constant
measuring and monitoring status
modification: priority change, changes in pt. condition, time frame,
or change in treatment plan
termination: when outcomes hav been achieved, turn focus on how
the pt. will manage their own outside of the unit.
2026 EXAMPREP PRACTICE SET SOLUTION
QUESTIONS WITH FULL ANSWERS
◉ Focused Assessment. Answer: - Collects data for specific problem
- Ongoing collection
◉ Emergency assessment. Answer: Physiologic and psychological
crisis
◉ Time-lapsed Assessment. Answer: - Long term care pt.
- Comparing status from baseline to current
◉ Objective data. Answer: What we measure
◉ Subjective data. Answer: What the pt. tells us
◉ Nursing Diagnosis (PED). Answer: Problem: taken from NANDA-1
list
Etiology: cause or contributor of problem followed by R/T
Defining characteristics: signs and symptoms
,◉ Risk Nursing Diagnosis. Answer: when risk factors require
intervention from the nurse and healthcare team prior to a real
problem developing
◉ problem-focused nursing diagnosis. Answer: clinical judgment
concerning an undesirable human response to health condition/life
processes that exist in an individual, family, group, or community
◉ Health promotion nursing diagnosis. Answer: a clinical judgment
concerning motivation and desire to increase well-being and to
actualize human health potential
◉ Nursing Process. Answer: Assessment: objective and subjective
data
Analysis: determine pt. problems
Planning: create a plan for pt. problems
Implementation: take action to provide care as outlined in planning
Evaluation: evaluate effectiveness of the interventions + pt. response
◉ 3 Elements of comprehensive planning. Answer: initial, ongoing,
discharge
, ◉ SMART goal. Answer: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic,
Timely
◉ Cognitive pt. outcome. Answer: describes an increase in pt.
knowledge or intellectual behaviors
◉ Psychomotor pt. outcome. Answer: describes pt. achievements of
new skills
◉ Affective pt. outcome. Answer: describes changes in pt. values,
beliefs and attitudes
◉ Types of Implementation. Answer: direct care, individuals, family,
community, nurse-initiated treatments, provider initiated
treatments
◉ 3 parts of the evaluation. Answer: reassessment: constant
measuring and monitoring status
modification: priority change, changes in pt. condition, time frame,
or change in treatment plan
termination: when outcomes hav been achieved, turn focus on how
the pt. will manage their own outside of the unit.
