Liberty University NURS 104 Exam : Complete Study Guide – 300+ Q&A with Verified Answers | Nursing Foundations, History, Communication, Ethics & Terminology

This comprehensive NURS 104 exam study guide is fully updated for the 2026–2027 academic year and is specifically designed for Liberty University NURS 104 – Foundations of Nursing. It contains over 300 exam-style questions with verified answers, covering all foundational nursing concepts including: perception of nursing (internal and external influences), historical perceptions of nurses (1800s – Sairy Gamp; reality – Florence Nightingale; early 1900s – Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Clara Barton, Louisa May Alcott; 1900s reality – Edith Cavell, Clara Maass; 1930-40s perception – glamorized in media, low income, long hours; 1950-70s – Nurse Ratched, Margaret Houlihan; 1980-90s – media accurate portrayals; social media in nursing – benefits (changing public perception), risks (breach of professional boundaries, violation of patient privacy, loss of job, expulsion, license revocation), nursing roles (leader – ensure safe, high-quality care; caregiver – compassion, love, listening, empathy, safety, integrity; advocate – voice for patient, liaison; manager – oversees nursing care; researcher – doctoral/master's prepared; specialization), medical terminology (prefixes, roots, suffixes, diminutive suffixes, complex suffixes, common combining vowel "o"), nursing documentation (SOAP – subjective, objective, assessment, plan; subjective data – patient states; objective data – lab/test results; assessment – provider's findings; plan – course of action), key medical terms (acute vs. chronic, abrupt, febrile vs. afebrile, malaise, progressive vs. exacerbation, symptom, lethargic, genetic/hereditary, occult, morbidity, lesion, palliative, observation, prophylaxis), word roots (ante-, gen/o, hydr/o, morph/o, myc/o, necro, ortho, path/o), suffixes (-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic, -ous, -ia, -ism, -ium, -y, -icle, -ole, -ule, -ula, -ist, -logy, -logist, -iatrics, -iatry, -iatrist, -algia, -dynia, -cele, -emia, -iasis, -itis, -lysis, -centesis, -gram, -graph, -graphy, -meter, -metry, -scope, -scopy, -desis, -ectomy, -pexy, -plasty, -rrhaphy, -stomy, -tomy), plural endings (-a → -ae, -ax → -aces, -ex → -ices, -ix → -ices, -is → -es, -ma → -mata), prefixes (a-, an-, anti-, contra-, de-, ante-, pre-, pro-, brady-, tachy-, post-, re-, ab-, ad-, circum-, peri-, dia-, trans-, e-, ec-, ex-, bi-, hemi-, semi-, hyper-, hypo-, macro-, micro-, con-, syn-, sym-, dys-, eu-), anatomical positions (supine – lying on back; prone – lying face down; unilateral – one-sided; bilateral – two-sided; ipsilateral – same side; contralateral – opposite side), common medical abbreviations (VS, T, BP, RR, Ht, Wt, I/O, Dx, Tx, H&P, Hx, HPI, PMHx, NKDA, pt, PCP, f/u, d/t, CC, SOB, HEENT, PERRLA, NAD, CV, RRR, CTA, WDWN, A&O, WNL/WDL, PO, NPO, PR, IM, SC, IV, CVL, PICC, PRN, BID, TID, Q, QD, QID, AC/PC, HS, AD LIB), nursing theorists (Florence Nightingale – Mother of Modern Nursing; Dorothea Orem – self-care deficit model; Sister Callista Roy – adaptation model; Madeline Leininger – theory of cultural care diversity and universality; Patricia Benner – novice to expert theory: novice, advanced beginner, competent practitioner, proficient practitioner, expert), Agape nursing model (hands and feet of Jesus), communication concepts (therapeutic communication – develop trust; active listening – paraphrase, reflect, open questioning, acknowledge, summarize; non-verbal communication – facial expression, eye contact, posture, body movement; negative communication – yes/no questions, blocking, false hope, conflicting messages; handoff report – SBAR, closed loop communication; communication styles – passive, passive-aggressive, aggressive, assertive), conflict resolution styles (avoidance, accommodation, force, compromise, collaboration), legal concepts (Nursing Practice Act – scope and limitations; negligence; malpractice; gross negligence; criminal negligence; sentinel event), effective studying strategies (SMART goals, prioritization, intense study sessions, reading strategy – Survey, Question, Read, Review, Record, Reflect), and the nursing process (ADPIE – assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation). High-yield for Liberty University NURS 104 Exam 1, nursing fundamentals, and NCLEX-RN preparation.