N3632 Final Exam Review questions with
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answers
What is an assessment? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔systematic and
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continuous collection, analysis, validation, and communication of
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patient information
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Differentiate between a medical and a nursing assessment. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Medical -- focuses on pathologic
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conditions
Nursing -- focuses on patient's *response* to health problems
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What are the characteristics of an assessment? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Purposeful |\
Prioritized
Complete
Systematic
,Factual and accurate
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Relevant
Recorded in a standard measure
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Identify the 4 types of nursing assessments - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Initial |\
Focused
Ongoing/partial |\
Emergency
When would an nurse complete an INITIAL assessment? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔when a person enters a health care
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facility
used to establish baseline data for problem identification and care
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planning
,When would a nurse complete a FOCUSED assessment? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔after a specific problem has been
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identified
When would a nurse complete an ONGOING assessment? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔when a patient enters a health care
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facility for a follow up visit
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Used to compare a patient's current status to the baseline data
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obtained during the initial assessment
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When would a nurse complete an EMERGENCY assessment? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔when a patient has a very severe/dire
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status
used to identify life-threatening problems
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ABCs
What are 3 purposes of a nursing diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Identify *responses* to actual or potential health and life
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processes
, Identify *factors that contribute to or cause* health problems
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Identify ways to *prevent or resolve* health problems
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(Responses, factors, prevention) |\ |\
What is a nursing diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔intervention that prevents or resolves actual or potential health |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
problems |\
written in such a way that nurses can independently treat the
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patient problems
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Examples: activity, pain or comfort, tissue integrity, and perfusion
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Give examples of a Medical diagnosis vs. Nursing diagnosis. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Medical: myocardial infarction
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Nursing: fear, altered health maintenance, deficient knowledge, and
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altered tissue perfusion
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answers
What is an assessment? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔systematic and
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continuous collection, analysis, validation, and communication of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
patient information
|\
Differentiate between a medical and a nursing assessment. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Medical -- focuses on pathologic
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conditions
Nursing -- focuses on patient's *response* to health problems
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What are the characteristics of an assessment? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Purposeful |\
Prioritized
Complete
Systematic
,Factual and accurate
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Relevant
Recorded in a standard measure
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Identify the 4 types of nursing assessments - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Initial |\
Focused
Ongoing/partial |\
Emergency
When would an nurse complete an INITIAL assessment? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔when a person enters a health care
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facility
used to establish baseline data for problem identification and care
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planning
,When would a nurse complete a FOCUSED assessment? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔after a specific problem has been
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identified
When would a nurse complete an ONGOING assessment? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔when a patient enters a health care
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facility for a follow up visit
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Used to compare a patient's current status to the baseline data
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obtained during the initial assessment
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When would a nurse complete an EMERGENCY assessment? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔when a patient has a very severe/dire
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status
used to identify life-threatening problems
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ABCs
What are 3 purposes of a nursing diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Identify *responses* to actual or potential health and life
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processes
, Identify *factors that contribute to or cause* health problems
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Identify ways to *prevent or resolve* health problems
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(Responses, factors, prevention) |\ |\
What is a nursing diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔intervention that prevents or resolves actual or potential health |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
problems |\
written in such a way that nurses can independently treat the
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patient problems
|\
Examples: activity, pain or comfort, tissue integrity, and perfusion
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Give examples of a Medical diagnosis vs. Nursing diagnosis. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Medical: myocardial infarction
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Nursing: fear, altered health maintenance, deficient knowledge, and
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altered tissue perfusion
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