NURS 220 Midterm Review 2026
Exam Questions and Correct
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Patient Safety - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the pursuit of the reduction and mitigation
of unsafe acts within the healthcare system, as well as the use of best
practices show to lead to optimal patient outcomes.
Nurses are responsible for assessing the patient and environment for - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔•hazards as well as plan, intervene, and maintain that safe
environment.
,•Educating the patient
•making / keeping the environment clean
•While caring for someone who is ill, encourage sleep, good nutrition and
plenty of fluids
•Proper hygiene and PPE- the transmission of pathogen is reduced (or
eliminated)
•Basic needs are met
•Physical hazards are reduced
•Pollution is controlled
•Plans are in place for potential disasters Ex. fire, tornado ect
Nurses must have knowledge of - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The patient
The environment
yourself
types of patient safety incidents - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔•Harmful
•Near Miss
•No harm
,Harmful - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an incident that results in patient harm
Near miss - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an incident that didn't reach the patient (no
harm)
No harm - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an incident that reached the patient but no harm
resulted
Specific risks to patient safety within the healthcare system include - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔•Falls
•Patient inherent injuries
•Procedure related injuries
•Equipment related injuries
Assess - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the situation/ Patient ~ Involves a collection and
verification of data and the analysis of all data to establish a database
about a clients perceived needs, health problems, and responses to those
problems. gather data and information about what we are dealing with.
Diagnose - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔review the clusters of data to identify patterns.
Three types of diagnosis exist 1) actual 2) at risk 3) wellness
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, Written in a two part format including a diagnostic label and an etiological
or related factor
The related factors become the basis for selecting the nursing diagnosis
Ex. disturbed thought process at risk for trauma
Planning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔you determine client centered goals, set
priorities, develop expected outcomes of nursing care and develop a
nursing care plan.
A client-centered goal is singular, observable,measurable, time limited,
mutual and realistic.
we want to make sure the patient doesn't get sicker- not picking up other
infections (we want to keep the patient as healthy as possible)
Implementation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Is the step in which you provide direct and
indirect nursing care interventions to patients
Routine practice~ hand hygiene (soap and water OR hand sanitizer) and
PPE (to protect yourself and patients). We want to break the chain of
infection
Giving the client medication
Trying a new diet
Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
Patient Safety - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the pursuit of the reduction and mitigation
of unsafe acts within the healthcare system, as well as the use of best
practices show to lead to optimal patient outcomes.
Nurses are responsible for assessing the patient and environment for - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔•hazards as well as plan, intervene, and maintain that safe
environment.
,•Educating the patient
•making / keeping the environment clean
•While caring for someone who is ill, encourage sleep, good nutrition and
plenty of fluids
•Proper hygiene and PPE- the transmission of pathogen is reduced (or
eliminated)
•Basic needs are met
•Physical hazards are reduced
•Pollution is controlled
•Plans are in place for potential disasters Ex. fire, tornado ect
Nurses must have knowledge of - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The patient
The environment
yourself
types of patient safety incidents - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔•Harmful
•Near Miss
•No harm
,Harmful - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an incident that results in patient harm
Near miss - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an incident that didn't reach the patient (no
harm)
No harm - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an incident that reached the patient but no harm
resulted
Specific risks to patient safety within the healthcare system include - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔•Falls
•Patient inherent injuries
•Procedure related injuries
•Equipment related injuries
Assess - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the situation/ Patient ~ Involves a collection and
verification of data and the analysis of all data to establish a database
about a clients perceived needs, health problems, and responses to those
problems. gather data and information about what we are dealing with.
Diagnose - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔review the clusters of data to identify patterns.
Three types of diagnosis exist 1) actual 2) at risk 3) wellness
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, Written in a two part format including a diagnostic label and an etiological
or related factor
The related factors become the basis for selecting the nursing diagnosis
Ex. disturbed thought process at risk for trauma
Planning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔you determine client centered goals, set
priorities, develop expected outcomes of nursing care and develop a
nursing care plan.
A client-centered goal is singular, observable,measurable, time limited,
mutual and realistic.
we want to make sure the patient doesn't get sicker- not picking up other
infections (we want to keep the patient as healthy as possible)
Implementation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Is the step in which you provide direct and
indirect nursing care interventions to patients
Routine practice~ hand hygiene (soap and water OR hand sanitizer) and
PPE (to protect yourself and patients). We want to break the chain of
infection
Giving the client medication
Trying a new diet
