NSG 3160 Exam
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1. The third step of the nursing process is planning. What action do you perform
during planning?
A. Acquire and validate information about the patient's health.
B. Collaborate with the patient and family to prioritize interventions.
C. Identify a pattern to reach a diagnostic conclusion.
D. Provide direct care. - Answer ✓✓B. Collaborate with the patient and family to
prioritize interventions.
2. An intervention that addresses a patient's long-term health care needs, rather
than a specific illness, would generally be assigned which priority?
A. High
B. Intermediate
C. Low
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D. It would not be assigned a priority - Answer ✓✓C. Low
3. Consulting with another health care provider about patient care is an example
of which type of care?
A. Direct care
B. Indirect care
C. Patient-centered goal
D. Patient-centered outcome - Answer ✓✓B. Indirect care
4. Two nurses work together to reposition a patient in bed to aid to facilitate
pressure injury prevention. This is an example of which kind of intervention?
A. Collaborative nursing intervention
B. Dependent nursing intervention
C. Independent nursing intervention
D. Interdependent nursing intervention - Answer ✓✓C. Independent nursing
intervention
5. In which order should nursing diagnoses be listed in the patient's record?
A. List nursing diagnoses by how quickly each condition can be resolved.
B. List nursing diagnoses solely in alphabetical order.
C. List nursing diagnoses from highest priority to lowest priority, and in
chronological order.
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D. List nursing diagnoses from lowest priority to highest priority, in alphabetical
order. - Answer ✓✓C. List nursing diagnoses from highest priority to lowest
priority, and in chronological order.
1. The first step of the nursing process is assessment. What action do you perform
during assessment?
A. Acquire and validate information about the patient's health
B. Collaborate with the patient and family to prioritize interventions
C. Identify a pattern to reach a diagnostic conclusion
D. Provide direct care - Answer ✓✓A. Acquire and validate information about the
patient's health
2. During the interview, the patient provides information about his or her
symptoms and health status. What is this data called?
A. Invalid data
B. Objective data
C. Perceptual data
D. Subjective data - Answer ✓✓D. Subjective data
3. During the patient interview, the patient shows signs of acute respiratory
distress. What should you do next?
A. Continue the interview so you can get the whole picture before taking action.
B. Immediately assess the affected body system.
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C. Reassure the patient that everything will be all right.
D. Refer the patient to his or her primary health care provider. - Answer ✓✓B.
Immediately assess the affected body system.
4. What is it called when you reinforce your interest in what a patient has to say
by using active listening prompts such as "go on" or "uh-huh"?
A. Back channeling
B. Observation
C. Leading questions
D. Probing - Answer ✓✓A. Back channeling
5. Which of the following is an example of a direct, closed-ended question?
A. "How many times in the last month have you slipped and fallen?"
B. "Is there anything else you can tell me about this situation?"
C. "Tell me about your balance issues."
D. "You're losing your balance more often than before, right?" - Answer ✓✓A.
"How many times in the last month have you slipped and fallen?"
Subjective data - Answer ✓✓is the patient's account of his or her feelings,
perceptions or health problem, in the patient's own words.
Objective data - Answer ✓✓include verifiable, concrete observations and
measurements of a patient's health status
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NSG 3160 Exam 1 Newest 2025/2026
Complete All Questions And Correct
Detailed Answers (Verified Answers)
|Already Graded A+||Brand New
Version 1
1. The third step of the nursing process is planning. What action do you perform
during planning?
A. Acquire and validate information about the patient's health.
B. Collaborate with the patient and family to prioritize interventions.
C. Identify a pattern to reach a diagnostic conclusion.
D. Provide direct care. - Answer ✓✓B. Collaborate with the patient and family to
prioritize interventions.
2. An intervention that addresses a patient's long-term health care needs, rather
than a specific illness, would generally be assigned which priority?
A. High
B. Intermediate
C. Low
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D. It would not be assigned a priority - Answer ✓✓C. Low
3. Consulting with another health care provider about patient care is an example
of which type of care?
A. Direct care
B. Indirect care
C. Patient-centered goal
D. Patient-centered outcome - Answer ✓✓B. Indirect care
4. Two nurses work together to reposition a patient in bed to aid to facilitate
pressure injury prevention. This is an example of which kind of intervention?
A. Collaborative nursing intervention
B. Dependent nursing intervention
C. Independent nursing intervention
D. Interdependent nursing intervention - Answer ✓✓C. Independent nursing
intervention
5. In which order should nursing diagnoses be listed in the patient's record?
A. List nursing diagnoses by how quickly each condition can be resolved.
B. List nursing diagnoses solely in alphabetical order.
C. List nursing diagnoses from highest priority to lowest priority, and in
chronological order.
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D. List nursing diagnoses from lowest priority to highest priority, in alphabetical
order. - Answer ✓✓C. List nursing diagnoses from highest priority to lowest
priority, and in chronological order.
1. The first step of the nursing process is assessment. What action do you perform
during assessment?
A. Acquire and validate information about the patient's health
B. Collaborate with the patient and family to prioritize interventions
C. Identify a pattern to reach a diagnostic conclusion
D. Provide direct care - Answer ✓✓A. Acquire and validate information about the
patient's health
2. During the interview, the patient provides information about his or her
symptoms and health status. What is this data called?
A. Invalid data
B. Objective data
C. Perceptual data
D. Subjective data - Answer ✓✓D. Subjective data
3. During the patient interview, the patient shows signs of acute respiratory
distress. What should you do next?
A. Continue the interview so you can get the whole picture before taking action.
B. Immediately assess the affected body system.
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C. Reassure the patient that everything will be all right.
D. Refer the patient to his or her primary health care provider. - Answer ✓✓B.
Immediately assess the affected body system.
4. What is it called when you reinforce your interest in what a patient has to say
by using active listening prompts such as "go on" or "uh-huh"?
A. Back channeling
B. Observation
C. Leading questions
D. Probing - Answer ✓✓A. Back channeling
5. Which of the following is an example of a direct, closed-ended question?
A. "How many times in the last month have you slipped and fallen?"
B. "Is there anything else you can tell me about this situation?"
C. "Tell me about your balance issues."
D. "You're losing your balance more often than before, right?" - Answer ✓✓A.
"How many times in the last month have you slipped and fallen?"
Subjective data - Answer ✓✓is the patient's account of his or her feelings,
perceptions or health problem, in the patient's own words.
Objective data - Answer ✓✓include verifiable, concrete observations and
measurements of a patient's health status
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