NUR1020C TERM 1 FINAL EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
Question: What defines professional Nursing Ethics?
Answer: While personal values are influenced by family and upbringing,
professional nursing ethics are governed by the Code of Ethics. This provides
a framework for "right and wrong" in clinical practice, ensuring that care is
delivered with justice, autonomy, and integrity. ✔✔
Question: What are the "Five Rights of Delegation"?
Answer: To ensure patient safety, nurses must follow these five criteria when
assigning tasks:
1. Right Task: The work must be appropriate for delegation.
2. Right Circumstance: The patient must be stable.
3. Right Person: The delegatee must be competent to perform the task.
4. Right Direction/Communication: Instructions must be clear and
concise.
5. Right Supervision/Evaluation: The nurse must monitor and follow up.
✔✔
Question: What is the most critical action for infection control?
Answer: Proper hand hygiene remains the most essential and effective method
for preventing the transmission of healthcare-associated infections. ✔✔
Question: Which tasks are typically within the scope of Unlicensed
Assistive Personnel (UAP)?
Answer: UAPs are generally permitted to collect non-invasive data, including
vital signs, measuring height and weight, and recording intake and output
(I&O). ✔✔
Question: What is considered a "Primary Source" of data?
Answer: Information is considered primary when it is obtained directly from
the patient themselves. Secondary sources would include family members,
medical records, or other healthcare providers. ✔✔
,Question: How does Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs guide nursing care?
Answer: This model prioritizes care based on a pyramid of needs. It reminds
nurses that physiological needs (like oxygen and food) and safety must be
addressed before moving to psychological or self-fulfillment needs.
✔✔
Question: What do the PE and PES formats represent in nursing?
Answer: These are formats for writing nursing diagnoses:
PE (Problem + Etiology): Used for "Risk" diagnoses (e.g., Risk for falls
related to dizziness).
PES (Problem + Etiology + Signs/Symptoms): Used for "Actual"
diagnoses (e.g., Impaired skin integrity related to immobility as
evidenced by a 2cm pressure injury). ✔✔
Question: What are common barriers to effective clinical communication?
Answer: Misunderstandings frequently arise from the use of digital
communication, such as texting or emails, where tone and non-verbal cues are
missing. ✔✔
Question: What is the definition of Patient Advocacy?
Answer: Advocacy involves actively supporting the patient’s best interests and
ensuring their voice is heard. It means promoting the rights of the individual
and acting on behalf of a cause greater than oneself to ensure safe, ethical care.
✔✔
Question: What constitutes Nursing Malpractice?
Answer: Malpractice occurs when a nurse fails to meet the established
standards of safe care, possesses insufficient skills for a task, or acts
unethically, resulting in unintended harm to a patient. ✔✔
Therapeutic communication -ANSWER ✔✔Arms not crossed, looks and
listens
Ethics -ANSWER ✔✔influenced by friends and family
Examples of tertiary prevention -ANSWER ✔✔Pulmonary and cardiac
rehabilitation
, functional assessment -ANSWER ✔✔***Questions that assist the nurse in
determining patients ability to perform self-care activities
nursing goals -ANSWER ✔✔SMART goals - singular, measurable, attainable,
realistic, time frame -- these are:
sandwich generation -ANSWER ✔✔Those caring for children and aging
parents
Felony -ANSWER ✔✔Child abuse, dealing drugs, murder, pretending to have
a nursing license
Patient Safety -ANSWER ✔✔Free from physical and psychological harm in
every health care setting
fidelity -ANSWER ✔✔adherence to promises; faithfulness; loyalty
Ex: Nurse makes promise to return and check on pt which she later follows thru
with
slander -ANSWER ✔✔oral defamation of character with false info
Ex: Nurse is properly and professionally bathing pt and another nurse comes
into room and deems her behavior as inappropriate. She then goes to other
nurses and shares her "observation"
Blood flow through the heart -ANSWER ✔✔Inferior/Superior vena cava -->
Right atrium --> Tricuspid valve --> right ventricle --> Pulmonic valve (right) -
-> Pulmonary arteries --> Lungs --> Pulmonary veins (right and left) --> Left
atrium --> Mitral valve --> Left ventricle --> Aortic valve (Left) --> Aorta -->
Arteries --> Capillaries --> Veins --> Inferior vena cava/ Superior vena cava.
Beneficence -ANSWER ✔✔Doing good - Placing someones needs before your
own
Ex: Giving pain meds to pt even though you have to use restroom and have
been waiting
Priority populations who are prone to illness -ANSWER ✔✔Very old and very
young
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
Question: What defines professional Nursing Ethics?
Answer: While personal values are influenced by family and upbringing,
professional nursing ethics are governed by the Code of Ethics. This provides
a framework for "right and wrong" in clinical practice, ensuring that care is
delivered with justice, autonomy, and integrity. ✔✔
Question: What are the "Five Rights of Delegation"?
Answer: To ensure patient safety, nurses must follow these five criteria when
assigning tasks:
1. Right Task: The work must be appropriate for delegation.
2. Right Circumstance: The patient must be stable.
3. Right Person: The delegatee must be competent to perform the task.
4. Right Direction/Communication: Instructions must be clear and
concise.
5. Right Supervision/Evaluation: The nurse must monitor and follow up.
✔✔
Question: What is the most critical action for infection control?
Answer: Proper hand hygiene remains the most essential and effective method
for preventing the transmission of healthcare-associated infections. ✔✔
Question: Which tasks are typically within the scope of Unlicensed
Assistive Personnel (UAP)?
Answer: UAPs are generally permitted to collect non-invasive data, including
vital signs, measuring height and weight, and recording intake and output
(I&O). ✔✔
Question: What is considered a "Primary Source" of data?
Answer: Information is considered primary when it is obtained directly from
the patient themselves. Secondary sources would include family members,
medical records, or other healthcare providers. ✔✔
,Question: How does Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs guide nursing care?
Answer: This model prioritizes care based on a pyramid of needs. It reminds
nurses that physiological needs (like oxygen and food) and safety must be
addressed before moving to psychological or self-fulfillment needs.
✔✔
Question: What do the PE and PES formats represent in nursing?
Answer: These are formats for writing nursing diagnoses:
PE (Problem + Etiology): Used for "Risk" diagnoses (e.g., Risk for falls
related to dizziness).
PES (Problem + Etiology + Signs/Symptoms): Used for "Actual"
diagnoses (e.g., Impaired skin integrity related to immobility as
evidenced by a 2cm pressure injury). ✔✔
Question: What are common barriers to effective clinical communication?
Answer: Misunderstandings frequently arise from the use of digital
communication, such as texting or emails, where tone and non-verbal cues are
missing. ✔✔
Question: What is the definition of Patient Advocacy?
Answer: Advocacy involves actively supporting the patient’s best interests and
ensuring their voice is heard. It means promoting the rights of the individual
and acting on behalf of a cause greater than oneself to ensure safe, ethical care.
✔✔
Question: What constitutes Nursing Malpractice?
Answer: Malpractice occurs when a nurse fails to meet the established
standards of safe care, possesses insufficient skills for a task, or acts
unethically, resulting in unintended harm to a patient. ✔✔
Therapeutic communication -ANSWER ✔✔Arms not crossed, looks and
listens
Ethics -ANSWER ✔✔influenced by friends and family
Examples of tertiary prevention -ANSWER ✔✔Pulmonary and cardiac
rehabilitation
, functional assessment -ANSWER ✔✔***Questions that assist the nurse in
determining patients ability to perform self-care activities
nursing goals -ANSWER ✔✔SMART goals - singular, measurable, attainable,
realistic, time frame -- these are:
sandwich generation -ANSWER ✔✔Those caring for children and aging
parents
Felony -ANSWER ✔✔Child abuse, dealing drugs, murder, pretending to have
a nursing license
Patient Safety -ANSWER ✔✔Free from physical and psychological harm in
every health care setting
fidelity -ANSWER ✔✔adherence to promises; faithfulness; loyalty
Ex: Nurse makes promise to return and check on pt which she later follows thru
with
slander -ANSWER ✔✔oral defamation of character with false info
Ex: Nurse is properly and professionally bathing pt and another nurse comes
into room and deems her behavior as inappropriate. She then goes to other
nurses and shares her "observation"
Blood flow through the heart -ANSWER ✔✔Inferior/Superior vena cava -->
Right atrium --> Tricuspid valve --> right ventricle --> Pulmonic valve (right) -
-> Pulmonary arteries --> Lungs --> Pulmonary veins (right and left) --> Left
atrium --> Mitral valve --> Left ventricle --> Aortic valve (Left) --> Aorta -->
Arteries --> Capillaries --> Veins --> Inferior vena cava/ Superior vena cava.
Beneficence -ANSWER ✔✔Doing good - Placing someones needs before your
own
Ex: Giving pain meds to pt even though you have to use restroom and have
been waiting
Priority populations who are prone to illness -ANSWER ✔✔Very old and very
young
