NUR 155 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
4 Steps of Tanner's Clinical Judgement model - ANS Noticing, reflecting, responding and
interpreting
Critical thinking - ANS uses principles of nursing process and evidence based practice
APIE - ANS assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation
Assessing systematically and comprehensively - ANS piece by piece, body systems, head to
toe and focused assesment
Objective - ANS signs (seen, heard, felt)
Evidence-based practice - ANS means that everything we do in nursing is trial and error
before we use in practice
Subjective - ANS symptoms (verbal statements)
Primary source - ANS Patient
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, Secondary source - ANS Sources other than the patient
NIRR - ANS Noticing, interpreting, responding and reflecting
Outlines of what we are allowed to do as nurses - ANS Scope of Practice, Nurse Practice Act,
Standard of Practice
"Think with a purpose" (4 words) - ANS Stop, think, ask and assess
Definition for Tanner's Model - ANS dynamic process that accounts for changes in the
situation as they occur
Putting a plan in place - ANS Interpreting
"Identifying assumptions" - ANS No supporting evidence, jumping to conclusions, how do you
know, what do you know and based on WHAT evidence
"Increasing oxygen, going on a walk, taking patient to bathroom" - ANS Responding
"interventions"
Looking back on everything - ANS Reflecting
What can affect a nurses ability to provide care? - ANS Scope of practice, knowledge and skill
level
What do we collect data in the noticing step - ANS Primary, secondary, vitals, patient,
collaboration, medical records and assessments
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ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
4 Steps of Tanner's Clinical Judgement model - ANS Noticing, reflecting, responding and
interpreting
Critical thinking - ANS uses principles of nursing process and evidence based practice
APIE - ANS assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation
Assessing systematically and comprehensively - ANS piece by piece, body systems, head to
toe and focused assesment
Objective - ANS signs (seen, heard, felt)
Evidence-based practice - ANS means that everything we do in nursing is trial and error
before we use in practice
Subjective - ANS symptoms (verbal statements)
Primary source - ANS Patient
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, Secondary source - ANS Sources other than the patient
NIRR - ANS Noticing, interpreting, responding and reflecting
Outlines of what we are allowed to do as nurses - ANS Scope of Practice, Nurse Practice Act,
Standard of Practice
"Think with a purpose" (4 words) - ANS Stop, think, ask and assess
Definition for Tanner's Model - ANS dynamic process that accounts for changes in the
situation as they occur
Putting a plan in place - ANS Interpreting
"Identifying assumptions" - ANS No supporting evidence, jumping to conclusions, how do you
know, what do you know and based on WHAT evidence
"Increasing oxygen, going on a walk, taking patient to bathroom" - ANS Responding
"interventions"
Looking back on everything - ANS Reflecting
What can affect a nurses ability to provide care? - ANS Scope of practice, knowledge and skill
level
What do we collect data in the noticing step - ANS Primary, secondary, vitals, patient,
collaboration, medical records and assessments
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