with Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2025-
2026 Edition.
qd - Answer every day
hs - Answer at bedtime
ac - Answer before meals
pc - Answer after meals
OD - Answer right eye
OS - Answer left eye
OU - Answer both eyes
supp - Answer suppository
Concept of Person - Answer who: the individual, families, communities
What: psychological, social, spiritual, cultural
Concept of Health - Answer who: individual, community, family
what: physical, psychosocial, relational, spiritual
Concept of environment - Answer who: individual, community, family
what: internal & external environments, home life, mental state, addictions, pain, sociocultural
circumstances, religion, attitude toward death,
Concept of Nursing - Answer who: nurse in the relationship with the patient
what: recognition of pt. as "experts" of their own lives, ethical care, dignity, privacy &
confidentiality, health & well- being promotion, respect for informed decision making
Concept of Social Justice - Answer who: vulnerable( poor, people with disabilities)
,what: allocation of life's resources ( health-care access, water, food, shelter, security,
employment, income, safety services)I
intrapersonal communication - Answer what: self-talk ,inner thought
interpersonal communication - Answer what: face to face interaction
transpersonal communication - Answer what: interaction with a spiritual domain
Small group communication - Answer who: doctor, nurse team, physio, OT, pharmacist,
what: goal-directed
how: interaction when a small number of people meet together and meet a common purpose
Therapeutic communication. - Answer what: purposeful, goal-directed
how: time limited communication
phases of therapeutic communication - Answer pre-orientation, orientation, working phase,
termination
Receiving and giving patients reports - Answer written & verbal
Receiving doctors orders - Answer verbal, by telephone, written, electronic
Admission records - Answer biographical data, health history, allergies, medications
transfer sheets - Answer biographical data, who they are being transferred to, mental status
at transfer time, vital signs
discharge summary - Answer diagnosis, discharge to where, how did they leave, follow up
appointment, medications, teaching
flow sheets - Answer diabetic record, bowel records, input & output records, ADR sheets
Graphic records - Answer vital sign, GCS,
MAR - Answer documentation of meds ordered and given
,Rules of documentation - Answer legible, conciseness, chronological order, current as
possible, objective info, use clients exact words, follow up ( assessments, observations,
interventions)
Principles of documentation - Answer blank ink only, date (day/month/year), military clock,
signature & designation, frequency, no spaces, be objective, acceptable abbreviations only
Barriers to learning - Answer cultural influences, language, intellectual/cognitve, sensory,
developmental stage
Cognitive domain - Answer what: recall information, understanding of info,
how: use knowledge in a new way, differentiate facts & opinions, integrate new elements &
concepts, come up with judgment on concepts
Affective domain - Answer what: awareness of feelings & emotions,
how: active participation to the learne, see the worth in something & express it, prioritize one
value over another, internalize values & let them control the person's behavior
Psychomotor domain - Answer what: apply sensory info to motor activity, readiness to act
how: utilize trial & error, imitate a displayed, modify skills
cultural competence - Answer what: understanding different cultures
who: nurse familiarize themselves with various groups of people
cultural safety - Answer what: analyze the culture of health
who: nurses understand clients & patients
how: active listening, nonjudgmental, acceptance, honesty,
Enhancing the culture of safety - Answer what: risk management, quality control, reporting,
adverse events, critical incidence
Environment Safety - Answer who: nurse & client interaction
where: hospital, home, community centre, nursing home
what: physical & psychosocial factors that influence the life and survival of that client
how: reduce physical hazards, maintain sanitation, an overall reduction of the transmission of
pathogens
, Asepsis - Answer what: environment free of contaminants
how: wash hands, PPE
Sterile - Answer what: free of all contaminants
how: sterile techniques ( hand washing, sterile gloves)
Partial bed bath - Answer what: wiping down the client with a cloth, water & soap
where: face, hands, underarms, & perineal region
why: excessive secretions from wounds, time doesn't allow for a full bed bath
Complete bed bath - Answer what: wiping down the client with a cloth, water & soap
where: head to toe, working distal to proximal
why: freshening up & infection control
Diabetic foot - Answer who: diabetic pt.
where: feet & lower limbs
what: a risk of a higher increase in infections that won't heal, & nerve damage
how: poor circulation, and decreased blood flow
why: uncontrolled diabetes
Caring for a diabetic foot - Answer what: no soaking feet, only file nails
why: affects the sensation, reduce the risk of cuts & nicks
Assessment of skin condition - Answer color/condition/temperature,abnormalities ( leisons,
bruises, growths?), hair distribution
factors for altered skin integrity - Answer who: elderly
what: medications altering skin & brain coordination
how: CVA, fracture, brain injury, depression, Alzheimer's, protein deficient, malnutrition,
vitamin & mineral deficient
Pressure ulcers - Answer who: elderly, immobile people
what: localized injury to skin & underlying tissue
Where: over bony prominences ( ears, back of head, scapula, elbow, sacrum, greater trochanter,
back of knees, heel, malleolus)