HEAS 1000 EXAM STUDY GUIDE
List the steps of nursing process - Answers - ADPIE
Assessment, diagnoses, planning, implementation, evaluation
First level priority - Answers - ABC's
Airway, breathing, circulation
Second level priority - Answers - acute problems
Third level priority - Answers - unaddressed issues
Collaborative level - Answers - using multiple departments
Types of databases - Answers - complete, episodic, follow-up, emergency
Complete database - Answers - complete health history & full physical exam. Describes
the current & past health state & forms a baseline
Episodic database - Answers - database used for a limited or short-term problem; it
concerns mainly one problem, one cue complex, or one body system
Follow up database - Answers - evaluates the status of any identified problem at regular
intervals to follow up on short term or chronic health problems
Emergency database - Answers - rapid collection of data often compiled concurrently
with lifesaving measures
Subjective data - Answers - what the person says about himself or herself during history
taking
Objective data - Answers - what the health professional observes by inspecting,
palpating, percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
Adls (activities of daily living) - Answers - things must be done daily - ambulation,
bathroom, feeding, dressing, eating, bathing
Iadls (instrumental activities of daily living) - Answers - more complex activities.
Laundry, shopping for groceries, using a telephone, cooking, shopping, housekeeping,
finances, taking medications, preparing meals, fixing things around the house, lawn
care
Perception of health q's - Answers - how do you define health?
How do you view your situation now?
, What are your concerns/goals?
What do you think will happen in the future?
What do you expect from your health care providers?
General survey - Answers - study of the whole person, covering the general health state
and any obvious physical characteristics
4 areas of general survey - Answers - physical appearance, body structure, mobility,
behavior
General survey: physical appearance - Answers - age, sex, level of consciousness, skin
color, facial features
General survey: body structure - Answers - stature, nutrition, symmetry, posture,
position, body build, contour
General survey: mobility - Answers - gait, range of motion
General survey: behaviour - Answers - facial expression, eye contact, mood and affect,
speech, dress, personal hygiene
List the vital signs - Answers - blood pressure, pulse, respirations, skin temp, spo2
Pain can be considered a VS
Vital signs: "normal" blood pressure range - Answers - systolic: 90-139
Diastolic: 60-89
Vital signs: "normal" pulse range - Answers - 60-100 bpm
Vital signs: "normal" resp rate - Answers - 12-20
Vital signs: "normal" temp range - Answers - 36-38 celsius
Vital signs: "normal" spo2 range - Answers - 95% - 100%
Systolic pressure - Answers - maximum pressure felt on artery during left ventricular
contraction, or systole
Diastolic pressure - Answers - occurs when the ventricles are relaxed; the lowest
pressure against the walls of an artery
Pulse pressure - Answers - difference between systolic and diastolic pressure
Mean arterial pressure - Answers - pressure that propels blood to tissues
Hypertension - Answers - high blood pressure
List the steps of nursing process - Answers - ADPIE
Assessment, diagnoses, planning, implementation, evaluation
First level priority - Answers - ABC's
Airway, breathing, circulation
Second level priority - Answers - acute problems
Third level priority - Answers - unaddressed issues
Collaborative level - Answers - using multiple departments
Types of databases - Answers - complete, episodic, follow-up, emergency
Complete database - Answers - complete health history & full physical exam. Describes
the current & past health state & forms a baseline
Episodic database - Answers - database used for a limited or short-term problem; it
concerns mainly one problem, one cue complex, or one body system
Follow up database - Answers - evaluates the status of any identified problem at regular
intervals to follow up on short term or chronic health problems
Emergency database - Answers - rapid collection of data often compiled concurrently
with lifesaving measures
Subjective data - Answers - what the person says about himself or herself during history
taking
Objective data - Answers - what the health professional observes by inspecting,
palpating, percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
Adls (activities of daily living) - Answers - things must be done daily - ambulation,
bathroom, feeding, dressing, eating, bathing
Iadls (instrumental activities of daily living) - Answers - more complex activities.
Laundry, shopping for groceries, using a telephone, cooking, shopping, housekeeping,
finances, taking medications, preparing meals, fixing things around the house, lawn
care
Perception of health q's - Answers - how do you define health?
How do you view your situation now?
, What are your concerns/goals?
What do you think will happen in the future?
What do you expect from your health care providers?
General survey - Answers - study of the whole person, covering the general health state
and any obvious physical characteristics
4 areas of general survey - Answers - physical appearance, body structure, mobility,
behavior
General survey: physical appearance - Answers - age, sex, level of consciousness, skin
color, facial features
General survey: body structure - Answers - stature, nutrition, symmetry, posture,
position, body build, contour
General survey: mobility - Answers - gait, range of motion
General survey: behaviour - Answers - facial expression, eye contact, mood and affect,
speech, dress, personal hygiene
List the vital signs - Answers - blood pressure, pulse, respirations, skin temp, spo2
Pain can be considered a VS
Vital signs: "normal" blood pressure range - Answers - systolic: 90-139
Diastolic: 60-89
Vital signs: "normal" pulse range - Answers - 60-100 bpm
Vital signs: "normal" resp rate - Answers - 12-20
Vital signs: "normal" temp range - Answers - 36-38 celsius
Vital signs: "normal" spo2 range - Answers - 95% - 100%
Systolic pressure - Answers - maximum pressure felt on artery during left ventricular
contraction, or systole
Diastolic pressure - Answers - occurs when the ventricles are relaxed; the lowest
pressure against the walls of an artery
Pulse pressure - Answers - difference between systolic and diastolic pressure
Mean arterial pressure - Answers - pressure that propels blood to tissues
Hypertension - Answers - high blood pressure
