NURS 210 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST 2026
QUESTONS and CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
1. The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a
patient relies on the appropriateness of the __________ diagnosis.
a.
Nursing
b.
Medical
c.
Admission
d.
Collaborative - CORRECT ANSWER-A
2. The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that
nurses use and includes which steps?
a.
Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
b.
Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
c.
Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and discharge planning
d.
Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation,
and evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER-D
,3. A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well
lately, and is having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize
these problems?
a.
Breathing, pain, and sleep
b.
Breathing, sleep, and pain
c.
Sleep, breathing, and pain
d.
Sleep, pain, and breathing - CORRECT ANSWER-A
4. Which of these would be formulated by a nurse using diagnostic
reasoning?
a.
Nursing diagnosis
b.
Medical diagnosis
c.
Diagnostic hypothesis
d.
Diagnostic assessment - CORRECT ANSWER-C
5. Barriers to incorporating EBP include:
a.
Nurses lack of research skills in evaluating the quality of research studies.
,b.
Lack of significant research studies.
c.
Insufficient clinical skills of nurses.
d.
Inadequate physical assessment skills. - CORRECT ANSWER-A
6. What step of the nursing process includes data collection by health
history, physical examination, and interview?
a.
Planning
b.
Diagnosis
c.
Evaluation
d.
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER-D
7. During a staff meeting, nurses discuss the problems with accessing
research studies to incorporate evidence-based clinical decision making
into their practice. Which suggestion by the nurse manager would best help
these problems?
a.
Form a committee to conduct research studies.
b.
Post published research studies on the units bulletin boards.
c.
, Encourage the nurses to visit the library to review studies.
d.
Teach the nurses how to conduct electronic searches for research studies.
- CORRECT ANSWER-D
8. When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the
components of holistic health include which of these?
a.
Disease originates from the external environment.
b.
The individual human is a closed system.
c.
Nurses are responsible for a patients health state.
d.
Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent. -
CORRECT ANSWER-D
9. The nurse recognizes that the concept of prevention in describing health
is essential because:
a.
Disease can be prevented by treating the external environment.
b.
The majority of deaths among Americans under age 65 years are not
preventable.
c.
Prevention places the emphasis on the link between health and personal
behavior.
QUESTONS and CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
1. The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a
patient relies on the appropriateness of the __________ diagnosis.
a.
Nursing
b.
Medical
c.
Admission
d.
Collaborative - CORRECT ANSWER-A
2. The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that
nurses use and includes which steps?
a.
Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
b.
Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
c.
Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and discharge planning
d.
Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation,
and evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER-D
,3. A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well
lately, and is having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize
these problems?
a.
Breathing, pain, and sleep
b.
Breathing, sleep, and pain
c.
Sleep, breathing, and pain
d.
Sleep, pain, and breathing - CORRECT ANSWER-A
4. Which of these would be formulated by a nurse using diagnostic
reasoning?
a.
Nursing diagnosis
b.
Medical diagnosis
c.
Diagnostic hypothesis
d.
Diagnostic assessment - CORRECT ANSWER-C
5. Barriers to incorporating EBP include:
a.
Nurses lack of research skills in evaluating the quality of research studies.
,b.
Lack of significant research studies.
c.
Insufficient clinical skills of nurses.
d.
Inadequate physical assessment skills. - CORRECT ANSWER-A
6. What step of the nursing process includes data collection by health
history, physical examination, and interview?
a.
Planning
b.
Diagnosis
c.
Evaluation
d.
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER-D
7. During a staff meeting, nurses discuss the problems with accessing
research studies to incorporate evidence-based clinical decision making
into their practice. Which suggestion by the nurse manager would best help
these problems?
a.
Form a committee to conduct research studies.
b.
Post published research studies on the units bulletin boards.
c.
, Encourage the nurses to visit the library to review studies.
d.
Teach the nurses how to conduct electronic searches for research studies.
- CORRECT ANSWER-D
8. When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the
components of holistic health include which of these?
a.
Disease originates from the external environment.
b.
The individual human is a closed system.
c.
Nurses are responsible for a patients health state.
d.
Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent. -
CORRECT ANSWER-D
9. The nurse recognizes that the concept of prevention in describing health
is essential because:
a.
Disease can be prevented by treating the external environment.
b.
The majority of deaths among Americans under age 65 years are not
preventable.
c.
Prevention places the emphasis on the link between health and personal
behavior.
