NUR 1212 Final Exam – Study Guide and Comprehensive Review Material
safety - correct answer ✔✔freedom from accidental injuries
errors of commission - correct answer ✔✔doing the wrong thing
errors of omission - correct answer ✔✔not doing the right thing
errors of execution - correct answer ✔✔doing the right thing incorrectly
adverse event - correct answer ✔✔unintended harm by an act of commission or omission
rather than as a result of disease process
near miss - correct answer ✔✔error of commission or omission that could have harmed a
ptient, but harm did not occur as a result of chance
sentinel event - correct answer ✔✔unexpected occurrence involving death or serious injury
concept attributes of safety - correct answer ✔✔knowledge- focus of safety is on the execution
of skills as well as on technology and systems level
skills- nurses need to use tools to contribute to safer systems
attitudes- nurse and other healthcare professionals need to value their roles in safety and
collaboration
family dynamics - correct answer ✔✔interrelationships between and among individual family
members
,the forces at work within a family that produce particular behaviors or symptoms
different types of family dynamics - correct answer ✔✔nuclear family, married-parent families,
extended families, married blended families, cohabitating parent families, single parent family,
no parent family, same sex family
positive family dynamics - correct answer ✔✔assistance with child care after birth of new
infant, respite care for a caregiver, support after injury or death of a spouse, presence during
surgery, family reunions, celebrations of birthdays and other significant events, praying
together, supportive in-laws, sharing care of dependent family member
negative family dynamics - correct answer ✔✔child abuse, codependency (related to substance
abuse by family member), interfering in-laws, intimate partner violence, marital infidelity,
placing blame for birth of pre-term infant or for death of young child by SIDS, sibling rivalry,
adolescent pregnancy
Calgary family assessment model - correct answer ✔✔-Focuses on interactions among the
individuals in the family
*Three major categories are
-Structural assessment
-Developmental assessment
-Functional assessment
common health issues among older - correct answer ✔✔decreased nutrition and hydration,
decreased mobility, stress and loss, accidents, drug use and misuse, mental health/cognitive
problems, substance abuse, elder neglect and abuse
causes of malnutrition - correct answer ✔✔sedentary lifestyle, reduced metabolic rate,
reduction in total caloric intake, inappropriate/unbalanced foods, diminished sense of
, test/smell, tooth loss, poorly fitting dentures, reduced income, chronic disease, fatigue,
decreased ability to perform ADLs, fast food consumption that leads to obesity, inability to carry
large or heavy groceries, loneliness
drug use and misuse in elderly - correct answer ✔✔polymedicine, polypharmacy,
hyperpharmacy
intolerance to standard drug doses, physiological changes after absorption, distribution,
metabolism, excretion
changes in kidneys result in high plasma drug concentrations
increased risk for cognitive health problems - correct answer ✔✔3 d's
depression, delirium, dementia
depression - correct answer ✔✔mood disorder having cognitive, affective, physical
manifestations
primary (lack of neurotransmitters)
secondary or situational (illness or loss)
dementia - correct answer ✔✔syndrome involving slow progressive cognitive decline (chronic
confusion)
types- azlheimers, multi-infarct dementia
delirium - correct answer ✔✔acute state of confusion
safety - correct answer ✔✔freedom from accidental injuries
errors of commission - correct answer ✔✔doing the wrong thing
errors of omission - correct answer ✔✔not doing the right thing
errors of execution - correct answer ✔✔doing the right thing incorrectly
adverse event - correct answer ✔✔unintended harm by an act of commission or omission
rather than as a result of disease process
near miss - correct answer ✔✔error of commission or omission that could have harmed a
ptient, but harm did not occur as a result of chance
sentinel event - correct answer ✔✔unexpected occurrence involving death or serious injury
concept attributes of safety - correct answer ✔✔knowledge- focus of safety is on the execution
of skills as well as on technology and systems level
skills- nurses need to use tools to contribute to safer systems
attitudes- nurse and other healthcare professionals need to value their roles in safety and
collaboration
family dynamics - correct answer ✔✔interrelationships between and among individual family
members
,the forces at work within a family that produce particular behaviors or symptoms
different types of family dynamics - correct answer ✔✔nuclear family, married-parent families,
extended families, married blended families, cohabitating parent families, single parent family,
no parent family, same sex family
positive family dynamics - correct answer ✔✔assistance with child care after birth of new
infant, respite care for a caregiver, support after injury or death of a spouse, presence during
surgery, family reunions, celebrations of birthdays and other significant events, praying
together, supportive in-laws, sharing care of dependent family member
negative family dynamics - correct answer ✔✔child abuse, codependency (related to substance
abuse by family member), interfering in-laws, intimate partner violence, marital infidelity,
placing blame for birth of pre-term infant or for death of young child by SIDS, sibling rivalry,
adolescent pregnancy
Calgary family assessment model - correct answer ✔✔-Focuses on interactions among the
individuals in the family
*Three major categories are
-Structural assessment
-Developmental assessment
-Functional assessment
common health issues among older - correct answer ✔✔decreased nutrition and hydration,
decreased mobility, stress and loss, accidents, drug use and misuse, mental health/cognitive
problems, substance abuse, elder neglect and abuse
causes of malnutrition - correct answer ✔✔sedentary lifestyle, reduced metabolic rate,
reduction in total caloric intake, inappropriate/unbalanced foods, diminished sense of
, test/smell, tooth loss, poorly fitting dentures, reduced income, chronic disease, fatigue,
decreased ability to perform ADLs, fast food consumption that leads to obesity, inability to carry
large or heavy groceries, loneliness
drug use and misuse in elderly - correct answer ✔✔polymedicine, polypharmacy,
hyperpharmacy
intolerance to standard drug doses, physiological changes after absorption, distribution,
metabolism, excretion
changes in kidneys result in high plasma drug concentrations
increased risk for cognitive health problems - correct answer ✔✔3 d's
depression, delirium, dementia
depression - correct answer ✔✔mood disorder having cognitive, affective, physical
manifestations
primary (lack of neurotransmitters)
secondary or situational (illness or loss)
dementia - correct answer ✔✔syndrome involving slow progressive cognitive decline (chronic
confusion)
types- azlheimers, multi-infarct dementia
delirium - correct answer ✔✔acute state of confusion
