NURS 1160 FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION.
What techniques are used in physical examination? Answer - Palpation,
inspection, percussion, auscultation and olfacation
What are the critical components of a skill? (these are the things you should be
thinking of when performing a skill) Answer - Assessment
Comfort (physical and psychological)
Teaching
Safety
Asepsis
Organization (time and sequence)
Resources (human and material)
Documentation
Body mechanics (client, others, self)
Privacy
What are the components of the chain of infection in order? Answer - 1)
infectious agent (pathogen)
2) reservoir (place where the pathogen can survive)
3) portal of exit (from reservoir; can be body opening like nose or mouth; can
be artificial openings like wound or scrape)
4) mode of transmission (how the pathogen is transmitted to host)
,5) portal of entry (how infection gets in host; same areas as portal of exit)
6) susceptible host (very old/young person or immunocompromised person)
What are the critical thinking skills? Answer - Interpretation
Analysis
Evaluation
Inference
Explanation
What are methods to develop critical thinking skills? Answer - Case-based
learning (allows you to practice in a setting that will not harm anyone)
Reflective writing (look back at something to further understand it)
Concept mapping (shows relationships between information)
What are the components of the langara DMF? Answer - 1) coming to know
(assessment); gain information by learning about the client
2) salience (analysis); identify what is important
3) pattern recognition (clinical impression); discover the patterns of health
issues
4) healing initiatives (nursing action); develop a plan of care for the client
5) reflection/praxis (evaluation); look back at what was done
What are the components of the nursing process? Answer - The nursing
process is a way of how a nurse will go about providing care for their client
, 1) assessment; the collection of pertinent data to the client's health
status/situation
2) diagnosis; we don't do in BC
3) planning; the creation of a formal plan that prescribed strategies and
alternatives to attain the expected outcomes
4) implementation; the process of putting a decision/plan into effect
5) evaluation; looks back at what was done to see if it was effective
What is pulse pressure? Answer - The difference between the systolic and
diastolic pressure readings
Cuff Answer - Cuff width should be 40% of the arm circumference at the point
where the cuff is wrapped
Bladder (inside of cuff) should surround 80% of the arm circumference
What does the closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves mean? Answer -
Ventricular systole which is the s1 (lub) being produced
What does the closure of the aortic and pulmonic valves mean? Answer -
Ventricular diastole which is the s2 (dub) being produced
Where is it best to look when observing breathing on a woman? Answer -
Chest
COMPLETE SOLUTION.
What techniques are used in physical examination? Answer - Palpation,
inspection, percussion, auscultation and olfacation
What are the critical components of a skill? (these are the things you should be
thinking of when performing a skill) Answer - Assessment
Comfort (physical and psychological)
Teaching
Safety
Asepsis
Organization (time and sequence)
Resources (human and material)
Documentation
Body mechanics (client, others, self)
Privacy
What are the components of the chain of infection in order? Answer - 1)
infectious agent (pathogen)
2) reservoir (place where the pathogen can survive)
3) portal of exit (from reservoir; can be body opening like nose or mouth; can
be artificial openings like wound or scrape)
4) mode of transmission (how the pathogen is transmitted to host)
,5) portal of entry (how infection gets in host; same areas as portal of exit)
6) susceptible host (very old/young person or immunocompromised person)
What are the critical thinking skills? Answer - Interpretation
Analysis
Evaluation
Inference
Explanation
What are methods to develop critical thinking skills? Answer - Case-based
learning (allows you to practice in a setting that will not harm anyone)
Reflective writing (look back at something to further understand it)
Concept mapping (shows relationships between information)
What are the components of the langara DMF? Answer - 1) coming to know
(assessment); gain information by learning about the client
2) salience (analysis); identify what is important
3) pattern recognition (clinical impression); discover the patterns of health
issues
4) healing initiatives (nursing action); develop a plan of care for the client
5) reflection/praxis (evaluation); look back at what was done
What are the components of the nursing process? Answer - The nursing
process is a way of how a nurse will go about providing care for their client
, 1) assessment; the collection of pertinent data to the client's health
status/situation
2) diagnosis; we don't do in BC
3) planning; the creation of a formal plan that prescribed strategies and
alternatives to attain the expected outcomes
4) implementation; the process of putting a decision/plan into effect
5) evaluation; looks back at what was done to see if it was effective
What is pulse pressure? Answer - The difference between the systolic and
diastolic pressure readings
Cuff Answer - Cuff width should be 40% of the arm circumference at the point
where the cuff is wrapped
Bladder (inside of cuff) should surround 80% of the arm circumference
What does the closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves mean? Answer -
Ventricular systole which is the s1 (lub) being produced
What does the closure of the aortic and pulmonic valves mean? Answer -
Ventricular diastole which is the s2 (dub) being produced
Where is it best to look when observing breathing on a woman? Answer -
Chest
